10 cent prints

I wait until Walgreens runs their special for 10 cents a print before ordering any pictures. Then I clean off my memory card and move all the pictures from my computer to the external hard drive. These are some pictures I wanted to share before they went into storage.

Jacob and Adam on Easter Morning

Adam in hand-me-down overalls from Jacob....too cute!

My Angels

Carrots are sooooooo yummy! Jacob doesn't know what he's missing!

(on a side note: Jacob insisted on eating infant

cereal, just like Adam, for dinner tonight. I couldn't believe he ate it....yuck!! But he also had a few bites of Tuna Casserole :) )

He was watching Jacob play with his new tee ball set. The tee and ball and bat were all taking turns going down the slide. Now you know why he looks a little confused.

Thomas

Lee brought this Thomas home one day at lunch. A guy he works with was getting rid of it because it had become a hazard in their home...in the hands of their 3 boys. We fashioned a coal cart for him and off they rode across the Island of Sodor. Choo-Choo!!

Moments to Live For

Oh how precious when they sleep! Lee and I decided they looked so peaceful (and quiet) that we should probably just leave them in the van....all night. But we finally agreed that the idea probably wasn't a good one, so we brought them inside :)

Jacob's Best Friend

Jacob and Adam have both been sick lately. Adam has not been sleeping well due to congestion and Jacob has been extremely crabby. I always imagined that when my children got sick it would be a cuddle fest full of tender moments. Well....so much for that. But I was pleasantly surprised by our conversation this morning.

We had a Family Home Evening lesson about Easter this week. We wanted to explain to Jacob that Easter wasn't only about the Easter Bunny. I wasn't sure he really got it. I mean, how do you explain resurrection to a 3 year old...who doesn't even know about death. This morning I found a board book about Easter and we read it together. He showed it to Lee when he came home for lunch and pointed out the pictures of Jesus. Then he said, "That's my best friend! He's coming home...to my house!" I'm not sure where he got that but it was so sweet. Jacob has lots of best friends. It seems to be how he identifies someone he loves. I'm glad that Jesus is one of them :)

Jealousy

Be sure to pay attention to the end of this video. Watching it now, it's kind of funny...but at the time I was quite upset. I don't want to encourage my children to throw things at each other. So, Jacob went to time out and lost his little guys for the remainder of the day. When he got them back he assured me that he had learned his lesson. We'll see.

Catch Up

There are a multitude of reasons that I haven't posted lately, and I fully intend to write about them. But in the interest of time (the fact that I don't have much) I'm just going to play a quick game of catch-up.

Monny came to stay this weekend and Jacob got a table so he could feed his hunger for art. He loves to paint and do crafts and I love my new kitchen table....so he got a table of his own. We'll call this one The Master at Work.

Adam is getting around very well. Not really crawling yet....rocking, rolling and army crawling. I am so amazed at the difference in my two boys.

These are my handsome men. Jacob LOVES his tie. He insists on wearing it whether it matches what he has on or not. He wants to be just like his Daddy :)

I kept finding these guys around the house like this the other day. Jacob told me they were best friends. I thought it was adorable.

This is a picture that Lee took. He just decided to pick up the camera one afternoon and voila! I think they are best friends too.

Random Thoughts

Is it just my 3 year old or do they all repeat themselves....alot. I sent Jacob to his room yesterday because he kept telling me over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over to "clean that mess up!" Maybe he is just repeating me. Because I have to tell him over and over, etc. to do things. I was so tired of telling him that, "No, I was not going to go rake the leaves that were gathered around the patio table," that I just sent him to his room. He really is stubborn.....like me. He sure is a cutie, though. He keeps telling me that he's going to get big like Daddy. Today, we were looking at his baby pictures and he was telling me, "Look, my finger's in my mouth!" When did he start talking?? Right now, the door is open so he can play outside while Adam naps. What will I do when it gets too hot to keep the door open?