The Silly Face is making a comeback!

Zoo Day

Nonnie, Uncle Jordan and Uncle Mason came up during spring break last week to check out the zoo with us! Here are a few pictures from the day!

1st time we got to see the new lions! They were hiding the last couple times we were there.

Checking out the petting zoo with Uncle Mason - not too sure about it...

Coming in for a closer look -

OK, I'll give this a shot!

Noah had so much fun getting out of the stroller. I never let him get out when it is just me there with them because he can run pretty fast these days, but with all of us there he got to run around and check stuff out a little better than usual!

Wow, I am the short sibling now, how did that happen???

Who needs fancy toys??

Paper bags work just as good...

Daddy Crane

Noah is totally into cranes these days. We drive by a HUGE crane over by Tanasbourne where they are building the new hospital almost every day so he is fascinated by them lately. We use cranes as a way to get Noah to do a lot of things around here like eating and picking up toys...

Here is Noah on the Daddy crane.

Me and the Boys

I never get any pictures of me and the boys because I always seem to be the one holding the camera. Maybe we will even get a family picture one of these days...

Crazy thought!!!

When Noah is asleep...

This is what happens downstairs!!!

If Noah knew he might not go down for his naps so easily...

The Blankie

I had to post a picture of Silas and his blanket, he is really attached to it all the sudden, much like Noah and George!! The blanket he has attached himself to is super special because it is the one blanket that Noah and I picked out for him before he was born. We really did not need any new baby blankets around here because Noah had so many but I thought the kid needed at least one of his own and here it is!!! Whenever he gets tired he crawls into his room, pulls it out between the rails of his crib and rolls around with it on the floor licking it like a mad man!

I did not know he could do this... I was taking blanket pictures when he all of the sudden dropped it and scaled the chair like it was nothing.

That's Life...

Need I say more!

Steering Wheel Tree

Noah is the happiest boy in the world today! We all know about his love of driving and steering wheels and today he scored his very own "steering wheel tree" in the back yard. I am pretty sure he is never going to willingly come in the house again...

Thank you Daddy for doing this on your lunch break :)

Pushing a button to start it!

Silas has his first grass experience and freaked out! I don't think he could get back on my lap fast enough, hope he changes his mind by summer...

Silas and the Retro Rocket

Silas has a new favorite toy! He pushes the rocket around everywhere and has even mastered turning it wherever he wants it to go!

Look mom, new pans!

Not exactly what I had in mind for my new pans...

Daddy's Hat

The boys love to wear Ryan's hats around. Ryan had an impromptu photo shoot with them before bed the other night. I can't believe how big Noah is getting, he looks like a 12 year old with a hat on in some of the pictures...

No hat here but I LOVE this picture!

It's Done!!!

Here are a few pics of our new and improved backyard!! We still need to finish planting some shrubs and ground cover but the big stuff is all done! I walked around my parent's house last weekend and wrote down all my favorite plants and bushes so now we just need to take a trip out to the nursery to finish it up!! Just in time for spring :)

Half way done!

Today is our highly anticipated new back yard day!!!! They just left for lunch so I snuck out to snap a few pictures of the mess! I am so glad we did not try to do this ourselves... Hopefully we will have some finished project pictures tomorrow or the next day!

Art by Noah (with a little help from Daddy)

Noah is still really into stickers!

He put these all in the right places with no help!

Good pictures Daddy!!!

Ryan and Noah put in some serious play time outside today and Ryan got some awesome pictures of Noah which is very hard to do!! I'm impressed and so happy to have the pictures!

Noah hold you

Noah has been asking to hold Silas a lot over the past few days... Not so easy! We have begged Noah to hold Silas for some pictures ever since Silas was born and Noah has always refused, until now! It is a good and sweet thought by Noah but Silas is having none of it.

I love the look on Silas's face in this picture, making his escape!

Got to love all the snot and drool on both of them! We really do give our kids baths, they just always look dirty for some reason! Boys!

Still Sick

Now they both have it... The snot is flowing around here! We stayed home all day to try to catch up on the housework and for the boys to rest... Let me just say that it is not easy to get a 2 year old and a 11 month old to take it easy! I finally resorted to Bee Movie this afternoon to try and keep them from running everywhere. They both have really deep raspy coughs and anytime they start running around they sound like they are going to hack up a lung.

Watching Barry Bee Benson

All that snot!

I just had to add this one in here. This is Noah's signature move to knock Silas out of the way. Here he is wacking Silas with George while smashing his face trying to push him to the ground... We have had some serious time outs going on around here lately. It does not seem to phase Silas for the most part, but he has started getting really upset when Noah takes things away from him. It is only a matter of time before we have some big time brawls around here!