Snow Day

Kyler LOVES the snow!! He told me he wouldn't go to church on Sunday if there was snow because he needed to play in it. Thankfully, it didn't start snowing until we were in church, and he was so excited to come find me and tell me it was snowing!! We made it home and somehow didn't have to go out in the snow on Sunday (he never asked). Monday morning I dug out all the winter gear, found the gloves, hats, snow-pants, etc, and got everyone dressed before it all melted away. We went outside, and it took all of about 5 minutes before Radley and Damon were ready to come back inside. It took me longer to get them ready than the amount of time they played out there! Kyler didn't want to come inside, but I had a delimma: Do I let Kyler play outside unattended where I can't see him, or do I make him come inside because the other two were miserable outside? (Another reason I need a yard) So I let him play about 10-15 mins longer, checking on him every 30 seconds, before I couldn't take it anymore. Poor kid. He came in without a fight, but he wanted to stay out there so bad!

He was so excited coming home from church.  Damon said, "Mom the snow took the sun away."  I guess he noticed the sun wasn't shining and blamed the snow.  Pretty good assumption.

Of course the first thing Damon does outside is throw the snow right at me and essentially the camera!

Radley touching snow for the first time.  I tried so hard to get him to keep his mittens on, but he absolutely refused.  His poor little hands were so red from being cold and touching the snow.

Snow fight!

Radley was so curious and wondering what the other two were doing that he kept touching the snow.

Damon continued to throw the snow at anyone within reach.

Then they both ganged up on Radley.  This kid has no choice except to be tough!

He also hated his jacket.  He was much happier when I removed the jacket as well.

And still they continued to throw snow at him!

Everyone trying to make a snowball, but the snow was just not very good.

Kyler and Damon have been playing a lot of dress up lately, and Radley wanted to join in too.  He found his little boots from his lion costume and brought them to me.  He was so proud of himself.  He hated the costume at Halloween, but I guess he's warming up to it now that he has cool boots/slippers.

The boys attended their first princess party last weekend.  Radley rather enjoyed his cupcake!

He was so happy!

The boys wanted to throw me a birthday party, so they made brownies, sang Happy Birthday, and gave me presents (the rings they got from the princess party).  It was so cute to see how excited they were for my birthday and how much they wanted to make me happy!

This is a little project I just finished.  I found this metal rack, I guess you could call it, in all of my granddaddy's stuff.  I brought it home and let it sit on my dresser for a few weeks before Kenney got tired of me doing nothing with it and decided to start scrubbing off all the rust.  He really did the hard part, and then I painted it.  I really like how it turned out!  It spins and everything!

Being Silly

These boys have had a lot of fun lately. I guess that is nothing unusual, but they have been much more creative at home finding things to do or rather things to get into! Everyday there are new messes and new memories being made. However, they still would rather get out of the house and go play somewhere else. Luckily we have quite a few friends that love to have us come play!

The science spectrum had a health fair with different activities and booths. The boys had fun in the firetruck, playing in the bounces house and other fun things they had. There were also prizes to be won!!! Kyler's name was the first one drawn! He picked out the scooter. He was so excited he was a winner again!

I found them both reading books like this one day.  I'm not sure what possessed them to do this, but they weren't watching TV or fighting so I didn't mess with it!!

They also decided they wanted to dress up like Daddy.  It started with just the shoes and progressed into shorts and hats too!

Radley wanted his picture taken too.  I guess he is missing pants so he fits in with funny dressed boys!

Damon ran around with these cleats for 3 days.  He would run into the kitchen and slip and fall.  He thought he was hilarious!

This doesn't look as good as it did in real life, but they were so cute from behind!

One day we went to a friend's house to play and stayed way too long!  At 4:30 I left with Radley (the other boys stayed to play longer and were brought home later) and he was asleep in less than a minute!  He was worn out!

The boys got to explore a firetruck one day and thought it was really cool!

Kyler driving!

Damon turning the lights on.

Damon's in the driver's seat after he turned the lights on.  His little head is poking up just barely over the steering wheel.

The blowup slide came back, and they loved it!

There was an obstacle course set up.  All they had to do was tell them to go as fast as they could, and the boys were all for it!

Crawling through the box.

Kyler looks quite a bit bigger than Damon.  He only weighs about 3 or 4 more pounds than Damon, but he's to close to 6 inches in height taller!

Super Fast!

They all really enjoyed throwing the balls.  I need one of these in my house so I don't get hit and the stuff inside my house will be safe!!  I was amazed how well Kyler can aim!  He hit the target almost every time he threw it.

The bean bag toss was fun too!

This happens to me almost daily. Most of the time it is just Damon and Radley because neither of them can stand it if someone else is sitting on my lap. Kyler usually doesn't get involved, but sometimes he wants me to hold him too. Thus a brawl ensues!!

Halloween 2014

These boys had an AMAZING Halloween. Highlights include: winning the costume contest (again), candy, playing games, jumping in the bouncy castles, candy, their costumes (except Radley), Krispy Kreme donuts, candy, trick-or-treating, & did I mention CANDY!! Kyler reminded me that Halloween is his favorite. He loves everything about Halloween, and Damon agrees with anything Kyler says so they loved it!!

The Tin Man 

We wanted the boys to be something coordinating, and surprisingly they agreed.  They decided to be the characters from the Wizard of Oz.  Kyler choose the Tin Man, and Kenney made a really cool ax to go with it, but we lost it the first Halloween activity we attended.  I had way too many things to keep track of.

The Scarecrow 

Damon decided to be the scarecrow and thought that I should be the gurl (it sounds so cute when he says girl) and Daddy should be the dog.  We didn't quite get the whole Dorothy and Toto thing, but he sure made a cute scarecrow!

The Lion 

This little lion did not like his costume.  He really didn't like his mane.  He screamed every time I tried to put it on.  We finally got him distracted enough with a sucker to get the mane on him and take a couple pictures!

This is the first time we tried it on...

and he continued to hate it!!

We started off celebrating the day before Halloween with a carnival at the Science Spectrum.  They had crafts, games and candy of course!

Radley had fun with the games, but mostly he just wanted candy.  He was obsessed.  If someone gave him a piece of candy he had to eat it right then.  There was nothing in his little pumpkin; it was all in his tummy!

The boys' friend Emily dressed up like Dorothy on the day of the carnival.  We tried so hard to get a picture of them all together, but this is the best we got!  It was really cute!

Halloween morning started off by going to the bank (the ladies at the bank love the boys, and the boys love getting candy).  Then we went to Krispy Kreme and got donuts!

Radley was pretty happy about his donut!

The boys had to go to the dentist after Krispy Kreme and picked up these cool shades!  And yes, they insisted on going to the dentist in their costumes.  Luckily the entire staff, including the dentist, were all wearing superhero costumes!  I am happy to report there were no cavities (thankfully we went before most of the Halloween candy)!

Our attempt of getting a picture before heading to the Museum and going trick-or-treating.

This was after our attempt to put the mane on Radley.  He was still mad at us!

We headed to the costume contest right when we got there.  We had some tough competition (see the cheeseburger on the left), but they did it again!

Radley found the shades while the boys were doing some crafts.  He thought he was cool!

I know the picture is horrible, but they were so funny coming down the slide together.  They were rolling all over each other and laughing so hard!

The boys taking a picture with Spongebob.  That is as close as Damon would get!!

Here is Kyler having a blast jumping off the slide. I don't think my kids have any fears when it comes to this kind of stuff!