First Pair of Flip Flops

The Children's Place had flip flops for 99 cents, so I got some for the boys. Holden doesn't know how to put his toes in, so they are a little tight, but he loves to wear them!

In his pjs

Now he is dressed

Harper wants a picture too

Swinging

Happy Valentine's Day

The boys got to open their Valentines Day presents before school today. Harper got a vet kit and Holden got a truck.

Not sure what this face is for

Holden was too fast to get a good picture

Cleaning Up Dog Do

Harper is learning about being green and helping the earth at school. So he wanted to clean up Cassie's poop today. He started out doing it all. Then he smelled some and only wanted to hold the bag. Then he quickly decided he was done. This was all in the span of about 3o seconds.

First Attempt at Two Wheels

During our run on Friday, one of Harper's friends rode his 2 wheeler without training wheels. So Harper has been asking to take his training wheels off. Sunday after church, we were ready for the challenge. I don't think Harper realized how hard it was going to be. Pretty much the only thing he said was "Don't let go Daddy" over and over again. You gotta start somewhere, right!

Helping daddy take the training wheels off

They started on the grass, but it was too bumpy

Back to the pavement

Holden checking out the action

Warning-there may be fewer posts for awhile. Allen finally mailed in my camera to be fixed. One of the knobs broke off over Halloween, but I just couldn't part with it to be repaired. But it was finally time. I do have a regular camera, but it just isn't as good!

Trail Walking

Harper had a great idea to walk the trails by the grocery store. He just said it out of the blue on the way home from school. We waited until after naptime and daddy got home for our adventure. It is about 1.5 miles and we all had fun. We found fun things to do while we explored nature.

The start of the trail

Walking up the fallen tree

Balancing on more fallen trees

Swinging from a tree

Playing Outside

I just had to capture the boys playing outside today. They just looked so cute!

Harper wasn't interested in the camera. This is the best I got. All of the rest were literally blurry because he kept moving so fast!

Climbing up the ladder

Go Heels!

Here is an example of a typical photo shoot around our house.

One kid smiling

Other kid smilingNeither kid looking

And done!

And of course that was all in about 30 seconds. Better luck next time!

Snow Day

We started out our Saturday at tennis lessons. Harper did great and I think he is really enjoying them.
We then went straight to Snow Day. It is a festival where they make snow for the kids to play in. They also have about 20 bounce houses. It was a really fun day spent outside. We had lots of help from our friends since Allen was out of town. We are so grateful for all the dads who helped Harper in the bounce houses! We played in the bounce houses for about an hour, before Harper said "I thought there was supposed to be snow here?" So we then headed to the snow.

Throwing snow balls

They shoot the snow out of giant hoses. Harper was loving it!

They also had a toddler spot where the little kids could play. Holden wasn't too sure, but he didn't cry. I think he was just happy to be out of the stroller!

I think this face says it all!

Then it was back to the bounce houses. They boys were so cute, they would all hold hands down the slides. Harper and Logan were especially sweet to wait for Chase who is only 2.

Doesn't this picture just make you smile?

Harper got a balloon at the end. He was so brave and went by himself to get one.

I thought this was such a smart way to tie on the balloon.

Snow Day was a success! We all had so much fun and left tired!

Gymnastics

Allen is out of town this weekend for work, so I needed to find new fun stuff to entertain the boys. So we headed to Fun Gym at the gymnastics place. Harper was a little nervous at first, but luckily Logan was there to show him the ropes. By the end he said that he loved gymnastics and wanted to come back everyday! Holden loved it too. I would put him down to help Harper and he would climb on anything he could. He can't even walk, but he would climb on the balance beam.

Hanging on the bars

Harper balances on everything, so he loved the beam!

His 'I love gymnastics' face

Another of his favorites, jumping from the trampoline into the foam blocks.

Holden taking a break on the steps

Swinging

Harper is already counting down the days until he can go back again!

Holden is 14 Months Old

Holden is just changing so fast. I am not ready for him to be this big already!

-He usually takes one long afternoon nap, like 3 hours. But if he is in the car at all during the morning, he will fall asleep.

-He stopped being the perfect eater. He is boycotting most fruits and vegetables, but will eat just about everything else. He still shovels his food in as fast as he can.

-He is making no effort to walk. He can cruising on stuff, but has no confidence without something to hold onto.

-He is so sweet. He is usually quiet and content. But he still screams when you take anything away from him. And he also screams when an older kid just gets close to him, because he knows that they are going to steal his toys!

-He loves to copy. If you laugh, he does. If you say, I am going get you and tickle him, he rubs his belly and tries to say getta. He also repeats all sounds that you make. His favorite word is up. But he does call everything daddy and he screams it hundreds of times in a day!

-He is into everything. If he finds an unlocked cabinet, he goes through it or just climbs into it.
-He is all boy. He loves all cars, steering wheels, etc.

He can often be found crawling around with a car in his hand.

We love this sweet boy so much and are so excited to watch him grow and learn!