Last week we went to the pumpkin patch at the botanical gardens. The weather was much nicer this year (80s, last year it was 100!). We had a lot of fun. Bonus this year they had a firetruck to look at!
“my tongue is a really good licker, he licks everything.” – Ezra
The boys were wanting to plan their birthday cakes today and I said, “I was thinking of making firetruck cakes. Would that be good?”
Them, “yes!”
Me, “What flavor would you like?”
Ezra, “firetruck!”
Me, “what would you like the firetruck to taste like?”
Ezra, “firetrucky!”
“the rain won’t stop growing.” – Ezra
Me, “Noah do you want salad?”
Noah, “no, just ketchup.”
“I’m going to be a mad pumpkin and tickle you.” Ezra talking to daddy
“yummy cauliflower!”
“I’m too full I don’t want to eat a cookie.”
Two sentences I never thought I’d hear from Noah.
“Ezra will you be my family?” – Noah
“I will!” – Ezra
The boys were playing a game at class and when the teacher said a tornado was coming they had to run into the play house. What were my boys screaming? “a tomato is coming, a tomato is coming!”
Noah to Matt, “can I smell your mustache?”
Ezra call quesadillas, quesaeatas.
“My room won’t clean itself.” Ezra
Ezra, “my bad.”
Noah, “huh?”
Ezra, “my bad means if you drop something.”
Conversation in the car:
“They’re firetrucks!” -Noah
“They’re also fire engines!” – Ezra
(this went back and forth for a while)
“They’re firetrucks, they’re not trains!” – Noah
Noah, “I like Halloween, Halloween is candy.”
Me, “Where’d you learn that?”
Noah, “From Santa.”
While I was still in bed I heard Noah shout, “Daddy is mommy still sleeping?”
Next thing I know he was next to me hugging me and said, “Daddy says you’re still sleeping.”
Nana, “what do bears do in the winter?”
Noah, “wear scarves!”
“I’ll go first then you’ll go first. That’s how we take turns.” Ezra
So I heard a helicopter fly over. Then I heard the boys screaming, “Help! Help! Help!” So I went to tell them they can’t just keep screaming that. Noah, “but it won’t stop, I want to get in it.”
Can I have some honey with bread on it? – Noah
“My other wheel is broken so I have to wait at the dentist.” -Ezra’s police car
(Found this in the drafts folder, guess we forgot to publish. It’s from March – so you can have an idea of age.)
“can i be a fire fighter?” Ezra
“yes you can” me
“You can be a fire fighter when you’re old.” Noah
“There’s cars in our way we need a siren.” – Noah apparently frustrated with traffic
“You can’t wear a fire hat you’re a girl.” Ezra to a little friend of his (yep I was a little shocked, but then realized he’s only met male fire fighters.)
Ezra, “Noah you are a good friend.” Noah, “huh-uh are not.”
Ezra was just playing on the bathroom scale and said, “it’s your turn mommy.”
me, “I don’t want to.”
Ezra, “okay, that’s scary?”
“want to take our shirts off and dance?” Ezra to Noah.
Ezra: I want to eat a rabbit like a carrot.
Matt: hey boys we need to pick up Legos in 5 minutes. Noah: so we can wrestle? Ezra: yeah! That’s a good choice daddy!
“the poop is going to a party with other poops.” – Ezra on flushing the toilet
Long time no blog, I know. The thing is we’ve given up naps. So finding the time, energy, and desire to post is hard. Matt and I both love looking back over previous years and are super bummed about our blogging efforts in 2012. Hopefully we can get back into documenting our lives.
Age 3 is an absolute blast, and also absolutely exhausting (mentally and physically). I feel like I live several episodes of curious George a day. I just wish I was as patient and understanding as the man in the yellow hat. Also I wish things magically worked out for the boys the way they do for George.
Crap this didn’t actually wear them out!
We spent a whole week at Imperial Beach this August and it was wonderful. Not to say we didn’t have our bad moments, a whole week of some serious time together isn’t easy, but it was fun and relaxing! We took tons of photos so I think I’ll do several posts. We mostly chilled at the beach and played on the playground downstairs from our apartment. We did use our botanical garden membership to get free reciprocal admission into two other gardens in the San Diego area (if you have memberships to places check out reciprocal admissions before you go on vacation, great way to have cheap fun!) I made freezer meals before we left and took my crockpot on vacation with us, sorry no vacation for her! We could play all day and come home to a nice home cooked meal. 🙂
There is nothing like enjoying the sunset on the beach, while watching your boys dance, wrestle, and run around like crazy. No toys necessary!
We spent the 4th of July up at my parents’ cabin and went to the firework show in Payson. It was nice and cool (okay cold for us)! It was a rainy cloudy day, but the rain stopped by nighttime and the boys enjoyed their first firework show. They absolutely loved it and can’t wait for more.
These pictures are from back in June. Yep I’m behind, but I want to document the fun we had this summer. 🙂
This summer we’ve been visiting some public pools. I love the zero entry toddler play areas. We can play and have fun and I don’t have to worry too much.
Here’s a video of how hard that water is hitting them. I stood under it once and it is pretty hard!
Back in April Papa John went to Heaven. The boys and I travelled back to Oklahoma with Gamma and Papa to be with family. Even thought it was under sad circumstance we still had a nice time with family.
Here is an album of a few photos of my Papa.
Today the boys went to the church’s Easter eggstravaganza and tonight we dyed eggs then went on a glowing egg hunt. A lot of fun was had and way too much sugar was consumed.
Click on the pics to view them at a larger size.
We got the boys big boy bikes. Ezra loves his. Noah still prefers his balance bike.
Learing to pedal! from matt adams on Vimeo.
