Never Want to Forget...

I was inspired by a friend's blog about things we never want to forget about the boys (they will be 3 next month):

- How Ethan gives big bear hugs and “soap opera” kisses with his eyes closed
- When John said to mommy “I have a weaner and you wear make-ups” (the way he distinguishes between boys and girls)
- How Ethan LOVES to be outside and search through the dirt for “wormies”
- How John throws major temper tantrums over such minor things
- How Ethan is such a snuggler in bed
- How John loves certain books…Green Eggs and Ham, Missing Dinosaur Bone are his favorites
- How John is OBSESSED with the movie and book The Grinch that Stole Christmas
- How the boys talk about “knuckle-sandwiches” whenever the subject of Grandpa comes up, only they pronounce it “knuckle-sambitch” (too funny)
- How Ethan says the word “owchie” whenever he wants attention (even when not hurt)
- How Ethan says the word “poopie” whenever he wants us to run upstairs during naptime
- How when John got mad at mommy, he said “momma, you a boy”
- How Ethan is so expressive and how hysterical it is when he looks at you out of the corner of his eyes
- How John’s eyes are precisely the blue color of my Grandpa Johnson’s
- How excited the boys get if we take them to Donald’s for chicken nuggies
- How the boys end up in each other’s beds together almost every night
- How excited John gets when he is praised for anything
- How big Ethan smiles for pictures (so big that he closes his eyes and gives his best cheesy grin)

I also never want to forget that just looking at our boys makes me love Jason more than ever.

Easter & Easter Bunny Discussions with John

Mommy: What does the Easter Bunny bring on Easter?
John: Candy!

Mommy: He also brings chocolate...
John: Mmmm...that would be good (mommy chuckles)

Mommy: How big do you think the Easter Bunny is?
John: (glances from side to side, thinks a few moments, then)... that a good question momma

We had a great weekend. We visited the Seattle Aquarium on Saturday, rode the carousel and had fish and chips for lunch on the waterfront. On Sunday, the kids were thrilled with their easter baskets, I cooked a yummy brunch (if I do say so myself) and we had dinner at Jason's mom's house. Daddy took lots of good pics, so those will be posted soon. Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Wild Weekend!

We had a wild weekend! On Friday afternoon, the boys were standing at the front window saying "turkey, turkey" ... sure enough, our neighbor's turkey, the famous "Tom" (survivor of 2 Thanksgivings) had gotten loose and was hanging out in front of our house.

Tom in our front yard ...

View from outside of the boys watching Tom out the window...

On Sunday morning, we woke up to 4-5 inches of snow! It was melting quickly, so we got the boys bundled up and made a toddler-sized snowman in the front yard. Wacky weather!

Haircuts

Ummm...Jason took the boys to get haircuts last weekend and he thought that their buzz cuts looked so cute, that he decided to get one himself. He hates it. I don't think it's his best look, but I love him anyway. I did have to ask him to please never do that again :). haha

Funny Boys!

The boys are talking so much lately and are such characters. We still use the baby monitor and every morning we hear them (on the monitor) talking when they wake up. Usually, we let them talk for a few minutes before going to get them...usually when the volume starts to rise and they start calling for us (they totally understand the baby monitor concept). The other Saturday morning, they were talking and Ethan started calling "Mommy, momma..."...after a minute or two, he then called "momma....I yuv you momma"...such a charmer :). Of course, that got me and I went up to their room right away. He was waiting for me at the door with a huge grin on his face, as if to say "i knew that would work like a charm".

On a not so cute note, Jason and I were playing with them outside on their swingset and John needed help off the swing. As I was helping him, his boot fell off. He said (in perfect context) "oh dammit". Uh oh...Jason and I just looked at each other and winced, but tried not to call attention to it for fear of the "I can see you don't like that, so I think I'll do it / say it some more". Guess we have to be more careful with our language :)...they are total sponges!

Pink Lady Glasses

So, we've been cleaning out our house and storage areas lately in preparation for selling (hopefully) our house. The boys came across the glasses from my Pink Lady costume from Halloween a couple of years ago. They kept putting them on and saying...."mama, yook ("look" for those of you who don't speak toddler-ease). I thought it was funny and decided to snap a couple of quick pics. They are both such hams...


John grinning from ear to ear...

Ethan with his big, cheesy smile... :)

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

We've had a fun Valentine's Day so far! This morning, I (mom) made heart shaped french toast (big heart cookie cutter) and before nap we made heart shaped sugar cookies...look how proud the boys are of their hearts (we didn't have a small heart cookie cutter so these are hand shaped). They did a great job and we all had fun (Daddy's favorite part was eating them :)).




Hope all our friends and family have a wonderful Valentine's Day with your loved ones!