Big

The other night Andrew and I were popping popcorn in the microwave and out of no where he goes.

"Mom, can I have a TV in my room?"
I said: "No, bud, maybe when you're older."
He replied: "But mom, I'm big for my age!"

Andrew on the ball!

The other day I was standing in the kitchen and Andrew was at the window doing something and I said something to him...I heard him sigh, followed by...mom, you're a nut!

Then tonight we were in the basement and Andrew goes...Mom, what's in your wallet? He never ceases to amaze me, including the fact he slept to 11 a.m. this morning. That's a world record for him.

Yet another one for him is to say...Mom, we're not fighting!...as soon as Matt starts screaming!

What am I going to do with him? He's always five steps ahead of me!

Another day...another milestone!

Today was absolutely GORGEOUS! After the boys had their naps we all went outside in our shorts! Andrew received a bike for Christmas so he has been practicing pedaling and has gotten very good. So tonight mom offers to take him around the trail behind our house. It was about halfway around the trail when I realized that my oldest sone is not supposed to be old enough to ride a bike, OR be starting pre-school in the fall! He's such a little man! I don't know where the time has gone.

THE KING!

Andrew has figured out how to take the tray off of Matt's high chair and he crawls up in it and says..."I'm the king." The other night I gave him things to set the table with and he looked at me and said..."Mom, I'm the king, I don't do that!" Needless to say...he eventually set the table!

Fun in the SNOW!

The boys were able to get out on Saturday and Sunday and have some fun in the sun and snow. The top picture is Matt trying to hide from Mom and Dad so he could play in the snow. The bottom one I was just trying to compare the snow drift to the size of Matt!

Magical Moments

On our way home from Omaha on Friday, Andrew was meditating in the back seat. I have NO idea where he picked this up from!

We were feeding the boys snacks until we could get home. This is Matt going after either a piece of chocolate or a cheeto!

This is Curly Sue after waking up from his nap! Jason tried so HARD to get that to lay down. I don't think he ever was successful.

The Snowman's back and he's causing lots of trouble!

I just thought I would update everyone on our uneventful, but busy week. Last Wednesday we were going to sneak down to Omaha to take Matt to the doctor for a check-up when I woke up the next morning in the hotel room to scream..."You are freaking kidding me!" Omaha had a bunch of snow dropped on it overnight much to my surprise. Needless to say the doctor's appointment got canceled and we were stuck in a hotel room with two little kids, no food and only one change of clothes (refer to the sneak comment previously!). Se we ventured out (yes, very stupid) to target to get more clothes, food and other necesscities (this included a new toy for each boy to entertain himself with....Andrew was happy!). We were just too far away to make it to Jason's parents, safely...we felt anyway.

So Thursday was spent in a 15x10 ft. room with two small boys who I would once in awhile let out of the room to run screaming down the hall. It was well worth the 2 minutes it lasted for all of our sanities. We quickly learned why kids that age should have space to run. We were able to get to the doctor of Friday though and Matt checked out perfectly fine. He's stinkin' 33 inches tall! Dr. K was very pleased with all his progress eventhough he still remains just a smidge behind, but he wasn't worried about it at all!

Then as soon as we were done with the doctor we filled up the boys' bellies and headed home. Up until about West Point, I think, is when I finally stopped saying...we should turn around. I just kept thinking...okay, if we can just get to this town...i know someone there we can call! Needless to say 6 hours after leaving Omaha...normally a 3 hour trip...we landed safely at home. I will not sign up to do that anytime soon. Below are a few of the pictures from what we ended up with at our house on Saturday morning.

This is our house heading east!

This is our house heading west! All the ones below are from our backyard. Our fence is about 5 ft. tall I believe. Not as impressive as last year...but close!