Friday, April 23, 2010
TAYLOR-18 months
I finally got some videos of Taylor the other day singing and talking and just being cute Taylor. There are 3 different videos so just scroll down to see them all. She is such a sweet, strong willed, and fun little girl. I guess she is almost 19 months now....she is growing up so fast. We love her!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Silly kids
On Easter Sunday I made the kids try on their new clothes even though we were just staying home and watching General Conference. I could not get a picture of the two of them smiling normal. I finally told them to just make funny faces and this is what I got. They pulled quite the faces and I was just laughing so hard. 
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Spring Break
Me and the kids sat outside for lunch today and I got a little sun on my arms and neck.....it felt so great and I can't wait until we can go to the pool everyday. I have a million things on my to do list this week but I thought I should hurry and get pictures of our trip up before it doesn't happen. We had such a great time with Nolan and Ashley(my brother and his wife) and their kids. We stayed in a nice hotel in Alexandria which is such a cute town . We did just some of the basic DC things and also just hung out at the hotel and swam. The kids loved it and Matthew thinks we are going back to visit Thomas. Sadly, they only have a few more weeks there so we feel lucky to have been able to see them. 
Matthew enjoyed riding the metro as much as we did, Taylor not so much.
Our last night there we walked down king street to the water and rode the trolley and got ice cream. I think we had ice cream every night we were there....now that's a vacation.
We showed up a little early to get into the air and space museum. It was a little cold and you can see Taylor was not enjoying that part of it. Luckily it never poured on us while we were there and we got two beautiful sunny days.
Taylor smelling the cherry blossoms at the park.
We went to the zoo one day which was fun and so neat to see the panda. He was sitting there ating bamboo with his huge belly hanging. It was fun!
Matthew enjoyed riding the metro as much as we did, Taylor not so much.
Our last night there we walked down king street to the water and rode the trolley and got ice cream. I think we had ice cream every night we were there....now that's a vacation.
We showed up a little early to get into the air and space museum. It was a little cold and you can see Taylor was not enjoying that part of it. Luckily it never poured on us while we were there and we got two beautiful sunny days.
Taylor smelling the cherry blossoms at the park.
We went to the zoo one day which was fun and so neat to see the panda. He was sitting there ating bamboo with his huge belly hanging. It was fun!
You can't really tell that there is a T-Rex behind us....hence the faces.
What a trip!! We loved it and can't thank Nolan and Ashley enough.
What a trip!! We loved it and can't thank Nolan and Ashley enough. Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Spring is here!!
This morning for playgroup we had an Easter egg hunt. I took a picture of the kids before we left so I could get one of them together. I asked them if they were excited and this is the reaction I got......I love these two. 
Here is the group at the park where we have walking group during the week. The kids had a lot of fun running around looking for eggs and playing on the playground.
This is Matthew and his buddy Sam. It is going to be a sad day when Sam moves in a few months. I told Matthew about it the other day and he almost started crying so we don't talk about it anymore. Two other boys who are Matthew's good friends and really close in age are also moving this summer. Luckily there are a few other kids pretty close in age to Matthew that will be here that Matthew likes to play with too.
The other day it rained and rained so we made Easter sugar cookies which I planned on sharing with some friends but I had two great helpers who stuck their fingers into everything while we made them.
Each month we get Matthew's nebulizer equipment sent to our house and this month was quite a surprise. Bubbles the fish was delivered as Matthew's new masks. The kids did not want to take them off; it was so funny. This would have been helpful a year and a half ago when we first started doing this.
On that rainy day we also tried to get some wash done which I have to say we are still doing. We had a huge pile and before the kids helped me sort it they decided it would be fun to jump into the pile (something Matthew has done in the past). I turned over the laundry basket for Taylor to jump off of but she decided she liked the kitchen chair better. She is pretty brave and I love her face in these pictures, pure happiness.
Here is the group at the park where we have walking group during the week. The kids had a lot of fun running around looking for eggs and playing on the playground.
This is Matthew and his buddy Sam. It is going to be a sad day when Sam moves in a few months. I told Matthew about it the other day and he almost started crying so we don't talk about it anymore. Two other boys who are Matthew's good friends and really close in age are also moving this summer. Luckily there are a few other kids pretty close in age to Matthew that will be here that Matthew likes to play with too.
The other day it rained and rained so we made Easter sugar cookies which I planned on sharing with some friends but I had two great helpers who stuck their fingers into everything while we made them.
Each month we get Matthew's nebulizer equipment sent to our house and this month was quite a surprise. Bubbles the fish was delivered as Matthew's new masks. The kids did not want to take them off; it was so funny. This would have been helpful a year and a half ago when we first started doing this.
On that rainy day we also tried to get some wash done which I have to say we are still doing. We had a huge pile and before the kids helped me sort it they decided it would be fun to jump into the pile (something Matthew has done in the past). I turned over the laundry basket for Taylor to jump off of but she decided she liked the kitchen chair better. She is pretty brave and I love her face in these pictures, pure happiness.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
What we have been up to
-Enjoying 38 degree weather, of course we had to go play outside yesterday
The snow is slowly melting as you can see
-Taking Taylor's baby to the hospital. Matthew told me that she needed some albuterol so I pulled out a mask for him. Matthew knows his medicines very well, it is pretty cute.
