kiddie conversations

Conversation I just had with Wyatt...
Me sitting on the potty, helping Wyatt put on his jammies (when else am I going to get a chance to pee?)
Wyatt: (rubbing my bra) I like this Mommy.
me: Oh really? Why is that?
Wyatt: It keeps your milk from spilling.

Oak Harbor trip

Rebecca's recent blog post reminded me about our trip to Oak Harbor and the pictures I took of Noelle driving her cousin's Jeep. She, of course, was very hesitant and got frustrated quickly when she didn't get the hang of it right away. I kept encouraging her and basically forced her to keep driving around the neighborhood until she got it. She did and had a blast after she got the hang of it. It was a good lesson in perserverance and practice. It is a lesson Noelle is going to need repeated frequently throughout the years as she tends to give up easily.


Her older cousin Davis had a small quad that went much faster than the Jeep and she really enjoyed riding on that with him also.









We had a great weekend hanging out with our family up there. We took a trip to a Fort Casey on the island and had a great time walking around the military batteries dug into the hillside and enjoying the scenary. There were many blue herons, deer, bunnies and other wildlife. I had forgotten my camera and missed out on tons of great pictures. I was very bummed. We also saw some cruise ships going by on the way to dock in Seattle and realized that one of them was the Norwegian Star, the exact ship we took our cruise to Alaska on. We were all very wistful and wishing we were back on that wonderful boat. We have all vowed to take a cruise again sometime, without our children however.


After church we went to Coupeville for pizza and ice cream from a cute boardwalk store. We love visiting Whidbey Island and are so glad we have relatives there to show us around. The scenery is beautiful and there is so much to do. I highly recommend it for vacations.

Noelle's Special Day

So every month on the kid's birth number day, I decided to have a special day for them. March 5th is Noelle's birthday so on the 5th of every month is her special day. This idea was sparked by "Jon and Kate plus 8" when they did special days once a year with all their 8 kids. Since we don't have 8 kids, I figured we could pull off a special day once a month. It basically means they get their
preference for things, like a TV show or food and get to spend a little more one on one time with Mom and Dad. Once in a while, when their day is on a weekend, we might do a special outing or something.

Noelle and I made cookies together and went to the mall where she bought a collar for her
Build-a-bear dog with a gift certificate she got for her birthday.
We parked at the JCPenney entrance to the mall near the portrait studio. Noelle
recognized where we were and wanted to get our pictures taken. Mother/daughter pictures
will be fun to do someday but for now we just had daddy take a few.

Wyatt had his special day this week too but I didn't take any pictures. His day mostly consisted of buying a
new truck at Ross. Maybe next month his day will be better. But they loved having their special day and getting special treatment.
Logan hasn't had his day yet but it will probably consist of me refusing to do any housework because I need to spend time with him. Hopefully it will entail reclining on the couch while he sleeps in my arms for a large part of the day.

Big Boy

Logan is growing up so fast. He is rolling from front to back and almost rolling back to front. He doesn't get a lot of tummy time because he spits up so much and usually ends up with his face covered in spit up because he got tired of holding his head up. This time he managed to keep his face pretty clean.

tulip farm

Here are some pics from the tulip festival. I have always wanted to go to a tulip farm and take beautiful pics of the kids amongst the flower, so I was very excited to go. Unfortunately my visions of grandeur didn't quite materialize. The picture of Noelle and Logan is the best picture I got of the kids and flowers. It was a chilly overcast day and the kids weren't really interested in looking at the flowers or getting their picture taken. They enjoyed playing on the big slide and the other little areas set up for kids with their friends. Well, we will try for a good picture again next year.

Thoughts of a five-year-old

Noelle keeps saying the funniest things and I keep forgetting to write them down. I finally remember a few of them so I wanted to blog them before I forgot.

Noelle has a new hairstyle now where I pull her bangs off her face. At church, someone commented that she looked like my sister, Krista. I told Noelle this and she said "I am like Aunt KristaJoy only smaller."

I got Noelle new boots with a higher heel. She put them on and said, "Wow, I feel like I am six!"

Talking in the car today about the rain and how God uses it to water the plants and trees. She asked "Does he have a giant watering can?" I laughed and she almost immeadiately said, "Just kidding, that's silly." as if she realized once she thought about it that obviously God didn't have a watering can and she was just trying to be funny.

POTTY TRAINED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wyatt is potty trained!!! We have been potty training him half heartedly for a little while and I finally decided to just put him in underwear and let the pee fall where it may. He did really well and only peed in his pants 3 or 4 times. He still uses a little potty on the floor but he can do it all by himself which is very helpful when I am stuck nursing. He even dumps his pee in the toilet and wipes down the potty.

Easter

This posting is a little late but I forgot I took these pictures on Easter. Since we were all sick with the flu we didn't go to church or get dressed up. The kids looked for Easter Eggs and I took the required picture of the baby on the easter grass.

Logan and Lukas

Here is a pic of my friend Rebecca and I and our two boys who are 3 weeks apart. We have been friends for over 15 years!!!! And now our boys will be friends for their whole lives and we wanted to start documenting it from the beginning.

black and white

I took these pics of Logan and thought I would share them with you. I love taking close up pics of my babies. I took these pics in color but thought the B&W was fun.