Since I've Been Gone....

Bedtime/reading time

My happy blue-eyed boy

Collin trying not be tired

Piggy back rides

Collin getting ready for Church on a monday. Creative with the tie, as he found a scrap of fabric and made it work. This kid loves church.

There is your photo bomb. Has it really been two months since I posted? I am sorry. I wish I had taken more pictures, but my camera is broken and until I either fix it or buy a new one, the pictures will become sporatic. I love these pictures. They are of my favorite times of the day, bedtime, and waking up in the morning. My boys are growing up way to fast.

Collin is funny/can drive you nuts all in the same moment. He really tries to help, and sometimes not being able to help or not being able to understand why sometimes can be frustrating. But he loves to "cook", loves to help clear the table, loves to help switch the laundry and bring his sheets and blankets into be washed. I remember reading a flier in our pediatrician's office about having kids start by at least three to help with household chores, and so we have tried to teach Collin (and once Jacob once can walk he will be "helping" too) about household responsibilities. The funniest thing he does right now is singing "I've Got the Moves Like Jagger." He totally says it more like "I've got the boofs like jack" and it just makes me laugh.

Jacob has come along way with the help of kids on the move. He cruises along furniture, crawls and butt-scoots like crazy, can hop on his bum higher than anyone I know, and a friend call him the lion-frog, since he loves to growl and hop. He says "tink-you" an awful lot, finally started calling me momma again ( I was his first word, and than he started calling me dadda) and loves to call any dog he sees "Sip." He loves food, loves his sippy cups, loves his books and toys, and loves to go for rides. He still is very much a momma's boy, and just is a pretty happy guy.

Life is still busy. We are at the halfway point of our semesters and still going strong. We will be moving at the end of the semester, and so that adds to the chaos. I am trying to fit in exercise with everything. I will update about that on my weight-loss blog. Anyways, I think that is about up to date on our life. Just the same old same old.

And after many comments about how to handle comments, I have decided to leave them on. I think the break definitely helped, and helped me to live without the need for validation :)