Silly boys

Weston asked to get his Halloween costume out, so lately Batman and a half dressed Robin have been running around the house.

 

 Then the other day they were headed outside for a jeep ride.  I came out a few minutes later to discover they decided to go fishing too and were headed to the ditch.  Flo was running after them trying to catch their fish. 

 The other night they got into a storage box under my bed, and found some of my old buckles.  They were pretty excited to wear them around.  I told Danny we should get them each one of their own with their brands on them, but he thought we just needed to get them to start showing cows soon so they can win some of their own.  I don't know if I'm ready for that.   

 

In the same box they found some other fun things....Tyge liked the crown, but Weston told me he couldn't be a princess because he was a boy, but insisted that his cow should be one. 

Boys room complete!

Although the big paint job (blocks on the wall) occurred a few months back, I finally finished the rest of the Weston's room.  I decided to paint a "coat tree", rather than just throw up some hooks and I got all of the other decorative stuff hung up on the walls too!  Now we need to move Tyge in with Weston so I can start updating the other bedroom.  It still looks pretty much the same as it did when I posted pictures of it back in 2008 (just with a toddler bed crammed in a corner now). I don't think I'm up for painting again right now, but I will definetely be changing up some other decorative aspects......spending lots of time on Pinterest these days!   

 



New Year with lots of new things to come

I'm sure 2013 will bring a few changes to our household, but the biggest may be adding some pink!

 Baby M is a girl (if you want to rely on the ultrasound tech).  Thanks to a few Christmas gifts, and two huge bags of hand me downs from a friend at work, the baby will be well dressed for the first six months!  But I'm not getting rid of any boy clothes yet...because you never know! 

Looking forward to another new adventure and I hope the boys will let her cuddle in bed and watch a movie with them like they have been doing with each other the last few nights. 

Christmas....and all that goes with it!

This year the boys made some special gifts. 

Stepping stones for Ava and Grandma, and some

 peppermint bath salts and thumbprint reindeer ornaments for their godmothers. 

In their "down" time between all the Christmas stuff, Weston tried to teach Tyge how to play chutes and ladders, and Tyge put every stuffed animal he owns into the crib and kept saying "for baby!".

 The second weekend of December we were lucky enough to have some visitors.  Uncle Jan stopped for the night on his way up to help Alexx with her move home from college.  Tyge would not leave him alone the entire time he was here.  Then the next day Grandpa and Papa made a detour on their way to California and stayed for two nights.  They came with us to visit Santa and helped the boys make candy Christmas trees.  Grandma taught Weston how to shake and listen to his gifts and Tyge watch NFR with her every night (with his cowboy hat of course!). 

 

Then we decided to have an early Christmas while they were here.  Tyge was sick, but still managed to get his gifts opened.  Weston was really excited to show Grandma her stepping stone and put together the new legos she got him.   

On Christams Eve we had the boys open their gifts from us and the Weststeyn cousins.  They got new jammies and paint your own tractors from Reese and Alexis, books from Colbie, and the movie Brave from Kash and Karlie.  Then they helped dad put his new train car on the track. 

On Christmas morning I got a great picture of Tyge not quite awake, but still trying to examine all of the gifts under the tree and his stocking.  I think Flo may have been the most excited, with a new ball the boys picked out for her.

 After asking me over and over again, the day after Christmas I finally let the boys paint their new tractors.  Weston was actually pretty thoughtful about what colors went where, while Tyge decided to try and wipe off all of the paint when he was finished.

And here we have the best picture of the two of them with Santa that I could get....at least they didn't scream. 

Birthdays

On Sunday we had a joint birthday party for Weston and Tyge.  The day was complete with lots of good friends, hot dogs, and a Kit-Kat and M&M cake!  Weston no longer screams when you sing "Happy Birthday", but he does cover his ears. 

 

Tonight we had a mini-party for Weston's birthday.  He got to open a few more presents and both boys are having a ball playing with new toys. 

Weston also asked for a batman cake, so I took some left-over from Sunday and made him a mini one for today.  Thanks to all who celebrated with us and to those who sent things for the boys even though they couldn't come!

Tree Hunting

Today after church we headed out to the Christmas Tree farm so we could finish decorating our house (it was the last thing to do, since I had everything else up on Friday after Thanksgiving).  The boys had fun riding on tractor pulled wagon out to the field, walking "through the forest" and picking out a tree. They were really impressed by the tree shaker....as was I since it is so nice to make sure all the dead needles and other junk is off the tree before it comes into the house.  Just before leaving we went inside and checked out the model train display which got Weston really excited to go home and put our train around the tree. 

Pictures of the decorated tree to follow....I got the lights on and decided to call it quits until tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Tyge!

Yesterday we celebrated Tyge turning 2....low key style.  The boys (or myself) didn't get out of our jammies all day.  Dad got a pizza and we opened gifts during half time of the Civil War game (OSU vs. UofO for all you non-Oregonians). Tyge loved his cow night light from Tia Julie and carries it around everywhere.  He and Weston are having a ball riding around in the Jeep from Grandma and Papa (that thing is fast!), and he roared the whole time he was eating his piece of cake thanks to Aunt Liv and Uncle Josh's dinosaur plate gift.  

 

It was a great day and we will celebrate again (along with Weston's birthday) with friends next Sunday.