T Ball

This summer will be the first time Isabella will be involved in summer rec activities.  She is signed up for T Ball, a summer reading program at the library, and swimming lessons.  Yesterday we got her all the necessary equipment to be able to practice at home.  She fits right in to this baseball loving family, and made her daddy proud at how well she caught on!

 

 

Jaymes had to get in on the action, too.

My Boy

I love his sweet little two year old talk, I love when he tells me things like, "Night night, Angel Mommy", I love how cuddly he is, how he still asks me to rock him sometimes, how he belts out the songs in church.  I love his innocence, and I love seeing the world through his eyes, everything is just so exciting!  I love that his favorite toys are cool whip containers, hangers, and cereal boxes!  Ages 2 and 3 are my very favorite ages, and he's right in the midst of it!  He's such a good boy, but a crazy picky eater!! I love how he only calls Isabella, "Sissa", unless he is comforting her, he says, "Sissa Baby".  He does know how to push her buttons, though, too!  I wish I could slow down time, and keep him like this a while longer.

 

 

 

 

"Reading" a book in Spanish, one of the only remnants of my college days.

 

Eating supper tonight shirtless, after an unfortunate incident involving a lid not properly placed on a sippy cup!

Spring?

We finally got a chance to play outside today, what a welcome relief!  We had another blizzard yesterday, and there's more snow in the forecast for tomorrow, but then  . . . according to my weather app, SPRING at the end of this week!  You know your child is going stir crazy when he asks every day, multiple times a day, "I go to Wal Mart?  I ride in blue cart?  Pwease?"

 

Big Jump!  :)

2 and a half

Cooped up

This has honestly been the worst winter I can remember, so far we've had about one week of somewhat "springish" weather right before Easter, and now we're back to winter.  Yet another full blown blizzard today, yay!  Jaymes has definitely had cabin fever, as have the rest of us!  The other day, it was actually nice (meaning the sun was shining, temp was around 30) so we decided to stop by the zoo and pick up a family pass for the summer.  Jaymes absolutely loved it, and has been talking about going to the zoo ever since.

 

I made this rainbow rice box (thanks to Pinterest) a while back, and it has been a life saver on days like today.  He loves it, and can spend a good amount of time digging around in it.

 

I'm not good at using my camera's settings yet, but I tried this shot to make motion appear stopped, it worked pretty good with the rice falling! 

 

Today

I guess a new camera was the motivation I needed to start blogging again!  Today was yet another cold, snowy, "roads too icy to go anywhere" kind of day.  It's getting pretty old . . .  Isabella managed to spend a good part of the day outside building a "house" out of snow, so at least someone is still enjoying this weather! 

 

I didn't want to even set foot outside, so I just opened the door a crack and snapped this from a long way away.

 



 

There was a time when I was against all video games, and I still am not a huge fan of most, but . . . I have to say I love the Wii!  We got it for a family gift for Christmas.  It gets Isabella (and us) moving! It's been a lot of fun for her this winter, especially on super cold days where she couldn't go outside and burn off any energy! 

 

Following in his big sister's footsteps!  Jaymes is a big fan of his blanky, it's usually not too far from him.

 

I'm not sure why, but I really like this picture of Isabella.

 

 

Being silly!

Be prepared

for lots of pictures!  I was just telling Monte the other day how I would someday like a new camera, one that took more professional quality photos.  Two days later, the Amazon Deal of the Day happened to pop up on my facebook newsfeed (their deals of the day are never on my newsfeed!).  It just so happened that their deal of the day was the Sony Nex-F3 camera that was around 40% off if you ordered that day!  Since my birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks, Monte said that could be my birthday present.  I am so excited about this camera!  So far I've really only used the automatic settings, I can't wait to read more, and figure this thing out better!

 

This was taken today, our cold weather and snow is REALLY getting depressing.  :(  We got 14 inches of snow last night, and Isabella has her second snow day of the week today.

 

 

Her beloved doll.

 

This picture doesn't exactly scream "Spring"!

 

Being goofy, look how grown up she's getting!

Sweet Girl

Well, I've considered giving up the blog, but I just can't do it.  Maybe someday I'll get back to posting regularly.  I've had tons of posts written up in my head, if that counts!  :)  So for now my posts are few and far between, but maybe one day I'll decide to get back into it. 

 

I took this picture of Isabella today, and I just love it!  Her smiles have been awfully "cheesy" as of late, and here I caught a genuine smile, I think that's why I love it so much.  I don't think I've even posted on here about our cat.  We got him as a tiny kitten last June, and he turns one this month.  As you can see, he's not so tiny anymore!  His name is Simba, and the kids absolutely adore him (and I admit, I do too).  It's been great having a pet for the kids, and seeing how well Isabella takes care of him!