Lowes Build and Grow...Oops

Everyone was up and Ryan's out of town so I did a morning class at the Y which I don't normally do in Saturdays.  We went straight from the Y to Lowes for a the build a dragon workshop.  The kids love these things.  Jonathan was a champ and sat happily in his car seat.  He didn't even seem bothered by the hammering.  We got the dragon together without any problems, then went to get passed off and get their certificate and badges.  Notice a problem? They wore their Home Depot aprons.  Kind of funny.  The lady gave the kids new red Lowes aprons :).

Packing for India

Ryan is leaving for India this afternoon (he's teaching some training and will be gone 2 weeks) so he finally decided to pack.  After he was done, I noticed that he had opted for the out blue duffel rolling suitcase.  The thing is, we've done quite a bit of traveling and out luggage has seen its days...especially that piece.  It is falling apart and you can visibly see the contents inside.  Ryan decided since he was going to India which isn't exactly an exotic location, instead of changing out bags, he would just tape it up with duct tape.  Cross your fingers everything makes it there and back.

Kevin decided he would pack the new rolling duffel I had gotten out for Ryan to switch to since it wasn't going to get used.  He figured if he packed it he could go with his daddy.  He wishes.

Let the good times roll

Just so random things that we have been up to lately.  The kids love taking my ipad and watching shows on it.  They also love that their daddy put their igloo tent up.  They had camp-outs in it together for a couple nights before Kevin got smart and decide the bed was more comfortable.  Kherington on the other hand has decided she likes sleeping on the floor better than her bed.  We went to a petting zoo for a play group with people from our ward.  My kids were definitely on the older end of the kids who showed up so we probably won't do that again.

Kevin likes lining things up.  I have normally have a no food on the carpet rule but the train of pretzels that he as working so hard to create cracked me up so I let him keep with it.  We also played around with the timer on the camera...sadly Jonathan was asleep or we could actually consider this a new family picture.

Kids

They just keep getting bigger

Kherington is a girly girl.  Not sure where that came from.  She takes forever getting ready every time we leave the house.  I find her raiding my makeup drawer (she's 5!).  She loves bracelets, necklaces, nail painting, glittery things, etc.  We roasted marshmallows on the stove on Memorial day and she thought that was pretty awesome and has asked to do it almost every night.

Notice the burn marks on the back of my ipad mini case.  It got set on a hot burner for all of 2 seconds before I snatched it up (the picture is a bit deceiving since it was Kherington not Kevin who put it there).  I snapped the picture of Jonathan and Kherington and within seconds Jonathan was crying and Kherington was getting into trouble.  It made me laugh at how deceiving pictures can be.

Kevin is either driving me crazy or cracking me up.  He can be so sweet then turn right around and be so mean for no apparent reason.  I don't have any amazing picture of him since he usually tells me he is too busy to look at the camera.  He still copies most of what Kherington does but also has his own opinions mixed in.  If he says he wants a sandwich for lunch then Kherington says she wants peanut butter pancakes he changes what he wants to match her. He thinks poo is funny and calling you poo is his biggest insult. 

Jonathan is 5 months old and a toe sucker.  He has been so hit and miss on his sleeping and how happy he is.  I keep thinking we're pulling out of the hard times but then he reverts.  I guess part of it is that I want so badly for him to be a chill baby any sign of it and I think I just might be home free.  So far he has shown no desired to crawl but he does roll all over the place.  He can also wiggle himself out of his bouncer. He is still in 3-6 month clothes.

Father's Day Celebration

Ryan is going to be out of town next week for Father's day so we celebrated a little early.  After church we came home and all took naps.  It started all nice, until Kevin figured out that daddy was sleeping in his own room on a bed instead of on the floor next to him.  Well, Kevin decided to relocat to be by his daddy.  I don't know how Ryan can sleep with Kevin on top of him and literally in his face.

Ryan made his own dinner.  He grilled some steaks.  Yummy.  I made a peanut butter pie for dessert.  Pretty easy and fun to be together.  At the end of the day we realized it was actually Belgium's father's day.  I guess we just can get over Belgium.

Diaper free

I wish that title were totally true, but we still have one left to potty train and that won't be happening anytime soon.  Kevin has been potty trained since around the time he turned 2, but always wore a diaper to bed.  He started begging to wear underwear to bed when he turned 3 and I was fine with that but wanted to move the waterproof cover from Kherington's bed to his bed before doing so.  Well, that never happened and one night we just went for it.  Instead of putting him to bed with his sippy cup of water (my kids do not drink enough during the day) the rule is the sippy cup stays in the bathroom by the toilet.  If he wants a drink, he needs to go pee first.

The first night we woke him up and tried to take him potty.  I don't think he went any of the times we tried, but when he wanted water he did go first.  I totally expected to be doing laundry the next morning.  Nope.  All dry.  For the last 5 days, he has kept his bed dry at night without us waking him up to take him potty.  Way to go Kevin!

So I wrote this post then let is sit because I wanted a picture of Kevin his his sweet new pajamas, but a couple things have changed.  First, in the last month he had 3 or so bed wets.  Not bad.  Second, he doesn't like to wear his pajamas anymore.  Instead he rummages through his daddy's tshirts each night and chooses one that he likes.

Brainwash them Young...Go Purdue!

I left the front room for all of 2 minutes and came back to find Jonathan in Kevin's Purdue shirt and Kevin in Ryans Purdue shirt yelling "Go Purdue." Ryan is starting the brainwashing young.