April 1

I have to say one of my favorite things about summer is getting the boys dressed in swim trunks and rash guards. I have been doing it with McClain every summer and now Ashton too. They are just too cute, right? And they are cool and can get wet and stay cool in the hot weather, but then they dry quickly too. Not to mention the rash guards are SPF. O-ya and they are so cute!!! Can't wait to go stock up on a bunch...

March 31

Ashton has finally given up the 'army' crawl. I thought it may never happen that he may just go straight to walking. But here we are 11 months old and crawling like a big boy. And pulling up on ever thing, and trying to let go and stand I might add. Basically we have reached that point where there is no taking your eyes off of him because if you do he will be on the other side of the room and into something...

March 30

We have had some crazy hot Hemet weather just pop out of no where. I think just two weeks ago we were bike riding in the rain and just last weekend we made a trip up to the snow. Now this week we are slathering on the sun block and playing with water guns. Did we skip right over spring and into summer? So we have been living it up outside today. We have played moondough outside this am. We have been on a walk today, and then we were out playing on the swing set. McClain just got a new water gun from Target, and he is testing in out on me. He has been playing water guns with the boy across the street for the last couple of days. Good thing I have his old one to fight back. Fight water with water, and stay cool, cause I am afraid that the warmer weather will soon be here to stay.

March 29

A busy morning already. Its always a race against the clock when trying to get out of the house in the morning. Getting boys up and getting them breakfast and getting them dressed and hair combed and teeth brushed. (not to mention McClain's meds). Then there is me. I do my best to get myself together (some days its what we call looking Hemet). But hey is hard to be a mom and look put together too. Anyway back to the story. We all made it out to Target (my favorite store), only with the boys I don't exactly get to do much looking around. Its right to what we need get it in the cart, then a quick stop in the toy section (when I say quick, that's really not what I mean). So after all the toys are completely checked out and a choice has been made, its to the check out. After all is checked out and I do the coupon scrabble, its to the car. Then load up the car with our loot, buckle in the boys and off to home. Well this morning I was trying to rush McClain through the toy search process because I could see that Ashton was getting tiered and sick of that cart. And well I really wanted to get him home and give him a bottle before he fell asleep. Because two things could happen if I didn't; #1 he would fall asleep for the 10 minute drive home, then wake up when I got him out of the car and then stay awake and not nap, which we all know makes a cranky baby come time for lunch and pretty much just throws a wrench in the whole schedule his day or #2 he would stay asleep but not get his bottle, and if you know me, that just doesn't work because I like my kids to eat and drink, and missing a bottle pretty much would make me crazy. So really long story to get to the point of the picture. Ashton started falling asleep on the way home, McClain kept him awake by making a lot of noise, well that was until we pulled onto Fruitvale, he just didn't care anymore and knocked out. So we pulled into the drive, I unbuckled McClain set him into the house with his new prize and grabbed Ashton. I layed him down on the carpet long enough to make him a bottle. I grabbed him up and sat down with him and put that bottle in his mouth ( I know never wake a sleeping baby). He only drank about half before he was dreaming again. But I felt better laying him down for his nap knowing he had at least 1/2 of his bottle...

March 28

Today McClain told me all about his 'alien' friends. O-my gosh, I have a 4 year old (close to 5). And he has imaginary friend (and they are aliens). Again how did this happen so fast. Little boys imaginations are just to funny. All day today he would be playing and just out of the blue yell 'aliens', then he would ask me if I liked his alien friends, and then he told me they are green (lol). So I went with it all day, and told him I liked his alien friends, and asked them what they were doing. And he would tell me. In this picture we were outside playing on the swing and he was telling me all about his 'alien' friends and that they were climbing on the monkey bars and going up the rock wall and down the slide. Too funny, all of it. Leave it to McClain to have imaginary 'alien' friends. And not just one a whole bunch...

March 27

So boys were on Daddy time today, while I had to run to the grocery store. Notice they are both still in their jammies. But having a good time. Who knows what they ate for lunch...

March 26

McClain getting a hang on riding his sled. He really got going quick down that hill, you could hear him laughing all the way and when he got to the bottom he yelled up at his Dad, "that was fun, I want to go again, again a bunch!" My super sweet, snow babies... Just before we loaded up into the car to come home, McClain asked if he could 'Karate Chop' his snow man... We made a super cute snow man, with acorn eyes, a pine cone nose, pine tree needles smile with sticks for arms and a leaf for a hat...

I think I said this a couple of months ago, but now I am pretty sure, that today was our last visit to the snow for the year (who knows though, with this crazy weather). So after this last storm, the camp had plenty of snow to go play in again, we decided we would take the boys up for a day trip of snow fun. Its alot of packing and driving for a short time of play, but o-so worth it. And being able to go to the camp where the is so much snow, and no other people out playing in it. Awsome!!