My boys

Did I post these already?!...so hard to get a picture of all my beautiful boys looking at me and giving me genuine smiles at the same time...I'll take what I can get. Either way, I still think they are all beautiful...

I love Ethan's smile in this last one, and Owen looks like he is trying TOO hard...

It's meeeee.....

Yeah, it's been awhile..."been busy" is the understatement of the Year.

I'll be posting a few updates to get everyone caught up...likely, they will come as a series of photos, with captions...because as I type right now, I have 3 kids hanging off of me, one yelling "Mommy, Mom-meeeee, Hey, Mommy, Hey, Mom-meeeee!", one trying to ascend my leg, and one obsessed with sticking his finger in my belly button...you know, everyday stuff...just not a lot of time for text.

So, let's start back in April...when I put my kids in the laundry baskets...because it's funny...

Owen wants everyone to know that while Dylan might be known for his drool production, he's not too shabby with it himself.

16 months!!

Today, my "babies" are 16 months old...

It looked like they were up to something, so, like any Mommy who has given up all hope at keeping her house neat and organized, I grabbed my camera to document the destruction...

It was an assembly line deal...Dylan would pull something out of the pantry and hand it to Owen...then Owen would hand it back and Dylan would put in back in...

Owen gives the brown sugar a try...Mommy now realizes she has 3 bags of brown sugar...maybe she should bake something?! I know a certain little boy who loves to make banana bread...but it's hard to get enough "yucky bananas" to make banana bread when the boys eat so many every day! Puts a new spin on the "monkey" nickname for all my boys!!

Rejected by Owen...the brown sugar bag doesn't taste as good as the real thing...

Next up...taste testing the brown grocery bag...he doesn't look too impressed...

Maybe this is a better use...

Mommy's been spotted...

D continues his work...

Seems he was trying to make room in the pantry...for himself!

Had to look back to a year ago...these two are so cute together!!

Dylan (left) has the same "deer in headlights" look in both these pictures!

I remember this being one of the first times I saw them really look at each other.
Melt my heart.

Happy Easter!

It's Easter weekend and Grampa Dode is in town! After a fun trip to the Park yesterday, we had a snack, and Grampa Dode and Ethan built a "sport" (fort) before naptime.

The Easter bunny brought the kids some jelly beans, chocolate, and sippy cups...for Ethan, a "big purple St Olaf cup" which was really not from St Olaf, but is just like the "big blue St Olaf cup." The Easter bunny ate way too many jelly beans and Reeces while putting together the baskets, so she needs to be good today!!

Ethan was SO excited to see his basket from the Easter bunny!

And Owen and Dylan were pretty cute with their new bunny cups...even though they were a total milk disaster on the floor...

It's a beautiful Sunday morning! The forecast from a few days ago was showing rain for today, and as Mommy talked to Ethan about how wonderful it was that Sven was wrong about the rain, he said..."It's sunny out so it's Sunday. When it's cloudy out it's Cloud-day, when the moon is out it's Moon-day and when the darkness is out it's Dark-day"...we've been working on the days of the week...looks like we have some work to do, but Ethan's concept makes sense too!

Happy Easter!

Closing March with pictures

Scenes from March...

Dylan and his "softie"

Owen and Mommy in March 2010...reminds me so much of...

Ethan and Mommy in April of 2007

Late to the game, but ready to go...Owen is WALKING!!

WHAT is this face? It cracks me up!!

Dylan is such a big boy!! Reminds me of...

...these little Ethan cheeks from March of 2008

Dylan accessorizes just like his big brother does with beads

Owen is ready to go on our first "family walk" of the year!

So are D & Ethan

Mommy and D have a morning snuggle

Gramma Nana and Ethan build a "sport"...otherwise known as a FORT!

Owen is definitely saying "E E!" in this picture...his way of saying his brother Ethan's name.

Ethan did great at his preschool's trike-a-thon!!

He loves to accessorize

Ethan likes beads. Even when it's not Mardi Gras. He is truly his Gramma Nana's grandchild.

Spin, 2, 3, 4, Spin, 2, 3, 4

Ethan has been talking about exercising at preschool lately. We really need Spring to come, so we can get outside. A few weeks ago, Ethan put his head down on this chair, started spinning around and declared that he was exercising. We need to get outside!!