Birthday cupcakes...

Brody's party isn't officially until this Saturday, but we had to do a little celebrating on the actual day! The daycare kids and I made cupcakes and they got to decorate their own for snack. In the end I had sprinkles and chocolate everywhere, but they had a great time!

Toolbox Night!

Brody had a preschool night last night where they got to create a toolbox with their dads... Josh ended up being called out of town for work, so Grandpa Carl stepped up to the plate. They had a lot of fun and Brody got to come home with his very own toolbox - which he is now busily decorating...

Heat for the winter...

After a near mishap this winter with our very old indoor wood stove (Josh caught a chimney fire as it was starting...) we decided that we needed to get a new stove and that it was definitely going to be an outdoor one! So, after a bit of financing (I can't believe how expensive those buggers are!) and a lot of haggling on Josh's part - we came home with this baby... The boys love it, hopefully they will not climb in when we are actually using it... :) Just kidding, I hope they are smarter then that!

Gardening Fun!

We started our summer garden the other night and it was so much fun to get the kids involved. They lasted for a few minutes and then ran off to play, but they are getting to see where our food comes from and will get to see the hard work that goes into growing it! I forsee weeding in their futures! :) Brody had my camera at one point, so a few of the pictures are his! We also made homemade garden markers that turned out great, so I had to get a picture of them in there also!

Bella and the grilled cheese...

So, we had grilled cheese and spaghettios for lunch yesterday and Bella had a good time with it... I figured that she would be covered in spaghettios - I just wasn't counting on the grilled cheese. I looked over at one point during lunch and she was patting her sandwich into her hair... Nice, Nice! It took some doing, but the big clump of cheese that you see in the front of her hair did come out! That's my girl -so ladylike!

Potty Training Success

So, I hope that I don't jinx it with this post, but Beau has been doing awesome with the potty training! We had a few days of wonderfulness, but backtracked for a while so we started over with the backpack - moving quicker backwards rather then forwards... Then something clicked! For the past 4-5 days, Beau has been rocking the potty! He has been keeping his undies dry and we are celebrating like mad! So, yesterday we made it to the end of the backpack incentive chart and he got a new backpack... I wish I had captured his face when he saw that backpack - I think that it lit up the entire room! YAY FOR BEAU!! Of course this morning he thought that he should get to go to school, so I need to hold him off a little bit for that! :)


Big brother also has to get in on the excitement! WE MATCH...

So excited about his backpack that he asked immediately if he could sleep with it... Break my heart!!

Big girl helper!

Bella took a long morning nap this morning, so she is not down for her afternoon nap yet... She decided that she needed to help Josh install our new dishwasher! You can imagine how well that was working! :)