Lucky Came to Visit

Nathan has a class stuffed animal that came to visit our house for the weekend. Too bad he picked a bad weekend to come! Thomas was home all weekend with a very high fever so "Lucky" didn't get to experience too much fun other than cartoons and video games. Nathan still had fun with him and we had to fill in a journal page about his visit. Maybe Lucky can visit again when we can actually show him a good time.

Playing video games with Thomas

Reading books with Nathan



Monkey had a snuggly friend at night.



Uh-Oh, Nathan's Quiet.

Yep, when Nathan is quiet we get a little panicked at our house. This time while I was cleaning up dinner we found him asleep on the floor in the playroom while watching a movie. Poor guy was sound asleep. He's so cute and peaceful when he's not running around at 60mph!

On the Mend

It seems like since we rang in the New Year someone in this house has been under the weather. It seems that the last three weeks have been the worst! Now, FINALLY, it seems like the boys are on the mend and I can finally clear off my kitchen counter.

UP Party

This weekend we attended our neighbor Emily's 8th Birthday celebration. The birthday theme was the movie "UP" since she loves balloons. Not one detail was left out including 100 balloons on the roof of their house, just like the movie. It's hard to believe Emily is already 8!

Valentine's Day

This year we had lots of fun making chocolate moustache's in preparation of our cute Valentine's Day cards. It was a yummy project to do together and the boys had lots of fun. I don't think I have many more years of creating cute Valentine's with the boys, so I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

Play Set Assembly Day 2

It took two days to finally get the playset all put together. Seeing the boys so happy playing on it makes it all worth while.The Coffaro's even came to test it out with us. McKinley had fun on the swing and they had fun playing hide-and-seek.
We still have some more work to do on the playset and backyard in general, but it's all coming together.

Play Set Assembly Day 1

Well, I have to say it looks MUCH easier than it actually is. After years of consideration, we finally broke down and bought the kids a real playset. We have had a simple swing set since Thomas was 10 months old and he has simply outgrown it. We decided to buy one from Home Depot that is all pre-cut and "simple" assembly. Ha! It took most of the morning of Day1 to figure out what went where and to gather all the tools that we would need. It was absolutely a beautiful day so the kids had fun watching and playing. They played in the cardboard box and even brought out their sleeping bags. We hope to finish it up tomorrow. Then we'll still need to stain it, put some trim boarding around it and mulch it in. It has turned into quite a project.

It took a fork lift to put the materials in the truck. The boys were so entertained!

The backyard "before" picture.



My Sweet Boy.

Coloring in circles.

The "pre-cut" lumber.

Playing with their sleeping bags.

Starting to look like something. Nathan loved helping with the drill.

Able to sit on the platform.

Ten minutes after bath time! Out like a light.