Jase at 8 Months!

Jase turned 8 months on the 8th!  He is such a busy, smiley boy!  On the 14th, we finally felt a tooth so now we finally see the reason he's been drooling for 4 months.

 

 

Ryan the Mechanic!

I thought this was too cute.  Ryan told me he was "working on the car like daddy".

Valentine's Day

I meant to take a pic of Tony and I but well, sometimes 3 littles are distracting.  But we had a nice morning and Tony surprised me.  We get to go on our date on Saturday.  We made heart pancakes for the boys.  Here is Jason eating his pancake.

 

And the big boys got berry syrup on theirs.  Yum!

I got to help out in Max's kindergarten class.  It was so fun to see all of his cute kindergarten friends.  We had a very nice day!

Star Wars Obsessed!

Star Wars is a hot topic at our house.  Max is always asking us any and all questions about the Star Wars characters and stories.  He and Ryan are always pretending to be Star Wars characters.  It's getting to be a little much really.  However, I thought this was cute.  Max was talking about the American flag.  Then he asked if the Republic had a flag.  I said I didn't know and he decided to make one.  haha.  Silly boy.

 

 

From February 2013

Ryan's a Baller!

Ryan loves his sports class.  He is learning basketball right now and he's the cutest little baller!

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And he's got an audience!

From February 2013

Spring is in the Air

On Monday, Max was excited.  "Look mom, the flowers are growing".  "No, Max, those are just weeds."  And then I took a closer look and sure enough some beautiful shoots have popped out of the ground. 

 

 

I can't even explain the happiness I feel when I see the first signs of Spring.  It's a sign of new life and I just feel so rejuvenated.  I adore Spring!  Now, I'm waiting for this plant to get a little bigger to see if it's one of our Tulips or one of the Daffodills that I planted in the Fall.  Today I weeded.  Funny thing to be happy about, but I love being outside with the sun shining, the boys playing and me working in the garden, whether it be a vegetable garden or a flower garden.  I just love it.

 

Back to Monday, we decided to go to the park with friends and enjoy the sunshine. 

 

 

We have had such a mild winter and now Spring is already here.  I just love the Pacific Northwest.

Feeling Better

The boys felt better this week (phew)!  So we had school (Max), joy school (Ryan) and sports class (Ryan).  We ended the week with a date!  My friend offered to watch Ryan and Max was at school so Tony and I had a lunch date before he had to leave for work.  Then there was a fun 80's girl's night and lots of dancing (me) and a guy's night (Tony).  I got to go to a service project (one of my favorite activities) on Saturday and then we had a family night--just running a few errands, but being together.  We were going to have frozen yogurt but the boys lost the privilege by acting too silly and not listening in one of the stores.  We really wanted frozen yogurt too (pout).  We could have still gotten it, but we just wanted to get them into bed.  Sometimes they do really well, but there are other times, I feel like asking them, "haven't I taught you anything?  I know I have."  C'est la vie d'un parent.  Even in moments like that, I'm so glad to have my boys.  I would never change my life for anything.