The Season of Lent 2009

Since I wasn't quite blogging so much, I thought I'd recap the holidays...

First up, Shrove Tuesday at Nonnie's church..
. ...complete with Maudi Gras masks and gold crowns. Aunt Patsy and Nonnie really helped bling out the gear!

Next day, Ash Wednesday...


And this past weekend, Palm Sunday back at Nonnie's church. Austin and Logan really, really love Nonnie's church! They barely sit in the pew and they're asking to go "play with the other kids!" I really enjoy sitting through a service without the distraction and it's nice having Nonnie as company. Mason and Evan run the sound/lights at our church so I don't really get to sit with them and Gary rarely gets a Sunday off. So, I 'm very blessed to have two churches!


Smooching on Nonnie!

Stay tuned for bunny pictures.....

Pants are optional!

We have really been hitting a groove lately, where I've actually found that raising two almost 3 year olds is not that difficult! Which, in truth, really scares me because in the great big scheme of up/down up/down moments over the last two years I now know that any time I hit "the groove" it is usually followed by another "OMG - how can I keep up with them" moment!

So anyway - they've been dressing themselves for quite some time and buckling themselves into their carseats. Putting on their jackets. Going to the bathroom (about 60% of the time). Lots of independence and I'm lovin' it.

However, no matter how many times I state the order or dressing oneself - empathizing shoes LAST, for some reason that's usually one of the first things they put on.

Why do shoes go on first? Because if not - this is what happens....

Trampoline-a-la-commando style!




And sand box playing...

(...and this is the trampoline with the net...that they never use and when they do, they just run around the outside of it!)

Time to go in for some snacks...

"Mom - Logan just mooned me."

Awww....such sweetness!

(Autin and Logan are modeling gifts, shirts and sheriff badges, sent all the way from California! We are now huge Snoopy-de-doo fans! Thanks Aunt Carmen, Cathy and Gina!!)

Cruisin'

Filthy Mess!

Backyardigans is a FAVORITE show in our house! One particular episode they enjoy is one called Filthville - about a village where mud is the standard and baths are not allowed.

When our foot of snow melted literally overnight, that created, to say the least, excess water in our backyard. I naively did not realize just how much. I let Austin and Logan out in the backyard to play. Mom and I were inside workin' on a project and we kept hearing peels of laughter. When we checked on them, this is what we got:

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I didn't get the whole thing on videotape, but they told me they were playing in Filthville. The sand box had accumalated quite a large amount of water and they had been jumping and splashing in it. They had even slung mud on the shed...just like in Filthville! They were soppping wet from head to toe, covered in a mixture of wet sand and muddy water. I let them play for a few more minutes (I mean the damage had already been done at this point and they were having a blast!) and then we made them strip down outside and brought them in for baths.

Fun times as always!!

Our First Medals!

We're gonna do some catch-up here - these pics were taken about a month ago.

It's time to go to 'nastics, Nonnie!

Our friend, Bryan joined us for our gymnastic classes. Austin and Logan loved playing with him!


Here they come!


They got medals!!! They were SOOOOOO excited!!


It's a 3-way tie for GOLD!!

Congratulations, boys!