Fun for Noah

Noah is so excited about the next few days...we are going to the zoo tomorrow with some friends, Saturday he gets to do volleyball, gardening, a birthday party, and is having his first slumber party complete with mini-golf, and Sunday is church and then my volleyball team party at JJ Jump, one of his favorite places! Man, what a spoiled kid! I promise I'll actually take some pictures and post them up...I have been so bad lately! Hope you have a great weekend too!

Time Out

Jacob had his first time outs today, at 13 months...he's really starting to know what's right and wrong, and when I could tell today he was testing me, in to time out he went. I was very surprised to see him actually stay in his time outs (don't worry, they were only about 30 seconds). His personality is starting to change from being that sweet, easy-going boy, to being a little feisty and strong-willed...what have we gotten into? haha...it's only just begun. Although I did order some parenting books today just to brush up a little:)

In other news, Noah has gone three days in a row of pooping on the toilet, which some of you know has been a little challenge. Noah stores up his poops until night time when he has a diaper on, but a few nights ago I had had enough! So, I said he couldn't have a diaper, bribed with some Thomas trains, and a few frustrating hours of going back and forth to the toilet, we succeeded. So, three Thomas trains later, I think he's got it down...and now he's pooping for M&M's...after spending $60 on trains...I had to go for something cheaper:) He's still only two, but he knows and was more then ready when he asked me for a diaper on so he could go poop;)

We're Back!

We are back home from our weekend, which was a very special time together. I didn't take a single picture...sorry! We spent the weekend swimming, spending some good time together, and doing volleyball! Andrew was such a good sport with coming back and forth to the OSU campus where our tournament was and bringing the boys to play during our breaks. We loved sitting in the sun, playing volleyball, baseball, and running around on the Beaver's practice field. We also spent some time on the river doing one of Noah's favorite things, throwing rocks:) My team ended up getting 1st in the silver division, 7th overall. It was a great way to finish up our season, I have the sweetest girls and such a talented team! This was a fun tourney too because it was just a few hours each day, not ALL day.

Thanks for being so sweet and helpful this weekend Andrew! It was fun to get away as a family, but I know it's a lot of work being in a hotel room with two little boys and not in our own place. I really enjoyed having you all around and traveling as a family. Your selfless attitude made this a great Mother's Day! Thanks for all my nice presents too, and all your help, and never once complaining, what a good weekend!

A Weekend Out

We are just a few hours away from taking off for a family weekend in Corvallis! I have to run my 6 miles first... My club team I coach has our last tourney down there for just a few hours each day, so the whole family is coming for a nice weekend out! We travel a lot, it's something we love to do, but we don't travel many places with just our family, so I'm excited to have this time together, especially for Mother's Day weekend! I went shopping yesterday and got lots of goodies...stuff I normally don't get, but wanted it to be special. I even got buttermilk bread (what? Not whole wheat or spelt? My boys have never had white bread before! haha) and everyone's favorite candy bar...not for Jacob though:( I went a little crazy, but hopefully it will be fun! I also did get lots of fruits and veggies that Andrew cut up and has in a bunch of little bags for us throughout the weekend, so there will be a little nutrition too. 

We are planning to swim like crazy since our boys love the water, play mini-golf, walk on the river, eat out once or twice, and just spend time together as a family! I also went to the library and got books for everyone, so that was fun too. I picked out the Dave Pelz's putting Bible, so that will be some heavy reading for Andrew:) Hope you all have a great Mother's Day celebrating people who really deserve to be celebrated! 

My Superman!

Here's a picture of my little superman! Doesn't he look like he's really running fast? He is getting fast...what a cutie! My superman does seem to take his share of spills...he got another big bump on his head today...








This picture is so funny to me, his arm straight out like that.

Jacob's showing off his super hero strength by pushing down the door. That smile is permanently glued on his face, what a blessing Jacob is!
The boys love looking at our growing vegetables waiting to be planted in our community garden, we've got a little bit of everything this year and are just waiting for some nice weather to plant things after a third tilling.
Playing out back with my flying superman and my Yankee scooter boy.

Spaghetti!

You've gotta love the spaghetti pictures, right? Every kid has one, and now Jacob has joined the club. Today it just seemed right to have spaghetti and meatballs with the weather...it seemed like a winter day! Jacob has had it a lot before, but we've always fed it to him (he especially loves the meatballs). Well he has recently decided that he's to cool to be fed, so he has to feed himself everything:)

It was so great to get to have a day to spend with all my boys again! We didn't even do much today besides the gym and some furniture shopping, but it was good not to have anything that we had to do we could just be. I took Noah with me to volleyball tonight where he enjoys playing with his little "posse" of friends...it's so funny to see him so grown up! I should be better about posting now that I'll be home more again and have a little more free time. Hope you all have a great week!

Drinks!

We went out for drinks tonight with Melissa and her husband and had a great time chatting and getting to know each other. I was the only one who ate anything, but you know me...I love food! We're looking forward to hanging out with them more and spending more time together as families! Melissa is running the half marathon with me and we've gotten to go running together several times which has been great!