Saturday, October 27, 2007

Costume Time



Today was the first day we had everyone in their finished costumes together! As late as last night Don and I had the boys standing on the kitchen table, trying to pin the front and backs together. Well, I finished the sewing last night just in time for our Moms of Multiples Halloween party this afternoon!

The boys looked great in their costumes, each wearing the color that is generally "their" color for sippy cups or anything else that we need three of. Don is such a good sport about dressing up with them, it takes a very confident man to pull it off as well as he does. I can't wait for Halloween night to see how the Trick or Treating goes!

Friday, October 26, 2007

Dancing, laughing & falling



The boys are just growing by Leaps and Bounds. Sometimes at the end of the day it is hard to think back through the day and remember what new happened, and then days later someone will do something and I will wonder when that was learned. So here is an entry to try to play catch up.

There is a sound machine in the boys room. We keep it on a rain sound when the boys sleep, but there are other sounds, as well as an alarm or radio on it. The boys found the radio button and love to dance to the music. Jax does this adorable dance with his hands closed in fists shaking and moving up and down in front of him (for anyone that has seen Don dance, he is just like his Daddy) with his little body dancing along. Wyatt and Lucas do more jumping than dancing, but it is great to see them get so excited about any music station we happen to come across.


The Falling Game This game was first noticed when Karen and Annie were in town. We were at the Bellagio waiting for the water show and the boys were keeping themselves occupied by throwing their bodies on the sidewalk in slow motion. It almost looks if they are training to be stunt men :) This game gets played any where from our living room, at the Bellagio (as mentioned above), the mall, or as shown in the picture below, anywhere they darn well please since we think it is not worth the battle to make them stop (and they look so happy while playing it).



HELP This is another game the boys like to play. I am sure it started when Don and I asked them if they needed help the first time after they "fell". It surprisingly has evolved to a game they will play at the table. Everyone is seated in their chairs and -even though they are buckled in- they will let their heads fall way to the side and ask for "help". Then someone stops playing long enough to push their brothers head back up to their shoulders, before dropping their own head sideways again.
This help game is also combined with the falling game when the boys ride their little animals (they call them bye-byes) around the house and s l o w l y fall off. Then they will just lay there quietly asking for "help" until a sibling comes along to try to lift their brothers head off the ground in an attempt to help them up.

Jaxon's mind is really busy lately. Last week when I was unloading the boys from the car I noticed a distinct smell. I looked at Jax (since he was closet to me) and asked if he pooped. He said "no pu". I asked him if he was sure and he told me, "No PU, Lukey PU". That goes down in the books as Jax's first sentence. Last week Don had heard Jaxon singing a line from the "Moon Moon Moon" song. He actually said "moon, moon, moon, I can see". That is the most amount of words he has put together yet, so we were pretty impressed -especially since the music wasn't playing or anything. He just sang it since he saw them moon out the window.
Sometimes I'll pretend there is something in my hands and quietly tell the boys to come look. When they get close, I open my hands and tickle their heads. Jaxon loves to play this back on us! He will whisper to us while stooping his little shoulders as if he is holding something precious in his hands and then jump up to tickle our heads. He also thinks funny faces are hilarious and loves to make everyone laugh. He is so contrary in his personality, sometimes taunting his brothers with the forbidden word when he has something they want -"mine" or coming to pat them on their back when he knows they need comfort.


Wyatt is loving his letters and numbers. He has the entire alphabet down -with most signs- and he loves to count! He misses a few digits here and there, but he loves to say them again and again (and again!). He is still quite the cuddle bug and is really a mischievous child. Wyatt loves to tell us "no" and then chuckle afterwards like it was funny that he would even try to tell us no. Wyatt thinks anything is funny, even though he may not initially be amused.
Another thing I am not sure if I have ever blogged was how Wyatt can be going full blast 60 miles an hour and them we can lay him on the ground making the "shhhhh" sound while rubbing his face and he will just about fall asleep in 20 seconds. It is the oddest thing I have ever seen, but he has an amazing ability to just relax himself. He has a definite thirst for learning things and continually surprises us with how he withholds information.

Lucas is blossoming more now than ever. Luke says many words, often repeatedly until we acknowledge or agree with him. He wants to know everything all the time, and gets very loud if he is not happy with the answers. He knows his colors and shapes very well and is slowly working on the alphabet, seeming to want to know more about the world around him than just the standard alpha, number routine. I do see that Lucas is beginning to see the fun in the alpha now that he is recognizing letters more often, but he is a child who knows what he wants when he wants it.

