I simply can not believe it...

My Logan is 3 tomorrow!

Two of a kind

Every now and then Olivia and Logan are bit by the "bickering" bug. They get along great most of the time, and all of a sudden, the smallest thing (who gets to sit where, who gets the red one, etc) becomes the end of the world.

So, there are two of the SAME swings...


And two of the SAME chairs, and two of the SAME booster seats.


One of our kitchen chairs broke and I found two rainbow chairs at Goodwill (they don't match our decor, but the kids love them) so we bought them both! Would I have purchased them if there was only one? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! I can only IMAGINE the arguments over who gets the ugly rainbow chair!

We needed new boosters seats (another story entirely)and while in Wal-mart, I had to ignore Olivia's pleas for the pink booster seat. If I had purchased pink for Olivia and green for Logan, Logan would have wanted the pink one JUST BECAUSE Olivia wanted it. NO MORE! I am onto the little people! We (the parents) will WIN!!!!

"Soup-man"

This picture came out blurry, but here is Logan's new superman costume! Finally he has an outfit to dress up in too! Thanks Kelsey!

Rainy day fun

on the front porch/club house with "cute ears"

Mornings

I absolutely LOVE mornings. Although it IS tough to get up sometimes, I just love the first cup of coffee, open windows and the smell of morning outside, and my quiet time on the couch when the rest of the house is asleep. Right now the kids are watching cartoons, and I am catching up on emails. Olivia is tucked into our bed, asking me to snuggle her a little longer, I love that request. I want to cherish these peaceful mornings before the busyness of getting kids off to preschool, etc. starts this fall.

Update

Wow, I guess it is time for an update. Not sure why the blog updates are so infrequent these days!

We had the kids dedicated at our church a couple weeks ago. We finally just had to pick a date and do it, seems like something was always coming up and we were rescheduling it!). I wish I would have taken pictures, especially pics of Logan's COMPLETE meltdown while on stage with the pastor. It was priceless. :)

________________

Tommy and I got away to Cincinnati last Friday night for my birthday, so that was SOOOO nice! A nice dinner, uninterrupted conversation, 7 straight hours of sleep (I am a light sleeper, so a little one going to the bathroom in the middle of the night wakes me RIGHT UP!). A great time just enjoying my Tommy.

_________________




Just to remember: The kids each got a helium balloon from church this week. When Logan's popped on accident, Olivia quickly ran to the door and let hers go outside. When I asked her why she did that she said "I let my balloon go so we wouldn't fight over it, just trying to make things easier for you." - Thank you sis, sometimes you are such a big girl!

________________



Here are some pics I have taken over the past couple weeks. The kids just being kids!

Logan watching daddy mow the grass

Olivia climbing the walls again, seriously, how does she do this?



Olivia's treasure-hunting outfit, we have had to get very creative when the weather isn't great for outdoor play. One day we were on a serious treasure hunt for "special" things.

Here are the special things for that day. I had to take a picture to somehow capture the importance of such WONDERFUL treasures that would cause a COMPLETE panic followed by major tears if Logan came within 3 feet of them. Of course now each of these items has lost their importance and are therefore ok for Logan. Poor Logan, always getting the leftovers. (And really he just wants to play with them because she wants to play with them.) {sigh}

Logan looking for treasures in the couch cushions. (notice the swimsuit, AGAIN!) :)

Also.... Happy Birthday Brad and Jill!!! (It was great seeing you both on Saturday!!!!)

Knowing no bounds...

Some GREAT friends of ours Christie and Adam, are in the process of adopting a baby from Ethiopia! We could not be more excited for them, they are great people and AWESOME parents! Check out their blog, I'm sure they would love an encouraging comment! Thanks friends!

www.knowingnobounds.blogspot.com

Olivia-isms

I am really excited about how creative Olivia is getting when she plays. For those of you have followed our life, you know that the fact that she is playing by herself more is HUGE for us! Don't get me wrong, I love to play with her but I would like to fold an entire load of laundry without 25 "Mommy, is it time to play?" questions. I love the way she takes the most ordinary items and makes them into treasures. At the moment she is collecting bottle caps and when I finally gave her the cap to my mousse bottle, she was ecstatic! She now has 3 bottle caps, her favorite being the bubble bath cap (because it smells good). She keeps them in a special bag far out of Logan's reach. Now her little pet shop animals can fit in the caps she is collecting.

A few of Olivia's recent isms...

"Don't ever step on a porcupine or you will get porked!" - I have NO idea where that came from

"Can I get a present at Logan's birthday party, because I AM part of the family" - Logan's party is becoming more and more about her...

"Why does Logan always provoke me?" (big word for a little girl) - probably because you provoke him!

When asked what a baby was saying she said "I don't know, I don't speak baby" - silly girl

"If you ever see a snake mom, don't touch it. You will just have to have daddy hold you." - (Her Daddy can do anything)

Tonight while putting her to bed she said "Mommy, I love you more than you will ever know, more than you love me!" - not possible sweet girl.

It's time

After literally arguing ALL day, the kids finally agreed on one thing. It's time for summer! (I took these pictures in black and white hoping Tommy won't notice that Logan is wearing one of Olivia's swimsuits. His suit is still packed away.) Summer: we are ready for you!

Just to remember:

Olivia has chosen, for her 5-year birthday event, (Gigi's tradition with the grandkids) to go to an indoor waterpark. The other day she packed all of her clothes and things to go. She got quite frustrated when Tommy and I did not take her advice to pack RIGHT AWAY! The trip is a few months away, her birthday is in November. Tommy really messed up her plans when he took the suitcase to Cleveland the other day that she planned to take to the indoor waterpark. Talk about stressing a little girl out!

'Tis the Season

I just read an article about keeping the stress out of Christmas gift-giving that I just HAD to share. The author purchases store (Wal-mart, Target, etc) gift cards in the amount of $20, twice each month (on payday) and saves them for gift buying at Christmas time. Brilliant! Even if that doesn't cover all of your gift-buying, it would be a great start!