random things

Mason told my dad that he wanted to play at his other grandma's house because "they have money" ... of course he was referring to their change jar that he always plays with, but it took a moment for the meaning to sink in !! funny stuff!!

Mason's favorite dinner - "Beans in a bowl" (really just taco soup, but he'll ask for beans in a bowl) and pizza of course (no pepperonis please)

Zach has just discovered the glow doll that the Bellamy's gave him for Christmas last year ... he'll push it to play the music and then he'll stick one arm out and watch his arm the whole time while he spins in a circle.  He knows just when the music is going to stop and is over there right as it stops to push it once again.  he really likes to turn on multiple music items at once if he can (ex. the tool bench, the thomas book and the glow worm doll)

Ethan is really loving soccer.  He gets caught up in explaining the rules of the game to us instead of actually playing, but he's really enjoying it.  At his game on Saturday he played forward for the first couple quarters and once during the 2nd quarter all the sudden he came out right in the middle and said "My legs are tired and need to rest"  we were like ... what??? get back in there and get the ball!!

escapee's

The two little kiddie's escaped this morning while I was getting Ethan ready for school .... Mason's killing me with this toilet paper obsession, but it is kind of cute ... Can you tell my camera is still broken?  It was awesome light this morning and it looks like it's night time (cry cry)

the only way I he'll go down without a fight!!

If you try and put him in his crib when he's even remotely still awake he stands up, eyes closed, and scream/cries for a good 20 minutes ... so this is working out for the both of us:)

Weekend trip to Bear Lake

We headed to Bear Lake for the day Saturday with Spencer's family.  The kids didn't really love the boat at first, but after awhile they warmed up to it:)  While I was skiing (or attempting to) Mason was very concerned every time I fell and would yell at Grandpa not to leave his Mommy and that he was going too fast :) When my father in law was skiing Maddie and Ethan were chanting a cheer "Go Grandpa Go, Go Grandpa Go"  It was really cute.  The boys absolutely loved the sand and water and were sad to go home, but fell asleep 1 minute into the trip :) What a fun day!!

Cute Macy Moo!!

Zach thought this knee board was the funnest thing in the world

Maddie and Ethan playing in the water

ZACHARY!!

Things I've learned this week from my 1 year old: Socks don't float and flush pretty well, plungers are a very fun toy, naps are for babies younger than 1, and little expensive point and shoot camera's don't revive after drowning ... even if they get immediate TLC:-( Zach would have blown the study on how much kids cost out of the water! (water ... grrr!!)

first day of school

Spencer was able to take the morning off so we could all take Ethan to his first day of school.  After school he said that his Teacher Mrs. Olsen was a lot nicer than Mrs. Carr (his kindergarten teacher) and she didn't yell at all!  (not sure what that means)  He was really grumpy after school and I thought maybe he had had a bad day after all, even though he told us he had a good day. But I soon realized that he hadn't eaten ANY of his lunch and was just really over hungry.  So, today (his second day of school) I went and watched him for a minute and made sure that today he was focused on eating and not other things. 

My cute nephew turns 1:)