Life Lately August 2018

Mason gets cold so easy.  In the morning he wants chocolate milk and then after he drinks it he will say "I'm freezing!"

Nothing makes me feel more put together then when they I remember to have to boys brush their teeth

This was a sweet moment reading books on the floor

I was changing carseats from the van to ruby and while I was getting the other carseat Micah buckled himself into this one one the sidewalk 

Getting Mason out of the car took a while and I came around the corner to Micah patiently waiting

Pump trackin!

They were being so funny sliding down this slide together and giggling 

I gave Mason a green smoothie and thought that I should probably put him at the table, but then I was like nah he's got this.  Then I was thinking wow this is crazy to have him be old enough not to make a mess! And right as I was thinking that He drops is so hard that it splatters all the way to ceiling. 

I'm trying to only give him his paci in his bed, in the car, and while we watch movies.  This day he layed on his bed so he could have his paci and he fell asleep. 

We went to the puppy barn and had our hearts melted over over. 

Mason always wanted to see the puppies eyes. 

Our after church tradition is to play in the pit

Right after I put the flowers on the table I look over to see this. haha

This morning the boys came out and helped me work on the yard 

They were watching tv like this. 

he's so cute and silly. 

The Perfect Summer night

I feel like we have been traveling so much and doing other adventures this summer that we haven't done a lot of around town stuff.  But last night we went and got frozen yogurt which is one of my very favorite summer things to do and that was the first time we had done it this summer.

It was delicious, obviously. 

So tonight we went to the chalk the block thing at the riverwoods.  I've always wanted to go, but never have.  It turns out that if you go on a Thursday you will only get to see the chalk art half way done.. But it was still cool.  And the boys ran all over in splash pad and got soaking wet and then we went and ate ice cream and chocolate.  Micah got the wettest and he was freezing, but so happy. 

The weather was overcast and not as hot as it has been and it was just so nice! It was perfect to be out there walking around and laughing at our silly boys.  And Janell is here so it was fun to have her with us.  

It's crazy that its August.  I feel like we waited for summer for FOREVER. And now it's flying by insanely fast.  I'm really grateful that fall comes next, or else I would be super bummed that summer is going so fast.. But no matter how much fun summer is, I will always be excited for fall. 

Adventures in trying to get the boys to sleep

So we have had a lot trouble getting the boys to sleep.  We haven't had a great routine basically for Mason's whole life.  Its been super hard and the boys always ended up in bed with us.  Both of them.  It was not great sleep, but it was better then no sleep..

We left the boys with my mom and dad for about four days while we went to Oregon and the boys slept so good while we were gone! Mom put them in her room on their little pillow beds and they would go to sleep sweet and sleep all night.  WHAT!? So I figured that I would try and keep that ball rolling.

When we got home I put those little pillow beds in Mason's room and it worked! Kinda.. They came out a couple times, but eventually Micah slept in there really good.  Mason took a little longer. He would always start out in his room and then end up in our bed.  But we got one kid out of our bed so I considered it a success!

So I took Mason's crib down cause he hasn't used it in forever and I needed a place to put the pillow beds. I put them in that corner for a while and it worked great.  But there was a plug there and they would unplug the internet.  So I moved the desk and put them in the closet.  Two little toddler beds fit in there perfect! Having them sleep together has been amazing! Micah sleeps all night and Mason has been doing sooo much better. He sleeps most nights in there.