He Busted That Sucker

Sounds like a really official medical diagnosis huh? 

But when the shoe fits...

 We go with it.

All that moving around and x-raying was hard work.

Mom wanted to take a nap too

No more 

racing matchbox cars down the banister

and then tumbling 

into a headstand flop down the stairs anymore!

That is now rule #643 in our house.

We have also decided 

that

 we henceforth will avoid broken bones

  at all cost.

Now just wish me luck

keeping this 2 year old mister in his sling 

for 4 whole weeks

He already is saying

"I don' like dis. Take off. Take off!"

and its been 4 days.

I Big

 

This one is pretty self explanatory. 

 Big Brother is playing a really cool game 

with a really big gun.

I big! 

 I play! 

Collin turn. 

I play!

 If you remember from the previous post

"wants it his way, always"

(This immediately happens when it is not going his way.)

What? 

 Two guns?

Yes!

Mom says "Let mommy help"

But I do it.

 I big!

See.

 I do it. 

I big!

 I do it! 

I do it like Caden! 

See!

 I big!

Mom says,

"almost little man. 

almost."

When You're the Best of Friends

 Have you ever ever ever in your life 

seen a cuter

 Woody and Buzz

Don't answer that if you have

YOU HAVEN'T

This picture so perfectly captures their personalities too.

Keegan- 

notice the mile wide grin

He is ready for the party, whenever, wherever.

He is goofy, happy, always ready to ham it up,

He is super silly, super fun

Gives the biggest sloppiest kisses

and wraps himself around you like a monkey 

for huge squishy hugs. 

He thought trick or treating was the best game ever.

Collin- 

notice the hesitant look

He is careful, he is cautious. 

He makes sure its safe before he joins in.

He likes things to be his way, always.

He already knows, and lets you know,  

if something is not fair.

He gives little pecks with his lips perfectly puckered up

and precise little hugs with a few back pats for good measure.

He sings the words to songs, 

and its the cutest thing ever.

He wasn't sure 

all the walking and talking to strange people

was worth the little amount of candy he collected.

They fight

A Lot

But they also play hide and seek together

neither one gets it

so they both hide

and then jump out and scare each other 

and laugh and laugh and laugh

then hide again in the exact same spot

and then do it again.

and again

and they notice when the other one isn't there

Collin says
 "Oh no! Keegie, mom, Keegie.  Keegie gone!"

Keegan says  
"Where Colly go?"

and then as soon as they see each other 

they go back to trying to ignore each other.

Here's to hoping
they will always be the best of friends.

Fingers crossed.

It’s A Christmas Miracle

 
All five 

are looking in the general direction of the camera

No one is crying

No one is screaming

I was able to crop out the candy cane bribes

(that kept the two above mentioned things from happening)

They are all staying in the near vicinity of where they were placed

No one can see what Ryan and I were doing 

to get the above pictured children 

to do or not do 

the above mentioned things

While not all are smiling, 

the majority don’t look like they are being tortured

I count this venture a whopping success.

Merry Christmas to me

I survived the adventure with my sanity intact

Well, mostly intact anyway.

The Giggle Pile

The straight faces and nice smiles don't last long

Because once one person starts giggling,

the whole pile starts to wobble 

 

and thats even funnier

and with every person laughing 

How could the babies resist 

such a huge pile of happiness

They didn't really get the point of the game

But they knew they wanted to be part of it.

And they laughed alongside the giggle pile

Because like I said

How could they resist.

The mood from a pile of happiness is contageous

Discovery Park with the Family

I love that

Family

in our little World

means so much more 

than just my brothers and sisters.

So when I say that the family went to the park

that means that

Logan

Silas

my sisters sister in law and her kids

Michael (pushing) and Carter (in Blue)

her brother and his kid

My sister

 and her husband 

Brynley Bug

 and kid

Vienna

India

and my sister in law with her two kids

Jovan, Cali and Hayli

Bryan

one of my very bestest friends and her kids

and Ryan 

 and I

 

and our kids went to the park,

 

oh, and one of Caden's friends from school.

Pretty safe to say we DOMINATED the park that day.

The weather was PERFECT and we had TONS of fun.

 Yay for the park in the springtime!

 P.S.- It is a really good thing

I decided not to bring my bow and arrows

or my horse

to the playground

because they are NOT allowed

This sign seriously cracked me up

Thanksgiving Point

One of the  

best investments we make every year

is a pass to Thanksgiving point

My kids never get tired of the dinosaur museum.

Never

 

They never get tired of 25 cent ice cream cones after either.

The babies have reached the

ripe old age of being able to eat dairy

so they got to have their first cones. 

It may be putting it midly 

to say that they loved it.

If it even looked like I was reaching for the cones 

they would shreak 

and arch

and clamp on with both hands

so that I could not take them away.

Collin made a huge mess

by eating the bottom of the cone first 

so whatever stayed in the top of the cone when upside down

then melted and ran out the bottom when turned right side up.

I don't know if Keegan spilled a drop. 

He ate every last piece of the dang thing.

I took this on the way out.

Cute kid huh?

I am such an observant mom 

that we were there for two hours

and as we were leaving

I noticed this.

Awesome 

What do you do huh?

I chose to laugh and move on

but secretly I was wondering how many people

were thinking 

"how the crap could his mom

let him leave the house that way."

But that quickly left too

and I just laughed again.

and got in the car

Big Boys with Big Boy Haircuts

We were looking pretty shaggy 

as we approached the big day

and

My mother in law informed me 

 

that Keegan was starting to look 

kind of girly

I even got these text pictures

while she was babysitting one day

They made me laugh 

and I got the message.

So we had a little haircut party in the kitchen. 

 and they didn't love it so much,

But I love that Keegan

doesn't look homeless

and neglected anymore

 (however I miss playing with the wild, curly, silky hair)

and that Collin's is now short enough

that we can spike that blondness right up

Big Boys with Big Boy Haircuts

Pretty cute huh?