Happy St. Patty's Day

Yesterday, the kids and I had a fun St. Patty's Day together full of everything green. Before we did anything, I took some super cute pictures of them before they got all dirty from playing and eating. Jaron and Jantzen had to wear matching green shirts and Jaedyn just looked so cute and girly in her outfit. Jaron was so excited that she was wearing short sleeves again, he picked out a bracelet for her to wear.


I can never get away with taking pictures of the kids and not having the boys smother Jaedyn with kisses. Sometimes I can tell it bugs her, but other times I think she likes it. They are just sooooo cute!!



I made Jaron and Jantzen their annual green St. Patty's Day breakfast. This year they got green pancakes, green eggs, green blueberry muffins, and green milk (I forgot to do that last year, but I remembered this time). They even got to use their green plates and cups. Jaron is on track break so I was able to do a little more without having to worry about rushing out the door to get to school on time.


They both enjoyed breakfast a lot. Jantzen was concentrating on eating his muffin so much that it looked like he was mad about something, but he wasn't. All he wanted all day was more green muffins.



You can't really tell in this picture, but Jantzen had a green milk mustache so I had to get a picture. He was so proud of it. You can, however, see the caked on muffin crumbs on his face.


Later on the boys went outside to play (the weather is perfect here right now) and it was warm enough that they had to have some otter pops. Of course they had to choose the green ones.


Before dinner I made them some green chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Jantzen loves to help when I make cookies. I think it's because I let him lick the cookie dough off the beaters, a kid after my own heart. At first I let him lick the beaters before I added the green food coloring, so I had to wash them , add the color, and then let him lick them again...he didn't have any problems with that, as you can tell. He enjoyed every minute of it.


The kids had a lot of fun having everything green for St. Patty's Day and I love making fun traditions and memories for them to enjoy. Jantzen said he wishes we could have everything green all the time, I don't think I could handle that much food coloring in everything, but it's fun to do once a year. HAPPY ST. PATTY's DAY!

Baseball Has Begun!

Last Thursday Jaron played his first ever baseball game. He has only played soccer, but really wanted to give baseball a try. He was really nervous to play, but he has practiced a little with Josh and I think he's super excited to learn a new sport.

Before we left for his game I wanted to get a couple pictures of him, of course he had to give me some cheesy poses. He wanted it to look like he was catching the ball. Silly kid, I love how he's so excited to play.




Here's Jaron getting ready to go up to bat. He looks a little nervous. He told me in their practice before the game that he hit the ball and hoped that he could do it again.


Jaron ended up striking out, but in his defense the kid who was pitching was really good. His pitches were really fast, I'm not sure I would've hit them either. He does look really cute playing though.


He played an outfielder position next to Jace...surprise, surprise. I saw him chase after one ball, but most of the time I watched both him and Jace dancing and goofing around. They are such characters when they are together.


Jaron's team ended up winning...yay!! After the game the boys got to enjoy the best part of the sports season...hot dogs, nachos, pizza, pop, and if they're lucky, cotton candy.


Even though he struck out on his turn batting, Jaron said he had a lot of fun. I'm glad he has such a good attitude about it and I hope that as the season goes on that he will get a hit and enjoy it even more.

Good Luck Buddy!

The Cutest Sound in the World...

Last night while we were eating dinner, we sat Jaedyn up to the table with us so she could enjoy some peach yogurt melts...they are pretty yummy. Jaron LOVES to make her laugh and he's figured out the best way to do that. He shakes things and that gets her giggling a ton. So instead of him eating his dinner, he decided to entertain her, Jantzen, and himself. He took the bag of yogurt melts and started shaking it. That got Jaedyn giggling up a storm. She was laughing for so long that I had to tell Jaron to stop so they could eat their dinner before it was cold, it was so cute though.

We also have a video of Jaron making Jantzen laugh when he was a baby too. He's such an awesome big brother and will make a great dad one day.

I love the way that these kids can make me smile, especially when life gets frustrating and stressful. I know I can always look at them and see that my life is really good because I have them in it.

Thomas the "Fort"

I remember when I was younger making forts in the family room with blankets and the couches, I never had one this fancy. Jaron got this Thomas tent when he was younger, but it has been a fun toy for both boys for a long time. The other day Jaron and Jantzen made forts out of it in the toy room. They turned them on their sides and made themselves a bed inside. Jaron got Thomas and Jantzen got Annie and Clarabel. It was a weekend, so we let them have a fort slumber party. They stayed up late, watching a movie until they got tired.


Jantzen was the first one to fall asleep, he usually is, but Jaron stayed up a lot longer. Most of the time that kid stays up later than all of us. I guess Josh and I are getting too old, we fall asleep early.



