Love

The smile, the joy, the happy that he brings...

One Happy Red Ranger

What a happy happy birthday weekend for this 4 year old power ranger.  He totally embraced the limelight and big brother totally let him...it was so sweet.  A lifetime of brotherly love for birthdays to come...so proud of both of them.

Racin' and Root Beer

Busy week for the boys...Zak had his preschool fund raiser so he had lots of laps to complete on his scooter...his current favorite travel mode.  After two laps, he scooted over to me to announce-"my legs are tired".  He adored having his fan club there and hanging with the gal pals in his class.

Van celebrated 50 days of kindergarten with a Root Beer float party and some 50s attire.  Dance moves not so 50s style but these boys can make fun out of just about anything.  

Football Heroes

Football season is over for our little guys...trophy ceremony and medal awards...oh what a fun season!
We'll wait and see if they ask to do it again next year but certainly glad they enjoyed it.

Candy Coma

Yes we are slowly emerging from the sugary daze we have been in all week.  We (aka Van and Zak) don't want to see it come to an end but We (Mommy and Daddy) need to hide/eat/remove the giant bowls of sweetness soon.  If not, I will be endorsing all my future paychecks directly to our beloved dentist.     We've taken a giant mound of candy and loaded it up in Zak's soon to be birthday pinata.   We've shared our candy with family and friends, but it's still here and it seems to multiply in the night.  Sweet sweet dreams indeed.

Happy almost candy heaven day!

The paper chain has one loop left and the boys are beyond excited.  Great day today with our best bud superhero friends at the crazy Squirrel-o-ween party.  Thanks Nutzy!

Our Stars

Van had a huge day at flag football this Saturday.  He and his buddy, Michael who's also adopted from China, both received the sportmanship medal for the week.  Each week, they work on a value that is important for players and this week it was "unselfishness".  Michael and Van both exemplified this value all season.  They never cared about winning or the score, they just had fun and were great sports about the game.  Their team never won a game but from their enthusiasm, you'd never guess.

Van right after he won the award

Love the proud face of little brother sharing the spotlight...of course

Our happy unselfish winner

And of course, proud little brother, Zak had his own moment in the spotlight this week as well.  His photo from our local fall parade was featured on a local news website.  The big draw of the parade is the mounds of candy that gets thrown out of the floats to the kids.  Zak figured this out and just kept creeping closer and closer to the candy love.