Random May 2013

Here are pictures from May to tell a story of what we have been doing:

ER visit for Croup

Playing at the park

Best friend Lilly's 4th birthday party

 Wrestling on Mommy and Daddy' bed

My first school made Mother's day gift from Evan !

No more bath seats!

Evan the gardener "I have to work with my shirt off, like a man!" says Evan in a gruff voice...I love this kid!

Discussing/arguing gardening techniques with Bampa

Mother's day at the park

Evan can swim to the wall with a life jacket all by himself 

No more riding in the back for Morgan!

Saying See you later to Uncle Jason before he deploys

SPAGHETTI!

A rare date night thanks to Nana...I love this man!

Tony created a treasure hunt for Evan and Lilly.....

They had so much fun!

Random April 2013

April and May got away from me as far as blogging.

Not only has it been a busy couple of months, but so many pictures are on my phone and it has proven to be a much harder task to get them off than it needs to be!

Here are random pictures/ memories from April:

 Emerson's 5th Birthday Party

 MS Walk

 University Village Fun

Field trip to Safeway

 Riley couldn't make it to his bed

 Evan's preschool class

 Evan fed the boys a TON of cheerios!

 Evan got himself stuck in this situation

 The spring fair and monster truck show

 Bath time!

 Mommy and Evan

 Morgan and Riley's first car cart ride

 Soccer with Lilly

 Morgan got himself stuck under the easel

 COOKIES!!

 Baking soda+vinegar+food coloring =cool science

 9 month photo shoot :-)

We love our busy little lives!

The Pledge of Allegiance

This year in preschool, Evan learned the Pledge of Allegiance.

I am so proud of him.

We honestly didn't think he paid too close attention to these structured times of the day, much less memorize the Pledge word for word.  He is also doing the alphabet in sign and close to writing his name all by himself.

We are so proud of our big preschooler, almost 4 year old.

The Funny Things Evan Says

Evan cracks us up!

He comes up with some of the most off the wall comments, or just says things at the right time.

Here are a few from the last few days:

A bird flew in our house and after he panicked and then calmed down, he says "mom it's a pattern, the bird flies, sits on the fan, flies, sits on the fan"

Today he asked the coffee lady for a pink lollipop.  He asked what flavor it was and I told him bubblegum.  He licked it and then blew out of his mouth and said "I just can't blow a bubble mom!"

Later I suggested he play with sidewalk chalk, he said "siwahacha?" I said no it is SIDE - WALK - CHALK so he replied "Siwa cock, siwa cock" And I could not get him to change for quite a while!

Everyday it is something new with him.  I need to write them down more, because he is just full of funny!

I love this little boy!

9 Months

My babies are 9 months old now and they are HUGE!

This month Morgan is crawling so fast!  He is all over the place and he gets into everything, boy are we in trouble with that kid.

Riley is going to be trouble in his own way.  He has already figured out how to cry wolf and how to use his "cuteness" to get himself out of situations.  He just flashes that smile and all is well.  How on earth did all three of my boys grab a hold of my heart the way they did?!? They have me wrapped around their finger!

We put both boys in their big boy car seats this month and even turned them around (3 months earlier than we are really supposed to) but they meet the weight requirement and it is really a convenience for us because strapping them in backwards in the back of a minivan is NOT an easy feat for me at 5'4" and able bodied, but for Tony to do it at 6'2" and disabled...almost impossible! They are happy and safe, that is all that matters!

Both boys are wearing clothes that Evan wore when he was 18 months old!  This blows my mind, I had no idea they were so much bigger than Evan at this age. Both are in the 90th - 97th percentile in height and weight, so they are proportionate, just big boys!

Riley says 'mama' and  'dada' a lot. He loves to blow raspberries and he started doing the sign for 'all done' when he is done eating.  Riley is smart, happy when he wants to be and throws the worst fits! He is a mini-Evan in that respect.  He sits on the sidelines and watches still, but if Morgan takes something from him the whole house knows about it. He is trying really hard to craw and get very frustrated because he can't go where Morgan and Evan can.  He will get it and then we are in trouble!

Morgan is a quiet explorer.  He goes everywhere that he is not supposed to be.  This month he pulled a full paint can onto his arm and I thought for sure that he broke it by the way he was screaming, but he was just fine.  Morgan had croup this month which was a very scary experience because he sounded like he couldn't breathe.  Morgan takes in everything and he his a thinker.  He also likes to start trouble.  He pulls Riley's hair, puts his feet on him, rolls on him, takes his toys away, crawls on top of him, etc. You can just see the look on his face that he takes pride in the torture he brings his brother.

Both boys are happy and healthy.  Evan LOVES them and plays with them.  He talks to them and sings to them.  He loves to wrestle with them and tries to get Morgan to follow him around the house or he will block him from going places with laundry baskets. They all have great brotherly love....for now!