Mr. Imagination

Everyday is a costume party at our house. These elaborate get ups range from super heroes to dinosaur doctors. Today's imagination filled adventure proves I'm not the only one excited for the Texans game this season.

Zachary started off yelling something from upstairs. I couldn't make out what he was saying til he came in my room and said, "Get your Fresh Hot Dogs here. Fresh Hot Dogs for sale at the football game".

"You have to write this down"

Because I hear the words "You have to write all of this down" at least 3 times a week (and I usually don't) and because I have a little bit of guilt about not keep up the ole blog (especially for poor little B who is not showcased nearly enough on this thing) and because I like having a venue to share our daily occurances I am setting a goal to bring back the blog.

Some entries will be witty and well thought out.  Others will be simple with a photo or a quote.

I am also helping a little Pinterest research will help me redecorate not only my house but the look of this thing.

So without further review here we go......

Yesterday, Zachary was telling me how many cards we need to make.

Zachary: "we don't need 18 Valentine's Day Cards for his class, we only need 17 because N (one of the boys in his class) isn't in my class anymore"
Mom "where did he go?"
Zachary "I think he went to another country"
Zachary: "Or maybe he is in a new class"
Zachary:  "Or maybe he was eaten by a bear."

Mom: (trying hard not to laugh) "Zachary!"

Zachary: "He probably wasn't eaten by a bear, he is probably just in another class"
Braden: "Zach-y be funny"

Both boys crack me up everyday.
#neverstoplaughing

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Happy New Year!

2011 is here.  While I thoroughly enjoyed 2010, I love the notion of a new year, a new start, looking at potential, setting goals, and evaluating past failures and celebrating the success.  It is all very refreshing for me.  And while sometimes I think my goals are unrealistic (i.e. how a new shelf or decision will change my whole life, like this is the one thing I have been missing), I do like to think any goal can be a catalyst for change, large or small.  Now I must figure out the path, plan the steps, prepare for obstacles and set forth.  Each year I strive to be a better person than I was the year before.  And although I may stumble at times (and yell at my husband for not putting his things away), I will get up and keep moving forward.

So 2011, you are going to be even better than 2010.  We are going to laugh more, love more, enjoy what we have more, be thankful for the people in our lives, smile often, sing loudly (when no one is listening), and help others. Every year forward is made to be as good or better than the last.  This is my goal (along with a few of the other less than altruistic ones).  Happy New Year!

Taking cues from Ferris Bueller

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."  Ferris Bueller

This line has been rattling around in my head for a few days weeks months (?!?!).  Some how the following has happened:

• Braden is 8 months old
• We have lived in California for 5 years
• Doug and I are married almost 5 years
• Zachary is no longer a "baby" boy, barely a "little" boy, almost just boy.
• My hair is brown
• 2010 is almost gone (but thankfully we are entering some of the best months!)

I am not sure how most of this happened.  I still feel like I "just" had a baby ( I also feel like I should have a good excuse for carrying the baby weight).  Yet my baby is crawling, laughing, clapping, growing, getting teeth and being overall the best darn baby he can possibly be.  And he is 8 (EIGHT!!!) months old.  Just to prove how great he is, here are some pictures.

 He currently has 2 teeth and is working on possibly 4 more.  Yet he is pretty pleasant about the whole thing. 

And Zachary is keeping busy too.  He is attending pre-school 3 days a week, swim class 2 days a week and pretending he is Dino Dan, Pablo, a Blue Power Ranger or Spiderman every other minute of the day.  The imagination of a 3.5 year old is so much fun to witness.  We are often fending off dinosaurs (Spinosaurus', T-Rex, Tricerotops, Pteradactyl, Pterosaurs, Brachiasaurus' and a few others that he knows and I can't even remember right now), making "rad moves"on our surf boards, snowboarding the himalayas, riding horses on the range, "going to jail", or hiding from ghosts and monsters.  There is a lot of laughter in this house, as Zach likes to say, "We are funny!". 

Since we can't slow things down maybe we can at least take some time to appreciate how great everything is for this Walker Family and take some time to add it to this blog so we remember it all. 

Time flies when you are having fun and we are definately having a lot of fun.
Life is good.