Project Life: Week 24

When I ask him to smile lately, this is the silly little smirk I get.

"Mommy, up!" I just love this little man!

Sweet Pea insisted on wearing her princess crown all day today.

We went bowling today with the Tompkins and Valerie kept holding Almanzo's hand to lead the way.

The kids love to ride their bikes around the driveway. Tonight, Ted joined them and Almanzo thought it was pretty funny to see daddy on Valerie's big wheel. Also, I love that they're both riding on PINK bikes. LOL!

Happy Father's Day to my wonderful hubby - our two little ones absolutely adore their daddy...and he adores them too!

I forgot to take a picture today, so this is a photo of my little man saying "cheese!" for the camera while waiting at the dentist on June 21.

Project Life 2011: Week 23

Valerie loves to sing. She makes up songs and dances around singing at the top of her lungs. This is one of her many facial expressions as she sang me one of her made up songs.

I just love this little man and his bright blue eyes.

Miss V put these silly glasses on today and asked me to take a picture of her. Her face here just cracks me up!

I had a PartyLite party tonight and, after running around playing, Almanzo's hair was so sweaty my sister, Kelly, combed his hair into a mohawk. Too funny!

I was trying to take pictures of miss V's cute pigtails, but she was having none of it. This is her, "Seriously, mom? More pictures?" look.

We cheered on our favorite mountain biker today and the kids were so excited to see daddy "bike fast"!

Big girl got her very own library card today when we went their to sign up for the summer reading program.

*The TWO winners of my Courageous giveaway are Holly and Laura.  I will email you to get your addresses right away.  Congratulations!*

Project Life 2011: Week 21-22

Little stinker almost figured out how to take his cloth diapers off.

"yeddo...come! go!" says miss Valerie as she holds her "yeddo"s hand and leads the way to the van.

Every Thursday this summer I will be meeting at a local coffee shop with a sweet girl named Rachel. This is our third summer of studying God's word together and I'm excited to see what God teaches us this year!

We took a bike ride to Buttermilk Park today and the kids had so much fun playing on the playground. They were being SO silly!

We took a walk on the trail by the hospital and the kids were enthralled by the water.

We celebrated the graduations of my brothers, Dan and DJ, today and our little ones had so much fun playing outside all day long. By the end of the day. Sweet Pea was so tired she fell asleep in daddy's lap.

We set up the little pool in the backyard today while Ted was painting the deck. Valerie didn't really like when she got wet. She kept walking over to me and whining, "mommy, I wet!" and even started to take her swimming suit off at one point.

Wearing daddy's hat and acting tough...cutest little "punk kid" ever. LOL!

There's nothing sweeter than watching new friendships blossom.

This is what a hard earned fifteen pound weight loss looks like.

Apparently one book isn't enough when you can have a whole PILE of books instead.

Two little monkeys jumping on the bed.

Princess Sweet Pea relaxing on a hot summer day in her princess chair.

Happy Birthday Uncle Dan!

Project Life 2011: Week 19-20

There's just something about this little man's smile that brightens any day. You can't help but smile when he does!

Even though it was a little chilly tonight, I took the kids outside after dinner for a little play time. It was just what they needed to burn off energy before bed.

Today, the sun was out and it was almost 80 degrees - a rare warm day in Wisconsin. It had rained a little the day before, so the kids were quick to find the puddles and had a blast splish splashing around.

After Ted returns from a bike ride, he often does some stretches in the living room before he changes and eats dinner. Tonight, Valerie decided she wanted to stretch too.

We visited my family today while Ted did an endurance mountain bike race, because it was cold and rainy all day. My brother, DJ, brought this medicine ball back from college as he moved all his stuff back home and Almanzo decided he would practice being a strong man by carrying it around. Too funny!

As Ted turned on Elmo for the daily bedtime routine, my two babies crawled into my arms and cuddled up to me. These are the moments I love.

Almanzo was sad because Valerie took a toy away from him. I told her she needed to say sorry and give him a hug, so she walked over to him and said, "hug", as he stood up from crying on the floor and smiled as they gave each other the sweetest hug.

Today, we took a bike ride to a nearby park, spent over and hour playing, and enjoyed a picnic lunch with Ted - the perfect way to spend one of the rare sunny days here.

Milk mustache ;)

Little Man doesn't like when we say "no!" about ANYthing.

Today we went to the YMCA Gymnastic Center for open gym and the kids had so much fun playing with all the equipment there. Miss V even got to wear her tutu from Aunt Kelly. I can't wait to sign her up for tumbling class!

Last night, our oven looked like the 4th of July when the electric coils started to spark while cooking dinner. This morning, when we opened it up to check on it, this is what we discovered. I am so thankful we were able to stop it before it got worse...and for a sweet friend who gave us a new (used) stove.

Despite some nasty thunderstorms, my hubby and I enjoyed a little picnic dinner date while my sister watched our little ones. I love him so much!

My little monkey fell on his face today and was bleeding (a common occurence in our house), so, after cuddling him and reassuring him, I gave him a wet wash cloth to chew on, and a stuffed dog to cuddle with. He just looked so sweet here, I had to take a picture.