She-devil

Man, they start young...Here she is whispering sweet nothings into his ear...and he takes the bait! and all is well....





Until the one second he stops giving her attention she quickly moves to the next guy that will give her what she wants...Is Rook going to stand by and let it go down that way...

Yea, I didn't think so...



IN these pics are Rook and Cannon of course, butt also our cute little niece Elle. She was oblivious to the fact that she was the only girl, I think she loved the attention. It was funny how Rook seriously "claimed" her and as soon as everyone stopped looking his arm was around her, or he was telling her to hold his hand, butt the minute we tried to take pics, he was embarrassed and stopped...until she hugged Cannon and then he didn't care who looked. It was really cute.

A Day at the Zoo

We went to the zoo a little while ago and I thought after reading my friends post I should post myself. Here are a few things we did...ok, the kids did. They walked and walked and walked and begged for food and drinks and whined because it was so hot and I wasn't carrying anyone...oh wait, here is what we did according to them. We rode the carasol, we saw the fish, we ran in the fish aquarium and mom said no running. We played with sticks...oh, those aren't sticks those are wands. Wynn did a little smooth talk with Katelyn our neighbor. We saw the dang monkeys (rook said that one) and they licked us. Jett was explaining to Katelyn, same neighbor, how the buns on the gorilla don't compair anything to his dad's buns of steel. Crew smiled a lot, and even slept. Mom got to be in a pic with Wynn and Cannon. Jett giving Katelyn rabbit ears, because that is what boys do when they like you. Rook saw a boy without a shirt and suddenly became so hot he needed to tear his off. Oh yea that one of Crew and Gar are from a baseball game the other night. I thought it was funny that he looked like a little troll doll. So there you have it. We went to the zoo with our Friends the Olversons and those are the pics.

Happy Birthday Wynn

Today, for Wynn's birthday, he got Guitar Hero 3 because he is the rocker of the family.

But he has a long way to go to beat his dad.

"The Great Rookholio" OR "4 Year Old Magic"

I would like to introduce to you "The Great Rookholio." After consuming great quantities of stimulants [e.g. his breakfast serving of caffeine via his mother's half consumed, flat, watered down diet Coke from Bucky's (the gas station) from the night before; a breakfast serving of sugar cookies from Wal-mart (sometimes with the pre-configured pink or light blue slab of frosting slapped on top); or a serving of white sugary goodness from some other meal], he enters a hyperactive phase/rage, with symptoms such as non-sensical jabbering, convulsions, and glaring cross-eyed at the sky, his fist, or other despised object.
Sometimes he plays soccer, too, as seen below.

The next picture is of Cannon telling his teammate how his Dad taught him some "magic." Magic like "pull-my-finger-and-see-what-happens" magic.

"Hey, Gavin. Check out this trick my dad taught me. Pull my finger!"


See, a few years ago I received some advice from a wise man (it may have been my own dad) who told me this golden nugget:

"Wait until your kids are 4 years old before you get them to 'pull-your-finger' for the first time. This way they get to enjoy the complete magical effect because they are finally old enough to understand the connection between the finger-pulling-action and the source of the sound, but still young enough to believe that it is real." Well guess what. Cannon is four.

Recently I decided "it was time." So one evening at the dinner table and at an opportune time, I decided to reveal the magical moment.

I pointed my finger at Cannon and said the magical words that will stay with me forever. "Son, pull my finger."

Thank goodness I was able to perform with perfect timing. The look on Cannon's face was priceless. He was amazed. In fact he inspected my hand to make sure I didn’t have anything in it. When he couldn't find anything he said, "Dad your finger is magic! Do it again!"

Because I didn't want to overwhelm him (and the magic is limited), I was forced to say, "Sorry son. The magic has worn off for now. Maybe tomorrow."

These are truly the moments that make having sons so wonderful.

Soccer Mania!!

Cannon

We just finished up the soccer season for Rook and Cannon. All in all they did well.
Cannon really caught on quickly and when he realized what goal was ours he went for it. I love these pics, notice the tongue action going on in ALL of them.
Rook
Cannon
Rook

Cannon kicking, butt I think it is hilarious that Rook is in the back ground...with his tongue out!