The Freund Family

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Reverse Trick or Treating

Our parents bible study group at church decided to do "reverse trick-or-treating" with the kids. We went to a local nursing home and the kids took treats to the residents, it was one of the most rewarding experiences for us and the kids!

Both boys loved it, they would run right up to the people and hand them their bags. Max was a maniac (as usual) plowing through the other kids to see the people in the rooms, it was hilarious, he was a true dragon (or baby zilla.....)!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Rob sent these great Halloween pjs to the boys along with all kinds of other Halloween goodies, thank you!!! The pjs glow in the dark, and James thinks they are soooo cool, he's worn them EVERY night, literally!

This is James posing like a skeleton, spooky!

Max is pretty excited about his pjs too, when we turn off the light to see them glow he says "oooooooo"!

Max is such a maniac!! He is as much a dare devil as his older brother, which really has mommy concerned..... yes, this is him standing, thats right standing on James rocket. He is constantly climbing and getting into things, he reminds us so much of James at this age. He walks around and cries when he is bored or doesn't get his way, and is becoming quite opinionated these days!! Mommy is recovering from the flu, luckily Nana and Daddy took over with the boys for the past few days, thank you Nana!! And thank goodness it was the weekend, Daddy really stepped up to the plate and became Mr. Mom.

Jim is really busy, business is good! We had a fantastic time in Sanibel last weekend for the NMEA (National Marine Electronics Association) convention. Well, I did a lot of relaxing ( a whole lot!) and Jim did a lot of seminars, we made a lot of great contacts and had a nice time visiting with Aunt Alice Ann and Bill who opened their home to us for a few days, what a great family we have!

Tennessee vs. Florida game

Friday, September 18, 2009

James is loving his new class this year, him and Nathan have actually been getting along better this past week....(knock on wood!) Although Miss Carrie has had to pull me to the side a couple of times already to talk about James' behavior. He has become even more "sassy" (love that word!) lately, so that is our battle these days, we are really working on using our "nice words". His teacher says "he is so strong willed, that is what I love about him!" I am reading THE STRONG WILLED CHILD for the third time..... He is hillarious though and is really bursting with personality! He is really into playing pirates on his pirate ship and is developing quite and imagination these days. He is great with Max and actually shares pretty good, he likes for Max to have whatever he has and will occasionally say that Max is his best friend, although there are times he shuts his door and wants to play without the little Max-a-Monster.

Max has entered climbing stage. This picture I had to take one day, I turned around and there he was on top of the table finishing off James breakfast. He is fast too! He LOVES to climb, just like his brother, so we have been spending more and more time outside on the playground. He has also begun throwing some serious fits when he gets mad, he squeals and flaps his arms, its pretty entertaining. He gets over his fits a lot quicker than big brother would, but I'm fairly certain we know have two strong willed boys on our hands! He is doing pretty good at school but still gets tired around 11am, he would probably still take two naps if he could. Overall he is still such a happy boy but into everything, I keep thinking of Eston and Tammi, I can't wait for them to experience this age!!