I’ve had these two pics saved on my desktop forever meaning to add them to the blog, but never have. They are from last February/March?
Random pics
Shaving cream fun
I bought some shaving cream to do a science experiment I found on pinterest. It was a rainy day and you were supposed to use the shaving cream as clouds and food coloring as rain. It worked okay. Apparently my clouds were a little thick to let the rain come down. The shaving cream was much more fun to just play with in the end.
Zoo Lights – 2012
Zoo lights are so much fun with 4 year olds. They really love the experience. The night we had picked to go it was supposed to rain. I decided that meant it was the perfect night because it would be less crowded. It worked out great, hardly any crowd and it didn’t start to rain until we were leaving at 8:45! It was the most fun we have had at zoo lights yet. The boys were able to run around, dance, try to jump on the lights shining on the walkways, and the talked to the talking Giraffe forever.
First Symphony Performance
The Phoenix Symphony has a series of Saturday afternoon family friendly performances. It is a great way to introduce your kids to the symphony. Last Saturday we went to Tubby the Tuba. I chose this performance because there was an instrument petting zoo before the show. The boys loved getting to play some different instruments.
Ez and the saxophone
Noah getting some pointers
Ez and the clarinet, I don’t remember what made me laugh. Probably my adorably, silly little boy.
Showing Noah where to put his fingers
Ez and the violin. He has been “playing” the violin all week.
Noah playing the violin
serious boy
Noah loved the cello
Noah really thought the seats were fun
The boys sat pretty good for 4 year olds. A few more complaints then I would like, but overall good. Despite all the complaining and squirming Ezra did as if we could go back. On the way home I asked their favorite instruments. Ezra likes the Tuba and Noah the cello.
Noah at 4
Color: red
Sport: Basketball
Animal: Cow
Food: Bagel with cream cheese
Book: Firetrucks
Season: Winter
Restaurant: The restaurant at the end of the pier at the beach (funny I don’t remember him eating the food)
Holiday: Christmas
Weather: Cold and Sunny
Cereal: Cheerios
TV Shows: Fireman Sam
Movie: Incredibles
Candy: Cake
Subject: Learning to write
Toy: Firetrucks
Thing to do: Relaxing
Place have been: Arizona, Colorado, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia
Place to be: Home
Place I want to go: Gamma and Papa’s
Person: Daddy
Hero: Firefighters
Time of Day: When daddy’s home
Song: If you’re happy and you know it
Drink: Chocolate milk
Treat: Candy Canes
Vacation: Colorado
Ezra at 4
Color: pink
Sport: baseball
Animal: sheep
Food: peanut butter and jelly
Book: the Bible
Season: Winter
Restaurant: Wendy’s
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Weather: Sunny and warm
Cereal: Mommy’s Granola
TV Shows: My Little Pony
Movie: Incredibles
Candy: Halloween Candy
Subject: Alphabet
Toy: Firetrucks
Thing to do: Play cars
Place have been: Arizona, Colorado, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia
Place to be: Gamma and Papa’s
Place I want to go: Gamma and Papa’s
Person: Firefighter
Hero: Rescue Heroes
Time of Day: When daddy’s home
Song: Phineas and Ferb Cd
Drink: Strawberry juicde
Treat: Candy Cane
Vacation: The Beach
Giggly Baby
I just found this video and pretty sure I’ve never shared it. Happy Saturday!
Funny Quotes – IX
I told Noah to let me know if he needed help. Then I over hear Ezra, “I’ll help you as a tattletale!”
Ezra talking about the cats, “they are great at pooping and they are great sleeping.”
Noah, “There are two of Micah and Judah and there are two of us!”
Matt, “Yep, they are twins and you are twins.”
Noah (looking at me and Matt), “And you guys are twins!”
I was resting my eyes while the boys did something involving “beibers” and “damage.”
Turns out they were beavers building a dam.
Me, “What are you doing?”
Ezra, “I’m up to something.”
The boys’ phineas and ferb cd has a song called “my undead mummy and me.” The boys walk around singing “my dead mommy and me.”
“Say thank you Noah.” – Noah
“Thank you, Noah.” – Noah
Nope I didn’t accidentally leave Ezra out of the conversation. He wasn’t involved.
Chickens come from chicken trees – Noah.
