A Brief Soccer Season

I thought it would be a really fun idea to put Gavin in soccer this year. He's not technically old enough because you had to be 3 by September of last year and Gav wasn't. But I still thought it would be something fun for him to try! Notice I keep saying "I" because Eric was very clear that he thought Gav was too young and not interested! LOL

Here goes nothing.....Eric, you were right! 

Gavin was a great little kicker, when he wanted to be. And he knew the rules and how to play. But his little heart just wasn't in it! So rather than make him suffer through the whole season, not wanting to play and have fun, we just told him his last game was last week, and that he had a great season! 

Maybe in a few years we'll try again! :) 

Zoo Days and Science Museum Trips

We spend a lot of our days out and about. I know Ive said before how much I hate to stay at home! So two of our favorite places are the Zoo and the Science Museum! The kids know their way around both so well, that they take off the second we get in and I have to run to keep up. 

Crew, Kyler and Gavin

Emma, Crew and Gavin at Children's Museum

We usually take our lunch!

 Gracelynn, Hailey, Crew, Emery, Gavin, Reagan

So looking forward to summer and lots more days of these outings! 

30th Bdays All Around

30th Birthdays are kind of a big deal. I know, because I just had one. So each and every one of my friends are pretty much turning 30 this year, which means lots of celebrating! Thought I would share a few of the recent bdays we have been celebrating! 

We also had a night out for Eric's 31st birthday last week and had a blast at Loony Bin and then hanging out at our house with friends. We may or may not have gone over to the neighbor's house still being built and jumped on their in-ground trampoline at midnight....I can neither confirm or deny this information...

Crew's 2nd Birthday Party

 
ALL ABOARD!

Crew's birthday party this year was so special because he got to share it with his cousin Lincoln who is less than a week older than him. Ray, Jess and Linc came into town for the birthday weekend so we got to celebrate both, and they had a blast. The party was at Jump Zone and then we went back to our house to open gifts and have lunch.

There are a ton of pics from this day, but Im afraid I'll run out of drive space on my blog if I post them all! Thanks to all who came and made it so special!

Happy 2nd Birthday Crew and Lincoln! Love you!

Crew 2 Year

My Crew Baby Bear:

I can't believe the baby of our family is two. Officially a crazy "Terrible Two" toddler. Except he is definitely NOT terrible. This little munchkin lights up my day with every word he says. He speaks so well, and to hear all those words come out of that sweet little boy, with his precious voice.....ahhhhh! It just makes my day! In Crew's world, the only things that exist are Gavin and trains. Mom and Dad are cool, but he wants to be where his brother is. Anything Gavin says or does makes Crew laugh. They get into all kinds of things together and it's mostly because Crew will join in on any mischief if Gavin says so! I love how much they love each other. When we say prayers each night, Gavin will come upstairs to say prayers with Crew, then give him a big hug and kiss and help me put Crew to bed. It makes Crew's night when Gav says prayers with us and he cracks up the entire time. Not sure that he understands that prayers aren't necessarily funny, but it's still a plus that he wants to say them. :)

A few more things about Crew:

- Still my great sleeper, besides having night terrors. Always sleeps in til 730 or later.
- Wears size 3t and even some 4t clothes and size 8 shoes. Size 6 diapers
- Has gone potty a few times but isn't quite ready to train yet. Definitely hates to have a dirty diaper on though, so thats a good sign towards being ready.
- Says so many words and phrases I can't even count, and sings all the songs he learns at school, "fuzzy caterpillar" "jesus loves me" and every Florida Georgia Line song!

- Eats pretty good, but wants nothing to do with any pasta of any kind. He could live on cheese and squeezy pouches if I would let him!
- Gives the sweetest kisses and hugs anytime you ask

His Dr Stats are as follows:

Weight: 32.2 lbs (94%)
Height: 38 1/4" (99%)
Head: 19 3/4" (92%)

I love my little Crew Buggy so much and we're having so much fun watching him grow!

Aaaaaahhhh Snow Days....

The perfect day to sit by the fire, sipping hot tea and reading my book! 

OOOOOOOHHH Wait! What's that you say? What about your 2 kids? Oh yea, so probably scratch the book reading.

Unless you consider this a page-turner

Snow days these days consist of much more interesting activities: 

Trashing the playroom

Puzzle working

Sword fighting

And even more puzzles! 

Yes, my days of relaxing and napping at my own leisure, working a puzzle of my own, or binge watching shows on dvr are definitely gone. But these kind of snow days are full of so much more fun and play and love! Love that I can look back at how things USED to be before kids, and know that although those days were nice....THESE are the days I live for!

These Two

I mean, do they have any choice but to be best buddies??? I think not! They are together at school, together on the days we're off of school, and anytime we're not together they ask when we can see each other again! It's not like an arranged marriage or anything (yet) but for now they truly love hanging out! 

Pajama day at school

It's not like we've brainwashed them or anything...they've only been hanging out since they were about 5 days old