Puddle Fun

For Christmas, we gave the boys some kid friendly remote control cars called morphibians. They float so they can go on land or water. It was a downpour this afternoon, so we took the morphibians out again for a drive. They are really fun for the kids, and apparently dads too.

Brody and Chase together with their morphibians.

Two handsome redheads watching the action.

Here is a video. Sorry, the quality is bad, and very bright. I'm still figuring this camera out. It's not complicated I'm sure, it's just that I'm technologically challenged. It's embarrassing to admit, when one of my brothers graduated in electrical engineering and another in graphic design. I didn't get that gene I guess.

Are you opening a preschool?

As I was standing in line to buy our craft supplies at Michaels, a lady behind me said, wow, it looks like you are opening up a preschool or something. Well, I'm not, but in an effort to cut out shows completely, I stocked up on a bunch of craft supplies. My kids, particularly Brody, have behavior issues after watching shows. Whether it's t.v. or computer, it's the same. He just has a hard time controlling his emotions after watching some kind of show. He's rude, and ornry, and cries at the slightest frustration. It's like he's a completely different kid from the regular Brody. So, I cut out shows and have tried to replace the time with crafts. This day we worked on B. Here are Brody and Chase with their bumble bees out of a "B".

Valentines Weekend

I promised the boys we could make valentine cookies for their friends in the neighborhood. Here we are with Lucas Petersen decorating the cookies that the boys actually made all by themselves. They rolled and cut out hearts. Most of the icing went into their mouths instead of on the cookie. Oh well! It was chaotic and fun! I think I ate about half of the cookies and the neighbors got a few of what was left!

After cookie decorating, they needed to do some male bonding stuff like throwing mud against the fence with spatulas and cooking utensils. Kristi and I didn't even care how dirty they were getting. As long as they were outside. The noise level of 5 boys kinda gets to us. (Kristi has Lucas and Henry. I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of all 5 of them together)

After the Petersens left, Chase and Brody were pretending this hanger was a boomerang and posed for a second to let me take a picture of them. They are getting the hang of posing I think. They like me to take their picture and then they run up to me and say so enthusiastically, "Let me see me!"

Picnics, Parties, and SUN!!

It was actually sunny out today, so the boys spread out every blanket we have to make a comfortable picnic to eat lunch outside. Grilled cheese, blueberries, and carrots were on the menu. Grilled cheese is usually the request around this house for the past few months.

We have a neighbor friend named Jayden who Brody and Chase love to play with. It was his birthday this afternoon at Charlie Safari. It's a childrens play center with air inflated jumping houses, a complex jungle gym, slides, and video games. The boys were in heaven. We were there for over three hours! We came home and ate dinner and then the boys went to bed and crashed!

Chase is leading the pack!

Party continued.....

Here's Blake in the baby area of Charlie Safari. He learned how to sit up in December and now he is crawling up everything! He is changing so fast! I want it to slow down, because it seems like it's going by too fast. I guess I'll just have to have another baby! Hee hee!

The boys found the arcade area in the back, and I had a hard time pulling them away from it! They loved the motorcycles especially.

Napoleon Dynamite look-alikes

I was talking to Chris on the phone, and I felt a tapping on my hip. I looked down and busted up laughing. Brody found Chris' Napoleon Dynamite costume he used for Halloween, and felt the need to try it on.

Now, Chase had to try it on.

Then the boys wanted Blake to try it on. I couldn't get a good picture of him unfortunately.

Toothpik tree

I came down the stairs earlier this week after putting Blake down for a nap and I found the toothpik box opened and a creation on the floor.......

Posing by their toothpik tree. Brody said to me, "Mom, look at our toothpik tree!" They were so proud to tell me how they worked together to create this masterpiece.