I'm trying to increase the size of my images on the blog. I'm pretty sure that the 45 minutes to figure it out is not worth it? Any thoughts? Maybe I'm not doing it correctly. I'm not always the best at teaching myself things but there must be an easier way to do this. Any help out there?
As you can see, he has figured out what 'gets' Zackary. Monkey! He always knows the best time to get paybacks, when Monkey shows up and the thumb goes in. It's ON! I think it is so funny that at such a young age both of them have figured out when it's just the right time to pick on each other.
Today we had the sweetest little tea party. The boys got a little sock monkey tin tea set from Oma and Opa for Valentines Day. Let me tell you they had a ball having their incredibly wet tea party. I'm pretty sure we drank a gallon of water out of little tiny tea cups and spilt about a gallon of water trying to drink out of the little tiny tea cups. You would have thought they both jumped in the bath tub, they were soaked.
We don't do much for Valentines Day at our house. Aaron and I got some sushi take out, shared a bottle of wine, and were just going to relax and watch a movie. We enjoyed our dinner, knowing that upstairs Zackary is awake and playing but was being quiet. We frequently go through this in the evening. We try to put him to bed but he takes several trips downstairs to visit us, plays, sings, switches beds from his to ours, and back and forth. Since Aaron had bought two boxes of chocolate covered strawberries and forgot to give Zackary's to him, we decided to break down and let him join us for some yumminess. As you can see he was thrilled and enjoyed a couple of strawberries while giving us plenty of entertainment.
We had to do it. As you might know, Lane had a bit of a comb over 70's style going on. It was so dang cute, but it was time to ditch it. He was beginning to sport a sweet mullet and that is where I have to draw the line. I tried a couple of times to have his hair cut/styled so it was still long and it just wasn't working out. It was time so we headed to Gilbert Barber Shop for Felipe to take control. He has cut Zackary's hair several times and does a great job. It turned out so cute. I can't believe how BIG he looks with an official little boy haircut.
Lane you're so handsome!
So it has been raining a bit more than usual this year. Which is wonderful, except when you have 2 little boys that are thrilled to play, stomp, and get totally filthy...then proceed to track it through the entire house, some how. Lane watched Zackary jump in the puddles in the back yard then took action himself and really figured out how to make a huge mess.
Zackary digging some serious holes in the backyard with all his tractors. Notice the rain boots. Funny story... we were shoe shopping and he continued to choose any shoe that was bright pink...we told him he could pick out any color of crocks (this is the only shoe that is easy and fits his 'brick' feet). Of course he choose the bright pink ones. Aaron drew the line there. Zackary kept going back to the rain boots and wearing them all over the store. He had the choice of boots or crocks, obviously he choose the boots. He actually wears them all of the time. They are easy and have come in quite handy this year!
Lane finding any puddle of water he can to jump and stomp in. Needless to say he was soaked by the end!
I just had to post some super cute pics of my little Laner. Just relaxing outside having a little drink. I think he is mean muggin' me for taking too many pictures? But I love these pics.
Memories, that is all I will have. Today it's officially over, done, gone. Our business that we had such great dreams of. Sleepless nights, money, worries, fun, the American Dream, pride...I'm not sure how I really feel, there are so many emotions running through my head. What we created, thousands of hours, thousands of dollars, thousands of ideas...its all over. Why I'm saying this tonight is because we spent several hours moving our last few things out of the office. We no longer have access, we finally found someone to lease the space. I guess it still didn't feel 100% real because we still had an office with some of the equipment. The first picture is the start, the dream, the energy to make it work.
What a great night this was! Our great friends hosted a party this year. What's so nice about that is...they life 'scooter distance' away. This means Aaron and I get to ride our awesome long board scooters home. We got to get fancied up for the event.
I love a good excuse to get dressed up.
The cocktails were flowing...as you can see!
This is the pre-ride picture. We made it home safely. Aaron and I on our scooters and Andi and Scott on their beach cruisers. I packed sneakers and sweats to wear over my dress. Here are some snippets of our ride home.
~ we heard the loudest hiccups, out of a large man, in a suit, riding a scooter
~the loudest cows that we've ever heard mooing at 3am
~laughing and scooter riding don't mix (maybe it was the drinks? who knows?)
~moderate size bruise, but the dress was fine
~trampolines and alcohol aren't friends
I managed to get up and work 10 hours the next day without any problems. What a night!
Happy New Years!
Zackary jumped and jumped and jumped and jumped!
I can't believe how magical Christmas is. This is how I remember it as a child. Now that we have children, Christmas became magical again. Santa, stockings, surprises, decorations, presents wrapping paper... the list goes on and on about all the fun things about Christmas. I know that there is a lot more to it than that, but 'the little things' that is what children love. To see the smiles, the excitement, the thoughts, the surprised looks, its all priceless. If we could all just go back and appreciate the simple little things.
Merry Christmas!
Here was the start of our attempted sledding trip with 2 apparently tuckered out boys. We might have been driving in the car about 5 minutes and I turned around to find this. We were cracking up because they reminded us of the little boy in The Christmas Story that couldn't move because he was so bundled up. They both look so stiff sleeping in the car seat. They surely weren't comfortable. Oh the beauty of being little with the ability to sleep anywhere.
And here we have Aaron, so PROUD of his Onsie. As you all might know, I'm not a fan of anyone wearing a onesie after the age of 1, with very few exceptions to this rule. And my 6'4" husband wearing his ONSIE...
not the exception. Really!
We had a good time sledding, however as you can see the snow was coming down pretty hard and horizontally right into our faces as we were headed down the slope. The sledding didn't last very long, but just perfect for the little ones.
We got to go on the Polar Express this year with Laura, Glen, and Lauren this year. We have never done anything like this. The kids had a blast! We took the 6:00pm train to the north pole to see Santa. We read the book, sang songs, drank hot chocolate, and ate cookies. What a great experience this was for the kids.
Only slightly manic by the end!
After seeing Santa the kids were thrilled. They had to so off their new bells from Santa.
