Introducing...

The newest member of the Stone family! Baby Boy or Girl Stone is due May 7, 2012. The boys are excited about being big brothers!

Day Out with Thomas!

The boys have become quite taken with Thomas the Tank Engine, and my principal told me about the Thomas visit in NC. We ventured 3 hours north to Blowing Rock, NC (basically Boone...boo for App State country!), and the boys had a great time! We now have two cool conductor's hats, some rubber stamps and Thomas silly bands...not to mention pix and memories of our ride ON Thomas!

Fun new hats! And of course we had to wear our Thomas T-shirts.

Hurray for Thomas! Except John refused to smile in all of the pictures today...

The boys with Percy, Thomas, and Rosie.

Meeting Sir Topham Hatt!

We have tons more pictures from this spring...we just have to get around to posting them!

Soccer Ball!

Soccer!

We signed the boys up for 3-year-old soccer through the City of Greenville this spring. They start on Saturday, and they've been asking daily when they get to "go play soccer ball with other little boys and girls."

Many thanks to Grandpa for their first pair of cleats!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOYS!!

We can't believe that the boys are 3 today. It's been a busy and fun three years. They have a penchant for not being able to celebrate their bday on the actual day, and this year is no different. The first year, they were sick. The second year, it snowed. And this year, schedules just wouldn't cooperate. We've had a fun day, complete with a fun birthday breakfast cooked by Masie!


Happy birthday, Will and John!!

(that's about the best we could do today...) :)

Funny boys

The boys wanted to show off their new haircuts!

Will

John

How could you not laugh at these faces??

SNOW!

Last year, it snowed on the boys' birthday. We're a month early this year.

Recently

Go Daddy! Go Mommy!

Grampy and Masie came up this weekend to help us cheer on Mommy and Daddy for their first half-marathon. We're not sure how far that is, but judging by how tired Mommy looked at the end, it must be a LONG way.

It was really cold, waiting for Mommy and Daddy, but we were troopers!

Yay Daddy! Yay Mommy!

Apple Picking 2010

As is our custom, we went apple picking with Uncle Kev and Aunt Emmy last weekend. This was a banner year, as we let the boys romp around the orchard, as opposed to taking the stroller. They had a blast, and they were troopers with having to go to the back of the orchard to find any apples.

John's ready with his basket!

This apple looks yummy!

Whatcha doin', Mommy?

Just the right height!

The boys - all 4 of them!

We love Aunt Emmy!

The long walk back - we're tired!
But not too tired to enjoy our annual Apple Cider Doughnut.

Hello?

Yes, we're still here. We have a ton of pictures to post, which we'll hopefully get to soon.

The boys are rambunctious as ever, and they are testing the limits of the "Terrible Twos." We keep reminding each other that it's just a phase.

They are speaking in complete sentences now - you'd never know they had to have speech therapy a year ago! John is starting to be able to say his "L"s, and it's really funny to watch him try to do it. He sticks his tongue out so far, and "yellow" comes out sometimes as "lellow." Their teacher told me this morning that she has noticed a big change in Will socially. Apparently he is much more interactive with the other kids in the class, and he's very affectionate. Now if we can just transfer that to home!

Pix to come...

Sunday Fun - Devildog Style

A couple of Sundays ago, we went to a party celebrating the arrival of Jacob, a 9-year-old boy who my school friend and his wife are going to adopt. The boys had a ton of fun playing with all the big kids...all future TRHS Devildogs? We'll see!

Love this pic of the boys...mischievous, much?

This is Will. He looks so much like me at this age that I thought it was John. They keep us guessing!

Future Devildogs? It was pretty amazing that we were able to keep all of these kids still long enough for a picture! Ages range from 12 to 2.5!

Fun at the Sibleys

Fire Truck, Fire Truck

One of the boys' favorite songs is "Tractor, Tractor" by Randall Goodgame and Andrew Peterson. The video is quite amusing, too. Part of the song deals with fire trucks, and it just so happens that our neighbor, Mr. Randy, is the captain of one of the local fire stations. We took the boys to see Mr. Randy yesterday, and it was like Christmas!

We got to play all over the big trucks! Mr. Randy's friends even turned the lights and sirens on!

John up to no good, of course.

Firefighters in the making?

Will looks like a natural!

Love this shot of John. The boys had perhaps the most fun running around the station and playing in water puddles.

Thank you, Mr. Randy!!!!!

Happy July 4th!

Better late than never, right? I figured Bastille Day was a good time to post our pic of the boys on the 4th.

Compare to this picture from last year, taken by Auntie Em. Amazing what a year does!

BEACH!

Yes, we've been home from the beach for over 2 weeks now, and I'm just now posting pics. We went with Grandma and Grandpa (or as the boys call them, "Mama and Papa"), Uncle Stan and Aunt Michelle, and cousins Grace, Sallie, and Parker to Cherry Grove Beach, SC. The boys had a blast, and they did really well being away from home for so long!

Will was quite the seashell-searcher

Daddy and John solve all the world's problems while playing in a tide pool.

4 of the 5 Stone cousins, minus baby Parker. L-R: John, Grace, Will, Sallie

John is deep in thought, trying to decide which shell to get next.

Will loves the beach!

John: "Mommy, put the camera away, already!"

Will: "Hey wait, John! Mommy wanted to take a picture of us together..."

And that's the best I got of both boys together. Such cutie-pies!

Our new sleeping arrangement

Need a bodyguard?

Their Father's Sons

The pictures should explain the title:

Yes, Will LOVES to line up his trucks in straight lines. Before we know it, he'll be arguing with Daddy about whether to organize his books by author name or volume number.


Don't worry, John likes to organize things too. He's just a little more creative in his ventures:

This is serious business! Will is NOT happy that John is trying to mess up his nice, neat line of trucks. And John is NOT happy that Will isn't sharing his trucks so that he can make a nice, neat lines of trucks, too:

But, after all that seriousness, there's still plenty of time for fun. Whether it's stomping on the chest at the foot of Mommy and Daddy's bed:

Will

Or being tickled by Daddy:

Will

John