Jaron and Jantzen look so cute and peaceful sleeping in their forts. It will be a sad day when they are too big to fit inside these tents and play like this. They are very creative with all the toys that they have. It's fun to watch them and see what they come up with.

Story Time With Jaedyn

Jantzen loves to have books read to him and he's trying to get Jaedyn to love it too. The other day he brought a book to Jaedyn to read to her. She got so excited and grabbed it from him. She decided that she was going to read it to him. It was so cute seeing them together and to see how well Jaedyn was holding the book. As you can see she really got in to it. I even got a wink out of her...how often does that happen? It will be fun when Jantzen can really read all of the words, so they can both enjoy more than the pictures. For now he makes up his own stories, which is super cute and creative.






I just love these kids!

Tule Springs

A couple weekends ago we went to Tule Springs with the Foisy's to let the kids run around and enjoy the animals. The first thing the boys wanted to do was feed the ducks. I brought leftover hamburger and hot dog buns for them to give. I told them to break small pieces off, but I think they gave them half a bun each time. The geese seemed to really like Jantzen, they kept surrounding him. Last time I brought him here a couple years ago he freaked out, but this time he thought it was funny.





After we fed the ducks and geese we walked around the pond while the kids explored. Then we went to see the horses, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens. One of the chickens had feathers, or something like that, on its legs that looked like they were wearing boots. It was kind of funny to see.



There were also peacocks there and the kids had to get a closer look. Jaron was trying to chase them, big bully, while Jantzen and Avery stayed back a ways. Jantzen did finally get a little brave and headed towards them, but of course they just ran away. We did get to see a few of them spread out their feathers. There was a white one that was spreading out its feathers, but I didn't get a picture fast enough. Even though my boys have seen peacocks at Sea World, they were cool to them...Jantzen was only 1 1/2 when we went there, so he doesn't really remember them.




Little miss Jaedy bug slept pretty much the whole time we were there. She woke up just before we left so she could have her picture taken with her daddy. One day when she's older we'll bring her back here to see all the animals.


After we left, we headed over to U Swirl for some yummy frozen yogurt. When we told the boys that's what it was, they were not too thrilled, but then they tried it and LOVED it! Jaron wants to go back soon. Then we all decided to go to Cafe Rio for dinner. Yep, we are cool parents to let our kids have dessert first and then dinner. Lucky us, they ate all of their dinner. It was a fun day...I love getting to spend time with my family like this.

Check Out That Hair!

The other day we were messing around with Jaedyn's hair and noticed that it was really long in some spots. She has more hair than the boys did at this age, I'm hoping that doesn't mean that she's going to have fine hair like me. I'd rather her get Josh's hair...thick and curly. I was making her hair stick up and parts of it on top look about two inches longer than the rest (it's kind of hard to see in the picture, but it's there).



I just had to add this picture of Jaedyn trying to eat my camera because I thought it was cute.


Now that Jaedyn has a little more hair on top I've decided that I'm actually going to do something with it every day. I want to introduce the "curl-hawk". I add her secret hair product and then curl her hair with my finger. The finishing touch is her matching hair bows. She looks so stinkin' cute with her hair this way, not that she wasn't super stinkin' cute before.



I loved this picture of Jaedyn. Her eyes are the three b's...big, bright, and beautiful and so is she. I just love her to pieces, how can you not love this face.

Anderson Dairy Field Trip

Last Thursday Jantzen had another field trip for his preschool class. They went to Anderson Dairy. He doesn't remember, but he went there four years ago with Jaron on his preschool field trip. The kids were so excited to go, I think it's because we told them they were going to get ice cream at the end.


They walked around learning about all the machines that make the ice cream and other dairy products. I don't know how much they really heard because there was a bit of a mix up on the dates, so we ended up with a large group of kids there. I think they still had fun though.

Usually by these penguins they have a machine that makes fog go down the hallway, because it's by the cooler area, but it wasn't working...too bad for the kids. I remember when we came with Jaron, the kids loved it.


After the tour they went back to the room where they watched a movie about the history of Anderson Dairy and then they got to enjoy some really yummy cookies 'n cream ice cream. That was the best part according to Jantzen.


I got some cute pictures of the kids with the talking cow, which they thought was pretty cool, and then before we left Jantzen wanted his picture taken with the talking dog. I wasn't paying much attention to him as I was taking his picture, so it wasn't until I looked closely at them when I got home that I noticed something a little weird. "Holy Cow!" What is my Jantzilla doing in that picture? I have no idea where he learned that from...If he was trying to get a laugh out of us, he accomplished that.




Boys!!! It's a good thing I have another girl in the house so I don't have to be the only one.