Growing Boys

This week the boys both had their well-child checks. We feel very blessed to have such healthy boys! Here are their stats.. Ethan

Weight: 40 pounds - 80th percentile
Height: 43 inches - 94 percentile. Caleb

Height: 36 inches - 85th percentile
Weight: 29.4 pounds - 66th percentile
Head Circumference: 51 cm - 97th percentile

Birthday Extravaganza

Sunday , May 8th - Caleb turns 2! Since it was Mothers Day as well, we had a small get together to celebrate both occasions. Caleb, as you will see, was not all that impressed about turning two.

Opening presents

He disliked being sung to and kept yelling, "I don't want to!" during the entire song.
Thursday May 12th - Ethan celebrates his 4th birthday at preschool. He had so much fun baking cupcakes and decorating them, but was more excited that his preschool friends sang to him!:)

Baking cupcakes!

Friday May 13th - Ethan turns 4! We spent the day as a family, letting Ethan open our presents to him and picking out where he wanted to eat for dinner. He wanted to eat at "the place where you get your own food like jello" (aka- Old Country Buffet). He had a great day!

Aunt Kelly sent presents!!

Sunday May 15th - Ethan and Caleb's Birthday Party! It was raining, but that did not stop the boys from having a good time - even Caleb this time:) Thanks everyone for making their day so special!!Yes, I made this Mickey Mouse cake. Can you tell?!?! I had fun though, the boys liked it and everyone ate it up!

The birthday boy!

Happy birthday to our wonderful boys! We love you!!

Until next year.....:)

Typical day outside with my boys...

The joy of boys!!:)

Spring 2011

The boys are outside pretty much all the time during the last few days and loving it! I finally feel that spring has sprung and we are taking full advantage of it. The other night, we were getting out all of our spring/summer toys and lawn equipment and Ethan felt the need to jump in the sprinkler right then and there! It was hilarious and yes, he was soaked when he was done, but you couldn't wipe that smile off his face, it was priceless!!Dirk, the bunny we have been watching for the last couple of weeks and pretty much the boys best friend :) Jumping in the sprinkler in 50 degree weather and he could have done it all night!

All done, but loved every second of it! Caleb got a haircut (and yes, he screamed the entire time!)

Ethan loves reading to Caleb. They pull their chairs together and read books - it is so sweet!

Happy Easter!

We had a very low-key Easter at home. We started the morning off with an Easter egg hunt! The kids had fun searching the house for eggs filled with goodies inside of them. After all the eggs were found, the boys had to find their baskets that the Easter Bunny hid. Ethan found his in the oven and Caleb found his with his favorite toys. They had a great time looking through their baskets asking, "How did the Easter Bunny know that I needed this?" Jim and I would look at each other and laugh...oh to be young again! After the morning activities, we headed to church and then back home for a ham dinner. Hope everyone had a great Easter! We even had our own "Easter Bunny" this year. We are taking care of Dirk, grandma and grandpa Jastifer's bunny for awhile and the kids adore him (he is even beginning to warm up to them!).

HAPPY EASTER!!

Family

We love spending time with family :)

Fun times!

Spring - please come back!!

Due to the fact that there is snow on the ground and it is mid-April, I feel the need to post spring pictures :) Enjoy and I hope this brings the warm weather back!