The Powells Place

Handsome Little Fellas

The boys have some precious matching outfits my mom got them earlier this year. They were so cute at church today and we got to grab a few pictures of them this afternoon after nap time! Of course, as anyone with little kids knows, there were more "funny" out take type pictures than perfect ones, but those are great too!

St. Patricks Day Traditions

When we were younger my mom always did some fun things on holidays. I distinctly remember coming home from school and the leprechauns had come and made our milk and cookies green. I was so amazed and really thought that there were leprechauns that came to our house! This morning we had a green breakfast. Samuel kept saying "we having Sam I am breakfast", that's one of our favorite books these days (Green eggs and ham!). Anyway, we had a great time talking and laughing at the table. Ryan and I had to kind of psych ourselves out of the fact that our eggs were green, kinda weird!!! Many more fun holiday treats to come in my years!

Green milk

Excited about our special breakfast!

First taste of green eggs!

Charlie thinks his big brother is so funny!

Cheesing it up for the camera

the green milk was a hit!

daddy even got into it!

Charlie's First Trip to the Beach

The weather has been amazing this month and we have been dying to spend an afternoon on the beach! Today was the day! We waited for the end of naptime (Samuel didn't take a nap, which will be important in just a moment) and then packed the kids in the car. We got there, parked the car, got out and found Samuel asleep in his carseat. Charlie started fussing that he wanted to eat and then the raindrops came. We totally thought this was a bust. I decided to feed Charlie and see if we could wait it out. Success, the rain stopped, Charlie has a full belly, and Samuel was starting to wake up.

Samuel and Ryan loved playing in the sand, building a castle, running up to the water, and making footprints. Charlie dipped our toes in, realized it was WAY TOO COLD for even a toe dip and chilled in the beach chair for the remainder of the trip. I would say that today was the beginning to an amazing beach season! So excited for the afternoons to come!

RUNNING as fast as they can to the water. Samuel kept squealing "Mommy, look the ocean!"

Pure joy...not sure which is happier!

Charlie was thrilled to be there!

First dip in the ocean! I hope this little boy grows up to love the water as much as his daddy, brother and I do!

Building a castle

Watching the seagulls fly by

Charlie kept cooing and laughing at the water. Tried to get it on camera, this is the best I could get!

Jumping into daddy's footprints

Learning the amazing joy of sunbathing

I think he is pretty happy!

Baking Biscuits

Samuel helped me make biscuits this morning. He rolled the dough, cut the biscuits and placed them on the cookie sheet. He always asks me to turn on the light in the oven. As I was cleaning up I found him sitting at the oven watching them bake. He told both Ryan and I several times, "look mommy/daddy, I am cooking!". I love his spirit and joy in all the things he does!

GO GEORGIA TECH

The boys wore their Georgia Tech outfits today, so I thought we would get some pictures for the grandparents. Pops-maybe one of these boys can make good on our bet...if one of them goes to Tech, can we wipe the slate clean?

Scales and Tales

Once a year our city does a "Be a Tourist in Your Own Town" day and today was that day. It was also a big event at our Aquarium called "Scales and Tales". We have a membership to our aquarium and Samuel loves seeing the fish, lobsters and jellyfish each week. Ryan joined us today and we headed down there for a fun day of great adventure. We braved the crowds (there are usually 10 cars in the parking lot when we go each week) and today the parking lot was full. Fun was had by all, Samuel loved touching all the animals, got excited to show daddy the Nemo fish and even got to see some super cool HUGE turtles and iguanas! Definitely something we will repeat in the future!

An albino snapping turtle. Samuel really wanted to pet his head, he didn't quite grasp the fact that if he stuck his hand near the turtle's head he might bite it off!