Big Boy Bunkbeds

As we look forward to our new baby's arrival in about 3 months, we are working on a list of things to buy and projects around the house. One project was to purchase bunkbeds and move Isaac out of the crib.

So last week Jason spent many hours putting together a stackable bunkbed set. Noah's room is now both boys' room. For months they have been begging to share a room, so they are thrilled to finally be together! So far it has worked out well. Even sharing the closet space has worked surprisingly well. I am planning to look for matching comforters and hang their names on the walls.

No School Today

Noah's preschool was canceled today due to extremely cold temperatures and windchill. Hooray for a day to stay home. We are thankful for a warm house!

Our plans for today:
-Color pictures
-Read books
-Take a bath
-Play with toys & clean them up
-Eat lunch

What a hard life.

mother's day (a little late!)

Every year I want to capture a photo of me and the boys around Mother's Day. As difficult as taking pictures of these boys smiling and looking can be at times, I think it will be fun to see how we all change from year to year.

Self timer does a pretty good job!

Noah, before his super short (accidental) haircut.  

Cute little boys. They are so busy and so active but I love them so much!

All in a Day's Work

Here are some bits and pieces of our week so far.


Isaac dumped several cups of water on the carpet in the living room. Noah scolded him. =) Mommy cleaned it up.


Isaac has woken from his naps several days now completely naked. Yes. We have an in house stripper??? More laundry from wet sheets...


Both boys put sand in the water in the backyard swimming pool. Then Isaac dropped his popsicle on the ground and "rinsed" it in the "clean" pool water. Then they took buckets of sand/pool water to dump down the slide to make a water slide. At least the water slide was pretty cool.


Isaac lost my car keys when we were leaving to meet a friend. A few search-filled minutes later, we found them. At least they were not gone for days like the last time!


I managed to vacuum under and behind the couches since I hadn't done that in a couple of months. The toys and bits of paper under the couch were expected. But the oreo cookie and muffin paper under the couch were signs of someone's sneaky eating. Then I found not one, not two, but three used Pull-ups behind the couch! And one of Noah's dirty underwear. Yuck!


Isaac colored on the wall with a pencil. Noah colored on the kitchen floor & back door with a blue sharpie. Grandma Judy worked on cleaning that one up for a while. However, both scribbles are still decorating our home. Maybe I will just leave them?


Isaac trampled some flowers/landscaping at the splash park. Noah just picked them! Ahh! Who is the mother of these children?!


Oh, and Noah didn't want to play in his classroom at church on Sunday. So Jason got a call because he was hitting kids at church. Why? He told the teacher if he hit other kids he just could go home!


Oh these boys are quite adventurous and quite destructive. No wonder I go to bed exhausted...


Growing up, my mom used to tell us, "If you don't laugh, you'll cry!" I so understand the truth of that now...


It is a good thing they are so cute!

Best Little Buddies

Love my little cuties. They really, really love to play with each other (and they love to fight with each other too...). Noah told me the other day that his favorite friend is Isaac.

So here are a few pictures of my little cuties the past few weeks....mostly hanging out together. 

Noah is Learning to Swim

Jason has worked on swimming with Noah each summer, but we thought we would give swimming lessons a try before summer starts. The closest YMCA offers classes in our area for kids of all ages. They are 7 weeks long for a half hour on Saturday mornings, and Noah has been thrilled to go!

  

This little ham is so excited that he put his face in the water and swam with the instructors last week.

There are about 12-15 kids in his class and 4-5 teachers. The kids are divided into beginning and intermediate swimmers with a lot of one-on-one time.

"Hang on to the side of the pool and just keep kicking" 

Noah's small group was all boys for the day. They swam to the other side of the pool to practice jumping in the water with their instructor. He looks forward to swimming lessons each week. By June when they are over, he will be ready to hit the neighborhood pool!

a few snapshots of our day

Isaac loves to crawl into anything small enough he can barely fit inside. :) Love this little cutie!

During morning playtime, Noah dragged his blankey and pillow downstairs to the couch for some reading time. He loves these Look-and-Find books we get at the library.

Noah, hard at work, making the letter S.

Isaac, coloring as usual.

One of two pans of homemade granola. I made it one other time and loved it. This time I added flaxseed and sunflower seeds in addition to the almonds (and eventually, craisins). So tasty!

Isaac loves to help out around the kitchen. He is vacuuming up a small pile of crumbs or cheerios almost daily! He also has a fascination with rags and wiping up things. I have no idea why.

Growing green beans on the kitchen window ledge.

This is Noah's little experiment. One bean plant has taken off out of our half dozen pots. A few more are sprouting, but not as quickly!

How I organize my grocery list and meals.

The meal list is just a list, and we don't stick to it perfectly. I just pick whichever meal works best as we go through the week.

For grocery list, I have a printed sheet with items we typically use. When we run out of something, I just mark it on the list. When making the next menu, I can quickly mark which items we will need.

Chocolate chip banana muffins are some of the boys' favorites.

I had to take a picture before they vanished! They were made from the discounted bananas I bought at the grocery store a few days ago.

happy 4th birthday!

Noah is four years old. He was very excited to celebrate his birthday this year and talked for weeks about what kind of cake he wanted and who should be at his little party. Here are some pictures from his little birthday party.