Andrew The Red-Nosed Reindeer...

While riding his scooter down the neighbor's driveway he hit a rock and face-planted into the concrete. I'm glad that this is ALL that happened! So now he has to sport a scabby nose for a while. I think I'll wait to take our yearly family picture until it heals. He's still cute!

The "Fourth"

Andrew and I talking while driving to go grocery shopping. So cute. Classic Andrew:

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Andrew: Mommy...do you know what the fourth is?

Me: Yep I do.

Andrew: Well what is it?

Me: When you're counting and you count 1-2-3-4...the one that is #4 is the fourth.

Andrew: Nope. That's not it.

Me: Really? (At this point I'm only listening to him half way...at least until he said this...)

Andrew: Pretend I'm Obi-wan-kenobi...and the window is down, and there is a bad guy over there. I'm going to use the fourth to win a fight with him.

(By now I am holding back my laughter...see, Andrew has a lisp. All of his "S" sounds come out as "th".)

Me: Ohhhhh...ok. I get it now........

Andrew: The fourth gives you power!

Me: (Quiet for a sec) Lets practice your "S" sounds again ok? Say "sssssssss"...now say "forsssssss".

All About Dinosaurs:

Drew makes me laugh. Here is one of our conversations on the way to pick up the boys from school...so cute!

Andrew: Mom...dinosaurs are all killed right?...And they live at the museum?

Mom: Yep! Dinosaurs are extinct.

Andrew: Yeah...they ARE pretty smelly!

He's Not Afraid of Water Anymore!

Before going "swimming" for Andrew meant walking into the pool waist (maybe shoulder) deep. He took 1 session of swim lessons (6 weeks) and viola...his fear is busted! Whew...I was starting to get worried. Now he's just like the other boys and just goes for it. Lily is actually following suit now and has started to want to jump in the water too. Here are some fun pics of the first day that he jumped into the pool without one of us there to catch him. Go Drew!!!

These are 3 separate jumps. I love the puffed out cheeks and the great poses that he does.

Treasure!!!

Andrew now has a "cool stuff" collection. He has his treasure box and whenever he finds something cool enough it gets put inside. He asked me to take this picture of him. So cute.

Here's a cool video of Andrew during his swimming lesson. As long as I can remember he has always been afraid of the water. He won't even let us wash his hair without some kind of drama. Look at him now! Good job buddy.

Pre-School Is Over

It's that time of year and it's time to say goodbye for a while. Summer is here and school is over. Only the scheduling didn't work out this year and Drew isn't going to be back for his Pre-K year. We love Mrs "K" so much. She has been a pert of our lives since Matt was 4! So thank you Mrs "K" for all the time and love you put into your school. We will miss you next year...

A Trip to the Mesa Firestation

With Andrew's pre-school we were able to visit a firestation and do some fun stuff. The coolest for him being able to shoot the fire hose!

Joey-5, Andrew-4, Lily-2. 4-9-09

A huge, loud truck shows off what it can do...

Andrew is not amused. "It's too loud."

Good Morning!

"Cuddle with me! (Whether you want to or not!)"



This is how it goes about every morning with Andrew. It is about 7:30 am here. He gets up, hunts down a cat, and lays on the couch. Our cats are as aggressive as a bag of cottonballs. If you hold then against their will long enough, not letting them go, they'll just give in as to say, "Oh well, I guess I'm staying here." So apparently Maya has adjusted to the idea and Drew has won once again. She actually looks as though she's enjoying it now!

And take notice to his hat. We gave each of the boys hats for Christmas. They all were very excited, but Andrew loves his most. He wears it 24/7. Not an exaggeration. He sleeps in it! It comes off to bathe, and to go to church, but that's it. I need to wash it very soon. You see, he sweats when he sleeps and the hat is getting...well...gross. I noticed that I could see the sweat marks on it. It is very cute though. He hasn't been this attached to anything since he was a baby and he had his very favorite pillow.