Big Boys!

Well, I thought I would try something new this weekend, since we are just hanging out here at home, so we bought some new BIG BOY Underwear:) so far so good...they are going potty in the underwear, but they like wearing them, and they understand a little bit more about when they are getting wet and needing to go on the potty...but they are too cute in their little Thomas the Train and Elmo underwear, so I took some pics to share with you!!!

Busy weekend

Well, we packed a ton of stuff into our weekend, and had a lot of fun doing it!!! On Saturday, we drove down to Grandma and Grandpa Lansink's place...Ashley and I had a bridal shower to attend for my cousin Callie who will be getting married this June. So the boys & Chris & Grandpa went to a sale at the fair grounds...they had lots of fun...then we played all afternoon and watched Grandpa do chores, after some yummy pizza, we loaded up and came home & went to bed!!!

Then today, we went to the Shrine Circus here in Sioux City...all 3 of the kids loved it...the boys especially like the Lions, Tigers & Elephants (oh my!!!)...Ashley liked the lights and the music a lot:) we all had tons of fun, including mom & dad!!! Then the ALL the kids fell asleep for like the last 20 minutes of the show, even the man shooting out of the cannon didn't wake them!!! A very fun time, and great show!!

Here are the pics of our weekend...Enjoy:)

Spring

Today it was beautiful out...a little on the windy side, but beautiful none the less!!! so we went outside for a little bit this afternoon...:) it was lots of fun, the kids really had a blast, but it was a wee bit windy, so we only stayed out about a half an hour!!!


In other news...Ashley has 2 teeth now:) and has been trying out quite a few different menu items, all of which she loves!!! Ayden is just well SILLY!!! the other night I was asking him what his brother's name is and he kept just saying Name...I asked him what his sister's name is and he said Ashley:) then when asked what his name is, well... "ME"!!!! of course!!!! Also he likes "peanut jelly"...at least that is his response in the morning when I ask him if he would like peanut butter or jelly on his toast, silly me, why didn't I think about combining the two, I mean you can't just pick one!!! And Elliott...well, ya never know what will come out of his mouth!!! he is fascinated with the buses that go by our house A LOT!!! and he also has an interest in the "snowman" aka the mail man...I have no idea how he gets snowman from mail man, but what can ya do...

well, not much else happening around here!!! I will update again soon!!!

Rain Rain Go Away...

Here is a cute pic of the boys today...they took pillows from the couch over to the door to watch the rain coming down. They can hardly wait to get outside with some NICE weather...hopefully next week!!!

Also here is Jo Jo, she learned something new!!! what a big girl, huh???:)

The last couple of weeks...

Sorry, all of you who tune in regularly to see the updates to our lives...I have been pretty busy the past couple of weeks. As you know I told you I took in a couple extra girls for daycare to help out a friend...well yesterday was their last day, and now 6 kids seems like a breeze!!! (I never thought I would say that!!) so anyway, now I can get back into my normal schedule and update you on our happenings more regularly!!!

This past weekend, we went to Cedar Rapids for our neice's 1st communion:) I can hardly believe how old Grace is now (and how tall, she almost is taller than me!!!) We had a great time seeing Chris' family, and the kids LOVED playing with their cousins (I think their cousins LOVED playing with them too!!!) It was a great weekend:)