Now that's talent!!

Cade has always been a very shy and timid child and I have often worried about him being too shy (that is not something I can understand). Jeremy has always told me that he was very much like Cade as a child and at times can still be. I have to tell you I was shocked when I heard Cade and his two friends wanted to be in the talent show. When I asked Cade about it, he said he thought his friends were just kidding about it but he would do it if he had to. He decided to do it and they did a great job. Of course they chose to sing the Ben 10 theme song since they are all huge Ben 10 fans. Here is a clip of the act. Trenton (the boy on the left) was all into the dancing part but didn't sing that loud. Cade (on the right) and Elliott (in the middle) are the ones you hear singing the loudest but were too shocked to dance! Still they did a great job and we are very proud of them!

Boy meets dog

Cade has been so happy about having a dog he writes about him in all his stories at school.

I'm Batman!!

The other night after the boys had been put to bed and Jeremy went off to his meeting, I was watching the news when Easton came into my room and declared, "look mom, I'm Batman!" He was grinning so big and just so happy to be showing me his costume and acted like it was no problem at all that he was not in bed asleep. So what is a mother to do? I grabbed my camera and took pictures (which probably just encourages such behavior but they are only young once!)

C,D,E, and now F

Well we have this weird tradition in our family that our kids have to be alphabetical and have been stuck on E for the past four years. We shyed away from having another child because what kind of names are there that start with FA (that's another part of the pattern, I know even wierder). Last Sunday we added a new family member and when we couldn't think of a name we used creative spelling to get over our hump. Welcome to the Holdstock family... Fantom, our new dog. We have wanted one for a year or so and the boys and my aunt have prayed for us to find the right one. We love having him and it seems like he has been with us forever already and it has only been a week. Now that we got over the F, who knows what will happen!!

Weekend Visitor

When we went to Houston for Spring Break, my boys fell in love with my uncle's dog Gunnar. The boys were so excited because my aunt called and came up to visit for the weekend and she brought Gunnar. When they got here, the boys were so excited that they didn't know what to! They had the best time, running at the park and playing in the backyard. My aunt was so nice that she brought up some paints and let the boys do art in the yard too. They boys are already planning their next trip to visit Gunnar.