My favorite thing Lucas does is at night time he will wrap himself up in the blanket and say "take you" to me, telling me he wants me to pick him up so we can cuddle before he will lay down. I think he has finally realized that it is fun to participate with everyone. He has become quite the charmer and loves for anyone to kiss on his neck, going as far as tilting his head to the side and saying "neck" as an invitation for some lovins'.


There are so many things the boys do lately that I think are just the cutest things a child has even done. They are so free spirited and happy. There are also times that tempers are flared over a matchbox or other favorite toy of the moment. The boys are definitely going through their twos and testing Don and my authority. It is sweet, hilarious and hair pulling all with in 5 minutes, but through it all, it is AWESOME and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Let the fun begin...

Tonight we had a family dinner at Nana and Pops. When it was time to go and we were on our way out, the boys were saying their good byes to Pops and Nana. Don went out to load Wyatt into the car and I was making sure our messes were picked up when Luke ran back in the house. He went over to the toy corner and made a beeline for the front door with his palms clasped together. Pops knew what little Luke was up to and laughed as he told me Luke was trying to sneak a matchbox out of the house. After chatting with Lucas outside, he gave reluctantly gave the matchbox back to Pops and then asked Pops "please" to see if Pops would let him "borrow" the match box. As Pops gave it back to Luke and Luke smiled the biggest smile ever, Jaxon was walking back into the house.

Pops walked to the door and acted like Jaxon locked us out -then realized Jaxon locked us out. Not so worried since we had the car keys and could get back in, but getting a bit concerned that we just opened the doggie door to the backyard (there is a pool) Don grabbed the keys and the search for Jaxon began. I let Pops and Nana know that Jaxon likes to hide and freak us out, so it was important not to let him hear any panic in our voice (to take the fun out of it for him). First Nana searched the backyard, while Pops and Don looked through out the house. Don went upstairs checking every room and calling down to see if Jaxon was found yet while I was outside glancing around while keeping an eye on Wyatt and Lucas who were in the car waiting.

After what was probably only 30 seconds but felt like 5 minutes- my Dad said loud enough for us to hear "I see you Jaxon, I saw you all along" (he obviously didn't- but he wisely couldn't let Jaxon know he stumped us). As I walked in the house, Jaxon was coming out of the formal dining room (where he had been hiding under a chair). He had a hesitant smile on his face, not sure if he was in trouble- but oh, so proud of himself. I tried not to laugh out loud as I told him in the most casually stern voice I could muster that it is not funny to hide and it was time to go.

I truly think Jax was disappointed that there was no panic and that he didn't get the reaction he wanted. This was only the second time he has "hidden" on purpose. The first being when he walked over to the other side of a car in the parking lot where he was out of our eyesight for about 10 seconds. When I spotted his head and got him, I saw the twinkle in his eye that told me he thought it was funny that Mommy got worried.

Just thinking about what he may do for his third time gives me grey hairs.

Friday, October 19, 2007

Fall Fun



Last night Carl, his kids, my Mom and the five of us all went to another pumpkin patch. Maybe not so much of a pumpkin patch, but it was more of a backyard barn a man had made over to be a fun family place. There were probably 20 horses, 2 or 3 goats, a burrow and a few random other animals tucked in there somewhere.

After feeding carrots to the animals and taking some pictures, the kids went on a horse and wagon ride with Carl and Don. They all seemed to really enjoy it. After a bit more of wandering around, the boys gravitated towards a slide and swing play set. Up and down over and over again they went on the slide.

Lucas got pretty confident on the slide and he had to went on it no less than 40 times. It was a pretty fast slide that we would have to catch them at the bottom or they would fly right into the dirt, but they all had huge smiles while going down it. Before we left they graduated from plain old sliding to sliding with their arms up in the air or even going choo-choo style all three packed in together!

On our way out we got to choose our pumpkins from about 20 others scattered near the entrance. We just grabbed a regular shaped one, not to tall or anything- but it is cool to think that something like a plain old pumpkin has such a fun evening of memories attached to it.

Check out the slideshow to see the fun we had!

