Puppy Love

We love our puppies!  Since we have had the boys the dogs don't get as much love from us as they used to.  However, now its not just us that show them love, the boys love Bernie and Chloe so much!  Last night while they were playing good guys/bad guys the dogs even got to play.  Bernie was a good dog and Chloe was a bad dog because she threw bombs.

 Chloe loves laying on our sofa in the family room.  Some times she even gets covered up on the really cold nights.

 Some nights I will even put Bernie up on the sofa too for bed.

 Bernie and Chloe are best buddies!

Bernie does not get to go on as many car rides as he used to.  Lets face it, most days I do good to keep up with the boys when we are out-the last thing I need is something furry to keep up with.  Bernie went to the doggie spa this month and got a nice bubble bath and a hair cut-doesn't he look so cute. He loved riding in the back seat between the boys (I am sure it had nothing to do with the endless treasures of old snacks he probably found between the car seats).

"Oh, Dear" Playtime

Tonight the boys have been playing really well together and not fighting.  The boys have really been showing a lot of interest in their play-mobile toys.  They received a police station for Christmas which provides them with all the fun their little imaginations can come up with.

One of Austin's men got hurt and needed a ride to the hospital.  Hudson quickly jumped up and ran from the playroom to his room and grabbed his army truck and said "I can take you".  They loaded the man up and off they went to the hospital with the man.  Along the way Hudson had an accident with the truck to which he says "Oh, dear...".  Then Austin from the other room yells as if cheering him on"Don't give up, your almost there".  

 After Austin's man was fixed up at the hospital he tried to thank Hudson and his men by saying "would you like to come in for some tea?".

As I sit and listen to them play together each day I am amazed by the things they each say.  

Diaper Man

 It amazes me some of the things my children come up with all on there own. 

 They have been having fun today unloading all of Hudson's diapers (clean of course) and throwing them around in the playroom.  Austin decided that they would call themselves "Diaper Man" and should wear the diapers on there heads.

They were so funny running around like this.  They managed to keep themselves and mommy entertained for a while like this.

Lightning Comes to Town

 November 1st, 2011was a big day at many homes-it was the release day of the movie Cars 2.

 It was an even more exciting day for kids in our town-the main characters from the movie came to town and you could have your photos taken with them.

 The boys thought it was cool but Austin was not too excited about having his picture made with them.

My little monkeys

Hudson has been quite the little monkey recently and finding any thing he can to stand on so he can reach things.  Today he thought it was a good idea to include his big brother in the fun.  I cant leave them alone for a min or turn my head for a min. these days.

At home Beach Day

 The temps have been so HOOOOOTTTTTTTT here this summer and we can only go outside to play early in the morning or just a little before dark.  Today Austin came up with the idea of having a beach day.

 

 He told me just how to set it all up with the pool right beside the sand table (we had the sand and the water) not to mention the fact that the sand table umbrella added a little shade to the pool.  I also had our patio umbrella where it was trying to shade the pool as much as possible.

 After both boys were all wet they decided it was time to swing.  Austin stepped it up with his big brother duties and pushed Hudson on the swing.

 We also decided to soak the dogs down with water too so they would stay cool and also gave them baths too,  Notice Bernie hiding under the sand table trying to catch a break from the sun.

 After the dogs baths it was back to work-Hudson decided it was a good time to mow the backyard.  Such a devoted little worker!

 Then it was time for another pool break

 Hudson also thought it was a good idea to hide Austin under the big yellow tub (notice Austin under it in the photo above).

Above the dogs are trying to catch some shade by a bush.

Outdoor fun with a Super Hero

 

We had a fun time playing outside today with Hudson and our Super Hero Austin!

 This is about the best photo I could get of them together

 Here are my 3 little guys-Bernie (our dog), Austin & Hudson

The boys love playing outside in the backyard, even though it is so stinking hot this summer.  Our dogs, Bernie & Chloe also love us all being out back together playing!

First week of August around our house

We have been playing a lot of ball around our house recently.

Austin has also been being a big helper with his little brother.  Notice him holding Hudson's cup in the photos below!

