Big Boy Bed

My baby is now in a big boy bed! The transition was sad in many ways but it's good too. I've been wanting to rearrange things and so this whole process forced us to clean and organize and so that was good. The boys wanted to share a room so we set up Austin's bed in Rexford's room and moved the toys to the other room. Austin wanted a Toy Story bed so we put Toy Story sheets on his bed and then got a matching sports quilt like Rexford's to go on top of the bed and he loves it. They like being together and they have been sleeping in later because it's darker in that room for Austin and Rexford will stay in bed longer when he notices that Austin is still sleeping. Austin was starting to fight a little at nap and bed time but now he climbs up in his bed and wants to read a story and snuggle a little. So sweet!

In Austin's new big boy bed

I think it's sweet that they wanted to share a room :)

Cool New Jeep

My mom found this Jeep at a garage sale and the boys are in love! They were so excited when we gave it to them and want to ride it all the time. They have so much fun riding it around and it's so fun to watch them.

Pretzel Fun!

One Monday evening Rexford wanted to know what we were making for Family Home Evening dessert so I started looking around the kitchen to see what I could find. I pulled out my fun kid's cookbook and found an easy recipe for pretzels and since I had all of the ingredients we decided on that. The dough was super easy to make and not too many ingredients and the kids loved helping. Then we divided the dough into little balls and then rolled them into long snakes and then twisted them to make pretzels. Austin couldn't really roll it out but he helped anyway :) Rexford was a great helper and especially liked brushing them with egg and sprinkling the salt. They were good and the kids loved them! Next time I think we'll try sprinkling them with cinnamon and sugar!

Austin saying "cheese!"

My little helpers

Rexford showing off his pretzels

They were yummy!

Orange Juice

We had a bunch of really juicy oranges/tangerines? from my mom and so I got a little hand juicer and let the boys help make orange juice. They loved it! They thought it was so cool that they got to squeeze the juice out and make their favorite drink. They drank their juice for Family Home Evening dessert. It was yummy!

Happy 10 Years to Us!

We've been married 10 years now! We got to spend a great evening together (thanks Grandma and Grandpa Ursic) and enjoy several hours just the two of us.

Rexford helped me make and decorate a cake. Austin wanted the cake so bad, he whined for an hour and kept trying to stick a spoon in the cake :)

Here we are on our wedding day. Don't we look so young?!

Updates

So I thought I should write some updates about the boys and what they do and like and don't like, etc. so we'll have it when they are grown up.

Rexford is doing well in preschool. His writing has improved so much and he does it so much faster and it's easier for him. He even does a journal at school and he sounds out words and tries to write them. He is still nervous about where to cut with scissors sometimes. He likes math and he can count to 100 by ones and tens. He is doing addition problems and he loves to show us his work. He is starting to like drawing and coloring more and often draws pictures of our family. He likes to play video games-Mario Kart at our house and Lego Star Wars at Papa's house. I have to turn Mario Kart off sometimes because he gets angry and emotional if he's not winning and he's trying to unlock a new cart or something. His new favorite show on TV is Wild Kratts (it's about animals and rescuing them-real life/cartoon combo). He has taken an interest in basketball and likes to play at school when they play inside and he likes to play at Papa's house. Even with the big ball and real hoop he can make some shots! He is a sweet older cousin-he loves Matthew and Anderson and they love him. Matthew always gets excited when he sees Rexford. He is sweet to Austin most of the time but they do have their little fights sometimes. He is a very loving child and always gives us hugs and kisses and tells us he loves us. He likes us to do things with him and spend time with him. He is very sensitive and gets very embarassed and upset when he gets in trouble. He likes to help Daddy outside and ride his bike.

Austin is growing so quickly lately. It seems like he is so much older these past few weeks. He talks so much and so well and can say just about anything he wants. He is more assertive and gets upset when people touch him (on accident or on purpose) and will shout, "Don't touch me!" or "Don't take my toy!" He can tell me what happened when he gets hurt and can tell me where he left something when we are looking for it. Whenever he falls down, he usually gets up and says, "I'm ok Mom." He loves Toy Story and wants to watch the movies all the time. He plays and sleeps with his little Buzz and Woody. He says "to infinity and beyond!" many times a day and always stretches out his arms when he says it. He does it on the carousel at Sea World, riding in a cart at the store, and running through the house or at the park. He thinks he's Buzz Lightyear :) He also likes to say "I am Buzz Lightyear, I come in peace." He likes to listen to Toy Story songs on my ipod. He loves to color and paint and play with playdoh and chalk. He is starting to want to write his name. He asks me to help him and he loves doing it over and over. He plays well by himself and will sit and talk and play but sometimes will ask me to come play with him. It is sometimes hard to get him to eat sometimes. He likes pasta, fruit, and cheese. He is often shy around people and if they try to talk to him he will close his eyes and turn or bury his head. But sometimes he is very outgoing, just depends on his mood I guess :) He copies everything Rexford does and wants to be just like him. He doesn't like his hands messy or getting wet when he's in regular clothes. He always asks me to wipe his hands and he hates it when I spray his hair in the morning to comb it. He is sweet and says, " I love you too mom" and gives me hugs.

They are growing up so fast! We love Rexford and Austin!

Daddy and the Boys

Just wanted to post a couple of cute pictures of the boys and Brian.

Painting Fun

Rexford and Austin love to paint. Here are just some art pictures taken in the last month. Last month they wanted to paint but I needed to cook dinner so I couldn't give them messy paints and leave them (well Rexford is fine but I can't leave Austin just in case). So I found these paint by water books we had in our art box and gave them those to paint. They had so much fun! They did a whole book :)

Busy painting

Rexford loved the paint with water pictures

Austin had lots of fun too!

Science Fun

We have been enjoying our Science Center pass we got for Christmas. Right now they have a fun Curious George exhibit that the boys love. Austin likes to go to the transportation room, dig for dinosaurs, and play with the boats and water. Rexford loves to do fly airplanes, do the race car video game, and go to the Channel 9 weather room. Here are some pictures of our fun afternoon.

Austin loves to dig for dinosaurs but is a little nervous of the dinosaur sounds they play in the room

Rexford getting ready to do the weather

Rexford loves this!

Rexford doing the weather report

Austin talking on the weather report

Rexford driving a little Mars rover

Austin, George, and Rexford

Getting ready to go down the slide on George's rocket

Austin found the firefighters of Rescue Squad 86 in the elevator

They love to "work" on the car

Today they had a bunch of instruments and the boys had lots of fun trying them all out

Austin likes to play with the little animals

Fun Friday

I took Rexford and Austin to Sea World the Friday before Valentine's Day since we hadn't been in awhile and though it was a little chilly at times, we had a good day. The boys are at such a fun age and I can let them walk and explore without worrying they will run too far away and they always listen and come back when I call them. It was great because it was not crowded at all so they could pretty much do as they pleased. They loved the dolphins this visit and the dolphins were being fun and coming up the glass. We went up to try to touch them but then they started feeding them so it didn't work out. Rexford said he wanted to feed them(which is shocking because last time he was scared) so maybe we'll try that next time. They loved the shows and the rides and the polar bear was actually awake :)

Austin with his usual picture look and Rexford giving me his cute smile

Playing with the dolphins

Having a snack and waiting for a show

In the penguin exhibit they have this hand and if you touch it a video plays about the type of penguin. Austin thought it was cool and went around touching the hands and then plopping himself on the floor to watch the show :)

Rexford was the ONLY person on the ride and he had SO much fun!

It's hard to see but the polar bear was awake and walking around and eating