Boys

Billy had this great idea to make a mat out of pictures of our dirty boys for the frame that Mom got us. So here it is finished for now. I'm sure I will change out some pictures here and there when I get good ones :)

William's on two wheels

On Thursday evening William hit another mile stone. The training wheels came off his bike. I was watching two of our neighbors kids who are 8 and 5, they both had brought their bikes to ride while they stayed with us. Billy was home, so I was riding bikes with them all too. William was watching everyone ride and all of a sudden said "I want to take my training wheels off." So Billy took them off and started to hold the bike behind him.  William was super determined and very quickly told Billy he could do it.... and that was that. I didn't even have time to get the video camera for that first take off! (we did get some footage of the evening though)
I knew he was ready because he has been doing really well cruising around on his balance bike. We have been talking about taking off his training wheels for a little while, I was just waiting for Billy to be home.

William is really excited about riding his bike all over again. It's so fun to watch him grow up! I am so proud of him.

I'm so glad when Daddy comes home

Well, Billy comes home tomorrow and we are all ready and excited to have Dad around again! It was a really long 19 days and I'm sure that has something to do with 3 boys all under the age of 4 and the fact that Billy has only had one day off in a month and a half. I'm ready for a BREAK.

Here are the boys painting Dadddy a welcome home sign-

#3

I finally got Jameson's name hung up in the boys room. I had it painted and completed by the time he was 3 weeks old, just never had a chance to get it on the wall.  The room is a little bit closer to being complete. The only thing left is that painting I started before William was born :) haha.

Pin Board

I fancied up my old buleton board from the office the other day. Not sure why I thought I needed to do a craft project on top of everything else going on in my life right now. I think I was looking at my fridg and thinking that it looked cluttered and if I only had a cute board to hang things on instead....
Anyway, it was pretty simple project. A little paint, fabric and hot glue- done.

I like it and it covers up one of those spots in the kitchen that I am always staring at and thinking that it looks dirty :)

My little teddy bear

Jameson is the size of the boys teddy bears right now. I know the little stage doesn't last forever so I am trying my best to soak it up. Some days are harder than others but oh how I love the little tiny babies. When I pick him up after not holding him for a little while he feels as light as a teddy bear... but after holding him for hours, that 9 pounds feels pretty heavy.

Summer Blueberry picking

Today the boys and I drove to the U pick blueberry farm to meet up with friends and pick blueberries.  We did this last year and it was REALLY hot the day we went. Today however, was perfect! There was fog on the coast but sun at the farm and there was this perfect cool breeze as we picked and ate and ate and picked. I think we ate just as much as we picked, which makes it a really good deal in the end. After filling our little buckets we went back to the big oak tree for lunch and the boys played with their friends. We picked a few more blueberries after lunch (William ate all the blueberries in his bucket during lunch) and then checked out and went home. It was the perfect outing for a Wednesday afternoon.

This year & last year! Zachary has grown so much

William last year... He has gotten a lot taller!

Jameson enjoying the outing!