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.

We Survived!

Updates on Clifton -
No nursery this week:(  I guess Evan is the key.  So Evan and Denyal have no choice they will have to come every Sunday!  He is starting to say thank you and please without prompts (he needs them still but every now and then he will do it by himself).  We are also teaching him how and when to use welcome.

Updates on McKay -
She smiles all day long!  All I have to do is talk to her and she smiles her cute dimpled smile.  I love it!  She is getting close to figuring out how to roll over. She is also getting close to laughing.

Well this week was not a productive week.  We all got sick except Alex who was enjoying the sun in Florida.  It was a long long week but we got through it. Most of the week we laid around trying to get better.  I struggle with being a good mom when I am sick. I love doing things with my kids but when I am sick and they are sick TV and movies become a staple.  I need to work on being better at that:(

But when we started feeling better I got back to doing fun things with the kiddos.

We went to the play area at the mall.  The boys loved it!

We then went to Jump with some friends.  Clifton absolutely loved every minute of it.  It scares me a little but it is a real fun place.

He had this big smile on his face the whole time.  And when we got back he napped very well which put a big smile on my face:)

Other little activities we did to stay busy was scoop and play with beans.

He really likes scooping and digging so this activity will keep him busy for seriously an hour.

We also got the nails and hammer out again.  He changed it a little.  After he hammered them in he enjoyed pulling them out and then putting them back in the holes with his hands.  This kept him busy for a while!

 

Saturday Alex came home!  Yippee Skippy!  We were all so excited to see him and he was excited to be home.

Clifton had lots of hugs and kisses saved up for his Daddy!  We love having him back.  It just helps remind us what a wonderful father and husband he is.

Week One Without Alex

Updates on Clifton -
Picking up more and more words everyday. I have no idea how big his vocabulary is anymore.  He repeats a ton.  His new favorite thing to say is "Righteous!".  Like the turtle from Finding Nemo.  Which he is crazy about right now.

 

Updates on McKay -
She loves to smile and she melts my heart every time she does!
She is starting to not sleep as deep as she did as a new born.  So her loud brother often wakes her up:(  But she is doing well.  After she got her first shots last week she has realized she has a voice and is more vocal these days.

Clifton loves his sister so much!

For FHE  I invited Evan and his family to come over and join us.  I made fudge and put it in cookie cutters.  Then we decorated them with candy.

It was fun.  It would have been better if I did not mess up the fudge:(  So I threw all of it away, but it was a good time!

I kept the boys really busy with new activities this week.  Things go much smoother when I have planned activities that they enjoy.  We scooped pom poms with cooking utensils, played with balloons, and threaded pipe cleaners into a strainer.  They had a lot of fun this week and so did I.

The boys were imitating McKay and I.  I was holding her on my lap facing forward.  This really made me laugh.  They are both really silly boys!

Yep we got snow!  It was fun for the boys to get out in the snow.  The snow was really slushy and they loved it because they would stomp their feet and it would splash up around them.  However it did not last long because their feet got wet and real cold.  But it was a good time.

At the end of the week I took Clifton to Petco and we walked around looking at the animals.  It is like a free zoo to Clifton:)  He really liked the mice and the fish.  So I got him a couple goldfish.  We named them Shark Bait and Darla.  He enjoys feeding them and watching them swim.  They probably wont be with us for long but we will enjoy them while they last.

Clifton and McKay have been making up for Alex being gone.  They give me lots of cuddles.  It is like they know I needed it:)

So one week with Alex gone and we have survived!  One more week to go and I hope it goes fast.  The kids are doing well.  Being able to face time helps!  However I really miss his company so I hope this week flies bye.  I cannot wait to have a warm bed (it is real cold when he is gone) and someone to keep me giggling around again!