Cutest Guys Ever?!

Aren't these just the cutest guys ever? I know I'm biased, but you have to agree with me on this one!!!

Working on some new posts and finally have pictures from our Huntsville trip (in May) uploaded. More on that coming soon!

Hug Video

Tonight Alex and Nick were giving hugs so I caught it on camera. It started out because someone took something from someone and then later gave it back (after much crying and screaming, etc.). Whatever it was, it was cute!


Here's the link to the video directly on YouTube

Love this pic!

I'm going through our pictures from the trip to Huntsville last week and working on some blog entries... then I came across this one Hannah took one afternoon this week. I had to post it!

And then there's this one:

Also, I updated the slide show on right side of the blog with some random pictures from 2010.

Hakuna Matata

Nick was in a singing mood tonight and we got it on video! We started out singing "Can't Wait to be King" from The Lion King. Then Adam shared his version of "Be Prepared" - the boys like Scar. Then we moved onto "Hakuna Matata". He was singing it with us for a while and then insisted on doing it solo. Sorry for the shaky camera, but his brothers wanted to help me take the video.



You can also go here to see the video on YouTube.

Play Date - Girls!!!

This past Saturday we had two of our friends over to play - Skyler and Abby. We all had a lot of fun playing together.

Abby was great at sharing with us. I liked to give her baby doll (that she takes everywhere) lots of lovin's. She kept a close eye on me though and I always gave it back to her when she asked.

Abby wasn't so sure about sharing her mom's lap with me.

Skyler and I had a trade going on - she got to play with Nemo and I got to carry around her plastic cucumber.

And one of the extra cool parts - Ollie!!! We like dogs and he was fun to give hugs to.

It was kinda fun having a table full of only kids for a change!

Abby's dad has a really cool camera and took lots more pictures. Her mom even uploaded them to share with us here.

Thanks girls for coming over to play! We'd love to do it again!

Random Update

Two-and-a-half is a lot of fun. The boys are able to communicate soooo much better now (both a blessing and a curse). They are playing together so well. They love to read books (which makes daddy really happy) and have found our collection of Dr. Seuss books recently. They want you to read them the same books over and over. Most of the books we tend to recite in our sleep, and they do too (literally)! As they are going to sleep, instead of counting sheep, they repeat the books to themselves. And, they’ve heard the stories so many times, they can practically read the pages to us. The best thing is when we catch them reading to each other! Two of them will be looking over the same book and talking to each other about it.

And the conversations they have with each other! They talk a lot to each other at the dinner table. Usually it’s scolding a brother, but sometimes they’ll talk about something they were doing earlier in the day or planning what they’re going to do that night. It’s so awesome to watch!  You know they are planning something in this shot:

We’re eating at the table now for all meals; highchairs have turned into boosters.

I still hate feeding them – I never know what they’ll actually eat – but I don’t see that changing in the near (or distant) future. Alex loves pizza; Logan loves sausage; and Nick loves cheese!

They have been enjoying the spring weather and playing outside. They are outside most of the day, either in the back yard or over at the neighborhood park. They still enjoy going for walks in their choo-choo wagon, although pulling all 55-60 lbs of boy (plus the wagon) is definitely a good workout! All the extra running around and fresh air does help tucker them out and sleep a little better. They are now in toddler beds and doing much better than when we started. Just tonight, Alex was telling his dragon (that he brought to bed with him) - “Dragon, bed or timeout. Dragon, bed or timeout”. Seems he hears that a lot – they can make a choice, get in bed and stay there, or sit in the corner in “Time Out”.

Time outs seem to work pretty well for at least getting them to stop a behavior (temporarily). I’m not sure they really learn the lesson though. No matter how many time outs they get for throwing toys or hitting a brother, there’s always more for the same offenses. At least they know where they’re supposed to sit for time outs. It’s hilarious though when one of them gives a brother a time out! They are also great at taking turns... Well... They are great at volunteering a brother (or both brothers) for whatever it is they don’t want to do. When it’s time to get out of the bath, for example, everyone will volunteer someone else to go first.

N: Logan’s turn!
A: Nick’s turn!
L: Alex’s turn!
Odd that it’s never “My turn”... Unless it’s a fight over a toy, etc.

Random picture:

Shopping carts at Sam's Club

Happy Birthday Grandma Carol!

Tonight we went down to celebrate Grandma Carol's birthday. The boys brought grandma flowers. They are so cute when they try to smell them! They either smoosh the flowers way up their noses or they hold them a foot away and skrunch up their faces to "smell" them. Usually, they're exhaling more than inhaling the smell!

After dinner (and the cake that Grandpa B. made), we went over to the mall to play in the awesome play area they have. The boys had a blast and it was perfect to get some of their energy out before the drive home. We occasionally tried to get pictures with everyone in one spot. That really didn't work too well, but here is one where we were trying. At least everyone's in the same frame!

It was 3 years ago today that we surprised mom with the news that we were expecting triplets. Now I want to dig out that video and share it again... where did I "safely" store it?! I'll see if I can find it and post it again.
Happy Birthday Grandma (Mom)! We love you!