Things I Want to Remember

When the boys say something funny or cute I frequently text it to my parents and sister and/or post it on Facebook.  It occurred to me I need to have them in my blog book so I can look back years from now and get a good laugh.  I went through Facebook and copied each one I wanted to keep...enjoy!!! 


Jackson: "mommy all my friends that are boys only talk about 'cool' things and sometimes I want to talk about 'cute' things like baby deer, is that ok?"  June 2013


Tonight while I was tucking Tyce in for bed:
Me: "Goodnight Tyce, I love you with all my heart."
Tyce: "Will your heart die?"
Me: "Oh honey, someday in a long long time yes I will die."
Tyce: (wraps his arms around my neck for a long time then says) "I will miss you when you die, I don't ever want you to die mommy I will miss you too much."  June 2013


Tyce (noticing Grandpa Barraclough's chest hair): "Grandpa here is all the hair you lost off your head!"  June 2013


Me: "What'd you guys learn in school today?"
Josh: "I LEARNED I CAN FART ON COMMAND!"  June 2013


Tyce: "Mommy I'm drawing a picture of you and daddy kissing because I ALWAYS see you kissing each other and that's ok to do because its adorable and precious."  April 2013


Tyce: "MOMMY can you wipe my bum?"
Me: "Why can't you do it?" (he always wipes his own bum)
Tyce: "Because it's SOOO stinky in here I'm plugging my nose and don't have any hands!" 
April 2013


Last night I caught the twins out of their beds after I tucked them in (BIG no no in our house) so the punishment is one of them has to sleep in my room in the dark. I grabbed Jack and, knowing his brother is scared of the dark, Josh said "no mommy, take me instead."  March 2013


Jackson's text to me tonight:
"hello mommy. you are the best mom ever. I love you mommy. you are funny. you're the best mom I have ever met. you make the yummiest dinners ever. you make my favorite dinner. like chicken enchiladas. you give us the best lunches ever. I love your hugs and kisses. from Jackson." 
February 2013


Jackson: "mommy you know why I like being a twin? Then when we're making a fort there's always someone to hold the other corner...and he always knows which corner to hold!"  January 2013


Jack's dinner prayer: "Bless Josh not to write stupid on my coloring book. Bless Tyce and me not to fight ...in the tub. Bless Josh to close his eyes for prayer. Bless Josh not to plug his ears while I pray. Bless Josh and me not to fight over who is funnier to Tyce. Name of Jesus Christ amen."  November 2012


Jackson: "Mommy I love you, but I love daddy a little more. But don't worry, Josh loves you a little more so its all fair."  August 2012


When the twins landed in Oregon at the Portland airport Air Force One was out one of their windows and the decked out Oregon Ducks plane was out the other window. Can you guess which one they were more interested in? I asked Jackson why he thought the Duck plane was cooler and he said.."well mommy, ducks are just more cool than President Obama."  July 2012


Jackson: "Mommy, Izek at school says 'I'm sexy and I know it,' what does sexy mean?" Me: "Umm...it means you're pretty." Jackson: "Oh, well then mommy you are sexy!"  May 2012


Josh came home early from school today sick. When Jackson came home I asked him if he missed Josh, "nope, I was having too much fun." It made me sad. Then Jack was showing me all his school papers and he pulls out some blank paper, "this is for Joshy, I thought he'd be sad he didn't get to color at school so here ya go."  November 2011


Jackson's morning prayer this morning: "please bless me and Joshy to find kids who have no one to play with them so we can play with them. And please bless us to show the bad kids how to be good."  October 2011


As soon as their alarm goes off Jackson jumps out of bed ready to get dressed. Josh hides under the covers and doesn't want to get up. Jackson goes, "I like to get up early because I love to learn new things at school!" Josh goes, "I don't like to get up before the sun gets up."  September 2011


Josh: "Mommy for your birthday I'm going to make you a cake with a big heart on it because I love you so much and angels on it because you're pretty as an angel."  October 2011


Josh: "Mommy, if we got a car that FLIES then we would get places a lot faster! Do you have monies for one of those?"  October 2010


Jackson: "Mommy, why does Daddy have to go to work every day?" Me: "Because he makes money for us to live and buy things." Jackson: "Well, I have monies in my piggy bank, lots of monies, so he can just come back home."  August 2010


Jackson: "Joshy you can hold it, just pinch it in your bum really hard." (Jackson was on the potty and Josh had to go really bad and was waiting).  November 2009

Last night we were playing Candyland as a family and Josh was going WAY more spaces than the cards he was drawing so Parker told him he was cheating. Josh picks up the directions, pretends to read them, and says "this says I am not cheating."  November 2009

 

Josh: "Mommy, why do you wear a bra?" "Because I'm a girl." "Can I be a girl tomorrow and wear one?"  November 2009

               

June Cell Phone Pics Dump

Here are my cell pics from June...

