Rainy Day and Blast From the Past

I think this is going to be one of the last times Jackson's going to be able to fit in these pjs so I had to take a picture.

This is the kids wearing the same pjs (but with the pants instead) last May, 2010. I just want to squeeze both of these little kids! They look so much older now!

We have FINALLY had a few days of rain here! I don't even know if Jackson remembered what rain was! The kids had fun running around in it for a few minutes. This is the only one with Cooper. I realized why I always have so many more pictures of Jackson, Cooper is so bad with pictures! He is always looking off to the side, being silly, running around, etc.. I don't think he loves being in pictures :). So anyway, Cooper ran around a minute then went inside and Jackson continued to play in the rain.

He's not quite sure about it.

I just thought he looked so sweet in this one!

Can't get enough of that smile!

Now he's loving it!

A wet and happy boy!

Jackson

This post is all pictures of Jackson! We get lots of one-on-one time together when Cooper is in PK.


Love this picture of him!

While Cooper is in school Jackson gets to do fun things with me like going to Target! :) (although since he gets a dohnut while we shop he usually doesn't complain!) Sometimes we'll go to story hour at the library or do a playdate so that's fun too!

One day I decided to take a few pictures of him at this cute little place.

What a ham!

Now I need to take Cooper here!

Jackson is getting so big! He is talking so much and is starting to get into letters and numbers. He LOVES to play with Cooper and follows him around copying his every move.

We hope you have as fun of a day as we did! (If you can't tell, this is our reflection in the window of a shop)

It's Fun Outside!

This has nothing to do with being outside but I thought it was so cute of the boys!

It's actually not 110 degrees outside so we've been trying to take advantage of it!

Cooper discovered he can climb a few trees in our backyard and he loves it!

Wipe-out!

Here comes tough Cooper!

Bye mom!

A Few Projects

I've been doing a few craft projects lately and I wanted to share. Amy, this post is for you :).

I made this Halloween subway art for one of my niches in the hallway. I have a hard time figuring out what to put here so this fits great.
I made it reversable so I can turn it over when I take all my Halloween stuff down.

I pulled my fall wreath out of the attic and it looked horrible, everything was falling off of it. I was so annoyed because I thought it'd at least last a few years. So I went online and found a wreath kind of like this and made one for my front door.

Last is a project that I didn't have to do much for, just paint. My kind of project! It's the bathroom that I posted "before" pictures of probably a month ago. My dad and Ryan put up the beadboard and framed the mirror and I LOVE it.

I had to put a close-up of my two cutie pies.

A view of the wall with the door.

That's it!

More Cooking

I wanted to share the worlds easiest cookie recipe! We got it out of the Parents magazine.
It's 1 C peanut butter, 1 C sugar, and 1 egg. That's it! Just mix it up, then roll into balls and roll into sugar.

Then you use a fork to make lines in them like this.

Bake for around 10 min at 350. SO yummy and easy!

I think I'm going to start a cookbook for the boys on shutterfly where I put the recipe on one page, and then pictures of them making it/eating it on the other page. My plan is to keep adding to it as they get older, and wouldn't it be a fun gift to give them when they're older?! That's my plan anyway, we'll see how it works out.

This was just hilarious. I was changing Jackson's diaper and he layed Mickey down beside him and said "mickey lay down diaper." So I put a diaper on Mickey and he thought it was hilarious. Then Cooper wanted one on. They actually wanted me to put one on but there are no pictures to prove or disprove anything!

Silly (and sweet) Brothers

Aww, my boys are so sweet together.

Or maybe they're just silly! Sweet.

Now they're being silly.

Now a little fighting! A day in the life of brothers, huh?

If I was clever I'd think of some great thing to caption this photo, but unfortunately I'm not!

Now there's a sweet boy!

Another sweet boy!

Then they decided they were going to run to me.

I got some great pictures of those cheeks in action!

My two sweet and silly boys! (yes, Cooper is wearing a chain around his waist. He found it outside -it goes to our hammock-and thought it was a great belt.)

Bee Cookies and Last Swim of the Season

So a week or two ago we made these bee cookies.
The boys loved it (especially eating them!)

You first spread frosting on a cookie and then put a mini twix on them. (the bee) You are supposed to color the frosting for the cookie blue. But I didn't.

Then you cut a marshmellow in half and use them as wings.

You also color frosting yellow (which I didn't) and stripe the top of the twix for the bee.

Here's our finished bee! Yes, it would have been cuter if I had colored the frosting, but this was easier and just as yummy!

We also had our last swim of the season. Boo.

It was a little chilly so Ryan was the only one who got in with the boys.

We'll miss you pool! Every time Jackson sees one he says "swim pool!"