All Geared Up and ready to go

It takes about 2 hours and 14 minutes (give or take a few hours) to get everyone suited up, but here they are all ready.

They are obviously going to be doing something unbelievably dangerous.

.... risky
.... life threatening

We're not taking any chances.

Knee pads ... check
Elbow pads ... check
Wrist pads ... check




Custom fitted Helmets....well, Gabe's kept falling backwards... and Gideon's rests on his glasses...

Close enough ... check

We are feeling brave...we're going in.
I give them the pep talk. ...
and myself, "I am not an overprotective Mom, I am not an overprotective Mom...)

O.K. so this is not what I had in mind when I spent the 2 hours and 14 minutes (approximately) gearing them up. But, of course, they are boys and they don't care what I prepared them for. They're gonna do what they feel like doing...

I made the neighbor boy get on this bike and pose for me so I'd feel better.

Gabe never set a foot on a pedal.

But he looked tough.
And he was very safe.
And very prepared.
...for something...

Sunny and in the 70's I just love Carolina in February.

Who's Who??

Here are our boys at 5 months old.
Can you tell which one is which??


Picture #1

#2

#3

#4

Post your answers in the comments section and let's see who can get it right!!

Laundry: the bane of every Mother, the death of every Mother of Boys

Here's my lovely laundry room.
It is spacious, sunny and has a great slop sink.

But....

It's not IN my house.

On the Left in this picture is the room in question.
On the right is our back door and the porch.

Now, I'm not complainin' here, but let's just say I hope people's eyesight isn't very keen because there were times that I accidentally left the outfit I wanted out there.... and dashed across to retrieve it in my p.j's. Those are the glorious moments in a Pastors wife's life. Folks beeping their horn and waving with a big smile...while I hunker down behind the car, makeupless and underdressed, hoping there was just a deer in the road or a cow they were beeping at....


Having seen enough (perhaps literally) ..... the church folks have kindly put my washer and dryer inside now.

I knew there would be many benefits, but here's one that didn't occur to me.

Hey, this is the country...we put 'em Young'uns to work early here!

The boys actually think doing laundry is great fun!

Gabe asked me the other day if we could do his laundry. Then he proceeded to go get it and load it in! Wooooo Hoooooo Heaven for this Momma! This is awesome!

One day they escaped their naps and I found them like this! Good thing that door locks while it's running! Can you imagine if it didn't???

Recap:
Things I'll never again take for granted....indoor laundry facilities.

Blessings:
Boys who still think doing laundry is great.
Kind people who take on a hard project and get it completed. (the indoor move was not without it's glitches!)
That I don't have to scrub my laundry down in the Crick. (creek for you Southerners :)