Quick trip to Iowa City

We made a quick trip to Iowa City last weekend for a second look for Abel for a potential job and a first look for the boys and I.  Aunt Jodi, Emma, and Ellie came to visit and we had a fantastic time with them!  We missed the best snow of the year in Burlington, but hopefully we will have some time to play in it tomorrow!  We should hopefully be making a final decision about where we will be moving sometime next week. 
Here are some pictures of the boys being silly last night waiting for Daddy to get home from work. 

Brodie in his spider man towel

Isaac playing in his puppy towel

My boys

Abel was on his way back from Nebraska earlier today, so the boys and I were on our own.  We had a fun day, but we were definitely missing Daddy by the end of it!  I felt like I was constantly yelling at the boys by the end of the day and I'm sure they were thinking the same thing.  We went to the ECHO center and watched some cute baby turtles eat, we played out in some puddles, we made homemade goldfish (they were awesome - I even liked them), and I made some homemade chocolate syrup (I wish I had some ice cream to put it on, but the chocolate milk will have to do for now).  All in all, it was a productive, fun day!

We had to make red goldfish for Isaac

and blue goldfish for Brodie.  Brodie was very good at making the fish

the red and blue got mixed by the end :)

The first batch out of the oven

They were very yummy!

My silly boys!

Valentine's Day

What a great day!  Abel and I had short days at work and then we went out to dinner with the boys.  Life can't get much better than hanging out with my guys!

Brodie's Valentine "May the force be with you" glow stick light saber

Isaac's valentine, "blowing kisses your way" bubbles

Isaac wearing his valentine head band from daycare (he's a 'love-bug')

Isaac telling me "no more cheese"

Playing with the crazy bubbles from Isaac's Valentine

Isaac quotes of the day

Isaac sneezed this morning and said, "I tooted in my nose"  :)

This afternoon Isaac was coloring a Valentine's card for Daddy.  He had an orange marker, but insisted it was red.  I showed him a red marker and compared it to the orange.  I said, "look, this is red and this is orange."  He looks at me very seriously and says, "look this is red and this is red."  I gave up trying.  

Bowling!

We took the boys bowling for the first time today.  It reminded me of when I used to go bowling with my grandfather.  I still remember the first time I bowled a 100 and Grandpa had my name announced overhead.  What great memories.  Today, I didn't quite get a 100 :).  We all had a great time!  Isaac wasn't too fond of the bowling shoes, but he loved rolling the ball down the ramp.  Brodie did a great job of taking turns and following all the rules.  

Time to pick a ball.  Can you guess what color he picked?

Dad explaining how everything works

First time!

Isaac's turn!

So excited to get another ball

Mommy and Isaac watching to see how many pins he's going to get

Valentine's project

I had such great plans for the day :).  We were going to make and mail valentine's, cook a little, clean a little, and do some laundry.  So far, we shopped for supplies for the valentine's project, we started the valentine's project, the boys got bored and stopped the valentines project, we ate lunch, took Brodie to school, and Isaac is now in the crib, not sleeping.  So much for my productive day.  We at least have enjoyed the morning and enjoyed the sunshine shining in the windows!   Hopefully the afternoon will be a bit more productive.
Brodie made me smile when he saw a clipping from the newspaper from our wedding on the refrigerator.  He said, "Is this where you got married?" I replied, "yes."  He then said, "Mommy, you look so young."  I asked him, "does Daddy look young?' and he said, "no he just looks cool, like he always does"  I think I would have to agree with that!

Working on valentine's (I think Isaac is actually coloring the paint instead of the paper :)