Hearts 4 Kids

This morning, the boys and I worked on some

Valentine's Day cards for His Radio! (Our local Christian radio station)

I love afternoons...

like today!

We started off the morning with a pancake and egg breakfast.  Then we spent the rest of the morning working on things around the house. 

Matt ~

1. fixed a drain plug to the sink in the bathroom

 2. aerated the yard 

3. finished chopping firewood. 

Me ~

1. moved all of the furniture in the den and vacuumed   

2. cleaned the boys room - even under their beds!

Boys ~

1. Colored pictures

2. Play-doh
4. Helped me move the furniture back into place

3. Wii

After the boys took a quick nap, we decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and go for a walk. So the four of us along with Diesel walked, ran, and sang our way to

1st stop - BRUSTER'S
2 baby vanilla cones with rainbow sprinkles
1 small cake batter waffle cone
1 large almond divinity/ oreo cheesecake waffle cone

2nd stop - PETSMART
(Diesel weighed in at 49 lbs)

3rd stop - TARGET

I would have loved to have a picture to post of us all walking on our way home tonight, but that was not possible. So I took a mental picture in my mind that I hope I never forget.
  The picture would show a beautiful orange sunset with us walking four wide on the road...(left to right)
Diesel on a leash held by Matt who has Levi on his shoulders and is holding Ian's left hand and I'm on the end holding Ian's other hand!

Milestone!  Ian and Levi walked to Brusters and then Petsmart with out being carried!  
(except when we crossed over WHB) 

Just like Daddy

Ian was so excited when he found this fleece jacket at Target.

He asked if he could get it so he could look just like Daddy!

Family Game Night

 is something that we would like to do once a week, I'm not sure if that will actually happen or not.....but tonight we started by 

 

KICK'N it OLD SCHOOL with Super Mario Bros. on the WII

then we played a game of Cars 2 TROUBLE!

 

 The highlight of the night was when Matt made us all some yummy

Hot Chocolate!

Pajamas

We spent a lot of time in our PJ's this week.

 

WHY?

1.  Ian ran a fever for 4 days and had a double ear infection.  So we spent several days lounging around the house, mostly watching TV in our bedroom. (since the audio went out in our TV in the den).

2.  Wednesday morning, Chick-fil-a had a toddlers Pajama Party that we went too, since Ian was finally feeling better! 
Ian and Levi wore their Mario and Friends PJ's

3. Wednesday night, AWANAs Pajama party!
Ian wore his guitar PJ's

4.  Tonight, we went to a PIZZA, MOVIE and PAJAMA party! 20 kids and 7 Mommy's!  IT WAS  A BLAST! 
Ian wore his Little Einsteins and Levi wore his Lighting McQueen PJ's


I do not own a pair of PAJAMAS, so I wore yoga pants, a tank top and a hoodie.

Maybe...just maybe... I will get a pair before the next
PAJAMA PARTY!

Per Levi's request...

we went to the bowling alley with our best friends this morning! 

**  Silly side note  **

The boys call the bowling alley the "BOWLING STORE"  and when we tried to tell them it was a bowling "alley" Ian laughed and said "that is ridiculous..... no - alley - is Aunt Ali's name"

Furry Friend!

The boys LOVE their puppy!  

As soon, as their little feet hit the floor in the morning, they are asking for Diesel and before they got to bed they have to give him a hug and kiss!

Playing - Building..and more building

For the last couple of weeks, 

the boys have been enjoying playing with all of their new Christmas toys....

 a Cars play-duh set

Ian is a very hands on little boy - so he was very excited about his LEGO and K'NEX sets....

He just needed a little bit of help putting them together!

we left the more complicated dump tuck set for Matt to build!

I wish...

This was one of our conversations while driving in the van this week.

Ian - "Mommy, do you want to know what I wish?"

Me - "Yes"

Ian - "that you and daddy could be the babies and that Levi and I could be the grown-ups and then you and daddy would have to ride in the car seats....THAT'S WHAT I WISH"