Batman

Follow Me!

At first glance, I thought this was Alekzander, 

but it is, indeed, our little tank, Anderson.

Seemingly big for a two year old, 

his personality is even bigger.

And it has to be since he has Alekzander for a big brother.

Alekzander can be shy in new social situations {clearly my son},

but at home and when he is comfortable, 

he is a loud leader ... to put it mildly.

It is no surprise that Anderson's personality has mirrored 

his big brother's, and at times,

it is just necessary to be louder in order to be bossier!

One of our favorite books is called Gossie and Gertie

where two geese best friends follow each other around on an adventure.

One goose spends the whole book saying, "follow me, follow me!"

as she ends up following the other goose.

The boys reminded me of Gossie and Gertie:

Anderson with his "map" in hand

ready to lead the way, saying 'This way, follow me'

as big brother sprinted past

leaving little brother behind.

Follow me! 

Beach Day

It makes this mama's heart happy to see 

both kids so at home on the beach.

Sand between their toes,

eyes wide in wonder of the waves.

After seeing two sharks caught and released

within 12 hours, we opted for sand play,

but could not stop some shallow surf splashing.

Drip castles and shell hunting

kept us busy for hours

before the majority of the tourists were even awake!

Sunshine and Apples

We like to eat sunshine and apples for breakfast at the beach!

Such a great way to wake up - 

sand, sun, waves, water,

and two boys with joy, joy, joy in their hearts.

I love you sooooooooo much.

Celebrating Spirit

Surely this little one is not celebrating 

his brother being away from home all day?!

Day 2:  Already showing school spirit!

First Day of Kindergarten

{Love that he was not embarrassed of us yet!}

Boys... You've Got Mail

Ashley and I heard/read about this idea somewhere and I had to share.  Setup an email account for your child (when you find out your pregnant, when they are born, when they are 5, 10, whatever)... just setup an email account and don't tell them.  Then proceed to send emails to them throughout the years with thoughts, memories, pictures and anything you want to share with them.  The idea is to not tell them about it until they graduate High School (or some other date when they are older).  They will have years and years worth of memories to go back through and read.

We setup accounts for both boys months ago when we first heard about this and it has been fun emailing them both (or individually) from time to time.  If you know and love our boys and want to share something then feel free... we created gmail accounts with their full names (ie. firstlast@gmail.com).

Now we'll just have to try and remember the password years from now. :)