My Funny Little Valentines

If I thought it was hard taking pictures when it was just Owen, add Joe to the mix and

it creates a whole new level of difficulty. Trying to get them both to look at the camera

is nearly impossible.  Today we had Owen's Valentine's Day party at school.  Since both he

and Joe were dressed in their festive attire, I decided to try to take a picture of the two 

of them.  TRY being the key word there.  Here we go....

Owen: "Hey Buddy, I have an idea.  She wants us to look at the camera??  

Let's really show her and look in opposite directions."

Owen:  "Ready....Go!"

Joe:  "Woop woop!  We nailed that one."

Owen:  "You think that's good.  Watch this.  Pretty hard to take our picture 

when I'm jumping on the bed.  Ha!!" 

Joe:  "Ha ha!  You're hilarious!  I have so much to learn.  Together we can drive Mom crazy!"

Joe: "I'm just kidding Mom.  Quick Look...I'm Smiling!"

 Owen: "Hey!  Wipe that smile off your face.  Don't think I didn't see that, brown noser."

Owen: "Don't be mad.  I'm just playing with you.  You know I love you."

Owen: "Ok Mom.  Get your camera ready.  I have a little smile just for you."

Owen: "Look Mom, I'm holding him and acting all cute for the camera.  Did I 

earn those fruit snacks you were bribing me with yet?"

Tummy Time Cutie

TV Nerds

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that yes...my kids are already tv nerds.

 On the bright side, it's a great way to sneak in some tummy time.  

Baby Smiles

There aren't a whole lot of activities to blog about with Joe, but I wanted to take a minute

to share some of my favorite pics over the past few weeks.  There are few things

I love more than his big toothless smile. :)

 I couldn't leave Owen out.  :)

 

Future Montessori Student

I was on the phone with my mom this morning explaining to her that Joe came down with croup, plus we got dumped on with snow again so we were going to have yet another entire day cooped up inside. Being the Montessori teacher that she is, she gave me some great suggestions of things to do to keep Owen busy.  

Exhibit A: Cupcake tin, Pom poms, tongs

 

It started out promising. It was a little hard for him to use the tongs, but he gave it his best effort and then just opted for his hands.  

  
It didn't take long however before there was an all out Pom Pom tornado in our basement. Owen got tired of carefully putting them in the tin and threw them by the handful all over the basement. 

 

So maybe he's not the ideal Montessori student quite yet, but don't worry Grandma, we'll figure it out eventually. Thanks for the idea. :)

Guess Who's 33?

Ryan...that's Who!

Happy Birthday My Looooooooooooooove!!

 You are an amazing husband and an even more amazing Dad!  I can't think of anything

that makes me happier than watching you with Owen and Joe.

You go above and beyond to help out,

Owen has an absolute blast when he is with you,

 

You're one of the best snugglers I know,

 

 And you always pick out the coolest outfits! :)

Owen and Joe are SO lucky to have such a great role model to grow up with and

I am so lucky to have married my best friend.

So my wish for you today on your birthday is that we can make you you feel even 1/10th 

of how special you make us feel.  Because is we can do that, you'll be having a

pretty spectacular day.  We love you!!

Lil' Kickers - Attempt #1

With all of the energy Owen has, I thought what better thing to get him involved in

than soccer.  I was SO excited to go try it out this morning.  I figured he would love it and

it would be something fun that he and Ryan could do together.  Well unfortunately

the day didn't go how I expected it to go.  Owen wanted no part of the class.

He was happier going off and exploring on his own.

Ryan did manage to get him in the group a few times, but it was clear Owen felt a little

uncomfortable and believe it or not, shy.

 There was one point during the class where they all lined up at one end of the field and all

they had to do was run to the opposite side.  Run??  Perfect!  He's a pro at that.

Nope.  The one time he had free reign to run at full speed, he stood completely 

still and watched all the other kids barrel down the field.

Needless to say Owen was not the happiest camper when we left.  We didn't want to push

it and he was clearly not having a great time so we thought we'd hang up his cleats and

try again fresh next week.  Maybe he was having a rough day and he'll feel much

better when we try it again later.  If not, no worries.  I'm sure we'll have our fair 

share of organized sports in the future.