We shot a rocket today…what did you do?

The following video was shot during the rocket’s maiden voyage.  Please note my panic and instant camera-drop in the moments following lift-off when I was 95% certain that the rocket was going to come crashing down on my daughter’s head.  Moments later, however, the parachute dislodged and the rocket drifted gracefully, and harmlessly, to the ground.  My triumphant “WHOA!” is when I realized we were in the clear.

Nerdy.

]]> http://allthingsboles.com/2010/03/05/3-2-1/feed/ 1 juicifroot RocketStoryboard http://allthingsboles.com/2010/02/24/home-is-where-the-_______-is/ http://allthingsboles.com/2010/02/24/home-is-where-the-_______-is/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +0000 juicifroot http://janicabolesphotography.com/blog/?p=3232 ]]> So it’s decision time.

I’ve been trying to push all of this to the back of my mind, telling myself that we still have MONTHS before we have to really deal with the concept of Matt moving to Los Angeles.  But the truth is, it’s now.

Matt is moving to L.A. in less than a month.  Matt is MOVING to LOS ANGELES in less than a MONTH!  This is no out-of-town trial that lasts a couple weeks.  This is no pack a carry-on and a toothbrush kind of trip.  This is no GAH I need a break from my kids thank goodness Matt will be home in a few days type of situation.  The man is moving out.  For a year.

The king bed will swallow me.  I will have to get my own glass of water before bed.  The kids will have to settle for Mom as a wrestling partner.  I will have to take out the trash.  No, wait.  Scratch that one.  I already do that anyway.

Point is, our home sweet home in Spring, Texas will be Matt-less for 12 months.  That fact was starting to make me very, very sad – until I realized that maybe our home wasn’t in Spring, Texas after all.  Certainly, we have our lovely house here, but how can it really be home if 1/4 of our family unit is 1,556 miles away?  (thank you, GoogleMaps)  Home, as you’ve heard, is where the heart is.  For Team Boles, the direct translation would be home is where the MATT is.

And so we’re going.

This summer, Parker, Bailey and I will give our cozy house in Spring, Texas a see you later high-five, and head into the waiting arms of our sweet Daddy Matt and a 2-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles, California.  I don’t know exactly how long we’ll stay.  At this point, there’s just no way to know what this adventure will be like.  I never dreamed that Parker would start kindergarten on the west coast!  There are so many questions left to answer and details to freak out over, but I am beginning to feel the sheer excitement of the situation creeeeep up inside of me.   I know one thing for sure…

We’re going to Disneyland!!

]]> http://allthingsboles.com/2010/02/24/home-is-where-the-_______-is/feed/ 8 juicifroot IMG_0013 http://allthingsboles.com/2010/01/15/american-idol-revisited/ http://allthingsboles.com/2010/01/15/american-idol-revisited/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:53:13 +0000 juicifroot http://janicabolesphotography.com/blog/?p=2694 ]]>  

As I sit with my little man Parker and watch the first episodes of American Idol Season 9, I can’t help but bump up this post from last year. Parker’s infatuation with “the singing show” appears to be resurfacing, so please stayed tuned for potential audition tapes from him in the weeks to come.   (It is worth mentioning that these songs were ENTIRELY his spur-of-the-moment creation. Never before, and never since, have I experienced such random musical hilarity from this boy)

Originally posted February 3, 2009

We’re American Idol fans in this house. I mean really, who isn’t?

After last season, Parker talked about “the two Davids” for MONTHS, and I thought he was going to lose it completely when he recognized David Cook on a commercial that aired during AI last week. (”Mom! Mom! But wwwwhy does he wear make up? Is that David a womens?”)

He has now decided that it is incredibly entertaining to act out the audition process. Over. And over. And over. The clips below will introduce you to Jason, Jarett, and Peyton, as well as their original audition songs – instant classics such as, “Rock and Roll my Life”, “Everything is Red”, and “So Much Girls in my Party”.

Matt, dearest, see what you have been missing by working late every night? When you get home, I wonder if he’ll make you be Simon or Paula? (I’m holding down the Randy right now, so back off.)

