You Smell Soft & Other Stuff

Nate said this to Coop and then said... "like apple pie"...

Here's the little astronaut listening to his "ipod"...

& in the ice...

Coops nick name for the day ~ Diaper Bomb!

Christopher stayed out in the ice an hour longer than Nate & I...he explored, knocked all the ice off of anything he could find with his golf club, and hit balls... he's always been my hard core kid!

they thought this ice was amazing!!! (oh, and I can't figure out how to get the date off these:)

Close your Eyes Baby

How many pictures can you take of a sleeping baby...

I could stare for days...

Funny Flags

Who cares that we don't really know how many stripes there are...

Glitter glue and foam stars make for a fun... 10 min?

the pic?... Chris' phone!

No Tales

my phone is lost in the house and dead... my camera is broken (so far this is an iphone blog)... I can't blog or text... Nate was puking all last night... am I addicted to texting... of course not!:)

Can I Push Pause?

his feet almost touch the ground...

he made my coffee today...

he made his own bed & changed his sheets...

he doesn't understand why he can't pick up Cooper by himself...

he knows he is loved... by us all!!

A Tale About Crackers

Tonight Nate woke up with an upset tummy... I went and got Chris; little one was in one of those precious moods when I see his truth. I knew this was going to be one of those conversations I would remember after he leaves home and I go get a donut at 2 in the morning and the house is empty. (if it's a memory I happen to recall from some abyss in the brain where all sleep deprived memories go)...

He sat on the counter so big and so little, talking away... He so sweetly thanked me for sharing my crackers and then asked if we had some more if brother got sick. Then he asked if we had more for Sherman (Sherman works with Chris and is my boys fave) and then for Uncle Steven (Chris' best friend) and then for Miss Barbara (his teacher). Chris and I were in there somewhere later along with Jack and Livi. Then we got to hear all about how he bought the crackers at the grocery store with "his big helper" (and pointed to Chris); we about fell over. Oh my little Valentine Nate-Nate... his birthday could not be on any other day... he has the spirit of a little cherub, with cute little buns to go with it!

Coops, Etc.

Boo Boo. Chico. Poopy Diaper Baby. Flicker. Teek Teek. T Rex. Coop de Coops. And the list goes on... it seems the boys have a new nick name for him every day...

Delicious!!

My Fireman

Wouldn't you want this guy to show up to put your fire out?

I think Mrs. Claus' costume chest was a hit!!

Porcelain Paisleys

I found these a couple of weeks ago...

I bought them "for the boys"... oddly enough they thought they were "cool"...

I threw away all of the plastic stuff the boys were using and have been replacing it with glass... it's organic...yum

Big Nate

Little Nate-Nate is not so little anymore... he's going to be 3 in a month!

Botanical Boys

I've been bringing them all here since they were born... the memories are delicious!