Photo Mania!!

I have been slacking a bit on blog posts... so I am going to blow your minds with a million pictures!  Well maybe not a million, but lots and lots to catch us all up!

Two weekends ago, Chad got to go away to LA for a boys weekend to catch some hockey games.  My little dudes and I kept busy and had a great weekend....

Wil got a haircut!

We played some hockey outside on a nice sunny day!

 



We went for a nice dinner date to Boston Pizza!

 



The boys played "babies in bed"

(this was a really cute little game, it entertained them and me for a really long time)

We ate cookies...

 

 

Hahahaha.... this makes me laugh!

They ganged up on me and each got their own box of Triscuits to eat while hiding in the pantry!

 

 

Hooray, Daddy came home and brought us cute hats

(look at this face and those big brown eyes.... sigh!)

I got to have a nap with my big dude

Helping Daddy change some hinges in the kitchen

Me and my little leprechauns on St.Patrick's Day

Another nice spring night

(I just love this little face)

Seems like a good place to have a snack

 

 

It realize it looks like I only take pictures of Carson... this is not the case.  I try to take pictures of Wil, but he is going through a bit of a "no pictures" phase and I am finding it a challenge to actually get a picture that is not blurry bc he is running away or hiding.  Carson on the other hand is very much in a camera loving phase and very happily poses for me.  I work with what I have!!

Spring Fun!

Yesterday we had a beautiful sunny day with double digit temperatures.  We spent lots of time outside because we knew there was cold and snow coming today.  The boys discovered the joy of jumping in puddles and got to play road hockey with daddy.  We are so ready for spring and summer fun... hopefully the blowy snow and double digit minus temps that we had today are just temporary and spring fully arrives soon!

Carson LOVED playing in the puddles....

Yes, he fell in, but it didn't stop him and he screamed when I made him stop to go inside so he wouldn't freeze.  I think this will be something we do a lot more of as spring approaches.

 

My three boys enjoying the beautiful spring evening

 

Road hockey

Wil trying out the puddles too

Splash!

Something about this shirt....

It's no secret that Carson lives mostly in hand-me-down clothes from Wil.  Sometimes I really enjoy pulling out a favourite outift and then getting to see it all over again on Carson.  Sometimes I feel a bit bad that he doesn't get much new stuff, but at this point I don't think he knows the difference or that he cares all that much.  The funny thing is now even Wil is starting to recognize favourite clothes.... "Mommy, Caron is wearing a shirt that was baby Wil's".  

The point of all this is one little gray onsie.  Everytime Wil wore it, he would always pull his arms out of the top, and have it half hanging off.  Everytime Carson wears it now, he does the EXACT same thing.  Weird. 

Shirt half on, drinking

 

Shirt half on drinking

(A wee bit messier than his clean freak older brother)

 

Shirt half on showing his "Big Muscles"

 

shirt half on showing his "big muscles"

 

 

shirt half on just being cute

 

 

 * note * I promise you, none of this was staged.  As soon as I saw Carson sitting at the table half naked, it reminded me of the pictures of Wil and I took some to compare.  Wil is younger in his pictures than Carson is now, because he was a bigger boy... but it is uncanny how they both did the exact same thing in this shirt.  Funny kids!

Snowy Sunday!

After a week of amazing, warm, sunny weather, today we got blasted with a big snow storm!  Having lived in Calgary for a bunch of years now, I knew not to get comfortable with the spring like weather... so it wasn't a big surprise that more of the white stuff was going to come.  I am sure, just like the last few years, it will snow again and again, and probably at least once in June too!! 

We did make it out of the house this morning to go to the arena for some skating, but now I am bundled up in my blanket on the couch, with a cup of tea, enjoying some quiet time while the boys nap.  Perfect time to post some new pictures!

This is why we wait until after breakfast to get dressed!

(He rarely wears a bib anymore, usually it gets ripped off pretty quickly!)

Self portraits by Wil

This is what happens when I try to talk on the phone... the picture does not do the mess justice!

The last few times Carson and I have gone to pick Wil up from school we have had a bit of extra time, so we have made some Tim Horton's stops.  Carson enjoys his "tea" from the big cup.

(It is just a bit of hot chocolate and milk, and most of it ends up on his shirt, but it is fun I guess!)

 

Wil has it down pat, doesn't spill a drop of his hot chocolate!

Skating at the rink... Carson is doing great with and without his "pusher"

 

I have some pictures on my camera and videos too... so I will try to post some tonight or tomorrow when I get spare time.  I think it is nap time for me too right now!