Daddy and his Boys

First Market Mile

Alex participated in the Kids First Market Mile again this year with his school. He ran with me this time (Daddy stayed home with Hunter - it was WAY too cold for all of us this year!). He had a decent time too - 10:45. Not too shabby, Alex! Especially when we were pretty much numb from the cold by the time we started!

Before the start.

Kinda pathetic looking. Hopefully next year is warmer!

Dancing with the Stars

Alex's school had a fundraising dance last Friday evening for the school counselor's son who was in a horrible mountain biking accident. It was a really fun family night out! Hunter busted quite a few moves (he loves a good beat) and Alex had fun running at top speed through the crowd with his friends. I'm surprised he didn't hurt himself or someone else (although he did end up flying into the wall and ripping down some of the decorations! Oops!). Both boys loved the party snacks...Alex had his all time favorite Doritos and orange soda (followed later by a Coke - thanks Daddy! He really needed the caffeine at 7pm) as well as a cupcake and doughnut, and Hunter had Goldfish and Sprite. After all that junk they were definitely wound up. Hunter crashed

soon after that and could barely make it until 8:30, wanting to be held by Mommy most of the time. We left by about 8:30, and Alex couldn't stop talking about the next time

there is an event like this.

We're looking forward to it too, Buddy!

Check out that nasty bruise on Frank's forehead....watch out for poles that come out of nowhere!

Ready to go to the dance!

Attempting the limbo...I think he had a knee down, but a good try nonetheless!

First Bike Race of 2010

Frank had the first race of his 2010 season yesterday. It was held at Richmond International Raceway (where many NASCAR races are held). It was such a neat venue! Alex thought it was really cool to be down at the track and on pit row.

There was a really large field of racers, and Frank did a great job (he finished in the top third).

He felt good afterwards and is looking forward to many more races this year!

Feeling good after the race!

Waiting for the race to get started.

The starting line!

So Handsome!

My little guy got a haircut...it's so much shorter than it's ever been. It took me a little while to get used to it, but I think he looks adorable (I'm not biased or anything!!).

Super Bowl Sunday

Enjoying the game together, with "Tipsy" (the Tootsie-Roll pillow he won from Chuck E Cheese...he saved his tickets for more than 2 YEARS to get enough tickets - 2000!!! He loves that thing!)

He's of the belief that Super Bowl Sunday means junk-food. Obviously, we let him believe this!

Yeah, right! If you believe this really happened, then you don't know Frank very well!!
(Actually, he does enjoy a Snickers ONCE in a while, but not this day - not to mention that I think Alex would have had a fit if Frank really did take a bite of his precious candy bar!!!)

"The Hill"

There is a decent-sized hill a few miles from our house that is dubbed by people around here as "The Hill". We have a fairly good hill at our house, but it goes straight into the road, so it isn't necessarily the safest place to sled (especially if I'm not out to watch Alex). "The Hill" is flat for a long time at the bottom so you can go pretty far. We had a blast there! We don't own a sled, so we brought the lid of a storage tub. That worked ok, but was definitely a bumpy ride! It sure is a workout though, especially for me since Hunter can't make it up the hill on his own, which means I get the honor of carryinghim up (and remember, I don't own snow boots so climbing up a hill made out of basically ice in sneakers is already incredibly difficult without the added weight and general wet-noodleness of Hunter). We went twice this past snow-storm and we are psyched to go again NEXT year (Do you hear that, Snow? We aren't interested in any more of you THIS year!)

Alex's 1st Sleepover

Alex had his first sleep-over on Friday night. Luckily it was a boy from our neighborhood, Evan, and he could just walk here from up the street since we were in the midst of yet another snow storm. The boys had a fantastic time! They played Wii, football, lots of games, anything physical like chasing Hunter and wrestling, they ate s'mores and they got to stay up late watching a movie (they went to sleep at 10:30 -- they must have been exhausted because we didn't hear a peep out of them until 8am). In the morning they played some more Wii, got to eat french toast, and had lots of laughs until Evan had to leave at about 11am.
Alex had so much fun! He wished Evan could spend 2 nights here!
That's a little too much boy energy at a time for Mommy and Daddy!!
Don't worry though, Alex! This is just the first of many!

Snow (Again???)

ANOTHER snow storm in Virginia this weekend...close to 15 inches! The boys are, of course, thrilled! Next year mommy is going to wisen up and buy snow gear. Not having boots or snowpants is not fun and only adds to the ridiculous amount of time it takes to get ready to go outside. Plus, we NEED some sleds...luckily we have awesome neighbors that share with us, but it would be so much better if we had our own! The boys love the snow and we love to watch them having so much fun - because thankfully it doesn't happen often!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for no more snow this winter -- my boys may love it but it is definitely NOT my favorite!

Alex hit the snow hard on his last time down the hill. Needless to say, we went inside after this!

We decided to try sledding in the street this time - it is a much longer run (although not nearly as fast as our hill). Luckily not many people driving today!

Does this look comfortable??

I found Hunter like this other night, sound asleep. I don't think I'd be able to sleep very well if half of my body was just dangling off the bed!