Wordless Wednesday: My Sleeping Beauties

Funny Faces

Do any of your kiddos love Mr. Potato Head as much as mine do? They could play with these things for hours. They're usually very particular about how they design the faces, i.e. arms go in the arm holes, eyes where the belong, etc. It's more than obvious they inherited Mommy's anal personality. But, today I asked them to make the funniest faces they could.

CJ won't normally use the "girl parts" he says, "Eeeew!" and puts them back. Lol!

Jordan thought the policeman hat made his Potato Head hilarious!

Happy Birthday, Austin!

Yesterday we had our first Bounce U experience to celebrate our friend, Austin's, fourth birthday. Can anyone tell me why we haven't been before? The boys had a blast. And we all know what that means...Mommy got to sleep in this morning! Thank you, Melissa! :)

FYI: There are very few pictures that are actually in focus. You didn't think I'd be able to get them to sit still long enough to get a good picture did you?!

It's really not like CJ to be the cautious one.

Kiddos lined up to head inside with the birthday boy at the front of the line.

He was in little boy Heaven!

Remember what I said about him being a monkey?

I'm sporting some serious rug-burn (slide-burn?) from that one.

More than once I thought that slide was going to swallow him whole.

Grandma and Jo

The one and only time I was able to get him to sit still for .25 seconds. No such luck with Jordan, though.

The boys were falling over on purpose. :)

Holy Double Chin!!! That's the reason for my workouts right there!

Grandma kept Jo busy with the basketballs. Can't see what that sign says? Let me help you out...

Grandma doesn't think the rules apply to my boys. :)

We had been thinking about having CJ's fourth birthday at Pump It Up (I have since found out Bounce U is significantly cheaper) and after yesterday, it's a definite. And as a gift to all of the parents that bring their little ones, I will give you each the same gift Melissa gave to me. An amazing night's sleep complete with a 9:00 wake-up. Priceless!

Puzzle Master

I'm happy to say that CJ received at least one personality trait from me...

Can't you just see his little analytical mind working?

I can't take credit for those Flintstone feet though...those are all Daddy.

He did the whole puzzle by himself. Such a smart little man! :)

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Jordan is developing such a personality. He follows big brother around everywhere he goes and attempts every single thing that CJ does.

From searching for snails...

To climbing into (thank goodness not out of!) his crib.

 

Lately I've been calling him my little monkey and he responds with, "Ooo ooo aaa aaa!" Appropriate, I'd say. :)

Happy Birthday, Tee-Tee!

I am having a hard time accepting the fact that my baby sister is turning 21. And no, it has nothing to do with the fact that it's just another reminder that I'm about to turn 25 and have met exactly none of the goals I had expected to achieve by now. Ugh...

In our family it's perfectly acceptable to cough all over the birthday cake.

My baby brother and I. Yes, he's still a baby.

Have a good time in Vegas, Stephie. Be safe! :)

Making The Most of It

I have a couple of posts to catch up on. Bad Mommy Blogger! Daddy has been home several nights for the past week-and-a-half so we all do our best to stay distraction-free (a.k.a. blog reading/writing for me and XBox for the hubby) during that time so that we are making the most of our time as a family.

Speaking of making the most of our time...that's what I've been attempting to do with the boys. I will most likely be going back to work very soon (tear). After being home with the boys since CJ was 5 months old (and considering I had just gone back to work when he was 3 months old) this will be a difficult, no matter how necessary, transition for all of us. So, here's what we've been up to...

Last Thursday, Cindy and I took the boys to the free Regal movie at Edwards. I have to say, I much prefer Disney/Pixar over Clifford the Big Red Dog. No wonder I had never seen that movie before!

Logan and Cindy

The boys enjoyed the movie, though. I keep telling myself that's all that matters. :)

Afterwards we took the kiddos to Chuck E. Cheese.

I had not been since I was a kid. I was happy to see they still had the classics. :)

Look how sweetly, and patiently, CJ is waiting for his turn!

This seizing horse made me very nervous. CJ thought it was amazing.

Another classic!

I was happy to see that amongst the ridiculously complicated, obnoxious, impossible-to-win games, my boys still enjoyed, and preferred, the games that I used to play.

I think this is my favorite picture from the day!

Jo enjoying his hard-earned loot. Does it surprise anyone that he chose a sucker? Or that a mini Tootsie Pop cost him half of his tickets?!

My wild child

Lately CJ has been begging for attention. And by begging for attention I mean doing anything he has to do to get it. All of you other mommies out there know what I'm getting at. So, last Friday Carl and I dropped Jordan off with Grandma and took CJ out on a date. Sorry, I have no pictures, again with the bad blogger scolding... Anyway, he wanted to go to Red Robin so off we went. He ordered two drinks. At the same time. Sprite and chocolate milk. And then proceeded to put both straws in his mouth and drink them at the same time. He's a goofball and that's what I love about him. We then went to the "Blue Store" which is one of his favorites. Any guesses what it is? Hint: It's one of Daddy's favorites, too. Yep, you guessed it...CJ loves Best Buy just as much as the next man. He picked out a movie and we headed home for the night. 

I have loved staying home with the boys and being the one to teach them everything they know, but I'm excited for this new chapter (I plan on making it a very short one!) in our lives. It's going to be nice to have a change in my daily schedule. I'll miss my babies like crazy, but they're going to be in amazing hands! :)