A New Bike, Mud Pies, and other Adventures

Hugh has been working hard earning stickers on his Bike chart. He's earned stickers by being kind to Joel, getting in his car seat after being asked, eating his dinner, and so on. He finally earned his bike and was in heaven riding it around today.

Joel and Hugh had a lot of fun making mud pies a few days ago. It was a BIG mess but the boys had fun.

Joel is starting to really like "choo-choos", as he calls them. I pointed out the the wheels and without missing a beat he said "round and round". Such a fun little guy!

We visited Grandma and Grandpa last weekend. It was a lot of fun to see them and spend time together. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

Easter

We all opened Easter baskets on Saturday morning. Hugh was excited about his egg coloring kit and all of the CANDY in his basket.

Here's Joel with an egg we colored together.

Hugh and Bryce had a fun time flying a remote-control helicopter on Easter morning.

Here's Joel playing with his favorite "toy" which he occasionally happens to find (my phone:)).

March

I haven't had much time to keep up this blog lately, but here's what we've been up to:


Joel is cruising all over the house. He says about 20 words and has really developed a fun little personality. He loves playing with balls and swinging outside.


Hugh is SO into basketball. He begs to play basketball in the big hoop outside constantly (and even though he can't throw the ball into the big hoop, he's happy to persistently try for over an hour at a time)...and is sad when we have to go in.)




Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit. We loved seeing them and Hugh and Joel loved playing with them!



We all went out for dinner!


Hugh loves his cowboy hat and likes Daddy to wear one too.


This is what Hugh picked out for pajamas a week or so ago.


Hugh and Joel are becoming good little friends. I thought this picture of them talking was cute.

Joel is One!

I can hardly believe my baby is one! We celebrated his birthday this past week with chocolate cake, ice cream, and macaroni and cheese for dinner (his favorite!) He even took his first two steps on his birthday! Happy Birthday Joel!

What We've Been Up To

Life has been busy.
I love it though.
Each day it is a joy to spend time with my boys.
Lately:

Hugh and Joel love to play chase back and forth down the hallway. I play too...we all end up laughing and wearing the knees out of our jeans :)


Joel is climbing on everything...getting closer to walking


Daddy and the boys wrestling...a favorite pasttime.


Hugh loves to feed his dog and his tiger and his frog...they've become our breakfast, lunch and dinner guests


Bryce after an ER visit and 5 stitches. Church basketball.


And then there's me...I fell down the stairs last Saturday morning at 6 am in the dark when I got up to feed Joel! Can you believe it? After tumbling to the bottom I realized it wasn't a dream and had to laugh. No broken bones though...so grateful!!! I had several good bruises and was pretty sore for a few days. I must have been really tired! The next night Bryce made sure we had a much brighter night light in the hallway :)

Christmas

For Christmas we made the trek to Idaho and then down to Utah to spend time with family. It was so good to see everyone! It was rough on the boys who had colds and were tired from staying up later than normal. They were happy to see their Grandparents and cousins though! It was worth the drive and I'm happy to be home again and getting into a good routine.




Hugh on his new bike


Hugh and Grandpa


At a live Nativity on Christmas Eve


Santa even made a surprise visit


This was just a few days ago, but I had to include it anyways...too funny.

Choo-Choo!

Hugh celebrated his second birthday this week and I can hardly believe he is now two years old! For the past several months we've been talking about making a choo-choo train cake for his birthday. He was excited to finally see it on his birthday and EAT it! Next time I make a birthday cake, I think I'll only use one cake mix...or invite lots of friends over to eat cake! It was a fun birthday and Hugh has loved playing with a new train set. Happy Birthday, Hugh!