Poor Noah

We bought Wesley a beta fish a little over 3 years ago at our local Walmart and he had been such an easy pet. We were surprised that the thing managed to live so long. So, bad story, I'm a fish murderer. We were leaving for camping on Saturday afternoon so on Friday I thought it would be a wonderful idea to make a batch of brownies to bring along with us on our camping trip. I was in the kitchen pulling down a stack of heavy mixing bowls (which are glass) and I set them on the kitchen counter rather harshly. Long story short, the big bowl hit the fish bowl and the fish bowl broke. Fish came tumbling across the counter and onto the floor. It was just laying there barely moving so I grabbed a mixing bowl and put water in it really quickly to keep it alive. Apparently the water I used was extremely cold and Noah was fighting for life. I warmed it up a bit with warm water but it was too late. Not sure if he died from the big fall or from the ice cold water.
The interesting thing about this is that Wesley was at his grandma's house when this happened. Jimmie and I were worried how he was going to handle all of this. He actually didn't notice until yesterday, a whole 5 DAYS LATER, that the fish and the bowl were gone. He asked "mommy, uh, where's Noah?" I told him he died and he said "oh."

KOA Camping

We went camping at the KOA in Cloverdale this past weekend. There was a little pond that Wesley fished in for a few hours. He was so determined to catch a fish. He did get one after 3 1/2 hours but it slipped back into the water when Jimmie went to hand it to him, so unfortunately, we didn't get a shot of him with his little friend. There were a couple of resident ducks that we heard quacking at all hours of the night and morning. We ended up having a nice time though.

Fishing

At Last!

I went to Office Depot today to pick up some shipping supplies and I finally found an SD card for my cell phone! All the pics I've had for the past 5 years have been trapped and they're released from cell phone jail! Here's some pics from Wesley's San Disk Shoot that he did back in Feb!

The Cute Family

Sibling Love

The 7th Hour - They were beat

The DS1 Shot

Wesley and his "sister" Isabel and set teacher

Gettin Cozy

More School Work

A Hollywood Star!

So, I know that this blog is about our family and our boys but we just got great news today that one of Wesley's friends, Tyree, just heard from NBC that he has been booked on the Parenthood Pilot with a recurring role. There were 2 other boys in Wesley's acting class and Tyree was one of them, which is how we met him and his family. We're excited for him and his family. NBC will be flying him down to LA for his shoots. Keep an eye out for him this fall! Way to go Tyree!!!

Marin Fair

We hit up the Marin Fair again this year. We missed it last year because it only runs for 5 days and Jimmie was working. This year we went out there and they boys had a good time. Once you pay for admission, all the rides are free. We missed the free kids day this year but it was still worth it in the long run because the boys went on almost every ride and some 3 times (the big slide!) Wesley was bound and determined to go on the ferris wheel. I am afraid of heights (not so much heights but it's the actual falling from them) so Jimmie brought him up on that one. Bryan actually rode all of the kiddie rides for the first time. When I had taken him to Marine World a couple months ago, I'd put him on the rides and he would scream to get off before they even started. This time, he went on over 10 rides and loved them all. Here's a picture of them going down the big slip slide together.

Delays

Ok, I haven't posted anything new in awhile! It's hard to find time to get on here. Time to catch up! A week and a half ago we went to the Sausalito Children's Museum, where the first Wednesday of the month is free family day. Wesley LOVED this place last year and the year prior so I thought it would be a fun outing. However, this year he's "too old" for it. He said he was bored and thought it was boring. He was also too tall to go into the tot area. (that's what happens when you have a tall child!) Bryan had a blast though. He enjoyed splashing in the water of the tot fish pond area and his favorite was the train building where there's a big train table. (that goes on and on) This is the spot where we had to coax him out after an hour or so.

Train Table Building

This is a photo of the boys behind the plexiglass magnet thingy where they drag the magnetic fish around. It took Bryan a little bit to figure out that he needs to keep the magnet on the glass and not pull it off. But he finally got the concept by watching Wesley.

Model of the Month

We found this website through model friends who have been featured. Wesley was selected as Model of the Month for July. His bio and photos went up on the site today. If you go to their website you can find his photo on the bottom blue square and click on it!

http://www.themodelchild.com/