Mr. Flagmans 4th bday

Well, its Zachman's bday and what else would he have but FLAGS!!! He's so proud of his flags. He makes sure EVERYONE has one in their flag holder and if they dont, he MUST know WHY!? He even had a HUGE temper tantrum one day at our old house bc our neighbor didn't have his flag out. When I told him he could take a small one until he could ask the neighbor where his big one is, his eyes filled with tears and that was just unacceptable. A small one wouldnt do, bc (as he was trying to stop crying long enough to tell me) "it has to be a big one so it can blow in the wind!" Zach won that "tantrum" and the neighbor thought it was cute when we explained what was going on. Anyway...Zach wanted to eat at CiCi's (pizza) for dinner, so the bday fairy~mom, took some balloons and tied them on his special chair! When we got there, he said something like "oh great, it's someone elses birthday too! And they've got balloons!!" :( Once he realized they were for HIM, he was all smiles as you can tell.

The BESTEST Baseball Player in the WORLD! ;)

Patrick has been playing baseball since t-ball...he is now on a Fall Ball team and Travel Ball...(that's what these pics are) Besides batting, his favorite position is catching. You can see the dust come outta the glove as he catches in one of these pics. His coach said he's not one bit afraid to get right in there, where other kids are a little more stand offish. I've had parents come up to me and say they can see it's "in his blood"...and I've heard them stop him in the parking lot asking "did you hit it to the fence like you did last time!?" ;) Awww, that just makes me all warm and tingly inside...I feel like the proudest mom in the stands. Debbie and I laugh at each other bc something about watching him play makes us BOTH wanna cry a little! haha Wow! If we feel like that NOW, we'll hafta bring a few boxes of tissues w/us by the time he gets in HIGH school!! haha

My Little Tiger Scout

These were taken last year when Patrick was a Tiger Scout. The one w/the flag pole was our first "real" camping trip and the boys LOVED it!!! But with playing on 2 baseball teams and being in 2nd grade with a little more homework and having a mom who can only be in one place at a time and gets cranky when she's stretched too thin, we decided not to go to the Wolf pack. We'll see tho, maybe he just needed a break from it. He does make the cutest little scout tho, doesnt he?? ;)

Punkin Patch

Our anual trip to the punkin patch! Was a beautiful day...but slim pickins on the punkins! A lot of green ones this year?! :)

Mother's Day @ the DC Zoo!

So this might be outta order...but I'm just trying to figure this thing out...k? lol
Well, we had a lovely Mother's Day! Started at Arlington by taking Grandma some flowers. It was a little chilly, but we thought things would be fine. So we walked to the metro and headed for the Zoo! Little did we know there had been a horrible accident in one of the tunnels, so we got re-routed and ended up on a bus for 1/2 of the trip. Not bad. Everyone got a seat and we were still fresh and excited. Met up with Anne, Julie and Tara once we got there. Had a great time seeing all the animals and even found a familiar name! ...How ironic on Mother's Day! (heehee) It started getting a little colder so we decided to head back. Deb bought a (child size) rain poncho and was ever so proud to wear it after paying $12!! (OMG!? haha) Made it back to the Metro and it started POURING! The tunnels were still tied up and we had gotten on the WRONG freakin' train THREE times I think. ...You GOTTA pay attention to those stupid color cirlces on the front of the train as it whizzes by at 100 mph! So once we found the right one, we STILL had to be re-routed to a bus. NOT A GOOD PART OF THE STORY! Picutre this...STILL pouring, waiting in line to catch the damn bus, but we're next. Here comes the bus!!! But it stops midline and other people start to get on in FRONT OF US!!! Ohhhhhh HELLLL NO! Deb's holding a very tired Christopher, Kevin's loaded down w/a stroller and cooler and diaper bag and I've got my two boys carrying what they can, trying not to get run over in the stampede of people! I don't know who made it on the bus first, me or Deb...all I know is we had each others back....hahaha Once we got on the bus, guess what?!?! NO SEATS!!!!! So we're standing in the isle and I told the boys to hold on to me tight...there was a scary looking man, Deb said was a child molester next to Patrick and Zach had my left butt cheek the whole trip, except for when he was falling into the little old ladies laps, going around the corner! It was getting stuffy and smelled like people and breath (GROSS) so since we were practically standing on top of the driver, Debbie (in her tired, pissed off, almost crying voice) asked him if he could perhaps crack a WINDOW or turn on some AIR bc she was about to THROW UP! We finally made it back to the metro, (STILL not working) and made it back to Arlington. Stopped for this picture at the visitor center (Kevin LOVES to take pictures, by the way...esp. in the POURING freaking rain!!) where Zach and Deb spotted a dead bird and neddle behind us! How nice. I forget the trip back to Richmond...I'm sure the boys passed out after they dried off and warmed up. But that was our Mother's Day. Actually, one of the best I can ever remember. Sure we got detoured on the way to and from, had to stand up for a few blocks and got soaking wet...but we (at least the 3 of us, haha) had a blast!!