Snow day

Two days before Spring Break, we woke up to two inches of snow, and a delayed start for school.  The boys were excited to go outside and play.  First though, I had planned French bread and hot chocolate for breakfast.  Perfect breakfast for a snowy morning!  Davis ended up with a chocolate mustache and wanted me to take a picture.

  

As soon as they finished eating, we bundled everyone up, and they headed outside to play.  The snow was nice and wet, great for making snowballs.

               

The snow didn’t last long, and was melted by the time Landon came home from school that afternoon.  I was glad he had a delayed start so he had some time to play in it!  While I was making dinner, James found the pile of snow clothes still in a heap by the sliding glass door.  He grabbed his hat, put it on, and yelled “Mama!  Mama!” until I came and opened the back door for him.  I loved how he looked with his crooked little hat on, so I had to snap a few pictures of that too.

   

Kelly’s Birthday Party

On Saint Patrick’s Day, in addition to wearing green and eating green pancakes, we had Kelly over to celebrate his birthday.  His birthday is actually March 20, but we thought it would be more fun to celebrate on the weekend. 

We had a delicious dinner of steak, potatoes, asparagus, and Kelly’s favorite birthday cake – white cake topped with a cream cheese frosting and covered with a strawberry glaze.  Christie gave me the recipe last year, and I was a little better at making it this year than last year. 

The boys had fun picking out presents for him.  I gave them each $1 to take to the dollar store.  They picked out some funny teeth and a toy for Kelly’s dog Emma.  Shane and I got him a lamp from Ikea.  We rented a Wii game to play together, and then Shane and Kelly also watched a movie after the kids went to bed while I worked. 

     

James and Davis wanted to try out the teeth too, of course.  James had a little harder time figuring out where to put them.  :)

   

Kelly is a great uncle, brother, and brother-in-law.  It is always the highlight of our day when he comes to visit!  He is so great with the boys and always so willing to help us out.  We feel so lucky he lives close!

Teeter Totter and Lunch with Dad

This morning, while the sun was still out, we met a friend and walked along the Fanno Creek trail, stopping at some of the playgrounds along the way.  One had a teeter totter, and the boys all had fun on it together.

     

After the park, we met Shane at his work for lunch.  We all had some left overs heated up in the work microwave, then the boys had fun playing a little ping pong before we headed home for naps.  You can’t beat working in an office where this is the view out your window!

Bedtime Stories

Shane was reading the boys bedtime stories last night, and although I know these pictures look very similar to the Family Home Evening pictures Monday night, I just had to post them.

 

Of course the calm, peaceful moment quickly ended when Davis decided to give his little brother a little too much love (a common occurrence around here), but I guess I’d rather have him doing that than trying to beat him up. 

Blue Skies

The last two days, we’ve had blue skies and spring-like weather.  We’ve tried to take advantage and get outside as much as possible.  Yesterday, we brought all of our bikes and riding toys, plus some sidewalk chalk, out into the cul-de-sac to play with our neighbor friend Caleb.  It is so nice living by the cul-de-sac where the boys can run and play and few cars come while we’re there.

 

Davis got a balance bike for his birthday.  He had fun riding it around.

  

A classic Davis grin

 

Davis and Landon drew a huge “track” with the sidewalk chalk.  We then had to run along the track, following Davis as he showed us the way to go.

   

James also loved the balance bike, and even though he couldn’t quite sit on the seat, he was just big enough to straddle it and walk around.  He seems to be concentrating pretty hard in the middle photo, tongue out and all!

Today, we enjoyed another gorgeous day, even warmer than yesterday, so we made sure to go to the park.  Several of our friends were there too, so it was fun to visit and let the kids run and play.  James had more fun “riding” on the balance bike, and I had to snap a few photos of our little friend Leela.  She’s about six months younger than James, and he thinks she’s pretty cute.  :)

       

The last shot of Landon was too bright for him to open his eyes, but I put it in anyway to show off his toothless smile.  He lost his second top tooth last week, so he has both front teeth now missing.