Not Your Average Barber

Alan is definitely not your average barber.  

I shot this video last night to record his unique way of cleaning things up after the hair cut.  

Be sure to stay tuned until the end so you can hear Sam's sweet words to his Daddy.  

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I've been looking for some "before" pictures and this is the best I could find.  

I took this a week or so ago while grocery shopping with the boys.  

They both love the race car shopping cart.  

Sam made it his priority to teach his little brother how to "drive" the cart.  Very. Sweet.

Now, for the "after" pictures.  

Please excuse the spaghetti stained smile :)  

I think this was Alan's best haircut yet!  

Love how Patrick Sleeps...

This is the cutest.  

Jammin' Sammy

We had a little fun after dinner the other night.  
Here is a just a glimpse of it!  

Three is such a fun age.  
I want to remember these moments forever.

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Congratulations Daddy!

The Hot Dam Triathlon at Clark's Hill Lake

1500 m swim

40 K bike ride

10 K run

Alan was 1st place in his age group and 10th overall!

This is the bottle of wine he won as a prize.  

He won it for me. ;)

Grandpa's truck is...

...the perfect summer-time playpen.

Patrick enjoyed walking the edges of Grandpa's truck yesterday while Sam got his first ride on the Craig Cat. 

Soccer Boy Sam

Sam has been so excited about playing on a soccer team.  Now that he's had some practice and a few games, we can see that his true love really is the running part of soccer.  It's so funny to watch him because he will run around the pack of children chasing the ball via the longest path possible.  Most of the time I don't think he is even watching the ball...just running...and loving every minute of it.

At his second game, he scored his first goal...granted it was in the other team's goal.  Haha.  It didn't matter to him.  He was pretty happy about it :)  Of course, I've been trying to get some good video of this experience and I had the camera off for that moment.  Here are a couple pictures that Caroline took at his first practice.  I'll keep working on that video.  Maybe by the end of the season I'll be able to capture something fun to watch :)

 Here is an action shot of our little runner.

Sam and his buddy Carter

Where did Daddy's Hair Go?

April and I strongly desire for our children to develop a love for reading.  Each night, we read several books to Sam.  We started this when he was in April's belly and continued it once he was born.  We often get weary of reading the same books over and over.

To encourage his interests in books as well as encourage the variety, April occasionally takes him to the library to pick out new books.  On his last trip, Sam picked out six books.  One of the books that Sam picked out is titled, "Where did Daddy's Hair Go?".  That is currently Sam's favorite book.  It is about a little boy who realized that his Daddy was bald.  He then goes on a secret mission to "help find my Daddy's hair" by looking inside and outside the house in search for his Daddy's missing hair.  Later in the book, the little boy learns that everyone has a different appearance and "it is what is on the inside that counts".  At the end he tells his Daddy "I don't need to look for your hair anymore", then tells him "you are perfect just the way you are!".

While reading the book to Sam, I jokingly accused him taking my hair and told him I was going to take my hair back.  Sam thought that was so funny.  

When tucking Sam in to bed that night after reading the book to him, I laid my head on Sam's belly.  Sam rubbed my head with his hand and said, "Daddy, you have hair?"  I replied to him, "What do you think, do I have hair"?  Sam then rubbed my head again, and undoubtedly feeling the stubble on my head he answered, "yes Daddy, you have hair".

Later during the week, while reading the book to Sam again, he generously offered with a smile, "Daddy, I'm going to share my hair with you."

Finally last night, Sam sweetly told me, "you are perfect just the way you are!"

Very nice book, and a very, very sweet son.  April and I love him very much and feel very blessed to have both him and Patrick in our lives.