Keeping the Boys Busy!

 Updates on Clifton -
He has strung 4 words together.  He usually only does three but he is starting to make short little sentences.  It is really fun to watch him grow.  It only took 2 years to get here, but he is putting himself to sleep these days.  I read a story and then sing a few songs and then leave.  It takes him longer but I do not have to stay in there with him all night.  So I am very proud of his progress:)
A new thing he has started (and it probably will never stop now) is saying "no mommy"  when I tell him to do something.  I am trying to teach him it is not okay but I am pretty sure this will be a battle for years to come.

Updates on McKay -
She is three months old!!! I can hardle believe it. She growing too fast. She giggled!!!!!  Oh it is so cute.  She has only done it a few times.  I now spend most of my day trying to get her to laugh.
She is the wiggliest little one I have every met.  She wiggles and wiggles all day long.

I had some more fun with the boys this week.

 

We painted bread with milk and food coloring and then toasted it and ate it for lunch.  It was fun.

 

Clifton struggled with painting it at first.  He just wanted to eat it!

This is their final product.  I am sure you can guess which one Clifton's is:) (The one with bits out of it already)

I had leftover dirt from the party so I got it out and let them play in it.  It was a rainy the whole first of the week so we did it in the garage.  They were doing very well at trying to keep it in the bins...

 ...until I had to go and get McKay a bottle.  Seriously, one minute later and it was all over he garage; and the boys. I walked in right when Evan was dumping a bucket full of dirt on Clifton.

I normally hate crying pictures but this makes me laugh.  Because as I was walking towards the garage I heard giggling but as soon as I stepped in and said "Boys! What are you doing?"  The water works started.  Nice try buddy, you knew you were doing something wrong!

So to the bath they went!  They were okay with that!

Later that week the rain had let up so I let them go outside and do it.  I still however had to stop Evan from dumping dirt on Clifton.  Apparently he finds it hard to resist:)

Also to keep the boys happy and get some energy out I put up the basketball hoop Grandma and Grandpa P got Clifton for his birthday.  The boys really like it!

On Friday, we took Clifton bowling for the first time.

 He really enjoyed it.  He was getting tired towards the end but we all had a real good time.

These were my cheerleaders!

The bowling alley also has an arcade so we went and played around there for a little while.  A cheap and fun time!  My favorite two things:)

We finally got some dry and warmer weather.  So we went outside to play!  I loved feeling the sun and cannot wait for it to warm up even more and to have more days with sunshine!

 He is getting so close to being able to climb up by himself!

Clifton loves to help.

 Sweeping the patio.

And helping with the dishes.  Really he was having fun!

Well we got our car back Tuesday but it was not working 100% the way it should.  And I just paid them a ton of money to fix it so I expect it to be perfect.  So we sent it back with the agreement that they would fix it asap and at no cost to us.  Well 2 more days later they say something else is broken and it will cost us more to fix it!  We are both fed up with this process that we made them put it back together and just give it to us.  Mainly because we both are leaving town in two different directions so we kind of need two cars.  We are hoping when we get back that the part will be in and they will fix it for free.  I hate car problems and having to depend on someone else to fix it for me.  I am just ready for this to be over and I am done spending money on it!

Alex left for California for a week (another business trip) and I decided to head down to Portland and visit family while he was gone.   It will be my first over night outing with two kiddos.  I might be a little crazy trying to do it without Alex but we shall see.  I am excited for this next week!

My Big 2 Year Old

Updates on Clifton -
He turned 2 on Sunday the 18th!  He is definitely a 2 year old!  He is such a big boy and it is so hard to believe 2 years have gone by.  I cannot imagine how fast the other years are going to fly. He continues to talk and talk all the time.  And he often surprises us with things/words he knows.

Updates on McKay -
She has acid reflux:(  She is now on medicine and doing well.  Just a lot of spitting up but at least it does not hurt her now when she spits up.

 

Baby McKay's St Patrick's outfits!

  If you ever wonder if Clifton likes his sister, the answer is YES!  He loves her.

We had a ton of fun this week.  For FHE we made yarn Easter eggs.

 Clifton helping make the glue mixture for the eggs!

They turned out cute.  I only had enough glue to make two, but I like them.

I kept the boys real busy this week with fun activities.  First we got shaving cream out and rolled cars around in it.

 This is Clifton when he touched it.  He hates messy stuff.

 Evan on the other hand was fine with messy stuff!

 Clifton eventually got a little messy and had fun.  This is him saying FUN!  Blurry but I love this picture.

 They had the most fun cleaning up the toys in the sink!

 I also took the boys to Jump!

 We got Easter eggs out and egg cartons.  We were matching colors!  Then I got pom poms out and they were filling the eggs with pom poms.  Again we were matching colors.  They liked it!

More snow!!!!  I think Mother Nature is confused on what month it is!  But I let the boys play in it for a little.  But it started pouring 5 minutes after they went out and it turned into a muddy mess.

The boys also helped with the laundry.  Child labor at its finest:)

I made a spring wreath... hoping spring will show up soon!

Clifton is such a fun boy.  Alex and I love just running around and being silly with him.

I wrapped Clifton and Evans gifts while Clifton was sleeping.  When he woke up I had the empty rolls out still.  So we played sword.  Probably not the best thing to teach him but it was a ton of fun.

 

We often give Clifton airplane rides and he is learning to take turns with Evan and McKay.  So when Alex was giving him a ride after he was done he said it was mommy's turn.  So Alex gave me an airplane ride!

 Thursday our car broke down:(  It would not turn over.  So we thought it was the ignition.  We took it in and the mechanic said it was the ignition and it would be an easy fix.  SWEET!  But then a few hours later we got a call saying it was something else and it was a huge bill.  But they had a used part we could use for half the price.  So we agreed.  Then I got a call the next day saying it is done but since it is a used part we have to take it to Chrysler and get it reprogrammed.  So we still do not have the car back and do not know the final bill which makes me really upset:(

The upside to this all is Clifton thought the tow truck that came and got our car was Mater!  He makes negatives into positives when I need it. I love that boy:)

My parents and brother Chip came to town!  This is his first time coming to our home and meeting Baby McKay. It was my Dad's first time meeting McKay as well.

 

Clifton loves him and calls him Big Chip!

  

My brother is silly that is all I have to say!

Chip brought a fun game that we played.  It makes you do silly things.  I really liked it:)

 This is Chip making his belly button talk.  I am sure he appreciates that I posted this:)

This is my mom laughing so hard she is crying.  She had to laugh after someone laughed or move back a space.  Very funny!

Saturday we had Clifton's birthday party.

 Alex did a great job with the invites!

This is the cake I made for Clifton!  I really love how it turned out and so did Clifton!  I can make a cake look like dirt no problem, just don't ask me to make a cake look good:)

 The kids could play in dirt with tractors!

 Each kid got a tool belt and hard hat!

Pudding, Oreos, and gummy worms!

Clifton arriving to his party!

 Evan as a bulldozer driver.

 Singing happy birthday to the boys!

 Decorating hard hats!

We had so much fun at the party.  Clifton talked about it the next day saying "party fun."  That made my day!!!!!!!!!!  I am glad I could throw a party he enjoyed.  That is all that mattered to me.
Thank you everyone who came and celebrated with us.