Back by popular demand

It has been quite the busy week with finishing school and life in general. To try and recap the highlights:

The boys painted outside with Ang one day this week. They loved it and they made a HUGE mess. Brady did not like when the paint was dripping down his arm. I came home to find paint on their picnic table, the concrete, and themselves. It gave me a good giggle.

Brady has been a dancing machine this week. We had music on while we were eating lunch today and he danced the whole time that he ate in his chair. He has figured out how to bob his head to the beat. Jackson still talks his way through the dances. He always will descibe what dance he is going to do, then do that dance for about 5 seconds then start all over with a new one.

Brady told Ang and I that he loved us as we walked out of his room for his knap. That is the heart melting times of being a parent... It is amazing how quick something like that can change around your day.

Jax and I went to the Lawnmower store today. He was very excited and touched everything in the store. He picked out his lawnmower and he picked out one for me, I really liked the one that he picked out. We had to go get a new spark plug and some oil for my mower. I learned my lesson this week about why it is important to mark your gas cans if it is oil mix.

Ang cut 95% of the yard this week and ran out of gas with a little bit left to do in the back. She was about to put the gas in and Jax asked her why are you using that gas mommy? She did not think much of it and started mowing again. When I came home I noticed that she cut the grass but I also noticed that the wrong gas can was out. After figuring out what I should do, we drained the mowers gas and oil. I have not put the new stuff in yet but I am sure that it will be fine. If not it is under warranty with Sears. Jax also showed her how to start the mower using the primer button. He sure knows his mowers.

Both boys were thrilled when we told them that we are going to grams and gramp then onto mimi and pappas for the weekend. Jax is looking forward to grampys lawnmower. Maybe this time he will ride it??/?

Brady is a monkey

I took Brady to the neighbor's pool the last two days and he has ended up liking the pool as much as his daddy. The first night he kind of whined and cried a little, but he warmed up to the idea when he realized he could splash and play with the water jets. He was so mad and upset when we left he was yelling "wah wah wah" and pointing to the pool. Tonight we went over again and he went full blast into the pool. He was even so brave to start jumping off of the edge of the pool into my arms. I think that he enjoyed climbing out of the pool as much as he enjoyed jumping in. He would grab onto the edge and dig his feet into the side and try to throw a leg over, but not he was never able to make it on his own. I would have to help a little while he grunted, groaned and giggled. It was funny to see his little lat muscles as well. We started to work on his leg kicking for swimming. He would lean over and kick one leg out and have such a huge smile.

I met Ang at Dr. Shurmer's and the boys behaved very well. I had my computer so Ang brought Bob the Builder and they kinda watched it in the office. Jackson enjoyed watching it more than Brady. Brady wanted to steal Ang's pen that she was using to fill out her paper work. It is neat to see the boys interact with the Dr. They seem kinda leery of him because he is a Dr. but they like him because he always talks to them, asks for high fives, etc...

Jackson's boo-boo is better now. He did not have a band-aid today, which is a big step for him and his boo-boo. He went with Ang to run some errands while B and I went swimming. Jackson seems like he wants to go to the pool but he is still kinda hesitant. Right now he seems to like his pool more than anything else so taking him away from that pool is going to be hard. He did talk about going to Ketchup Park during dinner, but he said his poool would be ok as well. Last night after Ang put his P.J. pants on him, he looked at them and said that he wanted a new pair of pants! Ang asked why and he said because he did not look cute in them. How can we argue with that logic?

Oh me oh my

Here are two pics of Brady, one from the spring of 2007 and one from this summer 08.

Today is the first day that Brady has gone to sleep without his paci. He cried for 20 mins then finally fell asleep. Tonight, Brady yelled for about 40 minutes but finally fell asleep. He was sitting in his chair yesterday watching Handy Manny and Ang and I laughed at how funny he looked still having that thing in his mouth. He looked so big with that tiny thing in his mouth. Ang said that strangers probably wonder why the twins are so different developmentally. One is talking and running around while another one is grunting with a paci, running around.

Jackson skinned his knee on Friday and has been quite the dramatic boy. He would not walk on Friday after he did it. He would whine and cry if we made him stand up or move. He had not pooped and I think that was also making things worse for him. Saturday evening he still had not pooped for a couple days and you could see how big his belly was getting. He tried to poop for 30 mins but nothing happened. He ended up getting some Baby Fleet which cleaned him out quickly. After seeing what was clogging him up, I could see why that was painful for him.

Back to his limp... It was funny and frustrating at the same time to see how he thought he needed to walk with his knee. At times he would be hunched over walking slowly as he would say then three seconds later he would run around a little then go back to his old man walk. It is safe to say that I know what he will look like walking around when his is an old man. As long as his knee was covered up he would be ok but if he say his knee he would be hurting all over again.

Today, Jackson finally decided that he could walk without a limp from his knee injury so we went to 'Kethcup Park' and Lowes for some sand for his sandbox. J and B both loved climbing up and down the lawn mowers and pushing the cart. Brady only hit himself a couple times after we made him leave the tractors.

What to write....

Today was another day at school for dad and a day with the boys for ang. Jackson and Brady both ate watermelon after dinner tonight. Jackson turned his piece into a melon ship and Brady ate most of a big chunk of it. Jackson also ate half of a turkey burger. Both boys were very interested in the terminex guy spraying for ants. Jackson kept on talking about the guy was going to get the ground moles.

Yesterday we took the boys to the water walk in Marshall and they loved it. They got to run around to the different platforms and talk about the fish. Jackson kept on asking about crocodiles and if they were in the water but was relieved when I told him there were not any. At one point he decided to giggle while he tried to run away from me. Lucky I am so fast and I was able to catch him, he had a great belly laugh while he was running.

Brady's temper seems to be getting better and better, hopefully I don't end up jinxing myself saying that. His Noni and Grammy came up and Brady loved Noni so much. He sat in daddy's chair and talked to her at first but warmed up quickly. She was able to give him a bottle.

The First One

Here is the start of our adventure in online blogging. I/We hope to update the blog a couple times a week. Please leave comments if you please...

The boys tried to help Daisy go potty in the backyard this morning. They had a blast chasing her around without their shoes on. Ang said they seemed to really get a kick out of not wearing shoes in the backyard, they were really breaking the rules. Daisy would not do her duities so they took her for a walk around the block. The walk worked for Daisy and of course Brady fell numerous times. With feet and a head that big it must be hard to keep his balance... His knees can tell you about his balance issues. J and B seem to really like having Daisy around again, we have not minded much either. J and B have been tiring her out so she has not been acting to crazy. This DOES NOT mean that we are getting a dog or want one!!!!!!

Jackson has been speaking Spanish because of his Handy Manny t.v. show. It is cute to hear him do it, I told him that Uncle Matt can speak Spanish and he laughed and said that was silly (I agree). Brady is still chompin on his fingers, I am surprised that he is able to do it with all of those teeth. He has been squinting and smiling lately, he either needs glasses or that is his happy face. His slapping and head banging has been better as well. His improvement in behavior has to relate to his better language skills.