A Week With Hank

I have been VERY lucky this week to have spent the week with Hank. His babysitter is on vacation so he got to come back to his old babysitters house!!!!! I've had a lot of fun with him. He is so much fun. And his laugh & smile make it all worth while, even when I'm dead dog tired.

Here is where Hank LOVES to sleep- my bed. I can usually get him to sleep in his bed till about midnight & then he wakes up hollaring for me. I toss him in bed with me, stick his pacifier back in his mouth, & back to sleep we go.

He LOVES his jumperoo!!!!! And I love the restraining device!

This morning we were working on sitting up like a big boy. He's getting there.... but he still falls over like a weeble wobble. I absolutely adore these expressions on his face. I'm tellin' ya' once this kid starts going we're going to be in for some MAJOR trouble!

SUPERHank

Hank & Tim playing "SuperHank"

IT'S COLD OUT THERE!!!!!

Here is Carter, pink cheeks & all, after playing outside. It has been soooooooooooooooooooooo darn cold here, yet the kids still want to play outside!!!! Crazy kids!

Hank

Even Hank liked the Pinewood Derby. About as much as taking off his socks & eating them!

When we got home, he had a little play time with the big boys & the dogs. I'm not so sure he knew what to think when Bullseye sat on his lap & then Molly sat on his lap!

Pinewood Derby 2010

This weekend was the Cub Scouts annual Pinewood Derby. It pretty much consumed our entire weekend.... but as long as the boys have fun that's all that matters!
Here is Carter with his car.

Carter's car crossing the finish line.

Even Tim built a car, at the last possible minute. Here it is crossing the finish line & kickin' butt! It's hard to tell but he used quarters for the weight & used ducktape to hold them down to the top of his car.

Christmas is FUN!

The boys in their dish chairs.

Carter & his Nerf gun. We swear he has ESP because he guessed what it was. And he guessed one of mine too!

Chase & his paddle. He's been saving up for a kayak so Grandpa & Grandma got him his paddle. Now he's got to keep working to save up so he can get it by this summer. He's so excited to be able to go kayaking with his Dad!

Walkie talkies from Uncle Jeff. What an AWESOME idea. Now when we can't find them in the neighborhood.... we can use these. Like Dad said, "who needs a cell phone!"

A fun day with Hank

Hank came to play on Sunday. It had been 3 weeks since I'd seen him, boy has he grown. He is so funny too. He really likes his saucer now. He figured out it can turn, so he thinks he's pretty big stuff. He eats baby food now. He also laughs & smiles at you if you ask him if he pooped his pants!

The Kids

I got these really cute pictures of all the kids yesterday afternoon while we were out in the yard. I made it into a collage at walmart.com, 1x14, I'm going to hang it on my wall above my couch. I can't wait to pick it up later this week!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we went to my parents house for Thanksgiving. It's the one time a year I go home. Here I am with my little cousin, Emersyn. She is the one I watched last year. I haven't seen her since June & she still remembered me! It was great to see her & super fun to play with her again. She is getting so big & so grown up & she finally has hair!!!!!!!

My Growing Hank

Now that I'm working at the school, I only get to see Hank on the weekends. :( And to make matters worse, he is moving to Grandview this weekend, which is about an hour away from me. I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sad! :(

Here are some recent pictures that I took of him when he was with me last Sunday. His new thing is to pull his pacifier out of his mouth, but he has yet to figure out how to get it back in his mouth. So I gave him one to hold on to & one to suck on. I swear he gets more & more cute as the weeks go on. Granted, I wonder if I'll change my mind once he can talk back?!

I'll Play Too

Hank was playing on his playmat the other day, Bullseye thought it looked like fun. But this time instead of laying on his back, like Hank, he played with his ball. Then once Hank was done playing, bullseye went under the toys to check it out.

Carter Can Take A Good Picture!

Here is Carter at the football game, he actually sat still for a minute for me to get his picture. He isn't making a crazy face in this one!!!

But then of course once he realized I got him in a good picture........ this is what I got next. I always knew he was part monkey, now I have proof!

Marching Band

Chase had his first marching band experience last Friday night at the home football game. All he said about it was that "it was hard".
Here he is waiting to go out on to the field.

Play Time!

Baby Hank LOVES his play mat! Bullseye must have thought it looked like a lot of fun & decided to try to join him.

Fireman's Celebration

This weekend was Fireman's Celebration/Durant Day's. It is the first year in 11 years, that we haven't had to be there ALL weekend long & that we could relax & just enjoy ourselves.

My Aunt had the boys on Saturday, for the parade & then for a while in the afternoon. They ran around the park & had tons of fun!

Carter- enjoying a corndog. I think he had two or three throught the day. He might have turned in to a corndog overnight!

Here is Carter riding the swings. It made my tummy feel sick just watching him go around, trying to get a picture of him. He loved it though, so that's all the counts.

Chase- playing a game, trying to win more toys.

A Boy & His Dog

Chase was sitting "indian style" on the couch last night & Bullseye came right up & plopped down in his lap.

We told Bullseye to "smile"......

Funny Baby Hank

Baby Hank spent the night last night while his Mommy had a hot date. He is starting to smile & coo more..... he's getting to be more & more fun. He turned 6 weeks old on Thursday, this week.

Swimming Party

The Cub Scouts had a swimming party at the Muscatine Aquatic Center last night. It was the last night of Katie's summer visit, so she went with us. They had a good time & were sad when it was time to go, they said "it's 10 o'clock already?!"

Here are Carter & Katie going down the blue slide.

The boys standing on the toys in the middle of the pool. They weren't supposed to but they did anyways..... imagine that.

Chase under one of the fountains.

Mississippi Valley Fair

My Aunt & I were brave yesterday & we took the kids to the fair for the afternoon. After about 4 hours at the fair, we were beat, I think the kids could have gone a little longer, but not us, we were pooped!!! It was hot but not terrible hot. Overall it was a good afternoon, everybody had fun, & I know I slept like a baby last night.

The kids enjoyed the bumper cars.

Katie talked Carter into going on this ride with him.

They walked through the beach house.

And Chase parted with $6 of his precious money so he could bungee jump. He kept trying to flip over but couldn't get himself going enough.

HEY! WATCH OUT FOR THAT HAY...

bail twine!!!!

Chase was running after a kitty at his Grandma's farm & ran right into some hay bail twine. It hasn't turned black & blue, so that's a good thing, but it sure did leave a nice scratch!