Sunny Baby Alert!

Freddie says, "Happy Earth Day!"

Hippy Baby Alert!

Fun with brownies.

My sweet batter face boy. :)

Hello Handsome!

Have you seen this dude in the mirror?!


Freddie's having a good conversation with himself.


Oh yeah, he stands. But only when he wants to. :)

And for anyone who is interested in this kind of thing, that is a bumGenius 3.0 (one-size pocket) diaper he is wearing in the picture. He has recently gone from the large setting back down to the medium, thanks to his constant motion and insane crawling speed.)

Park fun on Tuesday! Part 3, Why Leah is so fun

This may look like just another picture of Sammy, but if you look in the back left corner you will see my fun friend Leah scaling the climbing bars up to the twisty slide. She was booking it up there to move Isaac, who was holding up the line to the slide. I didn't get a picture of her going down the slide.

Park fun on Tuesday! Part 2, A few glimpses of Sammy

Park fun on Tuesday! Part 1, Freddie Photo Shoot

This Freddie face cracks me up. It's a new regular. lmao


My favorite!


His favorite!

Saturday at MCM

I'm sure a few people mistook me for a tourist/first time visitor to the Minnesota Children's Museum this weekend because I was taking so many pictures. Who can blame me when my kids are so amusing?!

My lil' rocker. He takes his music very seriously.


I let Freddie go up on stage and get in everyone's way. He thought it was great!


Must. eat. maraca.


More rockin' out by Sammy.


Sammy also worked very hard at the work zone moving blocks to the conveyor belts.


Freddie worked hard at Habitot. He would have really loved it there if there weren't 5,000 kids and parents in there. Seriously. Never visit MCM on the weekend.


Me and my boys on Sesame Street!


And just a fun picture:

Jacob's favorite part of the visit was seeing the "Sesame Mucho" album. In fact, he's still talking about it.

Just normal craziness at our house.

We received a package in the mail from Aunt Wendy last Wednesday. It contained birthday goodies for Freddie and me, as well as a couple of goodies for Sammy and Jacob. One of Sammy's items was this shirt Wendy picked up for him while she was visiting the Hubble Telescope in West Texas. I can't tell you how many times (or hours) the shirt has been worn since it arrived. Thanks, Wendy!




And here's Freddie, doing what he does best - drooling, mouthing, and crawling.

drooling


mouthing


crawling while mouthing, lol. He was too quick for a stellar picture.

Slacker blogger, checking in!

I have nearly two full pages of pictures on photobucket that I need to blog! That's what happens when you party so hard during your bday week, I guess. ;) Here are a couple of pictures to tide y'all over until I can blog more... I hope to work on it tonight when Jacob is working so check back soon! :)

Best weather day to-date in '08

Sammy is ready for sports! He's throwing the football, asking to play baseball and wanting to fly a kite. He doesn't realize it yet, but he is going to be a fine athlete. :)


My little clone. I *love* you Sammy! xoxo


And just because he's so handsome...

The Art of Sharing

Sammy: "Freddie! You're on the paper I'm drawing on!" Pause. "I'm going to draw on you then." Draws on his brother's leg.

Another shared shirt.

Just looking through photobucket and found more pictures of the boys in the same shirt. Can you tell who is who? lmao

My favorite shirt.

And for the disbelievers who say I dress Freddie differently than I did Sammy - you know who you are! :) - here's proof that Freddie does indeed wear recycled clothing. I looooved this shirt on Sammy and am loving it again on Freddie, just as a shirt rather than a onsie since Freddie cannot rock a onsie. (combo of cloth diaper and chubby thighs)


Not the most flattering picture of Sammy! What a chunk! xo



Wendy may recognize this shirt. It's been my favorite shared between our boys. Wendy, if you have any pictures of William wearing this I would love to have one to add to the collection. :)

Ick.

Freddie loves the dog, though. He cracks up when he sees her, and finds it super hilarious when he touches her. Yeah, he doesn't even mind the licking. (And I'm pretty sure they are licking each other here. bleh! puke! ick! ;) )

Today was our first real *real* Spring day. Hooray!

This morning our friends came over to play (Lisa with Hannah and Matthew; Leah with Cal and Isaac), and Lisa encouraged us all to go outside to play and picnic at the park. In stark contrast to Tuesday morning when the ground was covered in 15 feet of snow (nearly!), today it was sunny and warm-ish (40s!!), making it the perfect spring day to head outside. It was so nice to be out in the sunshine (sans coats!!) and enjoy the outdoor things our very awesome city has to offer! (Like a fantastic city park within walking distance of one's home.)

As Leah was leaving she said, "I feel like a new woman!" and it's true. Life does feel new again when you can spend a morning reveling in the glory of Spring. It was like a promise of good things on the horizon. We are finally shaking free of the dreary, fridgid days of winter and jumping into spring and summer with much appreciation and excitement for what's to come. Praise God for the gift of a beautiful new season, and wonderful friends to share it with!

Sammy as... a Turtle

This afternoon Sammy says to me, "Will you put this on my back so I can be a turtle?" He has such a great imagination! :)

He crawled around the rug with the "shell" on his back. Then he tried to scrunch up into the laundry basket i.e. get into his shell. It was fun to watch.

"The Baby Goes Beep!"

Freddie very earnestly plays with a car. Isn't he sweet?

Pictures from Tuesday.

Monday morning around 7 a.m. it started snowing. It pretty much snowed into the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Here's what it looked like Tuesday morning around 9 a.m. when we went outside:




There he goes! Ready to start shoveling. Again.


I lost the stairs. I made Sammy stay up on the side on the house until I found them. Seriously. This is a picture of our front steps.