New Things

The new year has brought new things! We've had a pretty mild winter, (which is awesome!) but we did have a little snow recently. The weather was beautiful the next day, so the kids got to go out and play in snow for the first time. Overall it was a success. They had a lot of fun playing and slept hard that night!

Brett

Brileigh

Rylan

 

The other day while browsing on pinterest, I saw these car carrier/playmats. I decided to try making a couple of them. If I do more, the design will change a little, but for the most part they are useable. Brett got his first and thought it was absolutely awesome!

Next Rylan's was unrolled and he got busy lining his cars up on the road.

For Brileigh I decided to make a coloring book. This girl is seriously all about coloring these days. She pleads with me not stop to "culor!"And let me tell you, she is good at it! She is obsessed with Pink crayons and staying in the lines when she colors. As soon as she opened her coloring booklet I made, she grabbed the pink crayon and went at it.

This is what happened across the table, I guess I have 2 more coloring pads to make...

Happy New Years!

Really! 2012? How did that happen? It seems when another year clicks by you really stop and realize how fast time does fly by! Another daily reminder is how quickly my kids are growing up! As my husband says, "they're turning into real people!" Here is our shot with Santa this year. They did pretty well, Rylan did manage to spill out that he wanted a Choo Choo!

 My darling daughter... She has become such a little mommie. She always makes sure her brothers have what they need and is the first to come to me if there is an "uh oh". Her current favorites are cooking for her babies and doing their hair.

 Brett, he is certainly the one who is keeping us on our toes right now. He is a go goer for sure. He has a love for cars and blocks. He love stacking them as high as he can, then stands back to admire his work with a "Whoa!"

 Rylan, my first born, has always been a quiet thinker. He was the last to talk, but has made up for that by being the first to string words together. He loves, cars, trains and elmo. He also comes running up to me multiple times a day just for a hug.

 The boys are their daddies pride. As soon as he comes home from work and grabs the remote, both boys run in circles chanting football game, football game, knowing what their dad is going to put on tv!

I can't wait to see what 2012 holds in store for us all! I wish you all a Happy New Year!

Birthday Post

So on Thanksgiving day this year, the kiddo's turned 2! 

We went to my mom's for the holiday since my brother was back. It's kind of nice since the kids are young and don't really care, to lump the festivities into one day. I'm sure in a couple of years, they are going to want their own day!

They did amazingly well the whole day. They were so busy they didn't have a nap. They were excited to play with their cousins and get new toys.

 Here are the 2 year olds! Rylan, Brileigh & Brett

They really enjoyed their cake!

 I made hats for them. We really didn't have a lot of success keeping them on though!

Here is Rylan playing in one of the 3 tents they got for their birthday!

And last the cake! Thank you pinterest for the idea!

October 31st

Happy Halloween!

It's been awhile...

So we have had such a busy October so far. And on top of that we had Bronchiolitis a couple of weeks ago. So that really slowed us down. Me down anyway, the lack of sleep took a while to catch up on! But here is what we are up to right now:

What's that? Oh now you can see what they are all staring at! We borrowed our cousin's Cars movie and have had to watch it over and over. So today I treated them and put it on the big screen.

Husker Game Day

So a lot of you out there know what today is. There is a lot of hype about the game today. Nebraska's first Big 10 challenge. ESPN Game Day coverage is there, it will be on TV all day today. So we have pulled out our jerseys and cheer leading outfits for this special day.

My little huskers, Rylan, Brileigh & Brett

Brett

Brett is talking to his agent on the phone. Put me in coach!

Brett's serious game face:

This is what it you see when you are getting tackled by Rylan:

 Brileigh can't help but dance:

Rylan gets down like the football players:

Rylan's serious game face:

 Brileigh says I can get down in stance too!

No idea what kind of football move this is!?

What's New?

We have a new obsession in this house. Blocks! This is just a small selection of what we have. I found a huge bag of pink blocks for Brileigh at a garage sale for $3! They will sit for hours and play. Rylan especially loves to stack them as tall as he can get them and then carry them around. Brett however loves to knock them down.

We have had a bit of an issue lately with trying to crawl out of our cribs. They are great at climbing up, the getting down, not so much. There is a thud then a cryyyy. This mama is so not ready for toddler beds. The thought of them being able to get out and about any time they want. Yuck! They are so monkey see, monkey do, if one would get up the other two would follow. So I ordered crib tents.

Brileigh waited anxiously for the boxes to arrive. Doesn't she look so grown up with her hair back!

Once the boxes came she was ready to open them up and see what was inside.

Good thing the boxes weren't sealed very good, so she could dive right in.

Rylan checks in to see what new...

Oh boy instructions!

We had better read them them carefully!

Brett helps get everything out of the box.

 

And just like that! They are up and installed!

They have been a HUGE hit! As soon as I got them put on, the kids demanded to be put in their cribs so they could see what they are all about. They love them! It is nice to know they can't get out. After putting them on, one night Brett got up and needed a little back rubbing to fall back asleep. I unzipped the window just enough to get my hand in. When he was asleep I didn't dare zip it back up in case I would wake him. So that is one draw back. But overall they have been wonderful!