Dog Breath Boy!

I know that it is gross that I allowed Streak--our dog-to lick all over Elijah for this pic but I did so in order for you all to see just how friendly our pit bulls are. They are just typical dogs and this one in particular absolutely loves Elijah--mostly because Lij allows him to lick him, in fact Lij almost forces Streak to give his nasty wet dog kisses. So naturally, Elijah smells like dog breath quite often--yuk! Streak also knows where to go to score table scraps or who will be ever so willing to allow him outside when he really isn't allowed--Elijah! All of these freedoms come at a cost for streak tho, he must put up with Elijah climbing all over him, stretching his lips nearly off his face, locked in bedrooms at random times, ran into with Elijah's radio flyer scooter, and dragged around constantly. And still, Streak loves him enough to cover him in dog breath with his stinky dog kisses!

Elijah--Naturally

He always wants a tattoo--on his neck usually!

one rockin' dude!

He is so busy that it can be a bit of a challenge to photograph him and when I ask him to do something he gets grumpy! I love the intense look that he gives in the close-up, he reminds me of Kenny!

Elijah--UGH!

We have been trying to potty train Elijah since he was 20 months old...I know that is kinda early, but he showed interest and Ben was super easy to train, he basically did it himself. Well, different story with this child! He was doing ok, and I stress ok, but recently he has been terrible! He rarely tells me when he has to use the bathroom and even then he has already had an accident. Then he tells us when he doesn't want to do what ever that may be at any given time--so it is usually a lie, manipulation. It sucks cuz I don't know when to believe him and I hate to discourage him from expressing when he actually needs to go. Well, his favorite thing to do while in the bathroom is to get into my mascara which is in the drawer near the toilet and smear it all over him! So that is why I took this picture to share with you all what I go thru on a daily basis...sometimes it is just a different song and dance for him...but it is always some kind of noisy music!

Clean and Naked Baby!

Finally, Ezra enjoyed his bath...he was so relaxed afterward that he even layed still and let me put lotion on him! That is a hugh accomplishment if any of you know him--he moves so much that gets blisters on his heals!!!

Tae Kwan Do Dudes!

Ben started Tae Kwan Do this summer and he has already moved up two belts he is now a yellow tip (yellow/white stripe with yellow tip) and he is doing very well. Elijah loves to do everything Ben does which includes skateboard, play soccer, play Xbox, ride bikes and ramp, wear Ben's shoes and sneak Ben's Tae Kwan Do uniform on and show off his moves. So cute, I love it! Joon Be....hiyah!

Ezra's 1st bath

Ezra HATES taking a bath! This was his first bath at 4 weeks old...it took that long for his silly cord to fall off. He cried most of the time. Ben and Elijah loved taking baths--they still do.

Soccer superstar!

Benjamin has enjoyed playing soccer this season..he is seriously the superstar of the team! They won 5 out of the six games they played and each game he scored the most points. The game that they lost he was the only one on his team to score! One game he scored 5 of the winning 11 points! Being competitive as I am, I was super proud of him and thrilled to hear other parents cheer him on and rave about how good he was!