Happy Easter

We had a great Easter. Cole was so excited. He told me "Mom, I can't believe how good the Easter bunny was to me". That made me feel really good. He got money and candy, so he's a very happy boy. He loved coloring the Easter eggs, but got upset with me when I went to make deviled eggs out of them. He didn't understand why I was ruining his eggs he colored. We had our friends Trevor and Tina and their kids over for Easter dinner. It was a really nice day.

Welcoming Brodie

My sister Kristin finally had her baby last night, a little after 7:00 p.m. She'd been in labor since 1:30 a.m. so it was a very long day for her. Her doctor finally decided she needed to have a C-section. Thank goodness. Brodie Joseph weighed in at 10lb7oz, 22.5 inches long. He's definitely a healthy little guy. Hopefully I'll have pictures to post soon.

Triple Play

Monday after work; the boys and I met Adrian, her mom and the kids at Triple Play in Coeur d'Alene for a fun afternoon of swimming. Fallon's on spring break, so Adrian took the kids for a little vacation. Triple Play is a hotel with an indoor swimming pool with slides and tunnels, and lots of other games for the kids to play. Cole had a blast swimming. He was going down the slides all by himself, which is a huge improvement from last year. Finley was just conent hanging out by the pool naked in the stroller. After two hours of swimming, which I was completely drained, we went to dinner at Tomato Street. It's a fun little Italian restaurant where the kids can color on the tables and play with playdoh. Thanks for a good time Adrian.

So we had a nice weekend staying at home. It's been pretty rainy here all weekend, so we've just been hanging around the house. Saturday we got a break in the rain so we went outside and flew our kites. Cole really likes that, especially since he kept getting his kite to go higher than Riley's. Riley also bought him a cap gun, so he had fun playing with that, although they were playing with it in the house and it makes a huge mess.

So Finn is crawling now. He can pretty much get anywhere he wants to go. He knows exactly where to go to get into Cole's room now, which sometimes is not always the best thing. Cole is trying to be more patient with him though. Now we just have to make sure all the little toys are picked up off the ground. He's some pictures from the weekend.

As promised, pictures of Cole's 4th birthday party. I know, I know, I'm not doing a very good job of keeping updated posts. I'll try to be more up-to-date.

Happy Birthday Cole!!!

So yesterday was Cole's 4th birthday. He had a great day. He got to take cupcakes to preschool and got special treatment at school that day. He got to wear a special star sticker and be first in line for the day. He got pretty spoiled. My parents got him a spiderman scooter that he's been riding all over the house. He also got a WWII tank with some little guns that he loves. I'll post pictures this weekend after his birthday party with his little friends.

So being 4 is pretty cool. He's in preschool three days a week. He loves doing school work, can write his name, knows all his ABC's, and can count to 10. He's a pretty good big brother and is trying to teach Finn everything he knows. If only he could get him to go bear hunting with him. He told my mom on the phone yesterday that he was growing up and when I asked him for a kiss before I left preschool yesterday, he looked right at me and said "no thank you mom"!!! I wasn't quite ready for that.

New to the blogging world!!!

Hello friends and family, my sister has finally suckered me into this whole blogging world. I will do my best to keep up with current articles and pictures. My sister Maria and her husband Rod and son Caden came in on Friday and are with us until Tuesday. We have been having a great time visiting and playing with the boys. The boys have been quite the handful these past few days, they tend to fight more than they enjoy playing together. Cole is really into pretend playing and knows exactly how he wants things played out. Caden on the other hand is a bit more lax and enjoys wrecking Cole's creations and doesn't quite get the "pretend play". They have had a few good moments, but for the most part, Maria and I have been at a constant battle of time out's and lot of crying. We both have headaches! I was able to crack open a few beers to relax myself, Maria on the other hand, had a regular Pepsi! Here are a few pictures of Cole and Caden playing with the kites we bought them, Cole's was Spiderman and Caden's was the Cars. They really enjoyed playing with them.