Sunny Outdoor Fun

Today was a beautiful sunny day,

so we decided to get out and enjoy it!

Love these expressions!!

More Stock Show

Today was the market part of the stock show.  Blake was sick, so Cordell showed both of their goats.  Patrick came in 3rd in his class.

Perry got 5th in his class. 

Gloria came in 3rd.

Cordell did great and learned a lot for his first year!

Yummy Chocolate Candy

Why is everybody looking at me?

I have no idea what happened to Ayden's candy!!

Breeding Goats Show

Blake and Cordell showed Bella and Bitsy today.  Blake got 3rd place with Bella.  Bitsy was limping due to a hoof problem.  Last night when Lyndell was trimming her feet, she jumped and hurt her foot.  Therefore, she did not do well today.  She came in 7th place, but Cordell did an excellent job of showing her.  Blake also won the senior showmanship belt buckle.

 

Basketball

Cordell had his first basketball game for the season today.  He did great.  He had 1 steal, and a couple of rebounds.  I forgot my camera, so I will have to add some pictures after the next game.

Last night, Cordell spent the night with Granny.  They were discussing basketball. This is the conversation...

G:  So are you a starter on your basketball team?

C:  What does that mean?

G:  Well, it means that when the game starts, you get to be one of the first 5 on your team to play.

C:  I think I must be a laster.

Love it!

Random

Your children might be rednecks if...

They line up plastic army men and cars to shoot with their b b guns in the back yard.

They hang coke cans on the fence to shoot at and use the trash bag filled with cans to rest their arm on while shooting.

Yesterday, I took the boys to get their flu shots.  I had promised Ayden and Cordell that they could get the nasal ones. 

They hate shots!

  Ayden especially, since the last time he got 5 immunizations.  So, I called the doctor's office and they were out of the nasal mist. 

The Dilemma -  I promised, but they really need flu shots.  Ayden's little chin starts to quiver when I tell them. 

The Compromise - If ya'll will just take the ONE shot, we will buy some fireworks and eat at McDonald's.

It worked!

By the time we got to the doctor's office, they were in a competition to see who could be the toughest.

Not one of them cried.  Sutton barely even whimpered.

When you mix black cats and boys, this is what you get...

 

Headless and legless army men and a blown up little car!

I have no words to describe this picture. 

What more can I say...This is Ayden!

Helping me cook fudge...

There will be mud (or chocolate, or kool aid, or ketchup, or you name it... he's been into it).

I spend more time editing photos of this kid, trying to get stuff cleaned off his face.

The gamers!  Sutton always wants to help.

Sutton forgot for a little bit that he "can't" stand up without holding on.  He was so tickled playing with the boys and clapping that he just forgot for a minute.  Silly goose!



Cooking...the easy bake way

Ayden and Lyndell tried out the easy bake oven tonight.

Smores...the easy bake way!

Pretty good!

Christmas Day

 

Well, Santa brought something that I never would have planned to have in my house.  However, we have been told that fancy rats make excellent pets.  I was a bit skeptical.  Who would want a rat in their house?  I think the tail is what gets me.  Christmas morning, there they sat.  I am now convinced, they do make excellent pets. 

Meet Pip (Cordell's) and Squeaks (Ayden's)...

These pictures say it all.

These 2 rats are the boys' new best friends.  The poor little things don't spend very much time in their cage.  Cordell and Ayden are so proud that they have taught them to crawl back in their cage when they set them down by the door.  I don't know if that is really a trick or the rats thanking their lucky stars that they get a rest.

Mr. Squeaks managed to get away from me.  I was sitting in the recliner, and Ayden sat him in my lap while I was helping him with something.  The next thing I know, Squeaks is nowhere to be found.  We start tearing apart the living room (me because I didn't want him loose in the house and Ayden because he loves him that much).  After searching frantically for what seemed like a long time (it really was not), I look over to see Ayden in the floor completely dissolved to tears.  There are tears literally dripping from his face.  This is when I realize the bond that these 2 have already made.  Well, to make this long story short, we finally found Squeaks.  He had crawled into the back of the recliner. 

Whew!  The things we do for our kids.