So behind on and not very good updating photos of the family and our doings. Have we been doing anything?? We at least had some sun in between the rain and hail today. The weather is so strange these days.

Anyway, I wanted to share a couple of pictures of the boys from a few days ago. Before I knew it, Nate was asleep upstairs on the comfy floor (lol) and not just on the floor but on a pile of books on the floor.

I took Will downstairs with me and next thing I know this is what he looks like.


They get the sleeping thing honestly by me. I think I can sleep anywhere too :)

I'm also going to share a picture of myself after I dyed my hair. I picked out a blue black and its very black, but obviously, I have dark hair so it doesn't really make a huge difference. I was just tired of seeing my gray so pronounced. I like the gray hidden.

The boys were quite disturbed by the whole rinsing process. I recall words such as "gross" and "disgusting". In fact, Will later told me before going to bed that it "really disgusted him and that he ran out of the bathroom screaming like a girl". Literally, that is what he said. Let me just tell you that all the teachers are going to know that Nate and Will have an older (quite a bit older) sibling by the words they use. Nice huh?

I think I have PINK EYE!!!

Well, the boys had a spell of having green goop running out of their eyes. Now it's my turn...

Local Touch Tank

Well, these pictures are a week after the fact, but we had a good time at the local Touch Tank. The twins group decided to plan a little event down there. There ended up being 4 sets there - all boys.

Here are some pictures of my boys :)

Nate and Will and their bikes

Here they are on our way to get Hunter from school. The going is much faster when they are on their bikes and all is well when its just them and me, but as soon as we start heading home with Hunter and the other kids and parents are also walking home the boys are little terrors.

We are working on the "watch where you are going" and "don't run into people's heels", and "try to stay on the sidewalk", etc. etc.

I guess the saving grace is that they are so darn cute on their little bikes and they are doing quite well with them.

Here are a couple of pictures of them.

More artwork? and Reading Material

Here's my budding artist - NOT. If only he would use the "correct" canvas - ack. Thankfully, the markers are crayola washable and not black sharpie.


Nate for some reason seems to be topping the headlines recently. Here he insisted that I get him a book. He has also had this thing where he wants to sit on the potty seat instead of the toilet, which is ewww gross. Anyway, I snuck this picture of him in his "private" moment.

You can be your very own canvas

This is a picture that I took of Nate the other day when I "thought" he was quietly drawing on his dry erase board, but when I looked over this is what I saw.

Singing in the Rain

I love that title, but the boys aren't really singing in the rain (lol). I have been wanting to get pictures of Nate and Will in their rain gear ever since they got them, but just haven't been able to capture it, until yesterday. I just love these yellow jackets.


The boys are so good about doing what I ask (most of the time) them to do. Here I was asking them to hold hands.

Today's fun in the snow

We got more snow last night which meant no school today. I honeslty don't beleive that we will have school tomorrow either. Hunter has gone out a couple of times today and played, but these pictures are from this morning. Both the little ones went to sleep quite quickly for nap and Will is still out.

This is Nate plyaing hard. He seems to really enjoy the snow and goes for it!

Nate eating the snow


Here's Nate and Will having a "snowball fight". Will is the one that has that slightly pained look on his face.

And this is Will doing??? Not sure...

Hunter building his fort.

Snow 2008 and the tree

I thought I would share some pictures from the snow we've had so far and the tree.


This is from the other night.

Here is a picture from today.

And here are some of the boys playing outside. This is Nate.


This is Will.


Nate eating the snow.


Angels.

Hunter's Party

Well, we finally got Hunter's party for him. He invited 4 boys over for pizza, cake and video games. The boys did play video games, but they also spent a large amount of time playing outside with the numerous Nerf Guns that he has managed to accumulate within the last week. We got him a big one and then he purchased one with his birthday money and then he got 2 of them at his party, plus one of his friends brought one from home so there was plenty for everyone!

Here is a picture of the cake that I made for him. Hunter mentions to me the night before that he thought it would be nice to have a cake that is in the shape of the nerf gun that he just got. What??? - I didn't think so, so I steered him back into the direction of what he originally wanted. A round cake with multiple layers of white and chocolate with raspberry filling and fudge. I said we would make the top look like a target.

I did jazz up the cake board by stamping some somewhat appropriate images on it. I had mostly hunting type of images to put on there and didn't want to go that route, so I did the best that I could. Still turned out nicely and I will definitely do go back to that idea with any other cakes that I end up doing.


Here is a picture of the inside. I was actually quite please with how the cake tasted. I didn't go the scratch route, but went with Betty Crocker instead. I have a recipe where you add 1/4 cup of extra flour to the mix and off the top of my head, I can't remember if the water and egg amounts change or not, but either way, it turned out quite yummy. The raspberry inside was just a jam bought at the store. Hunter's huge request was that there be as little frosting as possible.

I am hoping to add some more pictures tomorrow and I do have a couple of cute ones of the twins too.

Also, today we are going to go see the Dr. for the twins' check up. I still can't get over the fact that 3 years has passed. And get this, I made the appointment for 8 am. I do this everytime and then complain about it. I can tell that today will be one of those days. Hunter also has early release - ack!

Happy Birthday Hunter

Today Hunter turns 9. Where in the world did my baby go? I just wanted to share a few photos that I took from my scrapbook. Photos of photos... hmmm... sounds odd huh?

Here is a picture of him as a newborn.

Here he is eating rice and broccoli. If you notice my child couldn't possibly get the "normal" 2 top or bottom teeth first, but rather he got his 2 eye teeth first. He was my little vampire.

Here is Hunter outside during the spring. He was copying his dad with the earplugs.

Just another pet... That is Sitka on the left who passed away a couple of years ago.


This is a picture of his cake, what makes it funny is that every year after this Hunter had to have Cheesecake for his birthday. He is a creature of habit. He has grown out of his desire for cheesecake on his birthday, but he had it every year until just a couple of years ago.

Here is Hunter when we took a train ride. He and I had a great time - it was such a great experience.

And for my last picture... so typical of Hunter. He was upset after having some sort of disagreement with us.

And here he is at the present.


I want to post few pictures of Thanksgiving... soon.

Children can sleep anywhere

This is what greeted us when we walked out into the living room this morning. Unfortunately, all the boys in this household are sick. I guess my turn will come, but then at least it will just be me.

This is Will.

Halloween Fun 2008

Here we go friends :) Halloween was a lot of fun - luckily for us, the weather turned for the better. I was really afraid that we would get very wet, but thankfully we didn't. So without further ado, here you go.

Here are Will (left) and Nate (right). Nate is starting to give me the "I see the camera smile". I thought they made the cutest little pirates and they did super keeping their pirate "hats" on.


Here is Hunter joining his little helper pirates. He wanted a "dirtier" pirate costume. I did have eye patches for them all, but those didn't stay on.

Here's Nate with his loot and there is his "I'm supposed to smile" smile.

And here is Hunter working on his Pumpkin. This year he was all about removing the pumpkin guts. In year's past, he was more than a little hesitant to get his hands in there.

And here are our pumpkins. These designs are straight from the pumpkin carving books out there. I did all the cutting on the skull and crossbones and did about 1/2 of the tombstone. Kevin did the 1st part. Pumpkin carving is a sure fire way to give yourself carpel tunnel.