Everyday fun

I was looking back at some of our old posts and really enjoyed watching videos of the boys when they were younger.  So, I decided I should get some video of the boys now so I can remember how they talk and interact at this age!

Here are the boys playing with one of the toys that Brodie got for raising money for hoops for hearts.

Tonight we were reading books before bed.  I was reading a book that had the months of the year in it.  Isaac says, "are there any Friday's in January?  Because I love Fridays!"  I think he likes Fridays because he gets to bring a toy to the YMCA on Fridays and they watch a short movie at the Y on Friday mornings.  It makes me smile that he likes Fridays so much already!
A few moments later, Brodie says, "Am I growing?"  Abel says, "As we speak." Brodie is quiet for a little bit and reaches up to the top of his head trying to feel himself growing.  Brodie then says, "talk some more."
I sure love those boys!  They make me smile everyday!!

Birthday, dinosaurs, and family!

We had a great weekend back in Lincoln and Omaha last weekend!  We celebrated Ellie's 7th birthday! 

Opening birthday presents:

Going out for a birthday dinner:

Yum...lemon

Brodie's turn

Birthday desert

The yummy birthday cupcakes!

We also went to Dinosaur's Zoo Live!  We had a great time!

The kids got their face painted and tattoos on their arms before the show.  

Digging in the sand for dinosaur bones:

Ready for the show:

Ellie got to go up on stage to pet the baby dinosaurs

We had a great time!

St. Patrick's Day Fun!

We've had a great St. Patrick's Day!  Brodie had to make a leprechaun trap for school and he and Abel had fun making it!

Here's the final product.  The door shuts when the leprechaun grabs the gold

Both boys made leprechaun traps for home also.  Brodie decided he wanted a sticky floor in this trap to hold the leprechaun in place.

Almost ready

Set and ready to go!  Brodie is imagining all the gold he is going to get

The St. Patty's mobile is hanging in the doorway to entice the leprechaun

Here's some pretty white flowers on the look out for the leprechaun

Now it's time to go to bed and see what happens....

No leprechaun, but he did leave some stuff behind

The leprechaun lost his shoe on the sticky tape!

Eating green waffles and drinking green milk.  Notice the flowers turned green

The boys were very excited to see green water come out of their bathroom faucets.  The toilet water was green also with some green footprints left on the toilet seat.  The boys had some green in their hair also.  What an ornery leprechaun. 

Family Fun!

Grandpa and Grandma Buman came to visit this weekend and we had oh so much fun!  They spent the morning with Isaac on Friday and then ate lunch with Brodie at school.  It was a nice afternoon, so after watching the Huskers lose, we went outside and played at the park.  Saturday we made St. Patrick's Day mobiles at Home Depot and then we went to the boys basketball games.

We may have to use those mobile's to lure the leprechaun into a trap.

There was a little wrestling going on.

We had so much fun, but it went by too fast!  Thanks for coming to see us Grandpa and Grandma!