The last two weeks

We have not really been doing a whole lot the last week or two since it has been raining so much. I have been trying to be creative and come up with things to do with the boys. One day Austin and I made a car wash for his hot wheels. He seemed to love it!
The boys are continuing to become more like friends every day. They love playing together!

We had a family cookout this past weekend and Hudson was a cool cat sporting a Mohawk in his hair

I made some pancakes one morning for the boys and Austin's were in the shape of a trash truck (He loves trash trucks!)

Apparently I didn't give Hudson enough food this day-he was having to lick his plate for crumbs.

Austin loves wearing his sun glasses when we are in the car. He says "Mommy, I'm a cool cat!"

Hudson has a thing about always having at least one shoe on. He has also been into having hats on as well. He likes for them to be covering his eyes though.

Hudson being Mr. Hollywood!

Austin giving Hudson a little push!

Not only are the boys becoming better friends but they are also becoming partners in crime. The other day I went down stairs to get them a juice and was gone less than one min. When I came back upstairs into the playroom, they were both in my desk chair and had opened the laptop and were just banging away on the keys. Hudson had never climbed into the chair like this before and Austin knows better. Of course I say, "What are you boys thinking? Austin you know better." Austin looks at me an replies "Mommy, we had to check our email". Did my three year old really just say he was checking his email. Looks like I am going to have my hands full with these two boys!

My wonderful Mothers Day!

My guys made sure to give me the best Mothers Day a girl could ask for. My Mothers Day actually stated on Thur. when Austin came home with a gift from school that he made me and could not wait for me to open it. I have to admit I cried when I opened this cute little guy below.
They had also had questions asked to them about there mommy and below are the answers that Austin gave: I think on the one he said doctors on he actually was saying tractors. When he got home and I read the sheet I asked him each of the questions to see if he would answer them the same again and he did.

Then on Friday afternoon these amazing flowers were delivered to our house for me-which was prefect timing considering that Austin had the tummy bug all day on Friday and had been throwing up non stop. As I was smelling my flowers Austin says "Mommy, you love them?". I replied "yes baby I love them". Austin says "so do birds and bees" where does he get these things, you never know what he will say.

Then on Sunday I got 2 of these guys (confession-I got them myself for Austin and I) they are love monster cookies.

My Mothers Day morning started out with Brad and I waking up to the sound of the boys playing. I rolled over and looked at our video monitors only to discover that Austin had gone into his brothers room and was playing and entertaining his BoBo. This was the first time he had done that-it was so cute for us to just lay there and listen to them playing and laughing together.

I received the cute card seen above along with a note or I.O.U. to have a year of our family blog printed into a book which is just what I had asked for. Also, earlier in the week Brad and I made these creations seen below with the boys for my Mothers Day gift. We both decided that it would be much easier for us to do it together with the boys than Brad on his own with them. Austin also let Hudson play in his room all weekend and loved it.

Shortly after we all woke up we took a family trip to Waffle House which is my favorite! Once we got there we realized that it was Hudson's first time to eat there.

After breakfast we went home where I made the comment to Austin that I was tired and he told me that he would play with BoBo in his room and for me and daddy to go take a nap in our room. I jumped on the chance of a nap, which was 2 hours and daddy stayed up stairs and he and the boys also napped.

We then went and got some flowers to plant in the back yard which was fun. Austin also picked me some flowers shown above!

After we planted some of the flowers Brad fired up the grill and cooked us some yummy steaks. We were going to have a picnic outside but it was a little hot so we ended up having a picnic in the playroom which Austin provided some music entertainment during.

here are two of my guys during our picnic

At one point I look over and Hudson has a whole hunk of meat in his mouth. I guess it looked better than his food that was cut up on his plate.

Hudson and Austin had so much fun playing together all day which was nice. Although Hudson thought that getting up on Austin's train table and walking around was the best thing ever.

Here is my baby girl!

And here is Bernie my first born baby!

I did good and didn't do any chores around the house all day which of course meant that it looked like this most of the day.

Brad was great and made sure made sure that I didn't do anything around the house or with the boys other than have fun, which was nice. Now I only have another 364 days until my next vacation day.