Incident

Last Tuesday was a very warm day, so after the kids got home from school, they were playing outside. When they're outside, I'm usually in and out, depending on what's going on or what I need to be getting done. The door was open, so I could hear them, but I was upstairs printing something.  I hear crying from Hudson…I say "there better be blood with a cry like that!" Um. Hudson comes upstairs with blood streaming down his face.  Oops.

The gash was about 1/3 of an inch.  It's not the largest I've seen on one of my kids (William), so I wasn't for sure if we needed to get stitches. But, after consulting with my dr friend and Dave, we decided to go ahead and take him in since it was on his head. Don't want an ugly scar on that super handsome face!

The dr on call thought that glue would work nicely!

All glued up, and no worse for the wear!

They say these things happen in 3's, which seemed to roll true last year. Let's hope this is just a 1 time thing this go around!

Field Trip

I had the privilege of chaperoning William's class on a field trip to Bass Performance Hall to see Peter and the Wolf last week.  Dave's mom had about the book/CD for the boys a few years ago, so William was very familiar with the music and story.   The Fort Worth Symphony and the North Texas Ballet Company did not disappoint! I'm so glad I was able to go with them.

Handsome Guys

Yesterday afternoon we were playing outside in the unseasonably warm weather (YAY!!), and Crew was playing in the leaves while Dave and the big boys were playing football in the street. He looked particularly cute, so I ran inside and grabbed the ole SLR…

 I had William and Hudson come over to try for a similar cute photo. They weren't quite as cooperative, but still handsome nonetheless (William has chapped lips, so smiling is quite a challenge these days). :-)

Dress-Up days

The boys have had a few dress-up days at school lately.  A few weeks ago it was Cartoon Character at William and Hudson's school.  And since we pretty much only own superhero/Avenger costumes, I made the call that IronMan and the Iron Patriot are indeed cartoon characters. 

Last week at Crew's school, he had jammie day.  Of course, he couldn't go without his hat!

And this past Friday was Western Day- I'm guessing to celebrate the start of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. They even had Pony rides at school.  Can you tell how thrilled Hudson is with the outfit I scraped together?

Hudson's Birthday/New Year's Eve

We returned from St. Louis/Oklahoma, only to turn around the next day for another trip…this time to Houston. Thankfully, the drive to Houston is much shorter…a mere 4 hours each way.

The cousins had a blast together, as always!

Hudson's 6th birthday. How is it possible?

Birthday breakfast from Aunt Tasha: pancakes and bacon!

 Yay, New Legos from Grandpa and Grandma!

a new bike from Papa and Mimi!

So far, we LOVE having Hudson's birthday on New Years Eve. There's always a big celebration!!!

36 weeks preggo. I'd say she looks amazing!

Bartender Tasha.

Crew couldn't make it until midnight, but William and Hudson were going strong, even at 1am!

It was so fun to celebrate with so much family and friends!

Christmas in St Louis

We were so blessed to be able to spend Christmas this year in St Louis with Dave's sister Atria, her husband Jeff and their daughter Zoe (and of course, Grandma and Grandpa Dennison!). Dave and I hadn't seen Zoe since she was 1 month old, and the boys had never met her. They were SO excited to meet another cousin. They all hit it off quickly, especially Zoe and Crew (only 5 months apart). We spend 5 days together, and despite the FRIGID temperatures, we had a blast.

On Christmas Eve, we went to the St Louis Science Center, which was so fun! It's a free museum, and they have special exhibits the you pay for.  Well, thanks to our membership in Fort Worth, we were able to go into all the extra exhibits for free! YAY!

I think this picture is hilarious.  Zoe so desperately wanted to give Crew a hug, and he was over it.

Christmas morning was wild. Presents, ribbon, and wrapping paper were everywhere.  It was so fun!! For the Dennison boys, the theme this year was LEGOS.

Crew was SO excited to get his very own Legos.

The day after Christmas we headed to the Arch. It's been 20 years since I'd been there (Ash- remember??). The boys loved it, and we even took the tram up to the top!

The top of the Arch! (in case you're wondering about the goggles Crew is wearing. His fashion statement, not mine!)

Cousins:

What a fun week we had with Dave's family! As Jeff is getting close to getting a "real" doctor job, we are praying they end up in Texas!! Maybe then Grandma and Grandpa would move here???