Something so cute

This evening while I was making dinner, Ethan came to me and said, "Mom, come quick, you have to see something so cute." This is what he showed me...

At church today Ethan's class made finger puppets. He loved them, and had been wearing them all afternoon. I guess he wanted to share them with his brother.

Dinner time nap

You know that they played hard when this happens...

...especially my little guy that loves to eat so much!!

His own holiday...

For Fathers day I tried to explain to the boys that it was Dad's special day. I had the boys make cards for him, we made him his favorite dinner, and Ethan even volunteered to give him a massage. So last night when I was tucking Ethan in bed He says to me, "Can you make a kid's day for me where you do nice things for me, give me cards, give me what I want to eat, and give me massages?" He was so serious, but I was trying not to laugh....isn't everyday kid's day?!!

Together Again

Last week we got to go see Shawna and the kids, who after a year, are finally back from Costa Rica. The boys were beyond excited to see there cousins. Ethan and Aiden have always been such good buddies, they were inseparable the moment we got there.

It was so great to see them, it's amazing how much the kids have grown in just a year. My 12 year old nephew Troy is as tall as me...that was hard! Shawna was thrilled to meet her new nephew, my boys are so lucky to have such an awesome aunt!

Is this normal?

Porter has always had a "healthy" appetite. He eats a lot. He'll out eat Ethan any day. I haven't been worried until recently when his eating habits began to change. For example, yesterdays snack...

He will eat ANYTHING!! Today he has already eaten chalk, and I caught him trying to eat a pencil. He always has some random thing in his mouth. His favorite are the dust bunnies around the house. (Yes , I just admitted to not having a perfectly clean house.) Having long shag carpet, it's impossible to avoid these unless I dust twice a day. This disgusts me the most, and he has no shame when he proudly shows me the "fuzzy" in his mouth. At least it's just mostly carpet fibers, but still, so gross!! Has anyone else had this kind of experience? Please tell me this is some kind of a phase he will grow out of.

Could I be so lucky??

My precious baby boy has

slept through the night

3 nights in a row!! I still think it may be a fluke, my other 2 boys didn't sleep through the night until they were about 8 months old. Could I be so lucky to get a baby that does this?? My fingers are crossed.

Fire Station

This morning we went with a group of our friends to the fire station. The boys have been couped up in the house for two weeks, so I thought they deserved a quick little field trip.

First they showed us the truck...

(Ethan took this pic himself, not too bad for a little guy!)

Then they had a fireman come out in all his gear. Porter got a "five"...

Ethan wasn't too sure what to think, and kept his distance.


A few of the kids that went...

This is the best picture I could get of the boys. It was hot and the sun was in their eyes , so they kept covering them. I lied to them and told them there was a puppy behind me, just so they would move their hands a little and open their eyes...

They weren't too happy with me.