Pumpkin patching...

I haven't updated this thing FOREVER! Sorry guys. I don't have access to my computer, because of the housing situation, so I've been stuck using my dad's laptop, which shuts off every 5 minutes! (you can imagine my blood pressure after 1 day!) So, I was able to temporarily hook up my dad's internet cable to my computer today and I've been getting a lot done. So, an update, we went to the Silveyville Pumpkin farm on Friday. The boys had good fun! They were able to paint their own little pumpkins and ride some fake horses. We also went on a horse ride trailer through the tree farm. Poor poor Bryan. Bryan put his face in one of those photo cut outs to take his picture. I snapped a photo of him and turned around for a quick second and heard him screaming. He managed to shove his head through the cut out hole and got stuck. Dear god, it took a bunch of people that worked at the farm to finally dislodge his head from the wood. He was screaming bloody murder the entire time. We were all relieved when he finally got out! It is a pretty funny story to tell now though. =) Yesterday we all went to the Cal Academy of Science in Golden Gate Park. We were lucky enough to score some free tickets from the marketing manager who sent them to us as a special "thank you" for Wesley being part of their ad campaign. It was really cool there and we all had a great time. The boys took a pic with the gallapagos turtle there. After the Academy we hit up a nearby playground park that they got to run around like crazies and let out their energy at. It was so nice to get away!

Horseride

Jumping on the hay matresses

So happy before getting stuck!

Painting pumpkins

What an artist

Concentrating very hard

Goin for a horse ride!

The Academy of Science

Kindergarten-er

Wesley started his first day of Kindergarten yesterday. He is having a good time at school and is really trying to learn. He was excited to see that half of his t-ball team is in his class and he has 2 friends in his class from his preschool class last year. We were happy to find out that he got the most requested teacher in the school, Mrs. Herout, who happens to be EXTREMELY nice and now I know why the mom's and kids all love her.

Things are going well EXCEPT for the one little boy in his class that "got detention" 8 times yesterday for trying to cut kids with his scissors (yes, isn't that just lovely -detention is the "naughty chair") and our update on this child today was that he was trying to draw all over the walls with his crayons. Wesley is so laid back he watches all of the kids and gives me a daily report. I actually find it amusing. hehehe

Wesley and his teacher Mrs. Herout - How cool is she down on her knees to take a pic with him!
Me and Wesley after his class

Lined up on the blacktop before class started

STILL Holding...

Holding On...Waiting. Still. Wesley went to an audition for the tv show Amercia's Most Wanted last week, August 5th. He did a really good job. We got a call the next day from his agent that they direct booked him on another on camera project for next week and he is on hold for it. It shoots the 17th - 19th. The not so fun part about this all is the word "hold." That means they are considering him for the role and they want you to keep all of those dates open in case they want to use him. SOOO, you basically sit and wait and sometimes they're not even nice enough to call and let you know that they've "released you" from the hold. Then you have the 3 days you blocked off to sit at home and do nothing! Fun-o! We're still waiting to hear about the hold and the America's Most Wanted taping, which isn't until the 22nd!

On another note, he is doing two print shoots back to back, tomorrow and Friday. They're both going to be fun for him. Tomorrow is with the CA Academy of Sciences, which is this WONDERFUL place in Golden Gate Park. They are going to take a photo of him looking up at butterflies (cool!) And his shoot on Friday is for a toy & sticker company, which he will be able to pick a gift when he is done. I'd be happy to get a free ticket to the Academy of Science since it's almost $30 to go! (wink, wink ;)

http://www.calacademy.org/

Leaping Leapfrog!

My friend just called me to let me know she was shopping on the LeapFrog website and noticed Wesley's photos in an online demo and webpage. These are from the toybox he did when he was 3 years old. The gift that keeps on giving! This actually may entitle him to residuals! (which would be cool!)

http://www.leapfrog.com/en/landingpages/getting_started.html

http://www.leapfrog.com/en/landingpages/demo_page.html

A Day Out With Thomas & More

Yesterday we ventured up to Felton, by Santa Cruz, for the Day out with Thomas event. Bryan is really into trains and Wesley is kind of over it all at this age, but he still did enjoy it all. We rode on Thomas, the boys got tattoos and face painting and we went to the boardwalk right afterwards. We went to the beach this morning and checked out some of the sea lions that were barking at the end of the pier. The boys have been imitating them today barking, it's pretty funny. Poor Bryan took a spill last night running on the boardwalk and did a face skid on the cement. End results are lovely scabs over and under his right eye. =( We had a great time though and can't wait to go back to the boardwalk!

The Red Baron

Waiting for brother on a ride

Percy and James tattoos

Waiting in line for face painting

Riding in the redwoods on Thomas with grandma

Driving a Pepsi Truck

Realizing he's driving a real "pepsi" truck

Thomas the Train face painting

A photo op with Thomas

Sandisk Ad

Just found this shot of Wesley online. There should be 4 more shots that he's in but I haven't found them yet... 2 of them were Christmas related and the other two had to do with laptops. One was him putting a laptop into a backpack and the other was him typing on a laptop. Keep your eyes out for me! =) I have to say they did an excellent job with casting on this one. The little girl, Isabel, looks just like Wesley!

http://sandisk.com/consumer-products/gaming.aspx

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."