February

February has come and gone. March is ending very very soon. So let's back track and here's what we did nearly 2 months ago.

Start off with messy Charles. He really loves food and playing with his dishes!

It felt like we didn't walk to/from school much because of rain and needing to run errands while James wasn't home. Those times we did though James found silly ways to ride the stroller.

We celebrated James' birthday. The post about that is already on the blog. Read it if you haven't already. The Friday before his birthday was when they celebrated it at school and I brought a birthday snack. I also had the pleasure of meeting his new class bunny, Lavender. She's a cutie and I kind of want a bunny like her.

Sometimes the days were nice enough for playing at the park after school. Charles loves the swings where as James won't have anything do to with them.

Sometimes my big stroller comes in handy to help bring in groceries from the car.

Tracy went out of town Valentine's weekend. We had gone on a date the Saturday before. It was nice to spend time with just the two of us, something that doesn't happen often. 

While Tracy was gone I had a pretty good weekend with the boys. We went on daily walks and bike rides, watched movies, played games and made messes. 

Eowyn found a new place to sleep since the car seats were in the house while Tracy was gone. Good thing she's within the weight limits of James' booster seat. She just sitting in it properly. ;) 

We assembled some of James' wooden dinosaurs he got for his birthday and he had fun painting them.

With Tracy gone James decided I was lonely and scared at night and he needed to sleep with me every night. Such a sweetheart some times.

I noticed one day that James and Charles kind of matched. It is hard to get normal smiles out of them at the same time.

Charles turned 11 months in February as well. Time sure goes by fast.

We joined the Disney Movie Club and received these for the introductory pricing. No regrets here. We love movies and are excited to be getting more Disney ones added to our collection.

We discovered a really good bakery by our apartment back in Novemeber. The pastries are amazing! These pictures are form our monthly trip to it. James loves their hot chocolate.

Sunday naps are important!

I found a sandbox on craiglist for like $5. It was a great purchase. James spends some time outside playing in it just about everyday.

We started a Sunday tradition of ice cream sundaes after church. At our ward conference the stake presidency emphasized Sabbath observance. They suggested that we should do special things, like a having a treat and/or doing at activity, only on Sunday to make the day enjoyable for kids and so they also look forward to it. We still have a ways to go to change some of our bad habits to making it a more special day. But the sundaes have helped change James' attitude a bit about church because he knows he get a treat for going and being good.