Party in the USA

We have reverted back to 1970 past times this week.... bowling and roller skating.

Tim and I took the kids to the rink here in town that is still open and from what we saw tonight, doing very well. We've taken Hayden a few times since the beginning of the year and he LOVES it. Begs to stay well after our session has ended.

Tonight was Jaxson's first time since I found out they rent adjustable kids skates. He screamed when we put the skates on him but once he was upright and on his feet he loved it. He liked being pushed/pulled more than actually trying to skate but that was ok.
We didn't see much of Hayden since he had a few friends there. But he would stop by the table and get a drink once in awhile. :)Jax got tired after a couple times around and sat and had a snack with Daddy and watched everyone else skate.It really was a fun night and now that we know he likes it maybe we will try again sometime.

Bowling with the 'rents

We went to a great bowling alley on Monday with Grammy and Pa (or PaPa as Jax has been calling him) That is reserved for Mom and Tots in the mornings. $5/kid and Mom's bowl for free plus free fruit, yogurt for the kids and coffee for the parents. It was great!The kids had a blast but both of them LOVE bowling! Pa was getting worried when Jax was beating him but Pa picked up his game and beat us all.
Jaxson found the hand drier and thought his tongue could use some air :)
Afterwords we went to lunch and surprised Tim at work, with a lunch date out with the family. It turned into a really great morning.

Indoor Soccer

I know I haven't posted much about indoor soccer this year. There were a lot of issues this winter with soccer, needless to say Tim and I were not happy with the Park District or the team Hayden was put on, but tried to make the best of it anyway.
He was on the White Tigers. He did seem to have fun and enjoy himself. Towards the end he finally got in there and started being more aggressive with the ball and almost scored a few goals, when the coach let him play. Opps I'm regressing again. :) His friend from class was on the team so that was nice.
This past Sat was the last game and afterwords they had a pizza party and all received trophys and certificates. Hayden was very proud and we were proud of him for trying his best and sticking it out!(yes I know the picture looks funny, its been edited)

Growing UP

Hayden had his very first sleep over at our house on Friday with his friend Cody. It went great as far as I can tell. We ordered pizza to make the children's taste buds happy and then later made popcorn and watched a cute movie, Aliens in the Attic.
Here's a pic of the two of them, plus one. :)
The boys and their amass of blankets and pillows to watch the movie.
They both were really good. We only had to mediate a few arguments but I don't think either of their mouths stopped moving all evening. After letting them stay up late and have lights on late they finally passed out around 1030pm. Not too bad. And I didn't have to drive anyone home at 3am like I thought I might. :) In the morning there were waffles and more playing and trashing of the room, and video games before we returned Cody to his parents. :)

Our Artist

When Hayden was young I longed to have that child that loved to color and draw. Hayden was to 'busy' for such things. Jaxson is a different story. He loves to color and mostly draw. His favorite time to draw is while Hayden is doing his homework. I guess he likes to feel included. Other times are when we're not paying attention. Like Friday night he drew a wonderful shape on my kitchen cabinet with permanent marker and another time when he felt his little table was a bit boring and colored it blue and green. :) Thank the heaven above for Magic Erasers. :-)What really amazes us is at the age of 2year and 2 months he can draw a face.... well a good interpretation of a face. 2 eyes, a nose, a circle for the mouth. Ears somewhat on the sides of the face and lines for hair. Now Hayden was nearly in K before he would do that on command.

Not just for children

We have found our "fatius dorkis" (aka: our cat) sleeping in the kids bean bag more than once.

1) That means he has out grown his small dog bed to sleep in
2) He's hot now that it's a balmy 45° outside
or 3) He's just sleeping there to taunt Jaxson...

maybe all three :)


and we were able to snap this picture the other night. Steel hanging with Hayden. This is VERY rare! Hayden isn't a real animal person and from the day Hayden was brought into this house Steel has not been his biggest fan. I guess both of them are coming around.

Just a nothing post

I know I said I am caught up and I am :) But not much has been happening around here to post about.
Jaxson has been sick, just a cold but he's happy and miserable all at the same time. I thought he was over it enough to have his first sleepover at my parents house and he did fine but his runny nose and cranky disposition are back. He did pause long enough for me to get these.He was even happy enough to play around in my shoes. (no he didn't leak his diaper. He was practicing drinking out of a cup. We need more practice)

Hayden has been good but has had some of the cold as well. Some issues in school with "friends" and "not friends" but nothing that a 1st grade heart can't handle. Kids out there these days are rough and my big lug of a kid just can't take it sometimes. He's playing indoor soccer this winter and is doing well. Maybe I'll grab the camera next time and get some pics.

