Merry Christmas!

We hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas. We enjoyed spending time with family and catching up. The boys were spoiled by Santa and are thrilled with all there new "prizes." I got a new camera, and tonight was my first opportunity to use it. We took the boys to the Eagles nest and I was able to experiment with my new camera. I still have to read about all the special features but I was amazed at the clarity of the pictures. Thank you to my parents, we will use the camera a lot!

Spring Training

Tay is warming up his arm, getting ready for spring training.

The boys

I am so blessed to have three wonderful boys in my life! They bring me joy and happiness everyday.


Due to the freezing cold weather of beautiful Minnesota, the boys have spent a lot of time at home this week. So what better way to pass time? Lets see who can pull off the wall hanging in the living room. The boys have teamed up, to successfully pull the wall hanging off of the wall and onto the ground twice. I caught Taylor ( 9 months old) trying to pull it off again.......

Not so fast big guy!

Here are my two angels showing some brotherly love.

Two and a half and cool

Riley has started to tell me what he wants to wear in the morning. One morning I grabbed the closest pair of jeans and put them on him. He stood up and promptly told me, "No Mom, I'm not wearing these!" Well okay then! Most of his outfits he picks out match, so there is a relief. Yesterday I was giving Riley a bath and singing a dorky song, and he looks at me and says, "Knock it off Mom!" as he rolled his eyes. It is clear that I am no longer COOL, I never thought I would be the dorky mom!

GO VIKES!

Dance partays!

Riley just loves to dance, and so we have made it an daily event to hold some pretty rockin dance parties. Auntie Kellie came into town to visit, and Riley and Kellie shared their unbelievable moves. Riley just adores spending time with Kellie, they are two goofballs together! Taylor decided he was sick of watching and clapping so he busted out a few moves himself. Tay can stand on his own and is very close to walking! Riley and Taylor have begun to enjoy each others company, and Riley asks often, " Mom Can Tay come and play trains please?" Taylor of course doesn't get the whole playing trains idea, instead he just tries to eat the trains, and thus that begins a big brotherly fight. My two monkeys have been such a joy to watch and I am so thankful they are my little guys! A special thanks to Aunt Kellie and Aunt Nikki and Christine, who helped me get through this last month!! Also a special thanks to Grandma Tammy, Grandma Jackie and GaGa for keeping the boys so happy, when I was exhausted!
Here is a sample of Kell's and Ry's new moves.......


Here is Tay rockin out...



And Gaga and Tay practicing the MN. Song!

Come on Santa......work with me!

So we were the first in line at the mall to visit Santa. Riley has been talking about Santa for months, so of course we headed to the mall the FIRST day Santa was available. In the past Riley has been terrified of Santa. This year he reassured me that Santa was not scary!!! As we approached Santa, Riley was repeatedly telling himself, "Santa not scary, Santa not scary, Santa not scary." The photographer and I positioned the boys and they were ready. Trying to get a 2 year old and a 8 month old to smile at the same time is tricky! I finally managed to get some smiles as I was singing, dancing, and moving around a plush Barney toy. I look over at the photographer, and she is on the phone. The camera is broken. For the next ten minutes, the boys remain on Santa's lap, and I am right next to them, trying to keep them interested and calm. I start asking Riley what he wants for Christmas, asking him to ask Santa about his reindeer etc. etc. Meanwhile Riley is giving me this terrible, uncertain stare. I know that we have limited time, before Riley wants to leave. As I am trying to prompt a conversation between Riley and Santa, I realize Santa has not spoken to the boys AT ALL. I mean come on, if you hate your job that much, than pick a different career. Santa was not friendly, did not speak, and looked overly annoyed at my persistence to get a picture taken. Finally, the camera started to work and we got our picture. Riley and Taylor left confused and I left pooped out!

I made some banana pancakes for Riley....

I made pancakes for Riley this morning and then went to the bathroom to throw my hair up and throw cold water on my face. I came back a few minutes later and Riley was in his room, and Taylor was enjoying the pancakes!!! He ate every last crumble! I asked Riley if he was done with his pancakes, and he shrugs his shoulders and says, " Tay Tay ate them!"

NEW MATCHING PJS!!!

The boys weren't as excited as I was about their new matching pjs. They really could have cared less.....

SPLASH WARS

The boys have been very into taking baths, especially together. At first I thought it was cute but now they have figured out how much fun it is to see who can get the most water onto the bathroom floor! They literally use all of their little muscles to splash water out of the tub and onto the floor. Riley eggs Taylor on and before you know it, our bathroom is flooded with two laughing boys in an near empty tub! Riley makes sure to say, "Uh-oh it's all wet momma." Thanks Ry, I hadn't noticed. I have a feeling this is only the beginning of a little team of schemers:0)