Fish, Carrots, Cookies and Strawberries!!

No, this isn't a tale about last night's dinner menu, just a few random cute and funny things that have happened over the past few days.

Brady has been asking us for a while if he could get another fish. His last fish, Scooter (God rest his soul), only lasted a little while (emphasis on little) and I have not really wanted to get another one because it seems like I end up doing all the work. I think that is why Scooter #1 probably met such an early demise if I am being totally honest, relying on me to clean his tank and all!! So yesterday I finally caved and decided that we would go and get another fish. He picked out a really pretty fan tail goldfish (26 cents at your local Petsmart) and named him, of course, Scooter again! We got home and I cleaned up the tank and set it back up so Scooter #2 could have his new home. Hopefully his fate will be better than his predecessor!!

Here is a picture of Brady and his new pet. He really was so cute! He kept telling the fish , "I am going to take really good care of you." He is such a proud fish daddy! Ha!

I decided last night that I would expand Logan's culinary experience to something other than rice cereal. I was so excited because I just knew that he would love getting something new and different. Unfortunately, as you will see, the pictures show a different story! I tried giving him carrots and he did not seem to like them at all! I kept trying but he just kept making faces, gagging and spitting them out! So, back to the rice cereal it is. I will try again of course, Rome wasn't built in a day right???

Those of you who know Collin know what a sweet and jolly little boy that he can be. What some of you may not realize is that under that sweet and jolly exterior lies a Drama King extraordinaire! Yesterday he told me that he wanted a cookie. (I don't keep cookies in the house much because I am trying to lose weight and I have no will power whatsoever). I asked him what kind of cookie he wanted and he said and I quote, "A Tinkerbell cookie." I have no idea what a Tinkerbell cookie is or if they even exist (my Mom gave him "Peter Pan" for his birthday so I am guessing that is where the Tinkerbell came from) so I asked him what a Tinkerbell cookie looks like and he said, "Brown". Hmmm, Brown...I need a little bit more to go on...I told him that I did not have any brown Tinkerbell cookies or any other color Tinkerbell cookies or any cookies at all for that matter and he promptly turned on the drama! He went and stood against the bar and pouted for like 15 minutes! It was the most pitiful thing I have ever seen! I wish that the picture that follows came with sound because to get the full effect you really need to hear the pitiful sighs that came about every 10 seconds with the pouty face! So..if anyone knows where I might can find brown Tinkerbell cookies, please do tell!!!!

This is a picture of a strawberry that Brady colored one day this week. I know I am a little biased and all but I think that this is an amazing coloring job for a 3, almost 4 year old! Notice how he got the right color in the right place (for the most part anyway)! I am really impressed! I am no art critic but I think he totally nailed the essence of the strawberry! Move over Van Gogh!!!

On a different note, Jay and I celebrate our six year anniversary today! I can not believe that we have been married for six years already! Six years and 3 kids later I can truly say that I love Jay more with every day that passes and that I feel so very blessed to be his wife and the mother of his children. So here is to many, many more years together! I love you Jay!!!

Happy Birthday Collin!!!

We celebrated Collin's 2nd birthday this weekend. I can not believe that he is two already!! He is such a sweet and jolly little boy!! His laugh is truly contagious and I love watching him bounce around in the happy little way that he does! He is such a blessing to our family! Here are some pictures from his big day.

This is the Blue's Clues birthday cake that Aunt Lisa made. It tasted as good as it looked!!

Collin enjoying his cake.

Opening presents with lots of help from his cousins.

Logan relaxing with Uncle Micheal.

Here are some shots of the boys playing outside.
Picking flowers for Mommy!!!

We had a really fun day. Thanks to all of our family for coming out and helping celebrate Collin's big day!! We love you all!!

Has It Been 6 Months Already??

Logan turned 6 months old yesterday and I can not believe how fast the time has passed by! We will be celebrating his first birthday before we know it! He truly has blessed our family in such a big way with his big blue eyes and "faux hawk" hairdo. I thank God every day for choosing us to be his family. Brady and Collin are such good big brothers to him and he loves them already! I will never get tired of the way Logan's eyes light up and how big his grin gets when he sees or hears his big brothers! It truly melts my heart.

Here are some pictures that we have taken over the past few days of the boys. I can honestly say that being the mother of 3 little boys keeps me young and fills my soul with laughter. Okay, I know, enough of the sentimental mumbo jumbo.......

These are pictures that I took of Logan yesterday. He is able to sit up pretty well on our bed for some reason. Brady and Collin thought it was so funny to see him fall over when he finally would fall over, and he in turn thought it was funny to see them laughing at (I mean with) him.

Here he is giving Brady what we refer to as "good kisses"!!

I gave Logan rice cereal for the first time tonight. This is his first time in the high chair. He looks a little unsure about what is about to transpire.

The first bite......

Okay, maybe this isn't so bad.......

Actually, I might kind of like this....

Bring it on!!!!!!!

In the end, I think he really liked it! Something different anyway. Next we will conquer squash!!!!!

This week has been really nice so we were able to play outside a little bit. This is Brady and Collin relaxing in the front yard.

Brady wanted to make lemonade tonight so we bought some lemons so he could make lemonade and play "Lemonade Stand". Here he is posing with the lemons.

Collin patiently waiting for some lemonade.

Back After A Brief Hiatus

After a week of battling ear infections (Logan) and pink eye (Collin) I am back to the blogging world. Not much has been going on here so I am just posting some random pictures from the past week.

Here is Logan fresh out of the bathtub. I love the way babies look right after a bath all shiny faced and squeaky clean!

This picture says a lot about how the past week has been....

Collin playing "choo choo twains" as he calls it. I absolutely love this picture of him!

This is Collin relaxing in Logan's bouncer. The funny thing about this is a few seconds after this picture was snapped he reached down and turned the vibration on. I guess he needed a little "massage" action. It is so tough being a kid!

The next two pictures are of Brady and Collin showing off their new haircuts. It amazes me how a haircut can make them look so grown up all of the sudden!

That is all for now but I am sure we will be back soon with some new adventures to share!!