Mr. Potato Head

After lunch today, I was putting Gabriel down for his nap and I noticed that Christopher was being really quiet. I snuck down the hall to see what he was doing...camera in hand...and found him sitting on the floor in his play room with Mr. Potato head. He got this toy for his birthday and he loves it so much!
So, this is the masterpiece that was created! Pretty halarious!

And then he's off...

He ran off to show daddy what he had made, but Chris had just left to coach a basketball game at church. I felt so bad for him! We are saving it to show daddy after Christopher wakes up from his nap.

Well, the house is totally quiet right now, so I'm going to take advantage of my time. I hear some dove dark chocolate calling my name!

Christopher's first day of preschool

So, Tuesday was Christopher's first day of preschool. Our church has a preschool for 2 and up that meets on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 10:00-2:00. I wanted to keep him home with me, but he loves spending time with other kids, and since I'm not working anymore he doesn't do that on a regular basis. I knew that having a short amount of structured play time with other children would really do him good. So, we went and got him a little lunch box and packed his backpack with all the essentials. When we got there, he was walking down the hallway carrying his backpack and lunchbox and he made sure to say "hi" to each person he saw. When a mommy or daddy would ask him how he was doing he would say "good"...so sweet! When we got to his classroom he just walked right in and found a ball...that's my boy:) I stayed around for a while but he didn't pay any attention to me. He enjoyed being there and is learning the names of his new teachers and friends. I will keep you all updated on how this new venture goes for him. I expect that it will be a great experience for him and allow me to spend more time with Gabriel (and get some extra house work done:)

Fun times in Feb...

We have been enjoying the boys this week. Gabriel is getting so big and it's just awesome to watch him do new things. He has started talking a lot...he makes all kinds of goofy faces when he does it:) He still chews on his fingers all the time. Christopher loves to tell me everything he does. He tells me when the baby laughs, talks, chews, or poops. It's like my own personal alert system:) Tonight the boys watched a little bit of Shrek together...Gabriel was laying on Christopher's back...so sweet!

The boys took their first bath together on Sunday. It was really short because Gabriel got a little overstimulated and needed to relax. Afterward, they both got baby massages...what a life!

Today was Christopher's first day at preschool. Our church has a preschool program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00-2:00. Since he is two years old now he can start going. He had a blast, but I had a hard time letting go:) I will post pictures of school later.

Happy Valentine's Day

Our Valentine's Day was lots of fun. We started the day by making heart shaped pancakes...yummy! The table was decorated all pretty and we broke out or wedding crystal stemwear just for fun. Then I headed off for the spa! Chris got me a facial, pedi, & mani...so fabulous! It was pretty much all I needed for a nice Valentine's Day, but that wasn't all!

So, after the spa, Chris had to coach a basketball game at church. We had lasagna for dinner with Mimi & the boys, then Mommy & Daddy went out for some fun. We got all dressed up and headed downtown to the new movie theater to watch "Taken". It was an awesom movie! It had my heart racing from the beginning...I would definately see it again.

After the movie, we had reservations at Fedora-a fondue restaurant downtown. I was super excited about this because I LOVE fondue. I don't know what else to say about the experience, except that it was completely disapointing! I'm so sad to say it, but it was just a bad experience. We got there at 8:30, ordered an appetizer of cheese fondue, a bowl of soup, and a dessert fondue. We got our soup at 9:30 and our appetizer at 9:55. We never got the dessert fondue. We were pretty disapointed, but what can you do! The waitress said they had never been so busy before, but hello...reservations! They new they were going to be busy. Oh well. We will probly just make fondue at home next time.

Even with the bad restaurant experience, we still had a great day.
Today I thought a lot about my mom...it's been 20 years since she passed away. I love her and miss her so much.

I hope everyone had a wonderful day...big or small! Happy Valentine's Day everyone...we love you!

Don't eat the yellow snow :)

Wow...it has been 3 weeks since I posted anything! Where has the time gone? We have been pretty busy around here and going through some change as well. Chris got a new job as an employee for the State of MO in the Children's Division. He had his first day on Tuesday and so far he is loving it. It's great for our family because he can come home sometimes on his lunch and he gets lots of paid vacations. I have been doing a lot of "mommy things", like scrapbooking and exercising with my new buddy Teresa. It feels good to make time just for me. I haven't taken very many pictures lately, but I forgot to post the pictures from our "snow ice cream" snack that we made during the big snow. It was fun and nastalgic, but Christopher didn't really like the taste, so I ended up giving him a scoop of vanilla...oh well.
Mimi is coming up on Saturday to watch the boys for us. Chris and I have some fun plans for Valentine's Day, so I will post picture and tell all about that in a few days. The boys go to the doctor tomorrow for their check-ups, so I will let you all know how that goes.