Ist Day of Kindergarten

Today was Cullen's first day of Kindergarten. We went Friday night to meet the teacher,so we could see his school. We know his teacher well. She is our neighbor. I am friends with her, and Cullen plays with her daughter who also started kindergarten today.

He has been so excited all summer. He has asked numerous times how many more days until kindergarten? This mornig Brent and I took him with his new backpack,lunchbox, clothes, and shoes into his new school. He was smiling from ear to ear. We got to his classroom, and he bacame a little nervous. We took all the pictures.(I am picture crazy.) We gave him hugs and kisses, and then it was ime to go. Mom had a few tears. He was fine...

Cullen is growing to be an incredible boy. Everyday he amazes us with his conversations and love. We are blessed to have such a terrific son. We love you!!!

When he got home this afternoon, he knocked on his friend's doors to see how their days went and called his cousin Matthew. He is the sweetest thing!!

I'll remember you...

On our way to swim lessons today, a man ran a red light and nearly caused us all to wreck. Cullen asked me what just happened, so I explained that the man ran the red light.

This is what Cullen got out of the situation:
"You should never run red lights, or you will go to jail. See mama if you ran a red light the cops would stop you and take you to jail. If you went to jail I would look at pictures of you all the time so I would remember you. So don't worry. I will remember you while you are in jail."

Naptime

When Jennifer wakes up from a nap, she yells until someone gets her. On this day I heard her one time and then it stopped. I waited then heard lots of laughing. This is what I found when I went upstairs! Cullen had climbed into bed with her!

Sweethearts!

Loving her babies

Chillin or is she planning something?

She was planning for Cullen to kiss the baby!

Behind bars

Cutie Pie!

Cullen kept shutting his eyes in every picture so he held them open.

Waterpark Tuesday!

We started swimming lessons last week. Both the kids became very sick, so we only made one day last week. We made it everyday this week, and they love it. One more week to go!

There is a small waterpark at the place where they take swim class. I took Cullen when he was smaller, and he was not sure about it. So, he has been begging to go this summer. We went Tuesday, and both kids had a great time. Cullen was all over the place, and Jennifer was right behind him(I was right behind her.) When we first got there I could not get one picture of them. These pictures were taken as the park was getting ready to close. Yes, we shut it down!

Here comes the water!

Did you call me?

Jennifer yelling "Hello!"

Cullen chillin!

How much longer do we have?

Just Jennifer

Ms. Jennifer likes to wear Cullen's underwear. She will get it out of the laundry and out of his draw. She insists that it must be worn. She has his Halloween undies on over her outfit in these pictures. The other night she would not sleep in her pajama bottoms. It had to be power ranger undies! Her are a few shots of JAE!!!

LOOK, Jennifer does smile, and she does it often. She just does not do it for the camera. To get her to smile there has to be a room full of trained staff to get her going. This is a rare photo of Jennifer smiling and looking at the camera taken by me.

Jennifer and her favorite "pupa". Jennifer and Aggie love each other very much! Jennifer shares all of her food with Aggie no matter how hungry she might be! Jennifer takes a bite then Aggie takes a bite. So adorable!

I was squatting to take pictures and walking like that to keep up with her. This is Jennifer trying to walk while squatting. Yes, that is a light sabor in the background. She was playing with it.

Jennifer is full of personality! She makes us smile all the time. What a great Little Girl. We love you, Jennifer!

Sunday the 12th

These pictures were taken Sunday. The first is of Cullen playing a DS that belongs to a friend after church.

Here is Jennifer preparing her baby pile.

This is Jennifer in her baby pile. This is only a small portion of her BABIES as she refers to them. They are all over the house!

Jennifer likes to do everything her brother does. She is now taking to dressing in her brother's clothes. Notice the socks and belt. Cullen had taken these two items off after church. She found them and did not stop until they were on her.

Our two precious sleepyheads! Nothing sweeter than sleepy little eyes! No, I am serious!!!

4th Pics

Brandon and Matthew. Look at those two front teeth of Matthew's. This might be the last photo of them!

Cullen is sliding fast!

Jennifer's favorite thing to do.

Look at Matthew's style!

Brandon has it down!

Inside for a little break.

4th

Happy 4th of July to everyone! Make it a safe and fun one! We are hanging out with Chris, Melissa, Brandon, and Matthew. Grilling burgers and dogs while enjoying each others company!

Popsicles and Slip n Slides

There is nothing like water fun and popsicles on 100 degree day in Texas! We started off washing the truck(the kids)and ended up on the slip n slide. They love anything to do with getting completely soaked! Here are a few pictures:

Big Bite!

He just got the popsicle, and it is almost gone. He then wants to help his sister eat hers.

Notice how she holds the popsicle!

Checking things out! She spent most of the time at this end.

We are thirsty!

Jennifer stayed in Cullen's way most of the time. In the end they have a lot of fun together!

Don't try this at home. This is Jennifer's slide!

This is Cullen's perfected slide! He is a pro and tried his best to help Jennifer. She wasn't having it. As you can tell in the above picture!

May Graduation

Our Cullen graduated from Preschool May 28, 2009. I did not forget this in the last post but did not have the pics uplaoded yet. This deserves a post all to itself. He was most adorable. His class sang "The Peanut Butter Song", "Tony Chestnut", and "I Put the Penny in the Gum Slot." Then they changed into cap and gowns for graduatiion. Cullen did not sing or do the moves to the first song of the night. After it was over I asked him why. He said,"I was looking so good that I did not need to." He is very humble! Probably my fault because I tell him how handsome he is all of the time. It is hard to believe that in the fall he will start kindergarten. He is so very excited, and I am so well not wanting him to grow so fast. Cullen is such a good boy. He is so smart, funny, and loving. He is a wonderful son and big brother. We love you, Cullen!

Catch up April to June

I did this post backwards the Easter slideshow should be first, then Cullen's birthday, and last the May shots. Oh well, they are on here at last. School was out June 5th, and we left for Midland that Sunday. We had a good time visiting Meme and Poppy. Both kids had strepthroat while we were there. I'll get some pics and/or movies from the visit soon.
Saturday we met in Dallas and hung out before heading to Center for Father's Day. We enjoyed the day with Brent's dad, brothers, and their families. It was nice getting to see everyone. We are home now, relaxing, and waiting on our next adventure. Enjoy the slideshows!

This was during May when the weather was really nice outside. We like to do yard work,and everyone helps out! Jennifer and Cullen love anything to do with water. It is even better if it is on them.

Cullen's birthday was a lot of fun. On his birthday we went to Incredible Pizza. He loves to eat and play games. Then on the weekend we went to Houston, stayed downtown, and went to an Astros game. It was great. Both kids did fantastic.

Pictures from our rainy Easter. We hunted eggs before daybreak and at church. It was a fun day even if it was wet.

I'll be better at posting this summer!