the Binky

i HATE... HATE... LOATHE.. the binky!! with L we took the darn thing away at 6 months - just like "the books" told us too. and with the first one we followed every little thing that book said!! it was easy, it was painless, no one was hurt in the process! round two... NOT so smooth! we took E's binky away at 6 months... then he cried (it was probably a two second cry) and he won it back! we've been trying to get rid of that thing ever since!!

now he sticks it out & gives us a look like "see i got it" anytime he has it out of his crib - which is where it's supposed to stay.

Lord help us when we finally part with the binky - i will probably put out an alert for prayers for our sanity:)

Ice Ice Baby...

Stop collaborate & listen... ok ok, i couldn't resist!! This boy LOVES ice! Anytime I fill up a glass he is right behind Angie begging for a piece! I'm sure he'll be an ice chomper like me - before I broke my tooth chomping away:) Hopefully no (more) broken teeth for little E though:)

a very hungry caterpillar {party}

E is TWO!! I can hardly believe it... seems like we were just bringing him home & adjusting to two boys!

This year we went with the very hungry caterpillar. secretly this may be my favorite theme so far, it doesn't hurt that this used to be one of my all time favorite books & the boys have been digging on it big time lately too:) and that i pretty much love all things eric carle... i mean who doesn't??

I had a ton of fun pinteresting (that just became a word) for all things caterpillar! I found the shirt on etsy & then went from there. The lantern idea was from pottery barn - they always have the cutest ideas!! my super talented friend elizabeth made all the cookies! and L helped make a whole bunch of cute little clothespin butterflies!

The party was awesome... so many good friends made it a very special day for all of us:) we are so lucky to have such amazing people in our (and our kiddos) lives!! xoxo

I scream you scream..

we all scream for ice cream!!

so here's the back story to these lovely little pics you may or may not have seen on fb. i took the boys out for a bike/scooter ride on a gorgeous spring day. i decided a little treat was needed after all the energy they burned off;) so we went to grab some ice cream. my plan was to sit on a bench & relax with our little snack (mama got some black raspberry frozen yogurt... oh my yum!!). so i called luke and he wanted some too... who wouldn't??? so plan b - the boys can eat their cones on the ride home so daddy's wouldn't melt (the line was super long so i didn't want to have to go wait in line twice with my little cherubs). i knew we would have a little mess to clean up when we got home... no biggie.

WRONG... the ice cream started to melt pretty much as soon as the boys got their little hands on it!! i looked back at one point & E had more ice cream on him than the cone! then his ice cream fell completely off the cone! i reached back & grabbed it - this is when i became completely covered as well:) when we got home the boys came out - everyone finished their ice cream & mama got to work. car seats were taken apart, vacuumed, covers thrown in washing machine, complete wipe down/vacuum of the car. It was much needed & way over due so that was all good. then... i moved on to the garage & got that all cleaned out & spring/summer- ified:) nothing like a little ice cream accident to light a fire under my a**!

It was all worth it to have two happy boys who were much appreciative of their afternoon treat:)

ps... those cones are mini's (smaller than baby cones) they still look ginormous to me!!