Monday, October 15, 2007

The Good and Bad of it




This weekend flew by. It was the kind of weekend were life gets in the way of relaxing. Saturday morning we ran a few errands, one of them being to Target. As we were loading up the kids in the car, my wallet got left on top of the car as we drove off. Since the back window motor ran out and the window was permanently stuck down and had to be taken care of, we didn't notice my wallet was missing until Sunday morning.

All Sunday morning was about retracing our steps, calling and going into any stores someone may have returned my wallet to. Then calling the credit card company and canceling checks, as well as filing a police report and giving a fraud alert notice to the credit bureaus, just in case. A bit stressful, but we just prayed that someone found it and threw it away, verses it getting into the wrong people's hands.

Then Sunday evening came around. The first amazing thing was Lucas said his first sentence. His shoe came off and I was holding him close while putting it back on his foot. First he turned to me and said "thank you, Momma" and then he hugged me (amazing for Lucas in it self!!) and said "I love you, Momma". Awwww. My little Lukey!

The second amazing thing was Don and I went to bed at tenish, turning off the television and lights at about 10:40pm. Not even 5 minutes later, our doorbell rang. I am all freaking out, thinking the worst about someone with all my personal info coming to my door at almost 11pm... but it was an angel returning my wallet her daughter had found in the middle of the road on Saturday. Even though she had obviously had a long day (up and running around even at 11pm) she took the time to personally return my wallet to me.

So even though we spent so much of our weekend time on a broken window and missing wallet, the end results were definitely worth it!

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Sunday Fun




Today was a BUSY day! First we started out at the annual picnic thrown by our RE. He never fails to amaze me with his genuine smile when he sees us, usually seeking us out before we get a chance to find him. I cannot say enough nice things about Dr. Shapiro, a fantastic Dr all around.

They had a fabulous picnic there, good food -and I can't think of a time that I had seen as many double strollers as I saw there, lol. The boys played in the sand and ran up and down the hillside to get some energy out. After a bit, we went inside to eat and for the first time ever, all three boys sat on their own chairs (no highchairs or booster seats) and sat there like they have done it a million times before. Don and I couldn't believe how well they behaved, we were so proud! The last place we want our kids to act out of control is in the presence of the RE that helped us get them!

Later this afternoon when they woke from their naps, Nana invited us to meet her at a Pumpkin Patch. The boys have been playing around with a fake pumpkin she had brought over for them last week, so they were excited to go see more pumpkins (and to see Nana, of course).

The pumpkin place had a little petting farm, some rides and a huge slide. After the boys were done baa-ing at the sheep, Nana treated them to their very first ride! Jaxon loved it, he had a huge smile on his face the whole time and Lucas was calmly taking it all in. Wyatt on the other hand wanted nothing to do with it at first, so Don rode along and after a few times around, Wyatt began to realx a little more.

Next came the HUGE slide. Wyatt loved it and was saying (and signing) "more" even before he was off the slide! Lucas is not a slide lover (he has fallen out a slide or two), but he was more than excited to try it again with his brothers.

Their little bodies just flew down the slide, and Jaxon even went down backwards! They showed no fear at all and I was just amazed that they were old enough to really enjoy these things! After a bit of throwing straw around, Nana invited us out for dinner at a nearby buffet.


The boys are talking so well and really soaking in so much of what they see. Just in one day they sat on big kid chairs and went on big kid rides. They know their letters and tell us every time they spot one on a sign. Red, blue and yellow cars are pointed out on the freeway. It is amazing how fast they are picking things up and adding it to their little fountain of knowledge. I am really excited to see how this holiday season goes now that they are showing they are ready to enjoy it all.

Monday, October 01, 2007

Music Men

Since we had the endless trail of kids coming through our house this past summer, we have all become big fans of the Disney channel. The boys love Saturday mornings when Don makes them a huge breakfast of eggs, hash browns, and sausage while the theme song from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is playing on the tv.

