Parties!

Aden had two parties to go to today (such a social guy). The first one was his "girlfriends" birthday party. He thinks he loves her, and talks about her daily. I have to admit, I approve. She's a doll. This was a cool party at an art studio. Each kid got to pick a ceramic figure from a princess themed group. Aden picked the castle.

The kids all got to go to the color wall and pick up to 4 colors. Aden picked black, red, a speckled green and a speckled brown.

(Aden & The Birthday Girl)

He was so proud of his castle. He kept calling for anyone walking by to admire his castle.

This finished castle!

Then when the kids are done, the studio takes the pieces and fires them in an oven. We get them back in about a week.

This was the big kitty that Aden picked out especially for his girl.

Then after that party, we headed over to my brother's house for a birthday party for my nephew. He's 9 now! He's getting so big!

By the time we got home, both Aden and I were exhausted. All this fun and cake makes us sleepy!

Splishy Splashy!

Looky who got a BIG BOY bath seat!

And he kinda likes the freedom! We put up the lounger seat and got this for Ethan. Aden had one like it too and he loved it. Now the boys can really play together in the bath.

Weather is so fickle

Just three days ago, the boys and I were in the backyard swinging in shorts. IN JANUARY. (Please do not look at the hay grass.) And today, there is snow in our forecast for the upcoming weekend. How does this happen?

I guess it's true - if you don't like the weather... wait a minute.

Boo.

As you can see, I've been playing around with my background for a Valentine's Day look. I like this one, so I think I'll keep it for a while, but in the process of changing the template I LOST ALL MY BLOGGY LINKS!

(great sadness).

So if you have a blog that you would like me to put on my list of links, please leave me a comment. I'm going to try to salvage my links, but some of them I don't know by heart. Ok, none of them I know by heart.

Thanks!

A night with the boys

Look who has a great new trick? Ethan's been holding his bottle for a little while now, but usually can't hold it completely unsupported until the bottle is about half done. (Too heavy). Not anymore! Little guy has got some muscles now! He takes his bottle right from the start and holds it all by himself.

I really enjoy the time at night before bedtime when everyone winds down and relaxes together. This particular night, we finished baths early so I let the boys watch an episide of Dinosaur Train. They both love it. 

Here are a few cute pictures of Ethan enjoying his exersaucer. He's giddy and happy like this until you leave the room for a second. Then he screams. No chance in being able to use this as a way to switch over the laundry. Oh well.

This and That

Happy Birthday to Trish! The mint chocolate chip

ice cream pie was great, the company was better!

Before the party, I rounded the corner and saw this....

He's so cool ALL the time. And this also explains

why we go through so much toilet paper. (And he insists

on using toilet paper even when it's just #1).

You know who else is cool all the time?

This guy. Mr. Mohawk/Gerber Baby Curl.

And this is how I'm loving my mornings...

I hope you are all having an excellent week!