Ezra is playing a new leapster game and the game said something about hitting targets, “mommy, the penguins went to Target!”
“Noah be careful I don’t know how to sing.” – Ezra to the tune of frosty the snowman.
“I ate baby Jesus and the hay!” out of context Ezra
Me: You are going to celebrate Jesus’ birthday tomorrow at school.
Ezra: Is baby Jesus going to be there?
“Super Noah wants some make-up.” – Super Noah
Ezra heard the term bundt cake yesterday for the first time and immediately asked, “mommy what’s butt cake?”
Matt, “who’s side are you on?”
Ezra, “Noah’s, he’s on the right.”
Ezra brought me baby Jesus in a cup and whispered, “shhh he’s a baby angel.”
“I’m having allergies I can’t put my own socks on!” – Ezra
“I like daddy, he is funny. I like when he shoots my butt. He shoots my butt every day.” – Noah (with a nerf gun of course)
“Jesus lives in my tummy and helps me do good things” – Ezra.
Noah: I’m going to high five your face.
Christmas Day 2012
We had a lovely Christmas with Gamma, Papa, Uncle Jason, Auntie Michelle, and Abby! This age is so much fun at Christmas.
We opened gifts, then had a yummy Christmas lunch, and then played! Gamma had gotten all the kids and dads nerf guns. There was quite the nerf gun war with lots of giggles and screams. It was all fun and games until someone was shot in the eye. We now make them wear safety goggles at least until reflexes and aim improve.
The boys crashed on the way home and then went straight to bed!
Christmas Morning 2012
Christmas morning with littles is so much fun. The boys were full of so much joy and truly enjoyed every moment. It took forever to open gifts. They played and played with their new toys.
The boys slept in that day, mommy and daddy’s gift I guess. We opened gifts, played, talked to Nana, Papa, and Aunt Julie, ate, and then got ready for Gamma and Papa’s.
Their favorite by far was the rescue heroes. The LOVE rescue heroes.
Christmas Eve 2012
We had a nice quiet Christmas Eve. In the morning Matt went mountain biking with a friend, while the boys and I stayed home and worked on a sticker craft they had received as a gift. In the afternoon Ezra fell asleep! Then we packed them both up and headed down to Maricopa to go to a candlelight church service and have dinner with Gamma and Papa. There was more napping in the car. 🙂 Church was great. Then we had a yummy dinner and a quiet evening watching a movie.
Oh and the watermelon… Our tree was dead and super dry by the 23rd. So after we put the boys to bed that night Matt and I took it down. We wanted the boys to have something funny to wake up to, so we set up a watermelon.
Ezra can pump!
I was inside putting dinner in the crockpot and went back out to check on the boys. Ezra had finally figured out pumping on the swings!
San Diego Botanic Gardens
When we went to Imperial Beach this summer I decided to look at our memberships to see what we could do for free or low cost while on vacation. If you have a Desert Botanical Gardens membership you can vist the San Diego Botanic Gardens for free. If you have small children or just love enjoying nature I highly recommend these botanic gardens. They had two different kids gardens. One was more appropriate for toddlers and the other was fun for kids of all ages (even Matt.) There was a miniature railroad to view, dirt to dig, a treehouse to climb, a music garden, and lots of green (yea I live in the desert so I get excited about green.)
Escapees
The boys have had quite the adventurous spirit lately. They’ve figured out how to get out of their bedroom into the backyard via the window. They do this during “quiet” time. For the most part it is harmless adventure. Except now they are working on getting over the wall to the great big world. They are four and they really want to get out! What’s up with that?
In the above picture they were shouting towards the neighbors’ house, “Help us, Help us. We need to out of here and get to a fire station.” Luckily Matt had met the new neighbors this weekend and explained to them they might hear shouts for help.
Yesterday over the baby monitor I heard a conversation of where they wanted to go and how to get there. They were going to go visit daddy at his office. To get there they were going to get daddy’s tools, put their training wheels back on their bikes, and ride there.
They figured out how to get back in yesterday too, but Ezra wouldn’t jump down into the room.
I love this adventurous spirit, but it is a lot of exhausting work keeping them safe!
PS: We have now locked the window! I know it is a safety issue with a fire, but seriously I would like to keep them in the house. All the doors have beep warnings so I know where they are.