Theeeey'rrrrre Baaaaaack!

The Curls are back.  

You know you love 'em.

And they're more luxurious than ever!

Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Daily Affirmations

"Doggone it, people like me..."

Of course, what's not to like?

Jack spent the evening kissing himself in a mirror he dug out of the toy box. It was way cute. I think he may even be in love. :)

Happy 22 months, Jack!

The Same

but oh, so different.

January 29, 2012

January 29, 2012

January 29, 2012

It's only been one short year since these pictures were taken.

They're getting so big!

I Bred Another One!

Another reader that is! ;-)

Jack is all about books right now. I'm loving every minute of it. Well, wait. I'm not loving the book throwing part of this phase, but I guess you have to take the good with the bad in this situation.

Jack in the crate reading a magazine.
(He had to empty out all of the clean clothes first.)

Jack lounging on the Nap Nanny* to read his book.
(Notice the chaos of toys on the floor around him.
That was him, too. Sigh)

*The Nap Nanny has been recalled. I pulled it out of Jack's room happy that I would get the chance to take it back to the store and get some of my money back. The boys love this thing, though. Both Jason and Jack regularly use it when relaxing. The thing is getting more use now than it ever did when Jack was a baby! It figures.

Sunday Was Funday

The boys loved playing outside today...

Jack played on the slide.

He will conquer that slide, just you wait!

Hey there!

 And the big boys played in the dirt. What else would is there to do outside? lol

Using a little teamwork to make some mud.

What do you mean "Don't get all dirty"? I'm not dirty.

I'm dirty! It's fun to be dirty!

It's was a little chilly but totally worth it!

Shawn's Day

Today we celebrated Shawn's Homecoming Day. We did everything we could do make this day special for him.

He woke up to his own celebratory sign, complete with balloons!

Oh boy were they excited by the sign!
We all had to go in and marvel at its beauty this morning.

Shawn got to play the game of his choice (a fishing game) this morning.
He played this game off and on all day long.

Jason took his turn.

Jack was taking his turn, but I was too late
taking the picture. All I got was him leaving the game. lol

 Then this evening, Shawn got to have his favorite dinner. He even got to go with daddy to get it.

It's PIZZA!
He was pretty excited. :)

Chowing down at dinner.

After dinner, Shawn got to blow out a candle on his "cake." He insisted we sing him "Happy Birthday" instead of "Happy Homecoming Day"...which, I guess the day is sort of a variation of a birthday, but still.

Yea! Hurry up and turn out the light, daddy!
I want to blow out my candle!

Blowing out his candle...
LOVE Jason's expression over there.
He was not enjoying the whole "Shawn's Day" idea and was sad
he has to wait a whole NINE days until it's his Homecoming Day.

A high-five for blowing out his candle.

Then he got to open up a few little presents...

A movie

An App card for his LeapPad (Jason has it here)

And some cars!

Then we got to have some cake. Shawn's cake was a giant chocolate chip cookie! It was yummy.

 

 

He was so excited. It made my heart happy to see him having so much fun. I think he had a really great day!

P.S. I know that celebrating a Homecoming Day may seem a bit excessive, but I personally love celebrating this day. It's our chance to focus our attention on only one of them and make him the star of the day, and there really isn't any other chance to do that the rest of the year when you have twins plus one. Besides, it's always fun to celebrate the ones you love!



Happy Homecoming Day, Shawn!

On this day five years ago, our little Shawn came home from the hospital! We were so excited to get the chance to finally be parents without the watchful eyes of the hospital personnel.

Picking him up without having to juggle wires was pure bliss. Sigh. I'm pretty sure all I did that first night was feed him every three hours and stare in wonder at him the rest of the night.

Happy Homecoming Day, Shawn!

It blows my mind to look at how tiny he was -- and he was
four times his birth weigh here!

Tomorrow, we get to celebrate! ;-)

One of a Kind

It's the one of a kind "Closet DIS-Organizer!"

What you can't see is that he was multi-tasking here.
(Um, let's just say he was taking care of some other
business while he hid in the closet there. Ahem.)

