New niece!

We are excited to welcome our new niece Eliana (Ellie-AH-Nah) Lynn Goeken 19 inches, 7 lbs 3 ozs born today February 18th! Congratulations!! We can't wait to meet her.

I am feeling much better and will post some pictures of our recent activities this weekend.

Thank-you!

Thank-you Grandma and Grandpa for the Valentine's Day package. The boys loved opening the gift and eating it!

More snow

We got some nice wet snow last night. There was some lightening and thunder during the snow storm. It was fun to watch.
Brodie and Abel were getting their winter gear on this morning to go shovel and Isaac thought he was going to go outside with them. Mom had other ideas. He was not happy when he didn't get to go help. He even got out his favorite bat and tried to beat down the door. :)
The guys had been outside for awhile, so I decided to check on them. Brodie was on top of Mt. Crumpit, as he calls it, throwing snow balls.
Isaac is walking more than crawling now. He seems happier now that he walks. He likes to walk around with his bat and hit a balloon or ball.

Snow, snow, snow

How much snow are we going to get?
I think it might be a snow ice cream day today......
We decided to play with some play-dough, but it was about a year old and a little dry, so I made some new blue play dough! Isaac did very good and only tried to eat it once.
Isaac climbed into bed with Brodie when he woke up from his nap. I think he would like to sleep in the big boy bed.
We had fun playing outside. Isaac didn't like making a snow angel, but enjoyed it otherwise. Now it's time to make some snow ice cream!!!

Music

Overheard by Mesha who was upstairs doing laundry:
Abel (who had recently finished working a 24 + hour shift) says to Brodie (who is repeatedly blowing into a recorder): "Are you trying to be annoying or just trying to make music?"
Brodie: "I am trying to make music"
Abel: "Oh....it sounds very nice"
The funniest part was that Abel used a very sincere and nice voice the entire time. I could not stop laughing from upstairs.

Play time

We had a fun day Wednesday. Brodie has been wanting to make a snowman all winter. So, I agreed to make one with him on my day off. The snow did not want to participate in our plan. I could not get the snow to pack, so we had to make a very small snowman that Brodie proceeded to kick down as soon as it was made :)
Brodie has also been wanting to play "soapy water," so I let him "clean" some of my dishes. He kept asking if Grandma Buman was going to come play with him :)
We decided to get the piggy bank down recently. At first Isaac could not get the coins into the small hole in the bank, but after watching his brother, he figured it out. He loves putting coins into the monkey bank and hearing it make noises (thanks Aunt Jodi and Uncle Rob).
I didn't think it would ever happen, but Brodie is starting to give into Isaac. If Isaac whines enough, Brodie gives him whatever he wants. I'm just hoping this whining stage goes away soon!

All kinds of fun

Isaac now thinks that he needs to walk down the stairs like his big brother. He puts his hands on the wall and walks down the steps. He can walk down the entire flight of stairs. He is walking more and more all of the time. He definitely lets us know what he wants. At least he listens so far when we tell him no. He also really enjoys looking at books. He grabs a book and then climbs into your lap.
We were going through some clothes that a friend gave us for Brodie. Brodie decided to keep putting each new pair of pants he came across on....on top of the other pants he already had on. He ended up with 4 pairs of pants on at the same time. He kept them all on until Abel got home at 8:15 so he could show Daddy.
Here are a few pictures of Brodie coloring with Daddy this weekend also.