T-ball

Saturday was Blake's first t-ball game against the White Sox (his team is the Red Sox). He had some pretty good hits and managed to catch a ball or two when fielding. His favorite part, though, was running the bases!

Picnic

We had beautiful weather over the weekend and the boys thought it would be fun to have a picnic lunch outside. The greatest challenge was keeping Dakota from eating off the plates!

crazy

Jacob comes up to me and says "mommy, can you help me with these pants? They are driving me crazy!" What a nut!

oh Brotha!

Jacob ran into the bathroom, grabbed Blake's green power ranger toothbrush and then came running into Parker's room. He proceeded to do some form of Karate and then says to me "bring it on, brotha". Oh, it's on brotha!

Hanging Out

Happy Birthday Blake!

Musings about Parker

We have been working on signing for a couple of months and although he was doing the sign for milk, I wasn't completely sure he knew what it was for or thought it was just cool to do with his hand. That is until yesterday, when he signed for milk and then proceeded to walk over to the glider in his room (where we nurse). Yay! And then at lunch time, he signed for "eat" and then "more". I was so excited that he is starting to get this whole thing since all he ever says is "aahh, aahh".

Today while I was nursing Parker, Blake came into the room to ask if he could have some chocolate. So I asked him what chocolate he wanted. He told me the ones that looked like mountains and said those are kisses. Parker latched off and leaned up to give me a big kiss on the lips. How cute is that!

Parker has a slight obsession with apples and blueberries. When he sees them, he wants them NOW and will scream on the top of his lungs until the gets them. He likes to hold a whole apple and walk around, taking a bite whenever he feels like it. He could do this for an hour. And don't even think about trying to take it away. He has also been able to eat a whole container of blueberries at once. One day he ate so many blueberries, I swore even his poop smelled like a blueberry!

Hold your horses

I was asking Jacob to come to me so I could help him take his shoes off and this is what he says to me: "hold your horses mommy, I am busy". Well, excuse me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLAKE!

Happy 5th Birthday, Blake! We had a blast at his party on Saturday and there will be more pictures of that to follow.

Do I look like?

Jacob decided to put on a pair of Peter's safety glasses. He asked us "how do I look?". We told him he looked really cool. Then he asked "Do I look like grandma?" Ha Ha.

Crazy Jacob

He fell asleep like this right before nap time.

Parker's Latest

Parker now knows how to climb onto chairs. Once he is up there, he cries to get down. Go figure.

Making Pictures for Daddy

Parker's Hair Cut

Before
After
No more baby curls :(

Wake Up Call

This morning I was in a deep sleep and was suddenly awoken to a child staring at me by the side of the bed. Because I was startled, I gasped and this child says to me "I am not a lion mommy". Thank god it was only Jacob and not a lion because I hate it when the lions wake me up. By the way, Peter was awake during this and told me later that Jacob had hit me in the head to get me to wake up!

Cookie Decorating Party

Conversations with Jacob

Jacob was in the kitchen helping me fix his lunch when all of a sudden he says to me "Oh, I have to go pee pee". He starts to run out of the kitchen to the bathroom. In front of the door was a large dump truck. Next thing I hear is Jacob saying "outa my way" as he pushes the truck across the room. When you gotta go, you gotta go!

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Jacob is known for his "high needs" attitude and can go from happy to extremely upset in a matter of seconds. Lately, after a crabby session, he will say to me "mommy, I'm not crabby anymore". Thank goodness!

Parker's Favorite Things

Climbing in the dryer (you can't tell from the picture, but his feet are off the ground)

Playing in the kitchen cabinets

Hanging out with Daddy

Playing with Daddy's shoes

Jacob and Parker

Parker throwing a tantrum b/c he wants the camera. I love the string of drool!

This is how Jacob usually plays with his cars.

Tub Time

BEEBO

Yesterday, Parker was walking around lifting his shirt and then poking himself in the tummy. I would say "beebo" and he would laugh hysterically. He did this for about 5 minutes. It had to have been one of the cutest things ever!

CHEESE!

This is what the bathroom looks like after Parker has been there :)
Do you want a cracker or...
an apple?

Well maybe a...

Me (to Jacob): do you want grapes or blueberries?
Jacob: what mommy?
Me: do you want grapes or blueberries
Jacob: well, maybe a lollipop.

Can't blame him for trying! :)

Success!

Jacob is doing so awesome with his potty training. He stays dry during his naps and is dry most nights. He has been accident free for the last three days as well as goes to the potty all by himself (no prompting from me!). Unlike Blake's experience, Jacob is very willing to poop on the potty as well. I am so proud of how well he is doing. Way to go Jacob!

Painting Fun

You kill me mom

Peter was so nice as to buy me an ice cream cake the other day for my birthday. Since then, the boys have been hounding me everyday to have a piece. Tonight I told them they could have a piece after their dinner. Jacob was being very stubborn and didn't want to finish his dinner. This is how the conversation went:
Jacob: I am all done, mommy.
Me: No you aren't. You have to eat it all gone.
Jacob: No, mommy. I am all done.
Me: Okay, but no ice cream cake.
Jacob: You're killing me mommy.

Boo!

We have now added another word to Parker's list of things he can say. I play a modified hide-and-seek game with my kids where rather than them finding me, I jump out and scare them. Parker LOVES it and decided it was his turn to scare me. So he "ran" into my bedroom, turned around and peeked out the door and said "BOO".

The crabby song

I guess the "crabbies" have been going around our house a little too much lately. Blake was in the foulest mood yesterday morning and was taking it out on his little brothers. Jacob decided it was worth composing a song about it. He went and got his play drum, broke out a beat and started rapping "Blake is so crabby. Blake is so crabby. Blake is CRABBY" Ha, Ha. He cracks me up!

I'm outta here

Boys will be boys and this is just something I have had to come to terms with. However, I am scared for what the future holds for : So, those of you who know Jacob then know he can expell his gas like a grown man. And that goes for both ways. Blake and Jacob were sitting next to each other on the couch and Jacob did the biggest toot I have ever heard from a little boy. Blake immediately popped up (he had been laying right by that area), started waving his hand in the air and said "I am outta here!"

We are Potty Training!

We have officially begun potty training. I must say, things are off to a great start. Jacob only wears pull-ups at nap time and during the night. We have only had 4 accidents over the last three days. He is doing so amazing right now and I can't believe how easy he took to peeing on the potty. He looks so grown up in his big boys (underwear)!

Ha Ha, Dakota almost got a lick from the spoon!
Making cookies with Grandma

Pirate Blake

BOINK!

Today Parker discovered a new game. He had accidentally hit his head on the sliding glass doors and when he did, I said "boink". Well, apparently this is extremely funny to a toddler because he started to laugh so hard, he gave himself the hiccups. And then continued to bump his head on the glass. I would say "boink" each time and he would laugh hysterically. This went on for about 3 minutes. Then it was my turn to bump my head on the glass.