Black and White

I love taking Black and White pictures. They show such great character. I think taking the color away makes your eyes really focus on what is there. Here are some of the pictures I took. Trust me there were more but did not want to bore you with them all.

Nathan

Logan

Caleb

Jonah

Jake

Weekend away

This past weekend we spent up at Wolf Creek. It was a nice little weekend away. The kids loved it. So I have horrible luck with planning activities. I planned to go to the Tree house Museum and guess what it was closed. They were having a fund raiser inside for adults only. Convenient. Luckily the kids had no clue what is was. So we went to the Dinosaur Museum. I do not like Dinosaurs and Nathan likes them. Poor kid will never know all the names and what they did. He liked all the different statues and the Bear. Yes there is a Bear. I think we spent more time at the playground then actually looking at Dinosaurs. All that really matters is they all had fun.
We also went swimming and just hung out. It was nice to get away but not be so far away. Luckily Vii got to spend a little time with us. Most of the time he was sleeping. Poor guy.

Nathan got a nice battle wound. All two-year-olds need scars or bruises. He got his. He was sitting at the table and its one of those bench built in seats and the table was either to far and he fell in between the table and bench. OUCH ! Luckily all he needed was a hug and then he was fine. He was more mad we took him from the bench. He wanted to sit on the bench. He is such a character.

Operation "Give Back"

So last year I wanted to give back to the University Hospital for all they did. I tried coming up with different idea's and the one that I liked the most was making blankets for the Preemies. I thought back to when Nathan left the NICU and what I would have wanted. We got a blanket but it was an old used one that the nurse left on the car seat by accident. I have kept that and put it in Nathan's memory box. So this past year me and my family have made blankets. I set a goal of 12 ( one a month) and we actually completed 15 but gave 12. So on Nathan's birthday we went up to the University Hospital's NICU and gave a basket full of blankets. The lady's there were very sweet and said they would have parents come and choose a blanket.
I hope Nathan's understands this someday. I will teach him how to crochet so he can participate or maybe he will come up with his own gift to all the baby's. We will have to see.
When we were going up to the Hospital he started to take the tags off and I told him they were for little baby's and then he gave them big hugs and said "baby, ooh" then he continued to throw them out of the basket and laugh at me. Yes he is TWO!

Nathan's new pride and JOY

Nathan loves bikes, trucks, buses, and motorcycles. If you heard him all he talks about is "bicicles" meaning motorcycles. Our neighbor tried to take him on a ride and he chickened out. So sad. So for his birthday he got a Radio Flyer scooter and Helmet. He talks about it all the time. When he wakes up his first words are mom any more, it's "cooter". I don't mind being replaced i just wish that scooter could change diapers.

Happy 2nd Birthday

It is official. Nathan is now Two. He has grown up so fast.

I have to tell you about this t-shirt. I saw it in a Family Fun magazine(the Idea) so i thought for Nathan's first Birthday i wanted him to wear something cute. Then this idea popped in my head so i wrote with a bleach pen "I'm" and then drew the cool hand. I think it's so cool. I am going to send it to my sister Shelley so Greyson can wear it (he will be two on the 26th of September) and then she can send it back to Amy so Logan can wear it.(he will be two on the 27th of October) We will call it the "traveling two's shirt".

If you want to make a shirt like this all you need is a bleach pen, chalk,a shirt, and waxed paper. Then draw your design with chalk, put wax paper in between the layers and then draw your design with the bleach pen. Allow it to sit for ten minutes to two hours. Mine took about two hours. Then i washed it by its self and their you go. "Easy as Pie"

Evening at the Park

The weather was so nice and we had nothing to do so we met up with Amy and the kids at the park. We had a lot of fun. They just ran and used up all their energy. (secret to putting kids to bed) This park is fun but is for older children. They have a rock you climb up to get to the slide. Their are no railings or guards. It is pretty scary when they just want to go and be so independent.

First Day of Transitions

Today is Nathan's first day for Transitions at school. This is when he slowly moves into the next class. He will now be in the Two's class. He is growing so fast. He loves to where dad's sun glasses. He is officially "Mister Cool"