31.1.10

"Hey...I'm in Hoboken!"

So Nadia and I went to New York City this weekend to see (No one mourns the) WICKED! It was so fantastic. We stayed in New Jersey the first night then caught the metro into the city and stayed in Times Square the next night. We went to Hoboken, Times Square, 5th Avenue (PETA would have a field day there...everyone wore fur!!), Soho, and the East Village. We went to the Met (the art museum, not the opera) and met one of Nadia's good friends from London, and to Pommes Frites which has become quite famous on the Food Network. We ate at the Trump Tower (Donald Trump lives there, but no sign of that famous tupe) and walked through Tiffany's and Barney's. We visited the MOMA store and walked and walked and walked. We rode the Subway, Taxi, NJT train, and light rail. So fun! Nadia and I had such a great time and Wicked was amazing! We are both happy to be back with our boys though. Yes, I am frowning in every picture but I did it for good reason (aside from the fact that it was literally 1 degree and cold on my teeth)...I have an idea for a picture book to make for my boys. They will laugh and laugh when I finish it. I really did have the best time though and it was actually really hard not to smile!





















28.1.10

We Are Obsessed.

Aidan.
Currently obsessed with drums and guacamole.


Jayson. Obsessions: Robots, Reading.


Charlie. Recent obsessions: Daddy, Sleep, Daddy.


My obsessions: drums, guacamole, robots, reading, sleep, my boys boys boys. And cake.

26.1.10


End of an Era
Sadly, tonight was the last night of cake decorating class. I don't know how much I actually learned, but it was so fun getting together with a bunch of women that I otherwise would never have gotten to know like that. When our class started at the end of September Charlie was still so tiny and I felt like I was trying to do everything underwater. Cake class was my weekly release. My two hours of stress-free laughs. We started with about 15 in the class and by the time it ended we were down to just 6 (but the best 6). I will miss my new friends, but hopefully I'll see them again soon...there is rumor of a 5th course! And next month I'm starting another round of classes.. spinning and gourmet cake baking! Good thing we love cake in our family!








Unfortunately, something else came to an end this week. Our poor Beta (AKA Siamese Fighting Fish) named Leall (pronounced Le-el) was with us for almost a full week before swimming on to his Heavenly home. Jayson is very excited about the prospect of getting another fish so we can give him another strange name. Hopefully we can break our record for number of days we keep the fish alive.

I was doing laundry the other day and came upstairs to this...and Aidan saying "hot. Hot Mommy. Hungry?" He always says hungry in question form. If you're wondering where he was when I took this picture...I'll tell you. Being punished. Sitting on the stairs and not very happy about it. I just took this picture to record how difficult it's been to keep him alive and without any major injury to himself or others.


25.1.10

Happy Birthday to Me!
Guess who's 30 again? Wow, to put it down for everyone to see makes me seem even older. I had the best birthday! While I went shopping all by myself (boring? No way!) and went out to lunch (I got to read my library book while I ate!). While I was out, Jay and the boys made a birthday cake. First they had to go to the store and I had all of the car seats, double stroller, and baby carrier in the car so Jay walked to and back to the store carrying Charlie and letting Jayson and Aidan walk. I don't know how he did it but I feel confident that he won't want to do it again. The important thing is that everyone survived. Hmm. My standards as a mother have really reached an all-time low. Maybe that's good...so I'll be pleasantly surprised when things go even better than just "everyone survived".



Over the weekend we had Crystal, Tina, and cute baby Lily with us. We had so much fun! The boys were gentle and sweet to Lily. It was glorious having a little girl in our house! Since they were only here for a couple of days, we stayed up way too late and squeezed in as much as we could. We went to National Harbor and drove to the Amish Market for lunch. After a fun day with the kids Auntie Crystal (Jayson's FAVORITE auntie...I don't know how many times he told her that over the weekend!) stayed home while the other adults went out for a late dinner. Sometime that night we realized that poor Charlie had more than just a little cold so Jay took him to the ER and we found out that he has RSV! Poor little guy! Needless to say, we cancelled our plans to go to Baltimore for the day. Tina and Lily flew out later that day and we were sad to see everyone go. It was so nice to see them though, and it's good to have Crystal back from New Zealand.





















