Sunday, December 07, 2008

Fire Station

We went to the local fire station for playgroup last week. At first, Sam was SO EXCITED.


Then, for some reason he was scared of everything and everyone... firefighters, fire trucks, fire equipment, etc. It was so frustrating, but we made it through the rest of our time there. He had THIS FACE every time I tried to get him involved with what was going on...


At least Z enjoyed it. (Except for when they turned on the siren and honked the horn. BOTH my boys flipped out then... Good thing I have two arms...)

Matching Church Boys


You might think from my title that I am talking about Sam and Zack. Nope. Sam and Matt. Matt was off to meetings before I was coherent enough to see what he was wearing. Needless to say, I got the remaining three of us ready for church. When Matt arrived home with about 5 minutes to help me load the boys in the van, we realized that he and Sam were matching! Sam thought it was SO TOTALLY AWESOME. Matt wished he had time to change. :)

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Z

My new favorite Z pic... Check out his hair.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

8 Things

Look at these adorable brothers. (And this is Sam's "real smile".)

8 Things
Jen... I totally forgot about this until Reagan. :)

8 shows I enjoy watching:
1) The Office
2) Chuck
3) Heroes
4) Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger
5) 24 (starting again soon!!!)
6) Lost
7) SuperNanny
8) Whatever movie I have recently TiVoed.


8 things that happened yesterday:
1) melted crayons and made train shaped crayons (see this)
2) made baby food (sweet potatoes and a fruit mixture) for Z
3) played play-doh with Sam
4) ate a LOT of pumpkin chocolate chip bread
5) finished the last of my 25 train bean bags (for Sam's party)
6) played Ticket to Ride with the Roms. ADULT GAME NIGHT. :)
7) had the best. fish. tacos. at Lonestar. Again. Love that place.
8) went to the library

8 things I'm looking forward to:
1) Thanksgiving dinner. I LOVE THANKSGIVING DINNER.
2) Snuggling tonight with Matt and watching a movie
3) a slimmer waistline (if it ever happens)
4) my fam coming out to visit in about 10 days
5) Sam's bday party. It's going to be traintastic.
6) having good friends in SLC. this place is kinda weird.
7) Bel coming. Anytime Bel comes is my favorite time.
8) the end of YW in Excellence (tomorrow night...)

8 things I love about fall:
1) crisp mornings and evenings
2) leaves, leaves, leaves. I miss Boston, although SLC has had surprisingly good colors this year.
3) my bday
4) Thanksgiving
5) hot chocolate/hot cider/wassail
6) Christmas music
7) squash and sweet potatoes (both things Matt hates... oh well!)
8) sweaters, snuggly blankets, etc.

8 things on my wish/dream/goal list:
1) get organized
2) get exercising
3) clean out scary bedroom
4) send nate and rach christmas packages
5) finish this forever post
6) finish planning Sam's train party
7) a double maclaren stroller
8) a new kitchen

8 people I'm tagging:
(First of all, CONGRATULATIONS if you've made it this far and are still reading. You deserve something... go scoop yourself a bowl of ice cream and read on.)
1) Bel (will you do it, huh huh huh? a departure from your witty banter for sure...)
2) Leese of course
3) Lesley and Trev since they are having a hard time blogging ... when are you going to do my photo post suggestion, ehhhhh cuz???
4) Dr. Katerbates if you have time.
5) Mindy, Mindylou, I miss you.
6) Ev cuz he's so entertaining.
7) Tiffany Jenks... but funny enough you just did it. You're off the hook. :)
8) Anne since I know it's about a, ohhh... ummm...a negative 4% chance that you'll actually do it, my little blogger voyeur. Why oh why won't you blog anymore? I want to see Brock's awesome hair, and Drew is so big now... and we miss you guys.

Some pics. Since what's a post without pics, right???
Brothers. Sam reading Z a book.
Raking leaves with Dad. This was from a couple weeks ago, but repeated today. Sam LOVES playing in the leaves with Matt.

This is Stuck in My Head



Fun choreography and poppy song. Can't seem to get a different tune to stick right now...
(ignore the terrbile video quality)

Just for you Corinne.
THE BOYS ARE BACK...

Thursday, November 13, 2008

My Snuggle Bug

Sam loves his "snugglies". Here he has piled all of them and every toy he could find on our main floor on top of me.

And then "snuggled" me. I love my little snuggle bug.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Heard Today...

(Background: We have been listening to new "train" tunes in preparation for Sam's birthday party...)

Sam (walking into Z's room with my small black purse slung over one shoulder)-

"Bye Mom, I'm leaving. I'm taking the A train."

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Guess Who...

Is getting quite literally INTO solids and loving it???
Yep, the Z-man.
(Another plug for making your own baby food. So so easy. The above? Sweet potatoes and apples. You can do this too...)

Plus, two more of Sam's creations.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween

...from the train family. Thomas, Percy, and James... (those diaper boxes sure come in handy to paint over and make trains, dontcha think???)Sam was REALLY excited about being trains.
Z also went as a BYU football player to our trunk or treat. (like Sam was a couple years ago... do they look alike???)

A Note from Zachary

Hello. I just had a doctor's appointment that confirmed what my mom and dad suspected.

I am a big boy. Just how big you might ask???

Well... let me tell you.

I'm 85% for weight.
I'm 99% for height.
And my head? Well, it's off the charts.

But aren't I cute???