'pend the night

steve and i are going to an overnight farm meeting/summer expo in woodstock virginia. the boys are staying the night with grandmother and mackdaddy (pend the night, as jake would say)-

last night we asked henry where the corn was and he looked and pointed the ears of corn on the stove. and this morning we said 'henry, what happend to your hair?" - it was sticking up - and he reached up and touched it ;) he is easily entertained by taking off/putting on lids from bottles/cupe/etc and would play all day in the dishwasher if he let him. he als likes to climb up in the chair and mess with the laptop (bang the keys/shut it/ pull the internet card off)-

jake has been into dinosaurs lately and knows the names for about 4-5....he can also recognize his numbers pretty well, definitely 1-6....also i noticed this past school year that he was starting to color closer in the lines towards the end of the year, when compared to the beginning of the school year :) we went ahead and ordered his school bag for this year and he picked out a super cute dino theme (with matching thermos and lunchbox) -

my boys

jake loves his grandparents - every time he sees his grandma, he has to get a juicy and fruit-snacks before he leaves her. a little too much sugar sometimes, but a ritual that is sweet :) just now, she came over and left her goodies. but since it is 9:24pm, he had to choose between the 2, rather than have both so late....he said "i'll save the juicy for 'morrow" :)

we went to the va living museum today with grandmother, mackdaddy, and cousin ethan (who is visiting for the week) - they had a dinosaur exhibit which jake loved. henry had a great time too and was very content and good. we did have to exit the planetarium movie early because he kept talking and wouldnt sit still. but a nice time overall.

jake also went to "camp grandmother" for several days, to stay with her and spend time with ethan. they went to busch gardens, the children's museum in richmond (played with the awesome race car display), and tried to camp out each night. but it always stormed. they did manage to roast marshmallows though! he had fun and spent 3 nights away from home! i'm glad he's back home now :)

henry can follow simple directions, such as when we tell him to take a toy to daddy. he is so cute - smiles alot - likes his mama- cries when you tell him "no", especially if your voice is stern. he says "hello" very clearly when he pretends to talk on a phone. and calls a ball a Gall - wearing a size 6 shoe now - seems to be bigger than jake was at this age - will climb the ladder to jake's bunk beds if he can - knows where his eye and mouth are - does a lizard where he sticks his tongue in/out really fast :)

tidbits

when jake wants to tie 2 things together, he says he is going to "tangle" them :)

we were making pasta salad the other day and jake was helping. i asked him if he wanted to try it. he said "no, it might give me chiggers."

today, i handed henry a french fry to eat. after a few seconds, he said "ta-tu" (thank you)-

jake has had 2 ticks on him this summer. when steve pulled them off, he SCREAMED! poor buddy~

Tid-Bits

Henry likes to put on our shoes and try to walk in them~

Jake has gone for 2 nights with his Pa and Grandpa, to visit Aunt Missy. Go to the beach, putt-putt, bumper boats, etc~

Henry likes to go up and down the steps - when I count, 1 he says "2"~

Henry likes to raise up my shirt and poke my belly button~

Jake likes country music and rock & roll, and likes the songs "Big Green Tractor" and "Rain Makes Corn, Corn Makes Whiskey" - :)

Jake weighs 54.5 lbs this week~

4 months too long

Henry had his 1st birthday party - polka dot theme :)

Henry's 1st Easter :)

it has been 4 months since my last post - so much has happened and my sweet baby boys are growing so quickly! if i think about it too much, it makes me scared that the time will go by too fast and they will be grown and won't let me snuggle and smell their hair anymore...makes me almost cry!

anyhoo, they can say and do the funniest things. jake told me today that a lady on tv was wearing a "tinkerchef", aka, handkerchief :) henry can now say mama, dada, jake, bubba, "ga" for ball, ka-ka (cracker), bye-bye, hello, and thank you. he loves to try to put on peoples clothes and shoes and sits for long periods putting on/taking off the lids of things.

we got a boat this summer, a suntracker deck boat which is really fun. the boys like it and we have been out about 4 times. we swam in the river yesterday and saw fireworks on it for the 4th of july. speaking of the 4th, henry went swimming for the first time and jake can now touch the bottom of the shallow end of the pool! henry loves the water and loves taking baths....jake DID NOT at that age :) henry still sleeps with me at night and we will try to get everybody back in their own beds once we get through the busy summer. the boys enjoy going to the patch every day and playing, picking blueberries, and eating the homemade ice cream that steve makes and we sell there. henry still drinks alot of bottles and i am not concerned with getting him weaned. i'll give him until xmas, like we did with jake. santa can take his bottle to a child who does not have one, like santa did with jake's.....kinda makes me sad again....if i think about it too much....with jake i knew that there would be another to go through everything with again.....with henry, i am not sure....."sigh"-

henry wears size 24 month clothes and size 5/6 shoe...jake wear size 6 and 12 shoe...jake weighs about 52 pounds and is 43 inches....not sure on henry untilwe go next month...he is probably 31 inches and 26 pounds....we went to busch gardens last week and jake was able to ride on roman rapids for the first time :) henry had a great time and was as good as gold - they were cute, side by side, in the double stroller that we rented for the day :)

jake turned 4 in april and had a monster truck party with an awesome cake that looked like a monster truck :) he started soccer and loved it, but had to end his season early. on april 30th, he was climbing out of henry's playpen and fell backwards back into it....broke his left elbow :( had a splint for 2 weeks, then a cast for 2, then a sling for 2...he is all better now and we hope he can play soccer in the fall since he missed so much of this season (only got to play in 1 game)-

jake ended his first year of preschool with good notes...on his last day, i cried like he was getting married....good golly....not a good sign of how i will be on graduation day! may was a good month, with a very successful strawberry season. henry won a contest in the vegetable growers magazine...we posed him in a veggie bushel basket last year, and he won 4th place with that photo :)

ok, this was a start on missing so much time -