Hopeful Expressions

Monday, March 29, 2010

my boys

my boys are so silly.

my boys are beautiful.

my boys are...

funny.

serious.

loving.

strong.

showing independence.

thoughtful.

playful.

tenderhearted.

stubborn.

good.

curious.

joyful.

peaceful.

kind.

sweet.

loyal to each other & to their mommy & daddy.

need i say more? :)

sophie time

we had the priviledge of watching sophie a couple of weeks ago...

my boys really enjoyed spending time with her.

i must confess, i REALLY enjoyed having a girl around! (sigh!) it was so wonderful to see bows and pink and talk about boys with her! :) hee hee!

here are some cute pics of the day... looking forward to doing it again soon! :)

love you sophie girl!

the boy and his potty...

my boy Z is learning to use the potty! (finally)! this is a big deal and he is doing so well! (at least in the #1 department)

sure, it might take us a good year to get it "really down pat" and we happen to have a few "oops" here and there...

BUT the boy is mighty proud when he runs in the bathroom and does his thing standing up. you should see the look on his face.

i implemented a potty chart so he can feel really proud when he makes it into the bathroom "all dry!"

(funny how bathroom talk is all the rage as a parent of a toddler :))

see for yourself!

Friday, March 5, 2010

first big boy haircut

hi everyone!

hope your spring is fairing well so far. it is march! hooray! there is still snow on the ground from all of our blizzards but we are inching closer to warmth and we're getting excited. HOPE is in the air! :)

while we haven't yet taken zach to get his first "professional" haircut (he's 4), due to his cute little sensory issues (see my positive thinking?), grandma somora has done an excellent job with all of his fantastic hair. however, i felt logan needed a little lift. zach has a full thick head of hair, logan does not. my littlest little man needed some umphf! you know what i'm sayin'? :)

so, grammie came with logan (2) and me to the hair cutting place and it was a fun fun time. logan was so brave and happy and funny to boot! he even came out of it with a certificate and lollipop! i mean, could life get any better?

enjoy the pictures. it was a special day!

before "the" haircut

walking in with grammie

posing with grammie... so cute!

sitting on the horse

angel working her magic

putting on the brave face

smirking...

the finished product

look at that cute neck!!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

bouncing for autism

the first tuesday of every month, "Bounce U" has a benefit to support children with autism. we have made a big effort to make sure we take our boy Zach and the little logan to go and have fun!

and we sure do!!! there are really not many others that come ... so from 6 to 7:30pm we have our way with the place. the support staff is amazing and playful and the boys love running around, jumping, bouncing and sliding all over the place.

come on out and support autism. support my zach and bounce away...

zach coming down slide

logan coming down slide

wheeeee!

so fun!

daddy taking boys up big ladder...

sittin' at the top!

bouncing with glee

running obstacle course

it's a race... z won! :)

teaching boys how to play ball

Thursday, February 25, 2010

bowling with the boys...

so my little z had yesterday off of school. we decided it would be fun to have adventures and make the most of it... and we did!

we started off the day with breakfast at cracker barrel with one of my favorite peeps and her youngest daughter. delicious goodness and fellowship. how can you go wrong? the boys were in heaven eating their pancakes!

then we picked up grandma and papa and went to the local bowling place. zach had just been bowling for his friend's birthday party and it was a success (after a 10 min meltdown) and so we thought we'd try and try again! right? of course, logan has never bowled before so it was gonna be fun watching him...

we had a fun fun fun fun time! the boys loved it and so did my parents! :)

we ended our fun-ness by getting lunch at mcdonalds. i know, can you stand how much fun we had? and we ate so healthy too! :)
but, hey, our big boy was home for the day... gotta play hard and eat hard, right? :)

finally daddy came home and we played and had a wii tournament.

i know, BEST parents ever! :)

i'm HOPEing my boys think that!

:)