201

At least this month it’s on time!

Miles does have eyes, I’m pretty sure.

Number 200!

I have to thank my children, sincerely, for putting up with me. The 100th picture wasn’t so bad; eight year olds are a lot more tolerant than 16 year olds, and rightly so. But they did it, they took the picture with little complaining, only calling it “corny” seven hundred and sixty two times. Fair enough.

Yes, thanks to American Airlines, this photo is three days late. I wonder if I can get compensation for this?

Now, just for fun, the 100th. I think I’m most proud that they all have fairly clean socks on this time.

Since I’m on sabbatical now, I have plenty of time to make a montage of all 200 pics so far. Sorry boys!

16 years + 7 months

Do you know why I hate July?

Well, the heat, obviously. But also because it means the boys are closer to their next birthday than to their last birthday, and that means they will be 17 in five months and THAT IS NOT OKAY.

But also…when did Linus get taller than Oliver? By like, a lot? I don’t think the backyard is sloped, but maybe it is?!? I need to measure them again.

By the way, this is picture 199. Thank goodness I’ll be on sabbatical next month, because number 200 has to be something good. (Do I still have the gold sparkly backdrop from 100? I’ll have to look.) (Note to self: no dirty, mismatched socks this time.)

16 and a half

This blog has turned into a stream of “three boys standing against a wall” and I really need to post about other things.

But! They are halfway to 17 and I’m not okay with that. (I mean okay really they’re halfway to 33 but you know what I mean.)

So I’m going to throw some other things in this post, like…

Miles is working! So is Oliver! They have gotten paychecks and it’s very exciting.

Miles has his driver’s license! He got it two days ago and for his first solo trip, he went to IHOP and got takeout. He had been saying that’s what he was going to do, and by golly, he did it. Gotta respect that.

I’m going to Montreal next week for work, that’s fun! I’ve never been. I’m excited.

107 and grainy

I did take this yesterday, but I didn’t post it because I took it on my new iPhone and while I liked the smiles, I wasn’t happy with the photo quality (it was still sorta darkish outside when I took it so it’s grainy because of low light) so I was going to try to take another picture with my big camera later, but we had a birthday party and I forgot my camera and we were late to the birthday party anyway and who wants a monthly picture outside of Laser Tag?

So, month 107, just 30 days from NINE YEARS OLD.

For funsies, a collage of the previous November 4 photos:

June 4, 2016 {number 102}

Their new friends (who sadly, went home today) are in this month’s picture. Can’t wait to go visit them one day!

Ninety-six

They were positively giddy this morning. Birthdays are awesome. 🙂

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Ninety-four

Grateful they still like soccer after yesterday.

7 years + 9 months

So that’s…let’s see…seven times twelve is…uh…84…plus nine is…

NINETY-THREE.

Sheesh. The math is getting harder.

I am extremely bummed that it was so foggy this morning, because Oliver voluntarily put his arms around his brothers for the picture. The smiles weren’t even forced! They were excited to wear their new school spirit shirts (don’t ask what a Loup-Garoux is, I’m still trying to figure it out) and I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast. (My new monthly photo bribe.)

See them all here.