Please note the half-naked baby prissing around. Such cuteness demands to be noted.

“Rock and Roll my Life”

“Everything is Red”

“So Much Girls in my Party”

Again.

]]> http://allthingsboles.com/2009/12/16/it-snowed/feed/ 2 juicifroot tounges IMG_9229 IMG_9246 IMG_9223 IMG_9217 IMG_9219 IMG_9242 http://allthingsboles.com/2009/12/02/book-fair/ http://allthingsboles.com/2009/12/02/book-fair/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:21:33 +0000 juicifroot http://janicabolesphotography.com/blog/?p=2583 ]]> Last night was the annual Holiday Book Fair at Parker and Bailey’s school. This is a cleverly crafted event where dozens of adorably-dressed children are plunked on the stage to sing for less than 3 minutes.  Meanwhile, there are approximately 17 available seats for the 2,000 eager camera-clutching parents. I’ve never seen such polite elbow-throwing in my life.   I was lucky enough to claim an 8-inch square in the kneeling-room-only section for Bailey and I.  My knees will never be the same.

At any rate, it was, as expected, painfully adorable to watch. Bailey loved seeing Parker up on stage singing. When the songs were finished, the children were released into the sea of waiting parents and there is only one way out…through the BOOK FAIR. Admittedly, there is something about a book fair that still sends little shivers of excitement through me. (and book orders, too! were book order days at school not AMAZING?) I was eager to see which of the beautifully illustrated and poetically versed classics would enchant my children. Imagine my dismay when we left with Parker all a-twitter about his new 2009 Bakugan Battle Brawler Ultimate Guidebook and Bailey with a death grip on a pad-locked diary with a googly-eyed kitten on the front.

Sigh. There is always next year. And maybe then I’ll remember to bring kneepads.

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Parker is in very serious excitement mode in preparation for the upcoming performance.

(the young blonde on the left, however…not so much. heehee!)

Anxiously scanning the crowd for her big brother…

Superstar.

Best buddy Cooper!

(do these boys look sharp or what?)

Parker and Allison.  (Brady, too!)

This little love triangle will have to be the subject of a whole other post.  We are SO in for it.

Jesus was Born

Away in a Manger

Jingle Bells

We WISH you a Merry Christmas

]]> http://allthingsboles.com/2009/12/02/book-fair/feed/ 3 juicifroot IMG_9170 IMG_9166 IMG_9187 ParkerCooper IMG_9204 http://allthingsboles.com/2009/11/05/just-because/ http://allthingsboles.com/2009/11/05/just-because/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:33:42 +0000 juicifroot http://janicabolesphotography.com/blog/?p=2389 ]]>

…and you’ll see them again!

What can I say?  I’m glad she’s mine.

Heck, I’ll claim them both.

(most days)

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays, John!  We hate that you have to be so far away this year, but we can’t WAIT for our visit!  Leipzig, watch out…we’re heading your way soon!

]]> http://allthingsboles.com/2009/10/20/happy-birthday-icky/feed/ 3 juicifroot http://allthingsboles.com/2009/10/19/the-man-the-myth/ http://allthingsboles.com/2009/10/19/the-man-the-myth/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:33:25 +0000 juicifroot http://janicabolesphotography.com/blog/?p=2316 ]]> …the FIVE YEAR OLD!

Watch out, ladies…

Happy birthday, my most-favorite Parker boy!  Your five years have brought me so much preciousness and joy.  I can’t imagine what more is to come!

xoxo times infinity.

]]> http://allthingsboles.com/2009/10/19/the-man-the-myth/feed/ 2 juicifroot IMG_8594-Web StoryboardPBO IMG_8681-Web IMG_8663-Web IMG_8614-Web http://allthingsboles.com/2009/10/15/watch-out-world/ http://allthingsboles.com/2009/10/15/watch-out-world/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:47:23 +0000 juicifroot http://janicabolesphotography.com/blog/?p=2284 ]]> Literally.

They’re legal.