The boys

Names

As Brian and I discussed naming our children, we both wanted unique names, but I wanted to make sure they were spelled phonetically.  I love my name, but I get tired of spelling it for people and or correcting when they mispronounce it (Carrie, Corly, Cara, trust me, if it starts with a "K" sound, I've probably been called it).  Brian's name was not mispronounced, but so common that he often turned his head when he heard it only to realize he heard another Brian being called.  Thus, our children's names are somewhat unique, but not hard to pronounce or read correctly.  My boss sent me this little clip about my name, which I find too funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9JkGNhwxb0

Big week at school

This has been a busy week at school!  The boys each had a big event in their classrooms.  LT had the "Invention Convention" where teams of two or three kids invented something.  There were inventions that turned on light switches, dropped laundry down stairs, turned on TVs, carried cats to the vet etc.  LT and his partner invented a machine to water plants.  See below:

https://youtu.be/FVYwXIzRs9Q

Ads had "Musical Morning" in his class.  Kids could perform in a variety of ways, singing, playing an instrument etc.  Ads read two poems.  See below for one of them:

https://youtu.be/gKxQhEDDH68

Shades

Happy birthday Elsie

 We celebrated what would be Elsie's second birthday by releasing pink balloons with messages from each of us (as we did last year).  

We also visited her tree with cousin Wesley and then my brother invited us over for a family dinner.  This has become an important tradition for the boys and us.  She's very much a part of our little family and always remembered.  

Lycra fun

 Some friends had us over for dinner the other night.  They have layers of lycra hanging from their ceiling that the boys and lots of friends played in while the parents had time to talk upstairs.  This is how I found Landon when I went down.