Peaceful Image

My little man just before naptime! He was so tired that he fell asleep on his own while they watched "Sid, the Science Kid" on PBS. It is the ultimate picture of peaceful slumber and how angelic children truly are when they are sleeping! (Doesn't he look so big)

Play hard!

With the beautiful day outside and knowing that it would be our last for awhile, I took the kids outside to play at the park. We all wore two layers of pants and sweatshirts with our hoodies, needless to say we really didn't need to be bundled that tightly. The kids had a great time and were the only ones at the park. After playing for awhile we walked to McDonald's to meet my grandma. Now Kailyn had ridden her bike to the park and wouldn't let me stop at home to drop it off and ride in the stroller, so she rode it all the way to the park and then from the park to McDonald's and then back home again! Such a big girl:)

Will has been into wearing his sunglasses for the past few days. He looks so darn cute!

Kailyn was just goofing around and being a 3 year old!

My grandma came back over to the house after lunch and we let the kids play outside for awhile before their naps. By that time we were minus a pair of pants and our hoodies:) We thank you Lord for the blessing of such a beautiful day and for family to share it with!

Open Wide....

Yesterday the kids had a dentist appointment at Dr. Port's! This was Kailyn's second and Will's first appointment! We were not sure what to expect from Will, but knew that Kailyn would be a big girl and do great. As predicted, Kailyn let the assistant take x-rays of her teeth and did whatever they asked of her. She even got to rinse and use the sucker, just like mommy and daddy. It was so funny too, because she would close her mouth before they were really done splashing the water on her teeth and she didn't really get that she needed to open her mouth all the way in order for the assistant to pull it out!
Will on the other hand, just played while sister got her teeth done and was a little curious when daddy took him and sat in a chair with the dentist. She was a little concerned because of the breathing treatments with pulmicort that he gets on a daily basis, so she gave him a flouride treatment which went fairly well considering he usually doesn't let us really mess around looking in his mouth:) When he was done he got a rubber froggy as a prize and was so proud of it! Kailyn also got to pick a prize and was sent home with a few other things! We are so proud of both of you!!!!!
Will getting his flouride treatment while daddy tried to make him forget what was happening by making faces:)

Letting Will get used to his surroundings before looking in his mouth!

Kailyn getting her teeth polished and seeming so old!

Getting x-rays and being told to look up while the machine took pictures of her bottom teeth!

Such a big girl! Not really knowing what an x-ray is, she doned the apron and smiled for the camera.

Something new

The kids and I were able to leave early this morning to pick up our T.R.I.P. order and head out to do some shopping. We were to Meijer by 7:45, where the kids enjoyed a oh so healthy donut for breakfast and helped me grab stuff off the shelf (only the stuff I needed though). They were so awesome and Will didn't even have a meltdown when he needed to let sister ride the horse! I decided then to head to Target, since it was cold enough outside to keep my groceries cold. There they got to pick one thing out of the dollar bins, which kept them occupied long enough for me to grab the last box of size 4 diapers and browse for a few minutes. From there I figured, hey we're out, we might as well go to Sam's club and pick up a few items! When we got to Sam's we headed straight to the cafe and ordered a pretzel (and a diet coke for mommy) to eat while I picked up what was on my list. The kids were amazing and I am feeling incredibly blessed to get so much done while spending time with them! I love you both so much, you made mommy very proud today:)We picked up these Kool-aid jammers drinks and Kailyn thought she was so cool! It's always fun to try something new!

Will took one sip and let it drool down his bib. He doesn't like much besides water to drink these days, but at least he tried it!

Rare Moments

I actually got the kids to sit down for a few minutes while I had the camera out on Friday and was able to capture a few cute, but not too rare moments of brotherly/sisterly love as demonstrated in the following picture.I had let them play with our old digital camera and it wasn't going so smoothly with taking turns!

Finally they were able to set aside their differences over the camera and give me a great smile:)

She looks so old with pigtails in, but our friends were coming over so she actually asked to have me put her hair in pigtails, "two mommy" she always says!

Grill Mechanics

A few weeks ago Ryan bought a new grill because the one that we have (which we won) has been shooting flames out of the front knobs and is a safety hazard, especially with the kids around outside now that it's warmer. Anyway, the grill sat in it's box for over a week (which surprised me), but this past week Ryan let the kids help him put it together for a get together with friends this past Friday night. The kids got on their Home Depot aprons and I got them their plastic tools (so they wouldn't scatch daddy's new toy). The kids were all excited about seeing the final product and the steaks tasted great on Friday night!

Stump Man!

Last week Ryan had access to a stump grinder through work. So he took it home and ground the two stumps that were in our backyard (which the kids were constantly standing on and I was concerned that they would get hurt). Thanks daddy for all your hard work and for keeping the backyard safe to play in:)