He's 4

I have to say that so far I have really enjoyed each age and stage that my children are in, but 4 years old seems to be one of my favorites, so far with the boys. Right now Wyatt is old enough to be able to be pretty self sufficient, but still young enough to snuggle with me, and to think I'm the greatest. He is definately my little buddy. This week, I made a point to write down some of the things he's saying that struck me as funny. I always think I will remember, and before the day is over I forget the exact wording (which is often the funny part) or the whole thing. Here is what he's been saying that just cracks me up:

A couple night ago while we were eating dinner (I had made burritos, by the way) Wyatt says,
"Mommy you're the best breakfast cooker, lunch cooker, AND dinner cooker", then he pauses and looks at Craig and says, "and Daddy you're the best cereal maker and barbequer." Craig's comeback was, "ya, I sure do make a pretty mean bowl of cereal".

A four year old's view of our solar system: "The earth spins around and around, but you don't fall off when it spins around, because your house is stuck". (for a second I actually thought he was going to say because of gravity!)

A clue that he may be watching too much TV: "On TV I saw jet dry and do you know what? Jet dry is the best shine every time........BUT it costs 100 dollars."

Will's first dollar

My little entrepreneur has been begging to do his own lemonade stand all summer. So this Saturday I let him set it all up and go for it. Here he is showing off his first dollar earned. Our neighbors were his biggest supporters and even mom bought a cup. If you'll notice his hat.....you'll see he carefully cut out a square of paper, colored a lemon on it, and taped it over the symbol on his hat. He is now an official lemonade stand worker. I love how his little mind works. It was lots of fun!

Swimming Lessons

Wyatt....jumping in.......
Will......practicing kicks with the kickboard......

The boys have been taking our annual summer swim lessons for the past two weeks. The first week was quite rainy and cloudy for swimming.....this week has felt much more like summer. They have really enjoyed it and have improved a lot. Wyatt has been practicing torpedoes, and front and back floats as well as his personal favorite, jumping in the pool. Will has been working hard at freestyle, and both back strokes as has been learning to take side breaths. I have been trying to snap a few pictures and watch their progress while keepin an eye on Anna, who has had an action packed week playing while "brothers" swim. They finish up tomorrow with a fun "play" day in the pool.

I've been tagged.....

I have been tagged to share 8 facts or habits about myself.....so here goes!

The rules: Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. I drink a travel mug of coffee with two tablespoons creme brulee' creamer and a splash of skim milk every morning. If I don't drink it all before it gets lukewarm, I just pop a few ice cubes into it for and iced coffee and finish it off throughout the day. Is that gross?

2. I sleep with THREE pillows.

3. One of my most favorite places is the library. I remember begging my mom to take me to the library when I was younger and it still puts be in a good mood whenever I take the kids. So, anyone have any good book recommendations?

4. I played the piano for about 8 years and took serious lessons for 4. ( I would love to get back into the habit of playing....but like lots of things.....someday :). I love most any kind of music.

5. I am up for garage sales, thrifts shops, or antique stores anytime. Just let me know!

6. I love getting the mail, and it bugs me if a day goes by and I've have forgotten to check the mailbox.

7. My favorite chore is laundry (believe it or not) and my least favorite is dishes, especially when there is a full load ready to be put away, or worse yet, if I forgot to run it. Yuck.

8. I am one of those weird women who loved being pregnant. Don't hate me, ok?

I tag Christi and Alysun since they are about the only people with blogs who read my blog and haven't already done this :) If anyone else is out there, I tag you too!

Did I mention, I like to keep up with my brothers?

Our sweet Annie girl was following her brothers outside at some of our friend's house friday night, tripped and fell on the metal track to their sliding glass door, and got this cut on her forehead, to add to her puffy lip she got a few days earlier falling outside. Thankfully her cut isn't very deep and didn't bleed much. She cried for all of 30 seconds and wanted nothing to do with the ice pack. In fact, she wanted to get down and keep playing. She is one tough cookie. I remember when she was first learning to walk and would fall or get bumped, she would totally cry for several minutes and I'd have to hold her. Now I realize that she has really adjusted to these big brothers. Makes me think about how there must be definate truth to the birth order thing. I have to say she is a go-getter. The cutest thing was when Will finally saw her cut as we were getting home, he was like, "oh, poor little sweetie, are you ok?" Both he and Wyatt are very concerned big brothers. Makes me happy knowing she is well taken care of.

Pictures in the park

This is my attempt and updating the kids photos. Craig was a big help and we took pictures of them down in the park. I'm glad I got a few that turned out good. I enlarged them for my wall, the previous one are from last August so it was time!

Will ~ age 6

Wyatt~ age 4

Quite a few pictures, here are the rest.....

New Bathroom

Here are some pictures of my "new" bathroom. Craig worked really hard last week on this project. We (mostly Craig) put in new tile floors, a new sink fixture, a new toilet, new baseboard trim, took out the baseboard heater, new light switch, new tile border around the tub, took off the old rails for the slider doors, painted the walls and ceiling, and re-decorated. I am really happy with the way it all turned out. I LOVE the tile floors. It is leftover tile we got for FREE when we did our kitchen, and we used it in our master bath, so now everything matches. I debated about the blue walls when we first put it on. I almost went back and got a shade lighter. But it grew on me and now it doesn't bug me at all. I figured a bold color is ok in a small room! We put up some beach pictures of the kids to complete the look. Anyway, here it is.................

The kids had to take showers in our bathroom while the work was in progress so they were happy to have their bath tub back. They still have so much fun in there!

a fun 4th.....

We had a very fun 4th! We watched the parade in Monmouth, with my sister Brooke and her family and our friends JT and Mckenzie and their two little ones. The boys loves gathering candy, Anna loved eating it! That evening we had a backyard BBQ with some more friends at our house. We headed out to the good ol' town of Willamina for the fireworks show that evening. Fun times for all!

The "boys" watching the parade. Wyatt (yes, he does have a plastic bag on his head) Will, and cousin Carter.

Anna and I enjoying the firework show. She was clapping her hands when they went off :)

Summertime Girl

Anna loves running through the sprinkler. The freezing cold water doesn't seem to bother her. She is becoming more and more "girlie" everyday. It is still so new to me after two boys. She is really into wearing her dresses and playing with her babies. And she still loves to bring us books and cuddle. She is beginning to talk a little more, which is fun too.

Here are our matching summertime "piggies"......you gotta love the tan lines on her baby feet!