Disney on Saturday mornings has turned to watching Disney channel every time the television is on. Don and I now choose Hannah Montana over Jerry Seinfeld (seriously) for our evening relaxing time. All this has only enhanced our listening to the Disney Radio station in the car. The Jonas Brothers, Allie and AJ, Hannah Montana are all favorites, but what really gets the boys rocking out in the backseats...
The "Crazy Frog" (huge smiles on their faces when they hear the first "ding-ding")
"The Cha-Cha song" (we all love to clap our hands to the song)
"Hold on" by the Jonas Brothers (the boys sing "Hi, Don" instead of hold on)

One day we were driving home and Queens "We will Rock you" came on. For two days after (and occasionally sometimes even now) we will hear Luke singing something resembling the tune. It is amazing how music has suddenly become such a fun thing for all of us during the car rides. Even though the kids are sometimes screaming because they want a certain matchbox car or someone pinched them, etc, etc - there are many times watching them in the rear view mirror while they are dancing to the radio is by far the sweetest thing that my mind can imagine. I love our little music men!

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Catch up!

I can't believe it is just about Friday! This week has been pretty trying over here. Don and I have been sick, as well as the boys, so patience has been running low and the boys have been picking up on that. Today I finally realized that the reason they were acting out is because I haven't been a very happy Mommy lately and they were acting like Mommy. OUCH. So back to smiles and encouragement and I know I learned a lesson this time around. Poor little guys.

The boys have been keeping busy by playing outside just about everyday this week. The weather has been fabulous and we are enjoying it as much as possible.
Here is a video taken Monday after nap time. Just in case I was wondering, the boys are showing me that even though they have only had two totnastic classes so far, they are learning to keep their balance.


This next video is of Wyatt saying his alphabet to Don. It is hard to catch the first few letters, but the rest comes out pretty well. Hopefully I can get a better one soon.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Play Blogger

Have you seen this yet? Very addicting....

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**The info here was taken off the Blogger Dashboard**
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Oompa Loompa Costume recap



I have noticed the blog is getting people who are looking for Oompa Loompa Costumes, so I wrote out how they were made.. maybe this will help someone.


My nephew LOVED the Oompas, so it just fell in to place that we would make our 1 year olds Oompas for Halloween. After much searching and finding out only the new style oompa costumes were available for purchase, I realized I would have to make our boys costumes myself.

We used:
1 Brown turtleneck
half yard white/brown striped fabric
2 big buttons
pair of tights
Brown marker
brown yarn
Velcro
white fabric (how much depending on how large you are)
Green hair paint

Optional family pack -
2 white tee shirts
Iron on printing paper




*Shirts- We couldn't find the brown turtlenecks, so we dyed ours brown with a box of Rit. Once they were finished, I cut and seamed the brown striped fabric matching the length of the cuffs and neck of the turtleneck. **Make sure to allow room for stretch! Cut the fabric a bit longer than you think you need so you are able to stretch the turtleneck over your head and same for the cuffs.
I had 3 rectangular pieces of brown striped fabric seamed on all four sides. Then fold fabric over the neck and cuffs of the turtleneck, pin in place (it won't lay flat, it will need to be slightly bunched to allow the room for the stretching). I did a quick hand stitch to hold the fabric permanently in place.

*Pants- The pants were made free handed. I just grabbed newspaper and cut out the shape that seemed right and made the pants go outwards at the thighs and back down at the calves. (Mine were a bit big, so when I transferred the pattern to the fabric, I used a 3rd and forth button to close the gap on each leg).
After the pants were in place, I cut out two long strips for the suspenders (measure how long you will need them so they crisscross in front and back and add a couple inches) Sew right sides together (but leave one short end unsewn) and turn right side out.
Sew each suspender in place in the front with the button on top, then the suspender, and the front of the pant. For the back, we sewed velcro in the inside of the pant and outside of the suspender for easy on and off. *To recap, the front of the pants show the suspenders under the buttons, the back tucks the suspenders inside.


*Tights- A pair of tights needed brown stripes so we took a brown fabric marker (or you could use a brown sharpie) and made our own stripes. To make the stripes fuller, stretch the tights over a piece of cardboard tube (like a paper towel or wrapping paper tube) as you make the lines. I also used a piece of paper as a straight edge.

*Pom-poms- Make little pom poms for your shoes! Cut two pieces of yarn about 6 inches long. Then take your brown yarn and wrap it about 40 times between two outstretched fingers. Use one of your 6 inch pieces to tie all your yarn together in the center. Take your fingers out and cut the ends of the yarn (where your fingers were) so it is all individual pieces tied together. Fluff and use the ends of your six inch piece to tie to your shoelaces.

Don't forget the green hair!

