Construction Helpers

GranDee & Grandpa John are in the middle of re-modeling their home. While we were at their house, their bedroom was the construction zone. On Saturday, Papa needed to do some electrical work and of course the boys decided they wanted to help. Papa let them help by giving them some of the scews & other things he would need. Each boy got a red cup to keep their items in. I think Ryan did a better job at actually keeping his items in his cup! Nathan just liked to walk through the consturction zone whenever possible & smile as he did so!

GranDee decided she had enough of all the construction mess on the carpet & decided to vaccum part way through the morning. Ryan decided he wanted to help her. The vaccum they used is quite old and loud, & to be honest I was surprised he didn't run to hide when it was turned on! He tried his best to helep her, but he just couldn't quite keep it on the ground, but he did a great job non-the-less. Way to go boys. Our big helpers!!!!

Water Fun

We spent the weekend at GranDee & Grandpa John's house so that mommy could have some help with the boy's in the mornings while daddy was at work. One morning while we there, GranDee introduced Nathan to the art of playing in the kitchen sink with the water turned on. No too long after Nathan started playing, big brother, Ryan came along and wanted to play too. Of course Ryan could reach farther than his little brother, but it was fun for the both of them. Nathan got a kick of filling up his measuring cup, dumping it out, & starting the whole process over again! Thanks for the fun GranDee!!!!

Isn't food supposed in your mouth?

February 6, Matt made Mac & Cheese for the boys for lunch. We both thought that Nathan was eating his like he usually does and then he told us he was done, by throwing his food around and dumping it out of the bowl etc. Matt went to clean him up and this is what we found...

Nathan, had more in his lap than he actually had in his mouth & stomach. Since this day, Mac & Cheese has not been a great success with him.

Ryan of course loves his Mac & Cheese. He also loves to show off his "cheesy" grin whenever possible and whenever we take a picture of Nathan, we get to take one of him too.

Ryan's 4th Birthday - Take 2

Monday January 28, Ryan's actual birthday turned out to be a HUGE snowstorm. Of course it didn't start snowing until the afternoon, which is when his "friends" party took place. A few of our good friends braved the blizzard and came to his "Jurassic" Party.

Ryan has been into dinosaurs recently, so Daddy & I decided that would be a fun theme. We helped the kids make dino hats....

The kids played a relay game where they put on a pair of "dino feet" and they had to carry a "dino" egg on the end of a spoon down a path and around a chair and back again! It was actually quite fun to watch the kids and cheer them on.

There was a dino on our wall that was missing his party hat, so the kids played "pin the hat on the dino".

Of course their favorite part was having Ryan open his gifts & eating cake & ice cream.

Ryan's first "friends" party was a hit despite the frightful weather outside!

Ryan's 4th Birthday - Take 1

The day before Ryan's actually birthday, Sunday the 27th, we had all of his family over for a Luau party in January. His grandparents, aunts, uncles, & cousins came to join in for the festivities. He even had a few special guest attend his party as Aunt Angie's mom, dad, and family friend were in town.

The house was decorated with little plastic leis, courtesty of GranDee & the cake was decorated as an ocean with some beach.

As usual Ryan made out like a bandit, recieving a load of toys & other fun things. His cousins wanted to help him open all his presents & couldn't sit still as he opened them one by one.

I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

I'm Back...Kind of!

Well, it has been a little over two weeks since my surgery and I am can finally sit at the computer and type with just a little effort. So I can finally get back to blogging and get everyone up to speed on our family and all the funny things our boys do!

But at the moment, Ryan is begging me to let him play a computer game a.k.a "puter game" as he puts it. So I am being kicked off for the time being but will be back either tonight or tomorrow to begin the long proccess of getting caught up!

On Vacation!!! If You can call it that!

Just so nobody gets upset that there are no new posts... I am taking a short hiatus until I recover from my surgery which could be a few weeks. It is hard and very uncomfortable for me to sit at the computer...so TTFN. I'll catch up with all the fun stuff later (including Ryan's 4th birthday)

Girls Night

This past Thursday, I hosted my first official Girls Night. Not only was it the first time I hosted, but it was also the first one that I would have been able to go to. Matt usually has to work on Girls Night, but now that he has switched to produce and works in the mornings I can now go.

For Girls Night, January 2008 we had a game night. I think it really ended up being more of a "gab" night, but that is always fun too. We played a few games too (Scene It, Friends Edition (we all stunk at that except Alicia), Apples to Apples, & Catch Phrase.

A few girls hang out until about 11:30 just talking. It was actually a nice break from the monotony of being a mom (not that being a mom in the same, but it was good to have a break from the kids!). I hope everyone had a good time and felt welcome in my home!!!

Look a Fox...Where's the Hound?

January 24 as I was making dinner I walked over to the garbage and happened to look out our bay window. What to my very surprised eyes did I see, but a fox wondering on the golf course in our backyard. "There's a fox" I cried. "What?", was Matt's reply. "A fox", I said, "grab the camera quick!"

Matt grabbed the camera, opened the back door & snapped a few shots of the fox. He came back in while Ryan watch in awe & then all of a sudden the fox was gone. No sooner did he leave then he reappeared right in our yard (about 5 feet away from the house). Matt got a few more shots and then the fox wandered down the hill & out of our sights.

Here are some of the pictures that Matt was able to get...but his his friend Copper the hound dog was no where to be found!

Monkey See, Monkey Do!

Things have been a bit crazy at our house, so it has been a while since I've had a chance to get our lives updated for our blog, but here it is.

January 21st we asked Ryan to help us "squish" a box, by stepping on it, so that it would be more flat to throw in the garbage. Ryan did the best he could and then set it next to the garbage because it was "too hard" to squish all the way.

Without batting an eye, Nathan picks up the box brings it to a more open location & starts "stomping" on it, more like stepping on it. That was a bit too difficult for him, so them he simply sat down on it and grinned to show us how proud he was of himself.

After Ryan saw us take the cute pictures of Nathan, he wanted in on the action too, so we took after pictures of him as well. We are trying to teach Ryan that what Nathan sees Ryan do, Nathan then wants to do because his big brother does it & Nathan looks up to his big brother. Now we have proof. Little Monkey see Big Monkey do, Little Monkey do too!!