BFF's fo sho!

Our favorite house guests, the Heise's, came over this past weekend for some good food and good times. It was so much fun as always. The kiddos love eachother and get so excited to play together! They have grown up so much! I cant believe Carter and Rachel have been friends since Carter was 8 mo old and Rachel was 1!Just look at how cute they were playing together when they were little! Notice how Carter is clinching his fists and mad in the pic of them playing. So funny! Time really has gone by so fast. Love those Heise's more and more everyday!

Oh Drewby..

Drew has an ear infection and he hasn't complained at all about it actually.. He was yawning yesterday and he looks at me surprised and says " My ear just popped..mommy did you just hear that?" It was hilarious. I said.. "no, sweet boy, only you can hear that." He looked at me like I was crazy and says "nooo mommy, your kidding." I grabbed him and had to hug him and laugh for a while. Love that boy.

Meanwhile, Carter had a boo boo and I was going to doctor it up and he was really nervous about me getting anywhere NEAR it (he is our dramatic child) so before I go in to touch it he yells "WAIT MOM!, Can I pray for Jesus to make it not hurt real quick?!" I said, of course and he prayed out loud fully confident and expectant that the Lord would take the pain away. Well, it worked. He calmly let me touch and clean the wound and was off playing again in like 2 seconds. I love childlike faith. We all need a dose of it.

Hilarious!

We got to Carter's school a few minutes early today and he wanted to show me his playground and more importantly the monkey bars at the playground. So we are walking over there and the sidewalk curves around and you see the playground up ahead and Carter runs ahead of me and turns back with is hands pointing toward the playground and says, " THIS( dramatic pause..) is where the magic happens!" I died laughing. It was so stinking funny. I cant believe how funny this kid is. Cant wait to tell him these funny stories when he grows up!

Funny Carter Comments of the day

We had some bad weather tonight here in FL and Carter, who is our worrier, was all upset about the threat of the word"TORNADO". So I tried to watch the weather reports in my bedroom as not to alarm him after dinner tonight and Christopher was doing his best to distract the boys from the storm....Carter comes in the bedroom and says he wants to watch the news with me. So we are watching the weather man and all the red and flashing lights on the radar map and Carter says..
Carter:"Hey Mom, My nose has been running today but dont worry, I dont even need tissues because Ive got my own wet wipe here in my mouth!"
MA: What? What are you talking about silly?
Carter: "See right here(pointing to tongue) Its my own personal wet wipe, and its here with me all the time!" (and he then sticks out his tongue to wipe the snot coming out of his nose.) nice.

Then after we died laughing...

Carter: "Hey mom"
MA: "Yes, Carter"
Carter: "It is good to make jokes and laugh because it distracts us from the bad weather and keeps us calm."

WHAT 4 YEAR OLD SAYS THAT??
It was hilarious. I love this kid.

Boys will be boys

Carter and Drew play outside pretty much everyday from about 3:30 to around 6. No

one has to teach boys to build forts and guns...it just happens. Amazing. They have so much fun playing and imagining with eachother and with our neighbors. Here is just a sample of what I see outside when I pass by. Thank goodness Auntie Lisa provides us with loads and loads of beach towels! Do these boys really know how good they have it???
So I sit here and blog while they play pirates and robbers! Here's to trying to be better about blogging. New year, new goals.. Seeing that I didnt post a single entry in 2010, I am already exceeding my best expectations!

Lately...

So it seems that me and blogging do not go hand in hand. I will try to sum up the past few months that have gone by...lets see. We are finding that Drew and Carter are beginning to look more alike. We took some pictures of them tonight together and they are pretty funny. The boys are totally playing together now and that is so much fun for Christopher and I to watch. They chase eachother around and then eventually Carter knocks Drew down and he cries... that is ALWAYS the way it ends. Always. Enjoy!

Drew on the scooter and my perfect loaf of bread

SO Drew thinks he can do anything Carter can do... and he does! It is pretty amazing how these 2nd born kids are so headstrong to be just as good as the first. We were playing outside this morning and Drew took off down the driveway on the scooter. Our driveway has a slight slope for those who do not know so you can pick up some pretty good speed going down it. Drew did it flawlessly and without a problem. Well, until he ran into an obstacle(tricycle). But that doesnt count. It was stopping him from going into the street! hehe. So here is a short clip of him riding it. And also Carter riding it too. Enjoy!

Oh- and I also have put in a picture of my first perfect loaf of homemade bread that I have made thus far. I think the 3rd time was a charm. It is deeeelicious!