2 Boys Playing

John Michael is so much fun right now. His favorite thing to do is just walk around the house with a horse and a cow in his little hands. His other favorite thing is a light saber that is his very own and he loves to let his brother know that it is HIS and he can't take it from him. He just roams from one room to the other not really bothering anything but sometimes getting underneath tables or climbing up into chairs or getting into the cabinets that aren't locked down. This past Saturday night Samuel and Joseph were playing a football game on the playstation3 (Alabama VS Arkansas just to see if we could beat them again). Samuel decided to take a break and play with John Michael. They were chasing each other around, laughing, and having so much fun that Samuel didn't even care to get back to the football game. It was sweet! And yes Alabama (Samuel) beat Arkansas (Joseph) again that night! A couple of Saturdays ago I took John Michael to Kim Lawson for his one year pictures. I had in mind exactly what I wanted. I wanted something similar to what I had done with Samuel with John Michael wearing the same outfit and everything. Well, John Michael had a different idea. There was blood, snot, & tears involved so I don't know if there will be a picture to hang next to Samuel's or not. Samuel's picture has an antique feel to it with an antique tricycle so Kim had these antiquish boxes which I loved. Well, the only problem was, so did John Michael! So much so that he wanted to carry them around all over the place! So as I'm dragging him back into place, after he has just walked off with the props, he is kicking and screaming. Actually, I think she got a couple of cute ones, much to my surprise, and we are continuing the photo shoot outside tomorrow evening. Hopefully she can just follow him around and let him do his thing. Kim did a great job with a very active, very determined little boy who actually ended up at the doctor that Monday with ear infections! Pictures always stress me out! Samuel has found a new love! Mystery books! He has been reading the A-Z mysteries and just loves them. He has reached the place that I so hoped he would. He is reading not just to get in his 20 minutes a day. He is reading to find out what happens next or to see who did it! I'm loving it! I have been reading some mysteries lately also just to add fuel to the fire. We are loving this time of year and looking forward to some time in Winfield with family this weekend for the annual Mule Day event. The kids love it! Next weekend we are expecting four families down from Kentucky for the Alabama/Kentucky game. We are really looking forward to that!