Fun Days!

We have been going to the playground nearly every day now after we pick Nathaniel up from school. Both of the boys love it, and most of all mommy loves it! I am usually rewarded with a wonderful nap from both boys, and that makes for wonderful afternoons for me.

 Getting ready to slide.

 Nathaniel is such a big boy!

 Most fun ever!

Big brother likes to slide too.

And a few funny things Nathaniel has started saying. He has learned what "first" means, and he is not afraid to use it. He is always saying "I want to go to the playground first" or "play first, then nap." Another new one "I want your phone for a second." Silly boy! He is constantly singing his ABCs or counting, and he recognizes his numbers and letters. He amazes me!

Field Trip!

These next few posts are for catching up because I have been a little behind...big surprise, huh?!

Nathaniel had his first class field trip a couple weeks ago. They went to the zoo, and I was so excited to be able to go with them. Times like these are a big part of why I want to stay home with my boys. I want to be a part of every trip they go on, and all the class parties...all that fun stuff.

Nathaniel was so good that day! Last year was such a struggle for us to go to the zoo, or anywhere for that matter. Nathaniel has grown up so much in the past year, and he listened so well all morning. Ethan was able to tag along too, and he did wonderful as well.

Here are a few pictures:

I thought he was so sweet holding hands.

 He really loved taking these group pictures.

I didn't get many more pictures. It was hard keeping up with everyone, but I'm so glad we had this wonderful day!

I'm still here!

All I can say is that life has been busy. The boys are getting so big. I can't believe I am so close to having a 2 and 4 year old. They are turning into such sweet boys.

I have been sewing a lot in the past couple of weeks. I had a break for a couple months, and wasn't really sure if I wanted to get back into it. Now that I have started again I am really enjoying it. I have at least 6 more things to do this week.  That may not sound like much, but I can only sew once the boys are in bed and that makes for late nights.

I really want to do better with keeping up with daily life on here. We have been doing lots of park visits, and other fun things. Here's to hoping for more time and energy to blog in the future.

Quick update

Thursdays are now mine and Ethan's favorite day. We have started going to toddler story time at the library. We meet our friends Sean and Andrea there, and Ethan just loves it! He is usually heading right up to the front by the time we are finished. After that we head over to Mcalisters our favorite lunch place. I promise to get some pictures of story time next week.




Here is Ethan eating a pickle at lunch. The past 2 weeks he has grabbed it right off my plate and ate the whole thing.

Last night we finally got an iPad. I have read several articles about how great they are for kids with developmental delays, and I believe every bit of it. Nathaniel loves it, and he has learned to use it so fast. I'm going to work on getting a video of him up.

That's all for tonight. I am one tired momma!

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Wednesday playdate

First off I just want to put out there that I am going to do better with blogging this year. I want to do at least one post a week, and more would be nice. I really want to be able to look back and remember all the things going on right now in our lives.

This morning was our first day back at school since the snow break. PTL! I loved having us all at home, but Nathaniel is so much happier when he is in school. I need to start working now to figure out how to keep him busy this summer. There will definitely be lots of zoo trips in our future! 

I  need some advice from those of you with older children. Did your 3 year olds go through a phase where they just had an attitude. It's been a rough couple of weeks around our house, and I'm just not sure how to handle Nathaniel's new attitude. Please tell me this is just a short phase.

After dropping Nathaniel off at school, Ethan and I went to pick up Avery. Her mommy had a long doctors appointment and needed someone to watch her.  It is no fun having to keep up with toddlers at the doctors office, and we were glad to help.  Here are some pictures of our morning.

 We ate cookies.

 Ethan was really happy about the cookie part.

 We gave hugs.

 We colored.

 We vacuumed.

 Ethan was upset because he wanted the red vacuum too.

Love his little chocolate face.

I think our morning was a success, and I am now enjoying some nice quiet time while the boys sleep. 

Snow Day!

We loved the early January snow day. I think we had around 5 inches which is kind of rare for this area. Nathaniel absolutely loved the snow! I'm pretty sure he would have stayed out all day no matter how cold he got.  Ethan really liked it too. The only part he didn't like was not being able to walk in the snow.  He decided to stick to the street and was happy.  He really liked watching Nathaniel play with daddy. I have to say that there are so many perks to Stefan working for a school. He had 2 full weeks off at Christmas, and he had today off because they were closed.  We loved it!

I keep seeing all my Arkansas friends talking about more snow so I guess we have more on the way. We already know that Nathaniel will be out of school tomorrow. I hope Stefan gets to stay home too. 

A few pictures from the holiday

We all had a great time with family, but my boys are so tired! I think we are all glad to finally have the house back to ourselves. I feel like I have been in the kitchen constantly! Here are a few cute pictures of the boys.





Ethan vacuumed right out of his pants. The boys is seriously obsessed with cleaning supplies, and this is his absolute favorite toy. We are going to have to teach him that living in Memphis is no excuse to dress like this. :)



Nathaniel sat sweetly with Tori last night. He never sits still, so this was a big deal. I love seeing him just sit calmly.






This picture says so much. Ethan was a tired boy this morning. I gave him to Stefan for just a minute and came back to find this. He sure is cute!

Both boys are sleeping right now, and we are ready to watch the hogs win the boot back. Go hogs!

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