Tim is doing well. Work is coming along and finally started on the project he got hired to work on. I can't say he's in love with his job yet but it's hard after being at a place for 10years and working with people you truly enjoyed being around to find that again somewhere else. I've roped him into coaching for Spring soccer, he's looking forward to that.

And since my son's are so into sharing I've caught sickness they have been passing around. I had to call in sick to work, something I haven't done in 2 years!! I hate doing it but I just won't go with a fever. That doesn't need to be spread to the patients. Plus the idea of laying on the couch today during Jaxson's nap is SOOO appealing....so off I go!

Yiiipppeee!!

I'M CAUGHT UP :)
{{this is me happy dancing}}

Hopefully I won't let it get this far behind again.

and onto Green

Hayden tested for his GREEN belt the first week in February. It's taken him 3 years and 4 months and it should take him the same to reach his BLACK belt. Can you imagine? My son a black belt before he's a teenager? wow.
This is once fierce dude.
Completing his first kata, Genesis.
Getting his belt. Look at that look on his face.... can you tell he's happy? I didn't think so. {{insert sarcasm here}}

I broke out the studio to try and get a portrait of him in his belt. I didn't have the lighting right but these came out all dramatic and moody, don't you think?
We are so proud of him for sticking with this. It's something he's really good at and enjoys.

Your ears would bleed too if you lived here

This is what we get to hear most nights is the shrill of little boys. I didn't think their voices could get that high but alas our children can. :)

again I apologize if I caused any pain but the title did warm you. LOL

Jaxson turns 2!!

On his birthday we took Jaxson to Red Red Robin for dinner. He loves the french fries there and always gets a balloon. This time though he got something more.... a free ice cream. Can you tell he was happy about that?
Once we got home he got our gift... a new tricycle!!! (I feel like an announcer. LOL) He's too small for Hayden's first bike and too big for the push car. So we got him something in between for this summer.We had Jaxson's party the weekend after his birthday. It was a nice day and one that was celebrated. Tim had a job again, everyone was healthy, and our family and friends were all around us. Jaxson had a good day because he scored some COOL presents!
We had been practicing blowing out the candles for awhile and he did really good, and only drooled on the cake a tiny bit.
As is becoming tradition I baked the cake this year and felt a little adventurous. You can see it wasn't that pretty on the outside but check out the middle. :D

It even tasted good too.

Family Picture 2010

We had Family pictures taken at JC Penny for the last time this year. Now since I have the studio setup at home I don't think we will be going back. Nice!

Jaxson's 2 year photos. He looks so much like Hayden at this age but them so different. No fooling anyone that they aren't related.

Another one bites the dust

Hayden finally loses the other front tooth after this one hanging on for about a month. He was very excited since it came out in school and was able to get a little treasure chest to hold it in.

All things Wiggle ©

Jax has developed a love of the Wiggles, just like Hayden did. Jax just takes it to new levels. :) He can dance with 90% of the songs and will come running from another room when he hears one of his favorites. This is Rock a Bye a Bear.
Too bad not all the Wiggles are part of the group anymore or else we would try and see them next time they tour.

NYE '09

On NYE we celebrate with Jere, Sharon and the girls. We have for as long as I can remember now. We had more to celebrate since Jere learned that morning that he would have a job after 6 months of being laid off and we were waiting on news of Tim's job news. We brought out the hats and horns early since Jax would be sleeping at actual midnight, at least I hoped. So here is our little princess :)
The kids livin' it up!
Me and Sharon, after a pitcher of Sangria, hence the 'squinties' :D
Jax and Faithie hanging out.
The kids started playing Wii and once Jax was in bed the adults kicked them out and had our turn at Wii Resort and Deer Hunter. We really haven't laughed that much in a long time. It was fun to be carefree for the evening. :)
Jax and his Godmama.
Me and Tim at midnight... this was the 'nice' picture. LOL
Here's Sharon and Jere's 'naughty' picture...they really know how to celebrate the New Yearthe kids all ready for midnight and bed. They had pretty much hit the wall at this point.
The next morning... don't know who was more tired. :D