March 25

McClain just woke up this morning and came and found Ashton and I playing in Ashton's room...

McClain: Mommy, I had a terrible nightmare

Me: I'm so sorry buddy, what was your nightmare about?

McClain: Daddy had to go to work, I hate Dad to work

That was no nightmare, Dad did go to work... Poor little guy, got up so early to help his Dad get ready for work, he thought it was just a bad dream...

March 24

Another one of McClains toys that Ashton has adopted (McClain still loves to get on and ride too) The little old pone-pone... Ashton actually likes this little guy, I put him up there and bounce it for him, and he giggles and talks and pulls on his ears. McClain and Ashton took turns riding the pony today. Hey I totally forgot that it turns on and makes whinnie and hoof beats. Gonna have to turn that on for him tomorrow...

March 23

Well looks like Ashton will share the same love for Thomas the Train that McClain has since he was just a baby. McClain goes in spurts with putting up the train track. He will go weeks without putting together a full track, although he probably does play with the actual trains almost every day. And because McClain can't really put a full big track up all by his self (guess that is also because they are put up on a shelf he can't reach), I have to help (have to help, haha, trains are one the toys I really like to play too). Any how this week we have been back on a kick, building tracks and watching Thomas, Lady and Salty go round and round. Go figure Ashton really likes it too... So let the train track building begin...

March 22

Another day of random fun, a picnic day. It was just barley warm enough to go out for a short picnic this afternoon. But we did it. Packed a little lunch box (yes for a picnic in the front yard), got out the table cloth and big blanket. Set it all up had a nice little lunch and watched all the big white clouds float by. A nice little lunch time break...

March 21

So, I love the chance to be able to do something just fun and silly and random with the boys. Some of my greatest memories as a child were of just random good at home fun. Picnics, a walk with the pigs, feeding the sheep, rolling down the back hill in a feed barrel. You know that kind of thing. Well that was my childhood. I can't give my kids a farm, but I can give them some good random fun. And my hope is that they will create great memories. So when I heard that we were expecting rain, I have a bright idea that we should go for a 'rainy' bike ride. McClain was all excited by the idea. So Sunday after noon came and went with no rain. So just before dark and just as I was getting ready to put Ashton into the bath, I saw the rain on the window. I yelled for McClain the rain is here, do you want to go for our 'rainy' bike ride. He jumped up, I grabbed the boys bundle clothes and a blanket. Then I heard it the hurricane winds. Errr... So I had to tell McClain sorry, Mom just can't ride a bike in that wind, and we would have to wait for tomorrow morning. Well this morning rolled around and no rain yet. Then I saw it, rain on the window, and no wind. So I grabbed boys bundle clothes again and blanket. I grabbed a sweatshirt and out we went. And the rain, well it was coming down pretty good. The boys were all bundled warm, plastic cover was down on the bike trailer, Mom was getting soaked. But I was smiling and laughing the whole time. And I saw smiles when I looked back...

March 20

Only in the Blackmon house would you find a full size ball pit in the middle of the living room. Only at the Blackmon house would you see a little boy with his new Diego work gloves digging in that ball pit with his new kid size shovel. Only in the Blackmon house.

March 19

Can you believe this kid loves V8? He has got to be one of the pickiest eaters ever. And I mean ever. But he loves this stuff (but he also loves tomato soup). He will ask often just out of the blue, Mom can I have some 'pomato' juice? So cute right. And I love that he loves it. A whole serving of veggies in each can. L-o-v-e that!