Bike a thon!

On Wednesday, Kyle had his bike a thon at school. He had a GREAT time and it was SO cute to see all of his friends out riding their bikes and trikes!


Kyle and Grace riding together. They are so cute together! This is one friend Kyle has literally had since he was 12 weeks old. I hope they remain friends for a long long time.

Brother got to leave his class for a litte bit and come watch Kyle ride his bike! Before I know it, Evan will be out there riding with them. :-)

WHEW...after a morning of riding it was time for a popsicle to cool down!

Last week we went on a "last minute" mini vacation to Walt Disney World. We had the best time being away with the boys even though it was a lot of work and very tiresome. I think the boys really had a good time. Can you believe Evan has already been to Disney World twice and he is only 6 months old! I tell you that is one lucky baby! Ha ha

When I was a little girl I remember coming home from school on Friday afternoon and my parents deciding to go to Disney World or to go the the beach for the weekend. I loved the "spur of the moment" fun and excitement! (I know-HUGE shocker for those who know me and know that I must be prepared and dwell on things for days before it happens!) Anyway, I want to create those kind of fun "spur of the the moment" memories for the boys. Even though my mom worked and I never went lacking for one thing and I always remember mom being at all my activities at school I worry about this more than most realize. I want the boys to know that I am there for them no matter what. I feel SO guilty having to leave them every morning to go to work. I have been working so much lately that I think I needed this get a way with them as much as they needed it with me.

We had a great time. We took our time driving down to Florida and stopped several times. I have found a new outlet that I would like to go back and spend an entire day at!

We arrived at Disney World in the late afternoon. Kyle was SO excited because we did not tell him where we were going. We wanted it to be a surprise. Since we stayed at a hotel in the park we decided just to eat dinner at the hotel and call it an early night.

The next day was our big Magic Kingdom day! Kyle's favorite ride hands down was "Buzz Lightyear", Evan's was "It's a Small World" and Ben's was "The People Mover". We all had lots and lots of fun! First for being at the happiest place on earth but more importantly just being there together as a family.

These are times that I hope the boys will look back on and remember as a happy time and remember that Mommy and Daddy tried to be "spontaneous" and more importantly know that we will ALWAYS be there for them.

My new friend....

The Graco Electric Nasal Aspirator!!

I am in LOVE with this thing! I know it is kind of weird (and gross) for me to be head over heals for a nose sucker but this thing is great! I did not even know they existed until my friend at work had a baby and she asked me about them. "Why no...I have never heard of them." Then I started asking around and apparently they are popular.

I am obsessed with keeping my boys noses clean! It drives me crazy when we see kids at the mall play area or in Wal-mart with snot running down their faces. I have this over whelming urge to reach out and wipe their noses (Yes, I know that is even MORE GROSS and awkward for me to want to wipe a stranger kids nose!)

So with this latest cold Evan has and the plastic blue bulb nose sucker is just not cutting it anymore. We went out on a mission to find one of these new electric nose suckers.

AHA! We found one! I purchased it primarly for Evan but once I got it home Kyle (who has had a running nose for so long that his nose has been peeling for two weeks because I have wiped it SO much) wanted to try it. Well I guess I should say he wanted to try it AFTER I chased him around the house with it trying to suck his nose. He finally agreed to try it if I let him do it himself. So I showed him where the button was and he stuck it to his nose and turned it on. With in seconds it had pulled all this nasty snot out out of his nose that I had been trying to get out with tissues. He laughed and laughed - partly because it was so gross to see everything come out of his nose and partly because he could finally breath. :-)

Kyle has been wanting to use it all the time now...Evan not so much, but I think we time he will too learn his mama's obsession. And I am one happy mama cause my boys have clean noses!

Kyle's New Ride!

Kyle has the Trike a thon coming up at school soon so we pulled out his tricycle and much to our surprise he is too big for it! His knees were literally hitting the handle bars as he tried to petal. I can not believe my baby boy has grown up so fast and I have no idea this time has gone.

So a few weekends ago, Kyle received a new bicycle from Ga Ga (my mom). We took him to a local park and let him practice on an old tennis court that is now just a concrete slab and he really got the hang of his new bike very fast.

He usually doesn't like me taking so many pictures of him but on this day he didn't care. He was just happy that he could get out and ride his bike.

While we were at Toys R Us picking out his new bike, Kyle ran over to the rack with the baby seats and accessories. He asked me if he could get a baby seat for his bike - I said " Kyle your a big boy and don't need a baby seat" he said, "No mama I need it to ride Evan around." :-)

He melted my heart....he was very concerned that Evan was not getting a new bike also and he wanted to make sure Evan could ride also. I had to explain to him that Evan was too little to ride a bike but he would be able too soon.

First shopping cart ride!

Over the weekend, Mom and I picked up Evan a new shopping cart cover. This one is super duper and much nicer than Kyle's. I love the new cushions and how it goes all around the shopping cart. It's amazing at what they come up with in four years. Anyway...Evan LOVED sitting up and looking around when we went to Wal-Mart later that afternoon.

And as you can tell big brother loved Evan sitting up in the buggy also! :-)