If...

I love to fill out questionnaires for some reason so this is right up my alley!  :)

•If I were to get pregnant again I would be thrilled!!!  And then wonder where would we put another kid??


•If I could have any job in the world I'm not sure what I'd be...I just can't imagine having a job that I love but I'd sure like to try!

•If I had a day to myself I would do lunch (w/an adult beverage perhaps), shopping, mani/pedi - and all of this would be funded by someone other than me.

•If I could get married all over again I would hire a different photographer.  :(

•If I could live anywhere in the US I would (I can't believe I'm saying this) move back to Arkansas or Oklahoma.  Maybe.

•If Brady/Zachary/Easton were a girl he would have been named Reilly.

•If I could have any talent in the world I would like to be able to do something creative.  Anything.  I don't have a creative bone in my body....I'm not even creative enough to come up with an answer to this question.

•If you met me in real life I think you'd think I was the coolest person you ever met.  ;)  After you got to know me......I'm very shy at first.

•If I could go back to school and get a different degree I would major in anything but Accounting.  What was I thinking?!? 

•If money were not an object I'd be debt-free and have another baby...or two.  ;)

•If I could meet one celebrity I think I would want to meet Ellen maybe?  Or Oprah?  Or Kathy Griffin?  I don't know.....

•If I could only shop at one store for the rest of my life it'd be Dillard's.  That's a hard one but at least I could get shoes, clothes, makeup, etc. all in one store.

•If we get another pet I will admit myself to the looney bin.  Voluntarily.

•If I could go on a trip, RIGHT NOW, I'd want to go to Napa Valley or Italy.  Maybe Napa first since it doesn't require me being sedated in order to fly over the ocean.  :)

•If I had to chose between a house cleaner and a personal chef, I'd pick the house cleaner.  I hate to clean and I don't really like to cook but cleaning is a necessity!  Restaurants were invented for a reason!
•If I had the option of plastic surgery I'd get a tummy tuck/lipo in a heartbeat!!

Wordless Wednesday (Kinda)

This (Phantom of the Opera-inspired?) picture of Zachy was taken on our way to Brady's soccer game on Saturday morning.....about 20 minutes later Zachary and Brady were running (very fast) and ran into each other "head-on"...knocked Zachy out for a second and he ended up with a concussion.  Brady was fine (hard head)....

Zachy got an all-expense-paid trip to CCHMC's ER....but was feeling much better later that afternoon!  Of course, I'm still traumatized from the sound (and sight) of my two boys' heads hitting each other so hard!!  But they're fine and running around like crazies again.  :)

Brady's First Day of (Practice) Kindergarten

Today was Brady's first day of kindergarten - kind of....they are very wisely using a staggered start so today he and 7 other kids started.  Over the next two days the rest of the class will go for a practice day and then they'll all go together for the first time on Thursday!  He did great and really likes his teacher!!  Yea!

 He found his seat and was just as happy as can be.....

Especially once his bestie, Meryl, arrived!  



Wordless Wednesday

I feel like I only posts pictures of Easton these days (the other two are still faster and don't cooperate as much) so today I'm posting all 3 day!  Yea for me realizing today is actually Wednesday before it's over!!  :)  These were taken at Brady's soccer practice last week - I discovered that the "sports" setting on my camera is way more conducive for fast-moving boys!!

Wordless Wednesday

Cheese!!!!!!!!!!!



Flyin' Solo

Zachary is supposed to start pre-school in the fall.  This breaks my heart.  He's so shy and timid and sweet - and he's never done anything by himself.  He's never been to daycare and I've been a SAHM for the past year....and even before that he went to a babysitter but the only other kids there were his brothers.  So, he's not used to other kids or being without his parents.  In preparation for this, we decided to enroll him in a class at the Little Gym.  He started off in a parent-child class but last week was his first week to go to a new big boy class all by himself.  I was right outside the window and he could see me the whole time but he did really well.  There were other kids in the class (the session is halfway over now) that were running around and NOT listening a lot more than him.  The teachers thought he did great.  I was soooo proud of him!

He had lots of fun!  And now, Easton is taking his place in the parent-child class.  He loves it but throws a fit when Zachy goes to the Little Gym without him.  This week, I have to work on the night of Zachy's class so Brendan has to take him (and the other two boys).  Easton will not be a very happy camper when he doesn't get to go into the gym!!  That will not be prety!

Fourth of July (was two days ago but I'm trying!)

So, I'm behind as usual but we had a pretty fun Fourth of July.  Every year, my sister's husband's company "hosts" a softball game that Brendan plays in.  It's a bunch of middle-aged guys and now some of the younger generation has joined in to put them to shame.  ;)  The game has very interesting rules...the most interesting is that the game isn't over unless my brother-in-law's team is winning.  I'm fine with this when Brendan is on his team but this year he wasn't so it's not a good rule.  :) 

The boys liked watching the game and playing with their cousins (mainly Alli the dog).  They got to go run around the bases when the game was over.  I forgot my camera so all of these pictures were taken with my phone.  :(  I see other people's pics taken with IPhones all the time and they look so much better than mine do???

After the game, there's always a "cook out"....I use that term lightly b/c it's catered by a local BBQ place.  This year it was exceptionally nice b/c they had it at "The Deck" which is behind a building that my brother-in-law built.  The building has offices/retail places on the first floor and apartments on the second floor so I think he built this area for the "kids" (college students) that live there.  It's super nice and has a little wading pool that the kids had lots of fun in.

I didn't get any good pictures of Brady for some reason.  He was too busy having fun I guess.  Here they area all together in their 4th of July shirts....they actually volunteered for this picture?!?!

And here's the aftermath......three zonked boys.  They passed out!!!



Also - I'm now two days late participating in Jenna's Commenting Challenge so I gots lots of commentin' to do!!!  I found some great blogs last year during the challenge and I'm sure I'll find some more this year!!!  Fun stuff!