Not confined to the restraints of only closets, this little "gadget" can be used anywhere you'd like a more lived-in feel. Just check out these amazing features:

• Cute and attractive
• Lasts all day on a short, ten hour charge
• Minimal fuel required --peanut butter preferred
• Scented (who needs a DE-odorizer when you can have an ODORizer instead)
• Makes a wide variety of noises/words to keep you entertained while he works

Warning: Due to a minor design flaw, otherwise known as molars, product currently produces an excessive amount of drool. Keep away from garments labeled "dry clean only." Oh who are we kidding? Every thing's at risk.

The Closet DIS-Organizer! is a must have for any overly pristine home or office. Get yours today!

Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Brotherly Love

Or at least I think it is.

 

They were happy to play with each other tonight. You'd think they missed each other or something. ;-)

All on His Own...an Observation

Jason spent the night at grandma's this evening, so Shawn (and Jack) got lots of extra attention tonight.

Let me just say that Shawn LOVED it. I swear he literally did NOT stop talking for the entire evening.

He talked to me.

He talked to daddy.

And when both of us were occupied in some fashion, he talked to Jack or even himself!

It was really fun to see how animated he became. (That isn't to say that Shawn isn't pretty darn amazing while Jason is here, but the behavior is different when Shawn shares the spotlight with his brother.) I guess I hadn't really realized just how much the personality of one affected the other, especially in relation to Jason being the more dominant of the two while Shawn is more passive.

Shawn did ask about Jason a number of times, wanting to know when he'd come home. He even told me that Jason was supposed to come home now, which I'm pretty sure he really meant. I do think he enjoyed his evening, though.

Fostering the relationship of the pair while giving each the ability to shine in his own way AND on his own has been a unique challenge. Now that I've seen Shawn's reaction tonight, I'm more determined to give them opportunities like this in the future.

This whole twin business is fascinating to me!

No, No

I keep telling Jack that saying, "No, no, no, no, no..." when he heads off to do something is a dead giveaway that he's up to no good. I don't think he believes me, because he is always so shocked that I've caught him in the act of some mischief. His face always makes me chuckle.

Then again, I'm not sure if it's a good thing that he continues to do what he clearly KNOWS is naughty or that he thinks I'm not going to notice he's doing it. Lol.

This one is going to keep me on my toes , I tell you!

Sunday Snippets

In every story, there are moments that that never make it off the editing room floor. We take lots of pictures of our guys and we have a lot of fun moments, but it's hard to find ways to incorporate all of them in the blog. In other words, those small moments are "edited out" and often forgotten.

I've decided that on occasion, I'll post some of these random snippets from our lives in what I'll call "Snippets" because these small moments are just as important to remember as the bigger ones.

Here are a few Snippets from this week:

Shawn practiced his ball throwing.

Yeah. I'm going to make this thing fly like a torpedo.

 

Just got to make sure I've got the right grip.

 

And there it goes!

Jack perfected his cute little grin and  mess making skills.

 

It's a good thing this boy is cute, I tell you.

 

Look at how excited he is after making a mess. Sigh.

Jason dug up some bones.

This is delicate work.
But mostly he just wanted to play in the dirt.

Here's a bone!

The treasure he found.

Cute Big Boy Saturday

This is what one looks like come morning after a night of riding fast cars in your dreams...

 

 

I told you he has a need for speed now!

A Need for Speed

One of the therapists brought this baby to school today.



This is awesome!

As you can see by Jason's face, he thought it was the best thing EV-ER. Hit doesn't even begin to describe how well this car went over with him.

Shawn, on the other hand, was a bit more apprehensive. He saw the therapist ride the car into the building this morning and was leery of the noise the car makes when it's on. Shawn's still pretty sensitive to certain loud noises, which this car certainly was. (To be fair, Jason was worried about actually getting near the car at first, too.)

Imagine Isaac's surprise, then, when he looked up to see Shawn sitting IN the car!



Hey, where's the radio on this thing?

His reaction to it when it started to move was even better! Just watch his face. :)



He went around the entire building (in the fastest gear even) and loved every minute of it!

Shawn's definitely developed a need for speed to match his brother's!

I think now we may be in trouble.