Saturday, March 16, 2013

talent show

Our church had a talent/no talent show last weekend and three of my fellas did the song Always together.  Zach played guitar, Connor sang with some help, and Micah played guitar. 

It was so sweet and so cute.  Micah was SUPER nervous to have people staring at him and spent a lot of time maneuvering himself behind music stands while playing so no one could see him.  He did really good but I know he did more in practice when he was relaxed.  His highlight was jumping on the kick drum to get it to make a sound and having his little head bop up and down.  Connor was a comedian and added some extra stuff in his voice when he was hitting some notes.  Leslie got it on video and Magda held Logan for me so I could get a few pictures.  I didn't get a close up of Micah because he was already nervous and I didn't want to add to it!


look closely for Micah in the background :)


Friday, March 15, 2013

16 months

Happy 16 months old to my Logi Bear!  I haven't done an official update of Logan since his first birthday.  Poor forgotten 3rd child or he is so attached to me at all times it's hard to have a moment away just to think, I'll let you decide which it is.

Lots of growing has been taking place the last four months.  Mostly in mischievousness but lots of positives too.  He's definitely developed a stubborn opinionated streak now that he's a mature toddler and knows exactly what he wants and when he wants it.  Oh how the parenting begins.  In other newness...

*first word was mommy and second word was daisy.  While those two seem to remain his favorites he also says daddy, Conner (nonner), Evie (weevie), hi, hello, bye bye, ball, baseball, bat, hat, milk, shoes (shhhh), read, ba ba, duck, dog, bath, eat, drink, let's go, no, stop, please, thank you, more, bite, play, outside, slide, swing (weee), cheese, water, uh oh, bar, nigh night and repeats a lot of other ones if he is in the mood to repeat them.
*can point to his eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, hands, feet, toes head and hair when asked.
*likes to throw things.  I prefer him to throw a ball but he prefers to throw whatever might be in his hand.
*loves taking a bath and knows it's bath time when he's finished eating dinner.  He hates getting his hair washed though.
*likes pushing cars on the floor and makes a car noise when he does it.
*eats a lot more things now but still will not eat pizza or spaghetti or anything with a red sauce or ground beef.
*LOVES marshmallows.  I had to hide the bag from first sight in the pantry so he would not ask for one every time I opened it.
*would stay outside all the live long day if he could.
*has all four of his one year molars which all came in at the exact same time causing a few rough nights.
*thinks Evie (weevie) is the best thing ever and yells her name if he hears it come up in any conversation and/or if he sees a baby girl and/or if he just feels like saying it at a certain moment.
*favorite current book is The Very Hungry Caterpillar and he makes munching sounds as soon as I open it to read.
*his second favorite book is Where's Spot that I bought for $.50 at a consignment sale when Micah was one.
*can make a duck sound, a lion sound and a dog sound but pretty much has no interest in any other animal.
*learned how to hold a play gun and make shooting noises from his big brothers.
*still climbs like a champ and can not be left unmonitored for even a moment outside or else he will climb the ladder or rock wall on our play set with no spotting.
*likes yelling hello to anyone on the phone whether they are real or imaginary.
*enjoys making messes and is allowed to some times when I really need to accomplish something.  It seems somewhat counterproductive to let him destroy one area while I do something in another but if it helps me be productive I'll take it.

All in all this little fella is an adorable lovable mess!!























Monday, March 11, 2013

mini revs

Connor started mini revs last Monday.  They don't have games, they just meet once a week on Monday nights from 6:00-6:45 to learn basic soccer skills.  William did it in the fall and since Zach has been playing soccer with our church team and we thought it would be fun for Connor to have something that he could be involved in we are trying it for the spring.  He has been talking about starting soccer practice for weeks!! 

I wasn't able to watch because I was with Micah at baseball practice but Zach said he had a blast and that he always wanted to be right up front so he could see exactly what they were doing.  According to Connor they did side to side, put their feet on and off the ball fast, kicked it slowly past the alligators,  and balanced it on their backs.












I personally think this is brilliant and wish all sports would do this for the younger ages.  How cool would it be to instead of have tee ball, they just spend time really teaching the kids the skills they need.  It would cut down on a lot of ridiculous parents yelling at 4 years olds  in the middle of games too!

Sunday, March 10, 2013

sunday song


Desert Song
Hillsong


[Verse 1:]
This is my prayer in the desert
And all that's within me feels dry
This is my prayer in the hunger in me
My God is a God who provides

[Verse 2:]
And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through the flames

[Chorus:]
And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon forged against me shall remain

I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here

[Verse 3:]
And this is my prayer in the battle
And triumph is still on it's way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll stand

[Bridge:]
All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship

[Verse 4:]
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be empited again
The seed I've recieved I will sow

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Friday, March 8, 2013

my artist



Micah brought home his art project that he did in art class last semester.
  I can't wait to frame it and hang it up!  


Thursday, March 7, 2013

IKEA

A certain someone has asked me to update my blog so that they do not have to look at my previous post every time they bring up the blog.  I'm pretending it's because that certain person misses updates of my sweet boys so much that they just really need some new pictures ;)

 I had been waiting almost 9 years to get rid of his horrible broken tacky dragged from college dresser and we kept saying we would plan a time to go up there.  Last Saturday it was freezing, I scratched my hands trying to shove his clothes into his dresser and decided I couldn't take it any longer!  Thankfully my husband read my signs and agreed it'd be a fun afternoon adventure so we braved IKEA with all three boys!  They did really good.  All three of them sat in the cart and enjoyed getting wheeled around everywhere and Micah loved checking out the map and letting us know which department we were coming to next.  During the trip Connor got a paper cut and turned into his other self for awhile but still all in all it was fun and we celebrated with cinnamon rolls after.






Zach put together the first one that night after the boys were in bed while I kept him company.  It took about 2 1/2 hours and/or one movie for me to watch :)





We finished the second one Sunday night and then moved around a lot of furniture in our room to make room for both of them.  On Monday I got to spend time rearranging our clothes in our drawers and decorating in the new wall space above my dresser.  My kind of fun!!

I put together a little gallery wall of artwork and frames that I had stashed in the closet when we had to redo the guest room into a little boy room.  The three paintings were done by my sister in law Beka, the Love hoop was a Christmas present from Katie, the square is a melissa and doug playdoh accessories box lined with scrap paper and the frame I bought at one of my favorite stores that went out of business a few years ago.  I'm planning on putting the teacup and saucer that I got from Mrs. Vickey in the middle of  the box but I need to get a special hanger for it.