We decided to complete the Oompa look with Mom and Dad wearing Charlie and the Chocolate factory tee shirts.
I found "Golden Ticket" and "Wonka Bar" graphics online and cleaned them up a bit on photoshop. Next we printed them out on iron on-transfer paper. Warmed up the iron (read the directions of your transfer paper for techniques) and ironed them on for instant costumes.

Yay! You are now an Oompa Loompa!

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Farm Fun



A couple days a week Don works in a more rural area of Las Vegas. A few of his customers have a horse or two and one family even invited Don to bring the family out to their house so the boys could see the animals.

The weather today was beautiful -a nice break from the 100 degree weather we have been having lately- so we decided it would be the day to accept the invitation. The boys really enjoyed themselves! They had horses, chickens, ducks, and a goat to name a few animals we saw.

First Judy (the nice lady who invited us) showed the boys one of her chickens, then we moved over to the ducks. While we were walking over to the goat (named Freedom), the ducks all flew out and landed over in her pool for a swim. After the goat was put away, Judy led us to the back where she had 4 horses and 2 ponies!

Even though the horses were HUGE (but beautiful) the boys were so excited to see a real live horse ( or "nay" as they called them). Jax was even so brave as to feed one named Jackie, who we were told was a 3 time world champion. It was an awesome morning, full of so many new things for the boys to see - they even got to sit in a little tractor! What a fun experience for all of us!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Wyatt's first bedtime stall

Yesterday I went to put the boys up for their nap and was kissing them all good night. Wyatt stands up in his crib, looks at me while scrunching his little face up and says "ewww- ka-ka" (Writing that down makes me think we should teach them the word poop). I looked at him and asked, "you went ka-ka?" and he made a face like he smelled yucky. So I turned him around to check his diaper and found nothing, he didn't even stink! So I looked at him, with his face all scrunched and realized he was playing me! "You don't stink and you didn't go ka-ka" to which he responded with laughing at me. Stinker!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

"Laser Beam"

If you have a few minutes, this video is of the boys looking to catch a laser from a little pen. It gets slow in the middle, but at the end they try to eat the beam off the carpet, and it makes me laugh every time.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Totnastics

Today was the first day of Totnastics for the boys. It is supposed to be a mommy and me class, but obviously it is more like a 1/3 of me for each child. The boys did well, no freak outs or anything, and they seemed to enjoy themselves the more the class went on. Tasking is definitely a new concept to them and is something I will have to work on this week. They've never done anything organized, so as far as doing what they were supposed to be doing... they could use some practice.

The teacher, Vanessa helped me out and "adopted" a kid as she could tell I needed a hand and the kids needed some direction. She said they did really well on the one-one with her. I was thankful to hear that, but it made me really sad to think how they are missing out on all the praise I would be able to give them if it was just me and one, instead of me kinda watching while I made sure the others were doing okay.

While I was dwelling over this in the car, feeling all sad for the kids (and myself) that they didn't get the one on one they surely deserve, Wyatt and Luke started grabbing each others arm and annoying each other. I reached back and held Wyatt's hand still so he couldn't bother Luke anymore and Wyatt started whining because he wanted his hand free. After I let go, Wyatt was still whining at the injustice of it all, so Luke reached over and put his little hand on Wyatt's leg, just patting it lightly with his little fingers. All the while telling him, "k, Wy-wy, k".

So even though it hurts me that I can not give my children 100% of my attention most of the time, I know that they do get extra loves from each other, and that makes it a bit easier to swallow. Right now that tiny bit helps me feel a little better and hopefully by the time they get up from their nap, I will have forgotten how much it bothered me this morning.

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Saturday, September 08, 2007

Family in Town

Right now my parents have a full house. My Gram Bette is in town, along with Aunt Cathie and one of her daughters, Marina. Michael, Matthew and Cathryn are also up for the weekend. It is AWESOME! Don, the kids and I have been over to my Mom's as much as possible to spend time with everyone, and we are all having a blast. All the kids are playing together and the boys have totally taken to Gram and Cathie, no shyness at all. As far as Marina goes, she is so beautiful and well mannered... the boys love her and and ask for "Nina" out of the clear blue. They continue to surprise me with how fast they accept their cousins/ family and just love on them.

The past few days have been full of lots of family fun, but I really have no photos to show for it. We tried to get a couple pictures today, but the kids weren't having it (Jaxon knows what he is doing -stinker!) and I will try again tomorrow. But, I did get a couple videos of the boys and Marina playing in the house on Thursday. I love the sounds of the giggles and breathless anticipation of waiting to be caught.



Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Bubble Fun


A bowl of bubbles turned out to be a perfect way to get the kids to be settled and happy for 15 minutes. Not to mention they were squeeky clean afterwards!



Sunday, September 02, 2007

Boys Club



Seems like everything is the same everyday, but with tiny changes that I don't think to write down until I am reminded by looking though pictures. Looking through this weeks pictures I saw that the boys REALLY love their Daddy. The top picture was taken one day after naps when Don got home and they all wanted to be near him. All three of them gravitated towards him, claiming any spot they could fit in and they just sat here watching the Disney channel. When I grabbed the camera to take their picture, Jax helped make it even more of a Kodak moment by leaning in the give Wyatt a hug. Awwww.


Speaking of how much the boys love their Dad... the boys love to read. One of their favorite books is a truck book that has all sorts of different trucks and the jobs of the trucks. At least three or four times a day, the boys grab their truck book and point to "Da-da" and "Bert" (Don's work partner, Albert).

Last, we will touch base on new habits. As you can see in the picture, there has been a new fun game started called "check the diaper". It is not as if Don and I go around looking to see if diapers are dirty. We can smell a dirty diaper, there is no need to look inside. Surprisingly they get a bit irritated or embarrassed when their diaper has been invaded, so hopefully this game will not be around for long. Ahhh boys, boys, boys... I really wonder if girls do these things too.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Family Resemblance

Due to an unfortunate incident involving Jaxon, my camera, and the tiled entry way- there will be no little movies until further notice.

Everyday we see so many similarities between the boys and their cousins. Jaxon is so much like Davey (Don's nephew). He finds so much joy in everything he does. Tonight he was lying on the couch sliding slowly to the ground, and just that simple act made him laugh so hard and long we had to wonder if we missed something funny that had happened. The same thing happened today when we were in the car. Jaxon found a whistle they have played with many times before, but this time he managed to get it to blow. He thought it was so funny he was unable to blow the whistle again since he couldn't stop giggling. Jaxon does this full blown smile and his little face looks JUST like Davey, minus the brown eyes (Jax's are blue).

Lucas, on the other hand is sometimes the spitting image of one of Don's other nephews, Matthew. Not only can we see the similarity in parts of his face, but his mannerisms sometimes just scream Matthew at us. Luke loves to look things through all the way, making sure he leaves nothing unturned. He finds the quirkiest things funny, which we totally adore -and wouldn't see the humor in if not for his laugh. He loves to shock us, whether by hiding and scaring us, or just by being naughty. Luke's little eyes have the same twinkle Matthew has and he really seems to share so many of Matthew's qualities.

We can't pinpoint who Wyatt resembles. When he was just a baby, we couldn't get over how much he looked like Don's Grandpa (on his mom's side). Now that he is a bit older, I look for ways to see who he resembles now. His little scrappy personality reminds me of my nephew Michael, ready to tackle anyone and thinks he is stronger than Superman himself, while chuckling and screaming like he is riding a roller coaster. Wyatt is a crazy kid, he laughs at himself and is so ready for an adventure. When we are worn out from playing with him, he is always asking for "moe" (more) because even though his little heart is beating so fast and he is on the verge of wheezing, he is not done with us yet.

These boys just FILL MY HEART more than I ever thought possible. They drive me crazy with their total oblivion to why they can not push or throw toys at each other, and then melt my heart when I go to adjust someones shirt and I hear, "tank you Momma". It is so awesome to see them act like their cousins who all have such good hearts and wonderful sense of humors.

No new pictures today, but I will leave you with an oldie but goodie...

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Funny Man



Weekend lunch times tend to get a bit silly around here. Usually Don and I are distracted by things that need to get done and we let the boys linger a bit at the table. With each minute that goes by, they become like this little boys club -giggling and showing off for each other.

Don amused the boys for a bit by hiding on the other side of the half wall. He would pop his head up and make it look like he was falling down, just to pop up again. The boys thought it was hilarious and as soon as Wyatt got washed up and set free, he tried to be just like his Daddy.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Daddy's Helpers



Every time Don has to pull out his drill -no matter the reason- the boys crowd around him. The extra "help" turns a job that normally would only take 30 seconds to do, into a job that takes 10 minutes. But I have to admit, extra "help" has never been so cute!