One Year Old

My baby turned ONE today.  Has it really been a year!?  Really?  Because it sure seems like he just got here.  I'm so glad little Josh is on our family.  I love him more everyday.

Ready?

ONE...

TWO...

THREE!!

Happy Birthday baby, we love you!

Schooooool's Out. For. Sum-mer!

Summertime...that means that kids rule and moms drool! For example, Hannah's face-melting, ear-shattering, mom-can't-believe-she-is-tolerating-this-before-eight-AM, drum solo....

(my favorite part is when Josh hands her a cymbal)

(If you haven't revisited your Rush collection lately, specifically the track XYZ from the album Exit...Stage Left, then you should.)

One Incredible graduate

 (ummm, actually, I do believe this is exactly what our dinner-times look like....)

Helen:  I can't believe you don't want to go to your own son's graduation.
Bob:  It's not a graduation. He is moving from the 4th grade to the 5th grade.
Helen: It's a ceremony!
Bob:  It's crazy! They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity, but if someone is genuinely exceptional...

My little man graduated from pre-school.  sniff.  He's moving from the pre's to the real world: the elementary school, Kindergarten, bus riding with Hannah, lunch in the cafeteria, napping on the floor (okay, he already does that one), spelling, reading, algebra, astro-physics.  sniff.  where has the time gone?

This little one:

 Is now all growed-up: