Thanks Ryan for Charlie's crazy hat. It is a Davy Crocket coon hat. At first, he was scared of it and thought it was a real animal. But you can see from the picture, he is proud to show it off.

The Treehouse had a Mardi Gras parade and all the kids dressed up for the occasion. They were showered with confetti, beads and moon pies. The parade winds through the halls of the building. They even make parade "floats" using boxes and carts from the mail room. It's lots of fun.

Today was Bennett's best day ever! He got to wash dolls with his classmates. He loves to wash his doll at home and proudly say "all clean".

Happy Valentines Day

decorating the boxes

must be perfect


done! time to fill them with cards.


Charlie's preschool class had fun decorating their shoeboxes for Valentines. As you can see, he was very serious about the decorating process. His cards had monster trucks on them (thanks Aunt Nat) and he handed out candy hearts too. I was worried (more Brian than me) that I went overboard on the valentine card and candy but when we picked up Charlie at the end of the day, his box was full or cards, candy, boxes of chocolates, pencils, stickers, tattoos -- the works! Needless to say, it is now his new favorite holiday.

He was also very excited to give his teachers flowers. I think he blushed. We all had a great day and Brian presented me with roses and chocolates. Now I need to eat them all before Lent.

lunch date

Lately, Brian and Charlie go to lunch by themselves. Big boy time. No bibs, no sippies and plenty of ketchup.

Go Jackets!

Georgia Tech yellow jackets played Iowa in the Orange Bowl. There was some rivalry at preschool, but Brian made sure the boys represented the jackets.

Winter Party

What do you get when you combine cool holiday crafts, friends and cupcakes? One happy Owens family at the Treehouse Winter Festival. Bennett got his very own cupcake and you can tell from his smile that it is probably the best day of his life.