run!!

We are so good at walking, that recently we've upgraded to running! Everywhere!
It called for a trip to the store to pick up some of these:

They were so funny - I wish I had my video camera when the boys put the shoes on for the first time. They wouldn't walk in them at all, and crawled around the store! :)

Now, a couple weeks later, they have adapted well and love their shoes. They help get them and put them away, but still need help with getting them on and off, but they look really cool.
And really fast!

haircuts, continued...

So, back to haircuts...

Here is Mr. Serious after his haircut.

After Andrew was done, I think that Luke could tell he was nervous, so Luke came up and gave him a "kiss" (almost a bite on the face)

Luke's turn. Above is the before.

And the After!
Not that big of a change, just a trim to keep his curls intact.
See his little red cheeks, more teeth are coming in. I think that makes #11 and #12.


After haircuts we went to Noodles to have some lunch. The boys had mac n cheese with big boy forks! Dangerous, but they did so well!!

A good day and no one poked an eye out!

haircuts!

Today was an exciting day!! We got some haircuts!! Andrew was long overdue, sporting a flock of seagulls meets the flying nun look with wings out on the sides and weird sticking up all over the place: Notice the upper left side of the picture - flying away. I don't really have many pictures of Andrew's "bad hair days" truthfully, because I felt bad for him. :(

So, we went to the hair salon and were pretty serious.

Before:

During:

And after will have to wait, due to technical difficulties.

Stay tuned for more...

today i tried to eat an apple...

and this is what happened.

brrrr!

Yesterday I participated in the Polar Plunge!

Here are some of my teammates. We were Snap, Crackle, and Pop.

You know, the rice krispies??

Here we are before the plunge...

And here is video footage of the jump. It's pretty far away - Adam took it while safely inside the restaurant. We are the second group of Krispies to jump - you can see us running out of the water.

And finally, proof that Amy won her bet (Schmidty- this one's for you).
I was neck deep in the water (I couldn't really help it, I'm short) and Amy went completely under (as proven by her wet hair and picture documentation).

And, if anyone wants to come along next year, we already have a theme...

yucky

We had a yucky week around here. I got a text message from Adam yesterday saying that he and Andrew were sick and "could you get some 7up, i don't know what to do". His mom was home with Andrew (sick), Lucas (fine) and Adam (whiny). So, I had to come home to help with clean-up and caretaking. Andrew was hungry by suppertime and really enjoyed his ginger ale :). Lucas was fine, since someone was around to play with, and Adam is still not really sure how he feels.
Isn't it funny how resiliant kids are?? All they need is a snuggle, a good night's sleep and everything is better. Dad's on the other hand...

our new favorite word