Friday, April 20, 2012

Step Stools

Kellen LOVES to stand on the step stools in the bathroom and the kitchen.  Obviously, we don’t love this so much as of course the kitchen and bathrooms have the hardest tile ever.  And now he can also grab things off the counters. 

But when I turned around and saw this, I ran to get my camera!

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Hand caught in the watermelon bowl!

Poop Bag

Finn has been playing this game lately with the “I love you bigger than…..” and trying to find the biggest thing he can think of.  It is terribly cute and makes me feel very special!

So he says to me “Momma, I love you bigger than an endless road!”  Gah!  So sweet!  And he’s SO proud that he finally thought of the biggest thing ever (and so am I to be honest!)! 

And then Riley says “Momma, I love you bigger than a bag.”

I giggle to myself thinking “awww, he doesn’t quite understand the game” when he follows up with

“a poop bag.  I love you bigger than a poop bag!  hahahahahahahahahahaha”

yes, he evil laughed after he said it.

:)

Bean Box

I don’t think I’ve posted about this yet at all, but back in December/January I made a bean sensory box for the boys!  I bought huge bags of all different kinds of dry beans from the store and a $2 Rubbermaid bin and we added our own scoops, cups, bowls, etc……basically it rocks and the boys LOVE it! 

We had put it down in the basement when we were cleaning out the kitchen for Riley’s birthday party and completely forgot about it until last week!  We’ve played with it every day since.

The thing I love about this is that they play differently with it every single time we open it.  And they completely lead the play and are happy and content to play with it for like 30 minutes at a time!

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Even baby Kellen joined in!  He was pretty good with it too, he didn’t try to put any of them in his mouth and only after like 10 minutes of playing did he start throwing them.  Each day we play with it he throws less and less.

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And now we like to put our feet in!

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Bye Bye Bieber :(

I know I’ve mentioned this before, the boys HATE when their hair is in their eyes (or even touching their eyebrows) and immediately ask me to call Miss Lisa to get their hair cut.  But….I LOVE when their hair gets a little bit longer….Bieber hair!  I was able to put off their hair cuts for as long as I could (aka as long as I could stand the complaining)…..but today we went and got the cut. 

Before

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And After!  I mean, they are still ridiculously cute!  ;)

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7th Anniversary

April 2nd marked our 7th anniversary!

7 years married, together for 10, we’ve multiplied and been turned into cartoon characters!

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Rockets Spring Soccer 2012

The boys both had team pictures this past weekend…..Riley however wanted NOTHING at all to do with pictures.  So, I’ve got some great pictures of Finn’s team!  :)

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This year was amazingly easy for the rockets, they are all old enough now to just sit still, look at the camera and get a picture taken! 

Our TODDLER

Eeeep!!  He’s definitely a TODDLER now, he’s a walking machine!

I took these first videos last week on the 13th and then I took a bunch yesterday on the 16th….his preferred mode of transportation is definitely to walk now!  It is so stinking cute!!!

He’s sooooo excited!

 

I love this video!  I love how he just crawls right over Riley and how Riley just lays there, and yes, I’m so mean but he falls out of the chair, but he doesn’t hit his head or anything at all, it was actually a pretty amazing fall!

 

And then he goes RIGHT.BACK.to the chair!

 

 

And then yesterday!

 

And one more!  Bye Bye!!!!

Monday, April 9, 2012

Spring Break at the Beach 2012

Aunt Tay Tay moved to the beach!!!  She is so much closer now!!!  So we decided to pop down for a long weekend and hang out with her and her fiance!!!

We were going to be driving back on Easter Sunday and figured it was easier to put the baskets together after we got the kids in the car so they would be waiting for us when we got home!

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I love torturing this sweet face with this hat!

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He is obsessed with climbing into and out of chairs!

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Todd found some mardi gras beads in the ocean!

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Kellen walking with Uncle Afthab!

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Riley playing with Aunt Tay Tay!

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Ariba!

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Aunt Tay Tay and Uncle Afthab are building a house and so we went to check out the bunk room in the model home….the boys LOVED it and can’t wait for “their” room to be done!

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Chilling with Uncle Afthab!!!

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The third little piggy’s house made of brick!

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Still obsessed with chairs….

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Sand + yogurt + snot = ewww

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I’m too sexy for this car.

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And then we got home and checked out our Easter Baskets…

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Hungry Hungry Hippos, great for fine motor skills….if you can pry it out of momma’s hands!  :)

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Our fly little guy!

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Finn LOVES his new electric toothbrush!

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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Strawberry Picking – Southern Belle Farms

Day 2 of Spring Break FUN we went Strawberry Picking at Southern Belle Farms!  We went with a bunch of friends, early morning and had a blast!  The boys LOVED picking (and snacking) on the strawberries!

And off they go to fill up their baskets!

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Finn’s first BIG berry!

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Kellen picks his first berry!

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Cows!

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Finn’s friend from school, Kaj, came to pick (and snack) too!

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There is a fake and a real goat up there….can you tell which is which?

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And they had a huge pillow for bouncing!  I want one for our backyard!

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One of our friends bought us this awesome onion!

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Our bucket o’berries!

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