Spring Walk

 I still don't have our camera lens fixed, so I'm taking pictures with an old Kodak.  Hopefully we'll get our lens soon!  I miss taking nice, crisp pictures!

A few weeks ago I picked the boys up from school and headed to a local walking trail.  I loaded everyone up in our triple stroller (that had a nearly flat tire) and headed down the trail.  I knew I'd be exhausted after wrangling all 3 of them and I was right, I was exhausted.  BUT I think we made some fun memories and the boys love "nature walks!"

 

I figured it up and it's well over 100 pounds that I'm pushing when they're all in this stroller!

 

We usually walk for a bit and then stop at a little place that has some rocks and things to play with.

The boys found rocks and different leaves and then JM just HAD to go to the bathroom.  I grabbed everyone up and quickly walked over to a little outhouse on the trail.  Needless to say, I was by myself and there was a random guy just "hanging out" there and I was scared to death.  I locked all of us in the bathroom then realized I didn't have anywhere to put Noah so that I could help JM and then I had to go too. I prayed my children didn't catch a random disease from the dirty bathroom floor that they were laying on.  Ick!  I was hoping the random guy wasn't going to kidnap us but alas, we ended up being fine and we finished up our walk.

Everyone had a great time throwing rocks and leaves...stuff little boys love!

After our walk we met Jordan at a new restaurant downtown and ate dinner together.  The boys were super tired by the time we got home that night!  We had a fun (and tiring) afternoon!

Spring!

Spring has sprung!  Warmer weather is here, the daffodils are blooming, and I've got a new, springy wreath on the front door!

 

Welcome, Spring!  I've been waiting on you all winter!

Kitchen Fun

Although Noah isn't techinically crawling YET, he can scoot around, pivot, and generally get to where he wants to go!

Usually, where he wants to go is over to the play kitchen!  He absolutely loves to sit in front of the white doors and open and close them.

And drag out every piece of food that goes with the kitchen!

It's one of his favorite spots in the house!  I know he'll be crawling pretty soon and it's kind of sad but exciting as well!

Hockey, anyone?

A few weeks ago Alabama played Arkansas in....hockey.  Who knew either one of them had a hockey team?  We didn't!  But Jordan found out about it and took the boys to see their first hockey game AND pull for our beloved Crimson Tide, even if it was just hockey!

The rink was really crowded so they found a place to stand, but Matthew refused to let Jordan put him down.  He was a little scared we think.

JM really enjoyed the zamboni  because he loves floor cleaners with a passion, and a zamboni is just a really big floor cleaner!

The boys were super close to the action!  They were right where the Alabama team walked out of the locker room!

Jordan was a really good dad to take the boys to a game out of town so late at night by himself!  I know he wanted to make some fun memories with them.  We've been playing a lot of "hockey" on our hardwood floor lately!  I know they enjoyed being with their daddy!

Valentine's....just a little late!

As usual, I'm way behind on my blogging!  I'm just so tired at night once we finally get everyone down for the night that I generally just can't even think about working on the blog.  I want to make time though, because I love writing down what all is going on with our house full of little boys!  I'll start with Valentine's Day!

The day before Valentine's Day it snowed and the boys were super excited to get outside in it!  I bundled them up nice and warm and sent them on their merry way!  Can you tell I still don't have my Canon camera fixed?  These pictures just look so grainy!

They had a really fun time and played pretty hard.  They played on their swing set and slid down the slide in the snow!  When they came in I had hot chocolate waiting on them!

Noah and I watched from inside where it was warm!

The next morning we started Valentine's Day out by having sweet heart-shaped cinnamon buns.

And the boys had little butterfly Valentines from mommy and daddy.  I made these for their preschool classmates as well.

And for lunch I made everything heart shaped!  I'm sure they really cared, but I thought it was cute and I hope I made some fun memories with them.  They're my sweet valentines!

Jordan and I didn't do anything special for Valentine's evening.  Jordan ran out and grabbed us some take out and we watched a RedBox movie.  I'm not being un-romantic, but Valentine's just isn't a big deal for us usually!  Especially after having kids, we'd just prefer a nice, quiet evening at home talking!  Overall, it was a fun day!