Abs

I swear, there's not a day that goes by that these kids of mine don't do something funny. Here's the latest:

Briley is obsessed with my P90X abs workout. He has done it everyday for the past 4 days. He even did it this morning before school and again when he got home! When he's finished, he pulls up his shirt to show me his ribs, and says "Yeah, I'm getting my abs from working so hard. See those lines?"

2 Cuties

The boys and I worked on a little project/surprise for Daddy for Vday. So I couldn't post the pictures until now. These were my favorites.

Here's the final product. It's a little Father's Day-ish. The original plan was to have the boys in Daddy's ties, but I couldn't figure out how to tie a tie, so this was the best we could do.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day came a few days early for me. Nick and I were downstairs, and the boys were upstairs playing. B came down with his Diego Magnadoodle that he hasn't picked up in forever, and said "Look what I did."

I didn't even notice the ABC's written at the top, which for some reason skip H-Q.

All I saw was "I LV YOU"

Oh, be. still. my. heart. The most precious gift ever.

Thank you Tink, I LV YOU too. :)

Cars

Lawson doesn't do much sitting a playing with toys. His form of playing mainly consists of climbing, jumping, throwing pillows, pulling all of the toys out of a box to make a mess... you get the point. So to see him pushing "Wightning" and Mater around is a sweet little moment. Especially since at this very moment, he is running his "Wightning" suitcase around the house in circles and asking if he can go to Disney World yet. I hear this at least 10 x a day. "Mommy, where's Disney World? Can we go there yet? Can I bring Wightning? Can I bring Buzz? Can we shoot Buzz in a spaceship? Mommy, where's Disney World? Can we go there?"

B's Banana Pudding

Briley loves cooking. His cooking mainly consists of mixing several ingredients from the pantry together. But they must taste good because anytime he cooks, he and Lawson eat it all up. This time was no different, and he actually "cooked" a real recipe.

1 container of Jello vanilla pudding
several Vanilla wafers
bananas (cut into "circles" by mommy)

Final product is below - no help from mommy besides cutting the bananas.

My Dad

Last week, my Dad had a mild stroke. He's still in the hospital, but he is doing much better and will get to go home soon, hopefully. We are thankful that the stroke did not affect his movement or feeling. However, it was in the left side of his brain, so he will have to work on his speech a bit. He is also working on his short term memory. I talked to him today and he sounded really good. Luckily, I have a very tough and stubborn Daddy, so I know that he'll get better soon. So if you have a second, please keep him in your prayers. Thank you!

Enjoying this Warm Weather

This week has been amazing! We have spent every afternoon outside, playing in the yard, and visiting with neighbors. It has been SO nice. We come in at dark, just in time for dinner, and the boys crash into bed. It feels like spring, and I can't wait!

The boys are playing so well together outside. Lawson is big enough to try to play soccer with B now, and B is loving it. He told me the other day that Lawson is so good that we need to sign him up for soccer too. Then he proceeded to tell Lawson that he needs to play soccer too so that he can get a "real gold trophy".

Here they are thoroughly enjoying their first popsicles of the year from Mr. Jim, our neighbor. I love the grass stains on their pants from playing so hard. Oh, and look at Lawson's face... there's trouble brewing in that little body I tell you.