Call The Doc!

Last night the boys were in full pretend mode, they played with an intensity that I'd never seen before. They played together for easily 2 hours straight without a single fight or any parental intervention!

Eli calling the doctor

The patient lays in the hospital bed while the two doctors converse about the best treatment options.
"A band-aid will do!"

Thomas applying the band-aid to the area of injury

Eli explaining that Caleb's eyes were hurt

The patient feels well enough to get out of bed

Thomas calling the doctor after wiping off the patient's injury with a huge wad of baby wipes

Careful application of band-aids

Further examination of the patient determines he will be alright!

Busy Bags

Making busy bags has been on my to do list for a long time now but I finally got around to doing two of the several hundred busy bag ideas that are on my list. The first one I did was color wheels (not pictured) and the second one I did was making little scenes out of felt and having the boys put them together, kind of like a puzzle. I seriously spent about 2 hours making each set and of course it only holds their attention for 15 minutes! Still worth it because I can tell they really enjoy them : )

Monster truck

Rocket

Robot

The other day when Caleb was not feeling good.
Even the chocolate cupcake he had just eaten did not give him a sugar high and he fell asleep right then and there : (

Forgot to post this a few weeks ago but the boys passed their swimming class.
They can now move on to the penguin class : )

United in their love for locomotives

"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer," says Thomas.

You may have noticed but the boys got fresh haircuts and it was the first time one of them didn't freak out! Full cooperation on this round. After going through several long hair, short hair phases I've come to the conclusion that if I have to comb their hair before leaving the house then it's time for a haircut! Ah, the joys of having boys : )

Visitors From Down Under

Phil's sister and company came all the way from Australia to see family and this was their first time to see us in Portland. All the other times that they've been out we've gone down to Cali to see them, so this was an extra special treat!

Sam, Amber and Stuart at the Columbia river gorge

Cousins! We have quite the multi-cultural family : )

Mama Sue and Papa Ed also came up

Family picture!

Eli with "tio Tu" and cousin "Sham"

Just the boys

Watching Dinosaurs Alive!

At the Children's Museum Caleb becomes a vet!

Our little mountain climber

Thomas

This is the look that Caleb's face gets when he is tormenting his cousin

Eli

Sam

Sam taking the boys for a ride

Oooops!

Making glutten free cookies

We had a great time despite a nasty little 2-day stomach bug that went through each and every one of us. The boys seemed the least affected by it and only got a runny nose...the rest of us got a combination of 2-3 of the following symptoms: fever, body aches, diarrhea, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting. Sounds awful right? Somehow we still managed to do everything we planned except our visitors didn't get to leave on the day planned. At least we got an extra day with everyone!

It's a Tough Name

The boys can finally say their ridiculously long last name...well I should also add that it never occurred to me to ask them to say it sooner...anyways this is Caleb in the video, I love their cute baby accents!

 

Good Dental Hygiene

First some pictures of our morning at the bluff...

Caleb

Thomas

With pops

Running wild and free!

Eli

Thomas

Classic Thomas face : )

The chase is on!

Our First Dental Check Up!

Eli

Caleb

Thomas

Top left Eli is getting pretend x-rays since he didn't need them
Top right is Thomas looking cute
Bottom, the boys checking out their goodie bags on the way out!

At home, they must have carried around those goodie bags for the next three days!

A funny picture of Thomas and how he sleeps, he is in love with that helicopter he even fell asleep holding onto it!

The boys pre-preschool program required that they get a dentist check up. When I was first informed of this I rolled my eyes (in my mind) and then I immediately figured it would be a complete waste of time. I brush their teeth at home and they don't seem to mind but I don't get any more than 5 seconds to do it. After that they just won't open their mouths anymore. I figured the dentist would be lucky to get a good look at their teeth, let alone all the other stuff they need to do. Honestly if it wasn't a requirement I probably wouldn't have taken them until they were like 5 or whatever! 

So I was very surprised when all the boys cooperated 150% at their dental appoint! They got the works: the exam, cleaning, fluoride application, and pretend x-rays. I think they liked all the one on one attention they got. The dentist said they all had great healthy looking teeth!

Pumpkin Patch 2013

Eli shows you a wee-bee little pumpkin

Thomas

Climbing the hay stack

With mama!

Can you find all three boys!?

Thomas likes to pretend he is losing his balance, it's really cute : )

I don't think we were supposed to be feeding the animals but hey at least we weren't giving him cheetos!

Ponies!

Getting our pumpkins!

Heavy!

Caleb being a funny guy!

Getting the seeds out

We seasoned and roasted them and the boys devoured them!