Uh Oh Face

Tyce has learned two new things lately that I think are so cute! First is his "uh oh" face. Whenever he drops something he looks at it and says, "uh oh!" Then he makes this face...

Then he laughs....His second trick is his "big boy." Whenever we say BIG BOY he puts his arms up high as he can, haha, it's so cute...He also loves his sippy cup. Two more months then NO MORE BOTTLES! Yay!

I've finally given up on bathing Tyce in the kitchen sink (it's so much easier on my back) because he loves the big tub with his brothers..I love that Tyce is in the background just cracking up...Joshy has been kinda tired lately...

Nothing too exciting to report. Christine leaves Monday for NYC for a week but then comes back for five days before she leaves FOREVER! =( I'm not going to let myself think about that yet. My parents come next WEDNESDAY, which I'm super excited for. And the boys' 4th birthday is coming up...which I am very very excited for. I have everything bought, down to the spiderman plates and napkins. All I have to do is order the cake! Yay!

Special Day...

Today was my "special day" with the twins. Christine stayed home with Tyce while I took the boys to Shrek 4! They have been very excited to see it in the theater and, of course, eat popcorn! It was so fun to be with them, without Tyce. It's nice to be able to give them my full attention without having to stress about diapers, bottles, and carrying fussy Tyce around.

Here we are before we left... Jack thought he "looked cute" with his arms folded in the theater...

Josh drank almost this entire thing (he doesn't get pop much)...After the movie...As much fun as the movie was, they almost had more fun with the high pressure hand dryers in the bathrooms...Not their best picture...They stopped at the arcade on the way out but mommy was "out of monies" so they just had to pretend, I dread the day that stops!Again with the dryers...After we left the theater we stopped at the store to buy the boys' "big boy car seats." I figure since Tyce is going to need theirs soon we may as well get them the booster car seats sooner than later! They were SO excited and carried their boxes all the way to the car, then made me open and set them up before we left the parking lot, haha...

They were "so strong" to carry these boxes...The nice thing is we now have more room for when people need to sit in between them!

It was a wonderful afternoon with my boys. I asked them what their favorite part of the day was and Jackson said..."sitting on mommy's lap in the movie." Melted my heart! Joshy's was..."seeing Puss (the cat in Shrek) have a big belly." He also was happy that Shrek "didn't die. But if he did, he would go to Heaven to see Heavenly Father!" Haha. I love my boys so much!!!

Thanks to Auntie Christine for babysitting Tyce. HOWEVER, he slept for almost FOUR hours!!! Christine finally had to wake him up! Course, the days where I'M home, wanting to take a nap, he sleeps for an hour and wakes up three times in that hour. I swear I swear I swear he has some sort of sensor for when mommy wants to sleep! But, I'm glad Christine got some relaxing time..she deserves it!!!

P.S. There's a new video at the bottom of my blog...Josh is AMAZING at dribbling! I can't believe him! He misses his basket in this video but usually he makes it. He is extremely coordinated and athletic.

Date Night...

Last night I picked Parker up from the train station and told him we were going out! Yay! He was very excited to look in the back seat and see no kids! We just went out to dinner at Macaroni Grill but stayed a long time and talked. We sat outside and the weather was beautiful and perfect. Our food was yummy. And it was so nice to be able to just TALK, in peace! Thanks to wonderful amazing patient Christine for babysitting for us. She had to feed them all, clean up huge messes, and get them all down! Super woman Christine!

Here I am with my yummy raspberry sorbetto!!! Not the best pic, but I forgot my camera so we had to use Parker's phone...

I love you babe! Thanks for a fun night! =)

Jack the Perfectionist

I just don't know what to do about my sweet Jackson. He is so extremely OCD that teaching him is very difficult. We have been working on learning to write his name for quite some time. Josh learned in a matter of days and, actually, Jackson could have as well EXCEPT...he is an extreme perfectionist. We haven't gotten past the letter J because he gets upset with himself because his J's aren't PERFECT like mine or like the one on his wall in his room. He's 3, his J's will not be perfect, but I don't know how to tell him that. I tell him his J's ARE perfect, which makes him more mad. And by mad I mean typical Jackson fit (rolling on the ground crying in devastation). It's frustrating. I'm hoping as he gets older he can channel his perfectionism (is that a word?) towards something good but I really don't know how to handle him?

Any suggestions or ideas???

GIRL'S DAY OUT!

Saturday Christine (Parker's little sister) and I had a girl's day out at King's Dominion amusement park! We had so much fun together and really enjoyed time without the kids. Christine and I get along great and always find things to laugh about. We were there for 10 hours and figured we were walking/standing for at least 9 of those hours. The lines for the big roller coasters were about an hour each, but worth it. We had fun in line, talking, people watching, and freaking out about the rides. We must've been bad luck because THREE of the roller coasters we were in line for had "temporary delays" while the mechanics came and fixed stuff. SCARY! We rode the Intimidator 305 which is 305 feet in the air and goes 94 mph. It was crazy, we both kinda blacked out! We came home stinky, sweaty, blistered feet, and exhausted but we had an awesome day. Oh, and did I mention the DELICIOUS strawberry italian ices and the funnel cakes? YUMMY! Thanks to my wonderful husband for watching the boys ALL day, without a car! Love you babe! And thanks to Christine for a VERY entertaining day!!!

Here we are when we first got there... Devouring our funnel cakes...We asked this guy to take a picture in front of the Volcano sign because it was our favorite roller coaster, but apparently he didn't understand we wanted the sign IN the picture...So we asked someone else to take one, we LOVED this ride...Here it is, the Intimidator 305! It goes SOOO high!!!
Yay for having Christine here, it is SO wonderful! The boys are in heaven and, let's face it, so am I! =) Love you sis!!!