The Dobson Family: May 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011

4 Boys = Rambunctious

There were a few more of my favorite pictures from our visit from the Irby's. Having two boys together is fun, but having four boys together is priceless! They had so much fun playing and we are already looking forward to next time! Make sure you see the previous post to see more pictures of our four precious boys!

We love our Texans!

We were fortunate to have the Irby's visit us a few weeks ago. Yes, I know this post is late, but better late than never! Sam begged to go to Gram's house every day because he wanted to play with James and Andrew! Having them all together is a lot of fun!

Pap and Ben enjoying the sunshine!

We have two serious builders on our hands!

I love my Uncle John!

Ben giving Gram kisses

Ben is watching his every move thinking, "One day, I will be able to play with that!"

James wanted to go for a run....Sam thought it would be fun also, but I knew better! He made it to the church playground, but then did not want to leave and run back up the hill to Gram and Pap's house!

James once said, "I run quick and fast becuase I am a boy!"

Sam thought running sounded fun, but he didn't last for long!

Aunt Stacy and Andrew are busy working!

Tell me, Tell me....I want to know the secret!!

Sam loves his Uncle John!

Cuddles and Smiles!

Sam is trying to talk Pap into some more cake, but it looks to me if Pap already ate all of it!

Sam didn't miss anything James did!

Andrew shared with Ben and helped him sit up!

Wresting....oh what fun!

Then they all decided to wrestle...and soon Ben will join in on the fun!

Ben-8 months

Ben,

You are now 8 months old and I can't believe how time has flown! Not only have you grown, your personality has started to blossom! We love you more and more each day and you have brought us more happiness than we could imagine! You are now sitting up and starting to army crawl. If you could figure out how to make your legs and arms work together, you would be fast as lightening! Right now, you scoot wherever you need to go and get up on your tippy toes, but then fall face foward towards to floor. The belly laugh you have is contagious and your smile with your one dimple is so cute! You eat at 8:00 (fruit/5 oz), 11:00 (fruit/veggie/7.5 oz), 3:45 (8 oz.), 5:30 (fruit/veggie), and 7:30 (8 oz). One of the best things is you sleep throughout the night and wake up happy! We love you Ben!
Love,

Mom and Dad

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

I want to Play!

Today was my last Wednesday at work!! Yes, I am just as excited as my 19 six year olds I have in class! I started a countdown last week, but today they finally had an "ah-ha" moment and realized school was almost over for the year! Since this is my first year in Kindergarten, I have to say I have mixed emotions during this last week. When I had older kids, I was always attatched and loved them dearly, but when you teach six year olds for 7 1/2 hours a day, you quickly become their second mother!

Today we enjoyed a trip to McDonald's for icecream for those who mastered reading the first 100 FRY words and then the entire Kindergarten class went to a Horse Farm to ride and learn about horses. While I was busy at work, Gram had Sam and Ben. It looks as if they had just as much fun as we did!

Sharing...we are working hard on this!!!

Oh--what a hard life Ben has!!!

Ben looks adorable in a hat!!

I love my job and love my school kids, but I can't wait to be at home playing with Sam and Ben!!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Sunshine, Sunshine!

Sunshine, Oh how we have missed you!!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Circus Fun

We took Sam to his first circus, and he had a blast. His favorite part was the elephants! We all had a great time!

Snow Days!

When I was a kid in school, I loved snow days....Now that I am a teacher...I love snow days! We have had a lot of snow days this year, and Sam loves playing outside!

Sitting Alone

Sam and Ben always have a blast at Gram's house. This past week, Ben started sitting up more by himself with the occasional fall over to the floor! He is so funny....even when he falls, he doesn't cry! It is funny watching him study every thing Sam does! We think he will be a pro at playing once he learns how to crawl!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Bunny 2011

For anyone wondering....Yes, the Easter Bunny came to the Dobson house!! Sam ran down the hallway like it was Christmas morning and was thrilled to see the goodies the Bunny had left for him! He was interested in the Easter eggs, but the dino mat and dinosaurs caught his eyes! Sam was double excited becuase he not only opened his basket, he went through Ben's for him!

The boys played with their new toys from the Easter Bunny for a while, but then it was time for church. Sam and Ben both looked adorable in their matching outfits and I was happy that we all made it out the door in time!

Ben is all smiles, but Sam doesn't want to leave his dinosaurs!!

After church, we went to Aunt Ann's house. It was storming, so we weren't able to have an Easter Egg hunt outside. We ate a wonderful meal and had a great visit with family. It was so hard to get a picture of both boys together...but at least they are both looking in the same direction!