The Spring Heat wave

We have a 30 second video option on our camera...we don't always capture the best 30 seconds of an event, but at any rate, here's 60 seconds of one of James' favorite activites. Usually, this is a bath or shower routine, but with this heat, he welcomed the outdoor shower.

The Real Haircut

BEFORE...
DURING...
I'VE HAD ENOUGH ALREADY
AFTER: WHAT A BIG BOY

Spring Arrives...

We went from jackets and hats on Easter, to warm clothes a few days later...hope the warm weather is here to stay!

Happy Easter

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Easter from James, Brodie, mommy, daddy and also from...baby angel in mommy's belly. 12 1/2 weeks and counting. Guess that explains the quietness on the blogging front, mom's been feeling pretty punky for the past few months. Getting MuCH better now!
Hope everyone has a great day!

JAMES' TRIP TO GET HIS FIRST HAIRCUT

BEFORE HAIRCUT TRIP:

AFTER HAIRCUT TRIP:

Well, we decided this weekend was the time to bring James to the super duper kids barber shop in town where he could get his first real haircut in a cool car chair and leave with a lollipop and a certificate. Here's what really happened:

- Showed up to first-come first-served shop at 10am on a Saturday prepared to wait a bit.

- Great, there are TOYS for James to play with! And tons of trucks

- About 15 minutes go by, we're all doing fine and it's getting closer to James' turn. He keeps walking over to the car chair commenting on it's wheels.

- Mom and dad are getting excited for the first cut and the photo opps.

- 20 minutes into the wait, James discovers that one of the larger truck toys could possibly be a nice ride-on toy...whoops, nope, he falls off. Mom and dad give eachother the "that was close" look as other parents and tots look on.

- The next 10 minutes are a blur...Jim feels after the attempted ride on the truck that something bad is going to happen - - -

- James decides to push the large truck as fast as he can across the floor...resulting in a horribly failed experiment.

- After trying our best to clean up a rather bloody, screaming, crying child in the bathroom of the barber shop, we emerge as a family (all rather bloody) proceed to cross our name off the waiting list and announce to the mostly unfazed lady barbers that we will have to try our first haircut another time.

Good thing there was a large bulldozer next door to help stop the crying. And there's nothing wrong with an ice cream on a stick at 10:48am, right? Ahh, the memories. Good thing we had our camera for those priceless first haircut moments.

james and brodie

Our 2 boys enjoy eachother's company and can be found clowning around a lot. Brodie likes to lick James (oh that's right, Brodie likes to lick everyone) and even James thinks it's a little too much sometimes. One of their favorite activities is playing in the hallway and spare bedroom upstairs. Mom will hear the door slam shut followed by barking and toddler squealing...we still haven't caught exactly what happens in there but it sounds like fun.