Finally...

I know that is what most of you are thinking... Finally, she's updating that thing! I admit I have been terrible lately and I am not really sure why. It certainly isn't because nothing is going on in our lives! The good news is that I finally got a new digital camera (Thank you Monniemoo and Pop, Jean and Nelson, and Poppop!) with my Christmas and Birthday money, so I will be updating the pictures more often. I have been using my film camera so it has taken me a lot longer to finish the roll, get them developed, put them on a disk, manually load them... you get the drift. Anyway, here are some recent pictures of the munchkins! I'm also going to go in and backdate some, so keep scrolling down...

39 days and counting

By my calculations, we are entering 40 days of Superman and Spiderman pajamas! I am not sure what the obsession is, but that is all they want to wear at night! I think people think I am exaggerating, but seriously... 40 days! Now, M has caught on and it is so funny to watch him get into character. It has made me realize the influence that N has on him! M is very opinionated, will go and pick out which ones he wants to wear, and refuse to wear the ones he does not want to wear! I realize that we could put a stop to this by putting our foot down, but I am letting them enjoy this phase... although I do have more laundry now!

The boys run through the house and hold their little superman toys and make flying sounds. They "swish" through the house as N calls it when they are Spiderman and pretend to climb up walls and jump off buildings... (we have to monitor this rather closely!)

M just started this a few days ago and I caught this picture... After putting on his cape, he puts his little fists up in the air and makes flying noises... It is so funny!

Teeth and Hair

N is reaching the age where he asks a LOT of questions and takes things very seriously and literally. I have been reinforcing with him the need to have good dental hygeine. I finally have started telling him that if he doesn't take care of his teeth and brush them, they will fall out and he won't get to eat any of his favorite foods anymore. I know this is a little scary, but it seems to have done the trick and he doesn't fight it as much anymore.
This morning as we were getting ready to leave for school, I told N he needed to come with me so that we could brush his hair. He told me, "Dat's wight Mommy, if big boys don't brush dem hayuh, it will all fall out!" And then he stopped and looked straight into my eyes, pointed his finger in the air and said very seriously, " Have you seen dem Mommy, da big men wif no hayuh?"
I could barely keep my giggles to myself!

Big Boy Pants

I am continually amazed by the difference in N and M. N is more reserved, can be quite shy at times, and is very loving. M is a hambone! He likes to show off and wants to do everything like his big brother... including wear big boy pants! He just started wanting to wear big boy pants over his diaper. He also likes to stand at the potty and pretend to use it like N. I am of course thrilled by this and am already planning to potty train him this summer... hopfully! Last night, we had already had baths and put on pajamas. However, M was having a fit about something... I finally figured out what it was and decided to go ahead with his demands... After all, if nothing else, it was a Kodak moment!

Heart Day!

We had a fun Valentine's Day here. The boys both went to school and had parties. They had a great time picking out their Valentine's and receiving Valentine's. We had a lot of candy when we got home, but thankfully Mommy got a chance to hide a lot of it before it was all consumed. N hates chocolate, so M and Daddy and me ended up with a large portion of treats as well! J had to go out of town for a meeting, so I rode with him, went shopping while he was in the meeting, and then we had lunch together. Since he has class on Thursday nights, we knew that would be the only way to spend any time together. It ended out working perfectly as we were back home in perfect time to pick up the boys.

N and M looked so cute at school, but quickly changed as soon as we got home when I gave them their Valentine's gift from us... New Spiderman t-shirts! They were so excited! I normally don't like theme shirts, but I found these so cheap and I knew they'd be great play shirts...

Happy Heart Day!

Busy Week

I know... I'm a little behind on my blog. Gracie and Bob-O came in town last week and kept the boys this past weekend so J and I could attend a work meeting. We had a lot of fun and kept very busy. We took the boys to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time and they had a great time. We went early in the morning which was great because hardly anyone was there! Gracie and Bob-O took the boys to a birthday party at Pump It Up and they were ALL very exhausted afterwards! I think I forgot to mention to them that they would actually have to go on all the rides with M! When J and I got back on Sunday, we found some wonderful, but a little worn out grandparents! I know they all had a great time though!