-So happy to have Daddy home from his month long rotation in Lima, OH
-The kids were cold after getting out of the tub so I bundled them up. They thought it was pretty fun. These two love taking a bath.
-Looking and playing with a lady bug. They really have found themselves a home in our house. They usually are upstairs in the kids room which they love. It's a lot better then having spiders, mice, or cockroaches I guess. I just wonder where they are coming from.
In the middle of cold and snowy February I had to just give it another try to rearrange our furniture. I know it just really doesn't work with the shape of our room but Matthew wanted to clean under the couches so it ended up being great. It felt so good to clean under them and vacuum. I left it like this for a little while but it drove me crazy. Matthew loved the running room.
-Glen was getting his workout in for the day
-This is what February looked like the whole month outside my window. At least our apartment management is so good about shoveling our sidewalks and driveways. We did get stuck once in our driveway and Glen and I spent forever trying to get out.
What else do you do to keep kids busy in the winter? Let them rip up phone books; we get so many of them so what better way to keep a 3 year old busy and happy for a good 15 minutes. Matthew and Taylor did help pick it all up too. Matthew has been our recycling man since we now have a big recycling and garbage bin. Matthew likes to take all the paper and things to be recycled out to our garage and put them in the big blue bin.
-Cuddling up on the couch, these two really do love each other. Taylor can not go to bed very well without Matthew in the room. Sometimes it is the other way around though if they both just want to play.
The snow is slowly melting as you can see
-Taking Taylor's baby to the hospital. Matthew told me that she needed some albuterol so I pulled out a mask for him. Matthew knows his medicines very well, it is pretty cute.
-So happy to have Daddy home from his month long rotation in Lima, OH
-The kids were cold after getting out of the tub so I bundled them up. They thought it was pretty fun. These two love taking a bath.
-Looking and playing with a lady bug. They really have found themselves a home in our house. They usually are upstairs in the kids room which they love. It's a lot better then having spiders, mice, or cockroaches I guess. I just wonder where they are coming from.
In the middle of cold and snowy February I had to just give it another try to rearrange our furniture. I know it just really doesn't work with the shape of our room but Matthew wanted to clean under the couches so it ended up being great. It felt so good to clean under them and vacuum. I left it like this for a little while but it drove me crazy. Matthew loved the running room.
-Glen was getting his workout in for the day
-This is what February looked like the whole month outside my window. At least our apartment management is so good about shoveling our sidewalks and driveways. We did get stuck once in our driveway and Glen and I spent forever trying to get out.
What else do you do to keep kids busy in the winter? Let them rip up phone books; we get so many of them so what better way to keep a 3 year old busy and happy for a good 15 minutes. Matthew and Taylor did help pick it all up too. Matthew has been our recycling man since we now have a big recycling and garbage bin. Matthew likes to take all the paper and things to be recycled out to our garage and put them in the big blue bin.
-Cuddling up on the couch, these two really do love each other. Taylor can not go to bed very well without Matthew in the room. Sometimes it is the other way around though if they both just want to play.
Check these moves out!
I took this video a month ago maybe. It just cracks me up. Where did Matthew get these akward hip shaking moves? He was just so proud to show me his dance the day i took this video. Sadly, I have not seen these dance moves for quite awhile.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Spotlight: Matthew
After giving Matthew a bath awhile ago we had a few meltdowns. First of all I had his blue beach towel in the wash, how dare I. He eventually got over that but then he tried to put shorts on for bed. This was the biggest meltdown by far (Matthew is just a little picky and stubborn sometimes). He cried "I want it to be the summertime." I went on to tell him that I wish it was the summertime too. He FINALLY calmed down and very seriously said "Mom, Let's pour some hot chocolate on the clouds to make them go away, that will make it warm. Laughing I told him that was a great idea. He then said, "Do you think we need a rocket to get up there to the clouds?" Days later while driving he said "Mom, we forgot to pour hot chocolate in the sky." If only it was that easy to make it springtime. Matthew is always saying funny things that just crack us up. 3 year olds are the best, sometimes they can be the hardest but overall it is such a fun age.
Matthew is such a sweet boy. He will tell me at least daily, "Mom, you are cute and pretty and the best mommy in the whole world and I love you." Lately he has said let's lay on the couch and watch Olympics. He likes to snuggle up with a blanket with me. So fun! Matthew LOVES to jump......on the couch, on his trampoline, off the couch onto his trampoline, and the other day he called for me to come watch and as I came into the room I see him jumping off the fourth stair and it scared me half to death, mostly because I thought he would hit our bookshelf. He still loves to play pretend and likes building caves out of the furniture. He does like to build tall towers with his blocks but mostly likes to play with me or Taylor. Him and Taylor love to just run together from one end of the house to another. He is very picky about a lot of things; what he wears, what color of cup he gets, and even cares what Taylor wears and does. He will come home and change into his pajamas or will find a short sleeved shirt and shorts somewhere. I am excited for the summer because he won't want to change his clothes so much because he likes his summer clothes a LOT! Matthew loves playing with his friends and hid Dad. He is enjoying primary a lot and loves singing time especially. He likes to play baseball in our kitchen which is fairly safe except that he can hit the ball pretty hard sometimes so I have to watch my head. Matthew also loves preschool which has been so fun. Matthew is silly, happy, active, and sweet. We sure love him!
Matthew really wanted to try on Taylor's snow suit awhile ago. He thought it was pretty funny.
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