My BOYS: climbing trees, butterflies, and a pink stroller

Here are some recent pictures of my boys the past month or so.  

There was a butterfly (Justin says it is a moth...) that was kind of flapping around on the porch but not flying. I had the boys go pick it up for some pictures.  Jackson thought it was pretty cool holding it.

We finally said goodbye to the pink stroller.  What is the story behind the pink stroller you ask?!  Ever since Jacks was little he loved to push things around.  He had quite a few girlfriends and his toy of choice when playing at their houses was always their doll strollers.  One day Justin saw this pink stroller sitting by the dumpster and told me about it.  Hmm a free stroller that our boy would love to push around, I think so!! :)  

Both boys have loved it ever since.  They took one last stroll pushing each other around before it officially got put in the dumpster for good.  

Old post

I wrote this post about a month ago... Justin was suppose to contribute a portion to it, but he never did.  Since it was already written I am posting it now.  Sorry it's old news.

We have a 2 year old which equals MISCHIEF!  My mom bought me some really nice face moisturizer and creams for my birthday.  Well this $25 bottle is now depleted.  Only problem is it wasn't used on my face...no, instead my mirror got a nice facial.  Reminds me a bit of this, when Jackson was a two year old mischief master.

Soccer season has begun.  We love it!  Jackson loves playing and we love being his biggest fans!  Here he is with his "team mates" as he calls them and his coaches.  

His team mate Becca

HAIRCUTS!!

Jonah before...

After....

Jackson after... (you can see his before in his soccer pics)

Hoppy Easter

Our Easter festivities began on Saturday.  Jackson had his first soccer game of the season that morning and then we headed to an Easter Egg hunt.  

There was  a ton of people and they clumped all the eggs into piles so it was a bit crazy!

Later that day we dyed Easter Eggs.  Jackson explains the process like this: "We got cups with lots of colors.  Then we got a spoon and slowly put the eggs into it."  Both boys had a lot of fun with it, but I think Jackson especially had fun!

Jonah wasn't quite as particular as Jackson so here he is showing off his colored hands after the process! ;)

Easter Morning.  The boys got to look in their baskets and open Grandma and Grandpa Blake's package to them.  They sure love the excitement of holidays and it was fun to see how fun they were having.  

Jackson is really into questioning why we can't see certain people such as Jesus, the Easter Bunny, or Santa.  I was telling him that the Easter Bunny is just really sneaky.  Then he said, "Is that part of his job?"

Later as we were walking around in the living room he looked up at me and said in a wondering voice, "I bet the Easter bunny walked right here!"

After the baskets we headed out to find where the Easter Bunny hid all our colored eggs.  (Yes, I know their jammies are a bit ghetto... it was "chilly" night so we stuck them in their totally awesome sweat pants!)

Working at the Car Wash- Yeah

The other day I was getting some things ready for a consignment sale that I was selling at.  I went outside to wash down one of the outside toys, and Jackson and Jonah decided to be my helpers.  They said they were doing a car wash.  They had a lot of fun and their bikes got nice and shiny! ;)

The Boys... earlier in the year

These pictures were taken in January and February.  I just wanted to document a day in the life of these two cuties, and some of their interests.

Jonah was obsessed with a game we bought at Christmas called "Hisss".  He would ask for it every day.  He would be lucky if Jacks or I sat down to actually play the game with him, otherwise he would just play by himself lining up all the cards.  

Just a cute picture of him smiling naturally.  I don't get a lot of these pictures because usually he squints his eyes and opens his mouth big when I point the camera in his direction.

We spent a lot of days in January and February doing this:  (and yes, that IS Barney.  It is one of the only shows that both boys will sit down and watch together.  Not sure why, but oh well.) ;)  

And this...  (notice that it is a sports game)

Jackson of course got in many rounds of basketball playing.  We bolted the hoop up quite high and that boy will shoot and shoot.  He makes baskets quite often and really has great technique.  I think it is so cute cause he will watch replays of games on the computer and really observe how the players play.  One day he told me that I needed to call 4 of his friends mom's and ask if they could come play because he needed 5 players to make a team.

Also, take notice of the above outfit.  He would wear that EVERY day if I would let him.   In fact there was probably 3 days in a row he wore it and even sneaked it on before he went to bed one night.  I try to dress him like the below picture, but he tells me, "Mooom, basketball players don't wear jeans!!"

 (I make him let me pick out his clothes only on school days.  The rest of the days he is in some sort of "sport"  outfit!)

I sure love my B-O-Y-S!!!

The Graduate

 Jackson's preschool teacher is having a baby, so she ended preschool a little early this year.  Jackson was so excited to graduate.  Too bad that when we move to Illinois he missed the kindergarten cut off by 6 days, so really he isn't officially a preschool graduate.  Justin had to be at school/work so he said, "I will catch the next preschool graduation."

Jackson and his classmates from left to right, Dani (whom I believe she had a major crush on him), Avary, Duncan, Josiah, and Hadley.

Poor Jonah doesn't really have his own friends yet, so he really thinks that Jackson's friends are his bff's.  He tags a long with the big kid and thinks he fits in pretty well.  He took Dani's hat because she wouldn't wear it and stood in line with them as the teacher was handing out the diplomas.

 Hey, Where's mine??  He waited so patiently and was quite confused why she didn't hand one over to him.

 This was after I took him away from the line and made him sit by me.  He went over to the staircase and started pouting.  Too bad he is cute even when he is being a stinker!! ;)

 The PROUD graduate after receiving his certificate of completion.

 This is his teacher Miss Jerianne.  Isn't she adorable?  Jackson just loved her and she did such a great job with the kids.  He always had fun at school learning and playing.

 Hadley and Jackson are such good buds!  (for those IF peeps, this is Micaela Mendoza's little girl).  They have such a great time playing together.

We love Jackson.  He is so smart!! :)

Top 10 Highlights (since my absence of blogging)

1-  I turned 26 years old-- we celebrated by going to our first Grizzlies game of the season

2- My mom showed up at my DOORSTEP, surprising me for my birthday, and spent a whole week with me and the boys!!!!  (I need to get pictures from you mom!)
3- Justin went to North Carolina and took the last part of National Optometry Boards.
4- We went to Illinois for spring break to house hunt.
5- We put on offer on a house and they accepted (yeah!!)

6- We had an inspection of the house and it failed, so we backed out of our contract (boo!!) :(

7- Donna and Bill took us to a fun bounce house while there

8- Jonah is being weened off his binky.  He doesn't take it at night anymore and only takes it at nap.
9- Jackson learned how to ride his bike without training wheels-- and I get claims to teaching him!!

10- Jonah saw his first movie in the theater, "The Lorax" on St Pattie's Day (no pictures at the movie, but the boys put their green bowls on their heads and I thought they looked like little leprechauns)