Thomas the Train

What a weekend! We headed down to Alabama to visit Nana and Papa and to see Thomas the Train!!! Here are the highlights:

Thomas the Train.....in real life!!!!!!!!
Sir Topham Hatt and his best friend, Jacob

Adam was such a good sport. He's been cutting teeth and snot-nosed for about 3 weeks. Then, the day we left, I had to take him to the doctor because he has conjunctivitis, which has since spread to his other eye :(

Cutie

Brothers...enjoying the ride with Thomas!

I believe Jacob could have stayed on this thing the entire day

Exploring another train

Fun in the petting zoo

Happy Half-Birthday, Adam!

It is hard to believe that Adam is 6 months old today. He and Jacob are two wonderful children, yet completely different in so many ways. Having children and realizing how much I love them, even though they are so different, really shows me how our Heavenly Father can love each one of his children....and we are so very different. And when my children cannot share and be kind to one another (as was the case today) I can see how it saddens the heart.

One is getting older....One is getting younger

Adam's Bulldog Pose

He loves his NUK

He loves his big brother

I often tell Jacob that Adam thinks he's the Bee's Knees. To which he immediately replies, "No, I think he's the Bee's Knees!!"

Just a little snipet of life in the Koelz home

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.