Shred Violinist on NY subway

Prep for Cross Country

Captain Jayson's Rocket Launch

Dutch Wonderful Rollercoaster!

The perfect vent for Aidan...

Rocket Experiment :(

I can't wait for Aidan to learn the Haka in New Zealand. Hopefully it will prove to be an effective way for him to release aggression, and he can stop throwing balls at my head.

feel like dancing?

Charlie's laugh

Jayson at Swim Camp

Swimming at the Beach

Swimming at the Beach

Charlie is multi-faceted.

Charlie, do you have something in your nose???

Happy Birthday Astronaut Jayson!

Da Bonk.

Happy Birthday Aidan!

Interview with a four year old...

Nadia CRACKS ME UP!!!

Watch this!

Our First Road Trip as a Family of Five!

Easter Message

Happy Birthday Aidan!

Aidan Learns to Walk

Jayson's usual eating antics

Aidan's Tickle Torture

Aidan Picks Up

Boo! It's Halloween!

Jayson's First Day of Pre-School!

Jayson the Pirate

Aidy the Inchworm

Jayson singing "The World is So Big"

In case you have trouble understanding...

The world is so big and oh, so round
And even God's creations are almost so found.
Brothers and sisters and trees so tall,
animals big and animals small.
The world is so big and oh, so round
And even God's creations are almost so found...
etc, etc.

The correct words are:
The world is so big and oh, so round
And in it God's creations are found.
Mountains and valleys and trees so tall,
Animals big and animals small.
The world is so big and oh, so round
God loves us all, His blessings abound

Pictures of Our New Apartment!

Jayson's Top10

  • The Beach (any pile of sand qualifies)
  • Daddy ("Daddy's just my favorite")
  • Singing (even during sacrament meeting we cannot squelch his humming!)
  • Dumbo, his everpresent Elephant
  • Robinhood (as in the Prince of Thieves. "Mommy, my name is Robinhoodin, not Jayson.")
  • Swinging, sliding, climbing, jumping at the park
  • Marshmallows
  • All guys, boys, men, grandpas, uncles, etc.
  • Doritos (spicy red chips)
  • the color yellow

Aidan's Top 10

  • Mommy
  • Babbling
  • Drooling
  • Wiggling
  • Watching the dog
  • Watching his brother
  • Sucking on anything that comes within close proximity to his mouth
  • Sucking on his two middle fingers
  • Breastfeeding
  • Eating

A Photographer in the Making

Jayson loves taking pictures! He took most of these while we were on vacation in Washington and a few at home. I love that he takes pictures of himself. He then asks me to show them to him and he giggles a little when he sees what terrific shots he's gotten.

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blip, bleep. I. am. a. robot. lover.

Aidan carries his tiger in his mouth so he can have both hands free

Our little beekeeper

Is it a fork or a magic wand?

Big Carseat! Happiness!











At good ol' GW's house (Mt Vernon)


Brothers

Trying out the new running shoes.

Murphy tickles Aidan with his whiskers

Jayson being tortured by his swim teacher

Scary! Look at my sun damage since we got here!

Help Me!

Our Little Smarty

Monkey on a tightrope

Jayson's best pirate face(yes, he always closes his eyes.)

"How does that music fit in that tiny box?"

Bryant, Angela, Zoey, Mia, and Brodi on the 4th of July

Making a fast getaway

Jayson's "trampoline"

Mom and Jays

Aidan kept trying to eat his mask!He'll eat anything!

First 4th of July!

Checking out the competition





My guys on the Metro

"Oh Daddy, I love food!"

Jayson's just cute!

We know where we'll be this summer!

Aidan after a hard day at the pool

Aidan bumped his lip...he first "owie"

Jayson and his bud, Lex have matching bikes!

the bike: "Rock it" Awesome!

My Man...He be Lookin' Fine!

Jayson loves Aidan

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