 

I found this in Tyce's room, Jackson had made a list of "missions" for Tyce to complete.  Tyce was dressed up as a superhero (cowboy boots, shorts, shirt halfway on, cape, and mask) and when he "finished" the mission he would come report to Jackson.  Seriously adorable and so creative to think of all on his own!

Josh drew this for me after he and Tyce drew on their new hats with permanent marker...

 Tyce as THE HULK...

 Tyce at the doctor getting his tonsils checked out (he sees the ENT on Monday)...

For their birthdays Grandma Morrill sent the boys each a gift card to go pick out their own toys, they were in HEAVEN in the toy aisle and so excited about what they picked out...

Josh is sure mommy's boy, he LOVES ice cream!  Tyce does NOT.  When Parker took them all out for ice cream Tyce chose a Gatorade instead!  Hilarious!

 

Parker caught them in a cute twin moment tasting each others ice cream...

Hahahaha, Tyce walked up to me wearing this and said "This is what mommy wears to cover her belly buttons, but they still stick out, not mine cuz mine are flat as pancakes.  Or is it waffles?  Which one is flat mommy?" Hahahahaha!!!

I got the boys new jammies today because when we're in Utah three out of the four weeks we'll be in places with no a/c so they needed some cooler ones to sleep in.  They were ecstatic...

In other news: I've been on weight watchers almost three months now and I have lost 25 pounds!  My goal was 30, but I think I really want to lose 35.  I really hope to be able to maintain my weight while I'm in Utah then I'll lose the last 5-10 when I get back in August...I want to be thin by my 30th birthday!  It has been hard, I have been working out like crazy and eating smarter...it's worth it when I see results though!

The boys and I leave for Utah in two days, we are super excited but will miss Parker.  :(   We are spending the first week with my parents in their new Utah house, second week with Morrills, third week in McCall at the lake house, and the fourth week with Morrills.  I will probably update my blog each week from wherever we are that week.  If not...I'll have LOTS of posts to come in August!! 

Jackson and Josh's 7 Year Stats

Jackson and Josh had their 7 year check up this week with the pediatrician.  Needless to say, they're healthy, happy, and handsome so mommy was very proud!  I'll never forget when I went into pre-term labor at 31 weeks and the neonatologist came into my hospital room and told me there was a good chance the twins would be blind, deaf, mentally challenged, small, or even die.  He had horrible bed side manner and did not bother telling me that they might end up being perfectly normal!  When Jack was born at 3 pounds I remember him telling me that he will probably always be small.  WELL...these were his stats:

 

Height-50.50 inches (90th%)

Weight-57 pounds (75th%)

 

HA, I wish I could find that doctor and let him see what Jackson has become.  Side note, I am incredibly grateful for the amazing care my twins received at the NICU in Utah and I realize that without modern medicine and capable doctors and nurses my boys would most likely not be where they are today.

 

Here's Josh's stats:

 

Height-48 inches (50%)

Weight-51 pounds (50%)

 

My guess is Josh might end up being average height amongst boys his age but he'll most likely be the shortest boy in our family because Parker, Jack, and Tyce are all pretty tall.  But who knows and who cares...I love them both so much and am so proud of their growth and progress over the last seven years!

 

 

 

In other news, Tyce is going to see an ENT doctor next week to see if he needs his tonsils and adenoids taken out, they are really big and he seems to be struggling for air sometimes at night when he's sleeping.  I know it's a minor surgery but it still makes me super nervous.  Update to come!

Jackson: T-Ball

Last, but not least, here's Jackson!

 

 I love this one because he shows how tall and blond he is compared to the rest of his team!

At practice the coaches would use running the field as a punishment for not listening but Jackson LOVES to run and was always asking if he could run...

Jackson really improved this year and enjoyed playing a couple different positions.  It will be fun to see him play in pee-wee next year!

Tyce: T-Ball

Tyce joined the team about halfway through the season, technically he wasn't old enough to be on the team (it's 4-6) but the coaches offered to let him play a little bit and he was thrilled!  And, might I add, ADORABLE out there!

 

He really had a fun time being part of the team and was such a good boy in the dugout and listening to his coaches.  The team mom told me that Tyce asks for a new bottled water each time his gets any dirt on it, hahaha that's my boy!  He has a good swing and will be a good hitter but he is the SLOWEST runner ever, hopefully we can work on that before next season.  :)