I don't wanna be a baby, I wanna be a duck!

Miles stuck this foam bath letter in his mouth and kept it there for about ten minutes. He cracks us up!

First Day of School

I can't believe I have a fifth grader and two first graders! And all of them go off to school without a backward glance!

Summer Fun!

I can't believe it's the last week of summer. Here are some highlights from the Goodson clan!
We enjoyed the new sprinkler park at the YMCA.

Miles likes to grab faces and hair!

The twins got some interesting party favors at our neighborhood block party.


Miles thinks he's big enough to stand up now--stop it, baby boy!

Trevor lost a tooth and the very next morning Miles had his first tooth--in the exact same spot Trevor lost his! We are thinking the tooth fairy just recycled Trevor's tooth!


Ian found a cool baby snapping turtle at West Medicine Lake beach.

My baby is six months old! He sits up, has a tooth, eats solids, loves to splash in the bath--what happened? We're so lucky to have this sweet, sweet boy in our family!

More Look-a-likes

When we put Miles in these pajamas, we couldn't help notice how much he looks like his big brother! Gavin says they are twins born ten years apart!

Miles goes lots of miles!

Miles has been a busy baby the past few weeks! Just he and I flew to Texas to celebrate my mom's 80th birthday on June 13th and then a couple of weeks later we made the long, long road trip to Virginia. We also took him to the beach!
With his TX grandparents!

wearing a TX shirt

Bathing in Gran's sink in TX

At Lost World Caverns in Lewisburg, WV

in the chair his great-grandfather made in VA

Loving the beach!


On the Fourth of July

On a hike in Ohio

And whiling away long hours in the car sucking his feet!

Inexplicable

Some things just defy explanation. Today we were going to the Chinese Buffet for dinner. It's always a challenge to get the boys to get some shoes on and get in the van. Trevor was the last one, as usual, and stuffed his feet in some slip-on tennis shoes without socks. Once he was in the van, he decided he needed socks. I was reluctant to let him go back inside and find socks, since he's such a slowpoke. We told him to wait a minute while we said a family prayer and blessed our dinner early. After the prayer, I hear Ian say, "I only have one pair of socks in the van."
"What?" I said.
"I've got a pair of socks from camping in the van!"
"You have socks in the van still from camping?!" (Camping was almost a month ago.) I assume he had stuffed the socks into one of the little compartments in the back.
"Yes!"
"They must be absolutely filthy!"
"No, they aren't!"
Then Trevor pipes in, "No, look--they're only a little dirty on the bottom!" and he sticks his foot in the air. He was putting them on.
So Ian solved Trevor's problem of no socks. It just makes me wonder what else he can pull out from a hidden spot in the van to make Trevor happy.
Ron and I looked at each other and burst out laughing. What else could we do? Everyone was happy, so I swallowed my objections and we went out. It just goes to show how we've been worn down by four children, especially 6 year old twin boys!

Trevor Toothless

Trevor has lost his first tooth! Gavin didn't lose one until halfway through second grade, so I was shocked that Trevor had a loose one. And when it got really loose, I offered to pull it for him and was stunned that he agreed. I tried one day and it didn't come right out, so I left it alone, and then a couple of days later I asked him if he wanted me to try again, and he did, and it came right out! Ian is mad that none of his seem to be loose yet.
Another funny Trevor moment--he's such a picky eater and I guess I comment on it too much because the other evening he polished off his dinner and said, "It's a miracle! I ate more than Ian!"