Photo Entertainment

I have eliminated watching "shows" for a while again in our house. So, in an effort to keep the boys busy before dinner is ready, I grabbed our old photo albums for the kids to look at.

I didn't even realize they had ripped this page until I started posting this on here!

I wanted to document this, so when I make enough posts on this blog to make a book of our own, the family will appreciate the new book they have compared to old photo albums. (Although, they probably won't care all that much. They are fully entertained by these.)

Shaving cream entertainment

The boys found some shaving cream tonight. I let them squirt it out onto a cookie sheet and then just play. Brody got it all over his shirt, so when I helped him pull it off, it smeared all over his face!

If you look closely, you can even see the lines from the neckline of his t-shirt.

Chase saw how much Brody and I were laughing, so he just started globbing it onto his face for the same reaction. We obliged and laughed at him too.

Baby Blake

Blake is now 8 months. He is such a good boy. (This picture is deceiving.) I wanted to post this picture to show his cute bottom teeth. Blake is very independent. I can put him in a room with toys and he entertains himself for a long time. He loves to be around the older brothers. If they are not in the car with him, he starts to wimper and complain. Every time we go to get him from his nap, he greets us with a huge smile and starts to breath through his nose quickly, and rapidly. Sometime, I'll get it on video. It's hard to explain. Brody and Chase love him too. They will come to me with excitement and say, "baby is awake!" I say o.k. , which is to say o.k., you can go in his room. One day, Chase said, where's baby? I said he's asleep. He said, can I wake him up? I said, no, he's asleep. Why do you want to wake him up? Chase said, because I want to play with him.


Here come a smile....



This is his MO

Chase's good idea

One night after putting the boys to bed and returning downstairs, I heard some noises. I went upstairs to investigate and realized Chase had been sneaking into Blake's bed to make sure he had enough reading material for the night. Long night of late night reading eh? I can't believe Blake didn't wake up!

Legomania

The kids LOVE legos! Brody is helping Chase to learn how to build too. He is so sweet to him. He always asks him, do you want me to build you a plane Chase?


Here's their airport.



A close up view of a few of them.

"It's a funny thing"

The other day Brody came downstairs after his nap, and this is our conversation:

B: Mom can I come down now? (It's been about 45 min.)

M: sure

B: I have to tell you something.

M: (I turn to look at his face which is covered in my makeup) I say (dissappointedly), Brody, you got into my makeup.

B: Well, mom, my blankie was in the bathroom and I went in to get it and then I walked by your makeup and it got all over me. It was a funny thing. It had shooters on the back of it and it started shooting all over me so I couldn't move.

I busted up laughing. I know I shouldn't have cause now he'll get into my makeup again I'm sure. But his reply was so funny. I wondered did he think of this story before he came downstairs, or was it a spur of the moment idea that came into his head? who knows?

Northwest Trek

We went to Northwest Trek a couple of days after Christmas with Michael, Emma, Jack, Luke, Matt, Bri, Olivia, and Mom. It was a great activity after the excitement of Christmas.