A sign of what's to come.

1) I'm going to have to start bumping up our grocery budget with these 2 hungry boys... Between Bennett who eats as much as I do & Cal who was on his second breakfast in this pic, they are going to cost me a fortune to feed.2) When I went up to check on Cal tonight (he was supposed to be in bed & asleep), he was instead in bed "texting" (he plays with my old Blackberry). I tell ya, this kid is 3 going on 13...

The only child for the weekend.

I had a much needed 1:1 weekend with my littlest man (the big boys had their annual man weekend camping) & it was awesome! It's rarely ever just the 2 of us, so it was pretty special to give him 2 days of uninterrupted attention and I'm pretty sure B relished in having his momma all to himself and getting to play with all Cal's toys without the big bully taking them away. And it's crazy how easy taking care of 1 kiddo is vs. 2. Seriously. And since little man sleeps like it's nobody's business I got some nice quiet time to myself. B also got some fun 1:1 time with Lo And then brother came homeand was obviously excited to get his hands on brother More to come on the camping adventure, that's Ian's post. But I will say, the boys had a blast & I'm pretty sure the highlight of fatherhood for Ian thus was to be able to take his boy on 'man weekend,' he's been looking forward to this day since the day we found out we were having a little boy. But here's a little sneak peek of Cal getting ready practicing in his sleeping bag (for some reason blog felt the need to flip it upside down).

My convo w/ Cal today.

Cal's REALLY into birthdays and he loves talking about who's bday is coming up next. Here's a little conversation we had in the car today:

Cal to me: "Benny's bday is next Mom."

Me: "Yep, you're right."

Cal to me: "Benny doesn't get any presents, he's too little. I get presents cause I'm a big boy."

Me: "Bennett does get presents for his bday, he's not too little, but if you ask him nicely he might let you help him open them."

Cal to B: "Hey Benny, can I help you open your birthday presents?"

Bennett: says nothing....

Cal to B: "Come on Benny, say 'yes' Benny."

Bennett: still silent...

Cal to me: "Benny said yes mom, and he says I get all his presents."

11 months.

Say it ain't so, Bennett is 11 months which means ONE YEAR is just around the corner. I can't believe he's going to be 1 in a short 30 days. Someone please stop the clock. He's my baby & I want him to stay that way for a little longer cause this has been the fastest.year.ever. He also loves, loves, loves his mama (borderline obsessed) & I hope that never changes either.

look at those chompers!

don't mind the messy face (he's the messiest eater, that's another story) & this is the only pic I've been able to get of all his teeth.

A perfect little afternoon.

Yesterday morning it looked like the weather was going to put a damper on our afternoon plans, however the skies cleared and the sun came out, so game on. We picked up Logan from school, met up with Luke at the park, played & then finished our playdate with blizzards.

Happy Thursday

All day I thought Wednesday was Thursday which means today should have been Friday... but it wasn't. The weeks that Ian works 5 days seem to last forever, however today was a little brighter since we got to spend the afternoon with these two. In 3 hours we did pretty much everything our house has to offer - a walk/skateboard/scooter ride, basketball, football, soccer, tennis, catch, hide & seek, tag, cars, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, games (candyland, cooties, elefun), bike riding, plasma car & more skateboarding. Needless to say, I had 2 very tired kiddos when the cousins left.(yes, I know this bike is way too small... we just haven't graduated to the big boy bike)

The last week or so.

We celebrated our 5th year of marital bliss!Train ride at a friend's bday party (Cal was in heaven, surprise surprise).Bennett even got to ride the train once (just didn't get a pic of it)

as always, running lots of errands w/ my shopping buddies

someone discovered a new hobby of sneaking off & getting into a plant (& eating the dirt)

we visited our favorite barista after Cal's LAST day of preschool (a Tuesday tradition)spending some quality time with Luke after his track meet and the little bugger getting into even more trouble.

but he's so cute, so I forgive him.having a little brother jam session. and brother bath and of course, garbage day.