Great hiding spot

Logan got upset right before his friends left after a fun day. When I called him to come say goodbye, he didn't come. They left; I asked if he wanted to get the mail (one of his chores). He didn't come. Then I figured he fell asleep... But I still wanted to find him. I searched the upstairs. Nowhere. I searched the downstairs... And just as my heart was beginning to race a bit, I found him. Do you see him?

You only can, because of the angle. Since I rarely walk by the dog bowl, I only saw this view point. 

And considering the kids helped put the couch cushions back on after making a giant fort....I didn't think much of the couch pillows being in slight disarray...

Here he was. It is a somewhat common spot for him, but usually he is not quite so hidden under the pillows.

Not very comfy either.

Home Depot Craft

I took the older boys to Home Depot this morning for their Build and Grow workshop. John & Ryan were going to come, but Ryan randomly feel asleep while John was getting ready. So off we went.  They built a Valentine's day box. Carter dumped his stuff out on the ground and wanted help. Logan neatly laid out his nails according to size and declared he was doing it on his own ) though since some nails were tricky, he needed a little help. ☺

Mickey mouse puzzle

Ryan wanted to do a 24-piece puzzle with me. He did randomly help with a few pieces, but I love puzzles and did it. ☺ he sat there with his Mickey mouse doll & talked to Mickey about how we were doing his puzzle... Moving Mickey head to look around. It was very cute.

Then when he saw I was taking his picture, he got silly. Shocker.

After bath huddle

Pretty much every time...

100 Days of Kindergarten for Logan!

Booby Trap

The boys, but Carter especially, are very into making booby traps. Belts, cords, pillows, chairs, shoes... You name it.  I asked them to clean up the hallway... They kind of did. Then I walked in the boys bedroom. Aiyiyi...

Puppy

Ryan will sometimes lay by the balcony.  Last weekend & this weekend these are some of the views I've had.

Zoom in...

Or this:

It's a snake!!!!

He thought it was hilarious. ☺

Fort

We built a pretty neat forty over the weekend.  

Inside the boys built individual rooms. ☺

With some awesome friends over today, they enjoyed a snack in there.... And then shortly after the fort became a bouncy house and then a pool. 

Canon ball!!!!

Toys R Us to the rescue

We went to Toys R Us this morning after school.  After we got Logan's friends birthday present, they played at the train table for a good 15 minutes, maybe 20.  Then we slowly pried Ryan away to go back by the motorized cars.... Easily another 20-30 minutes went by as they say in every vehicle twice exclaiming that this Isd the one they want.  Then Ryan found a toy & didn't want to leave it.  To help my sanity a bit, I let him push it around while the boys looked at Lego sets & star wars sets.  

Thank you TRU for a wonderful break on a cold day. ☺

Cookies with Aunt Dawn

Yesterday was MLKjr Day.  While I had some laundry to tackle and the last few Christmas bins to put away...I figured I should postpone those a day and go hang out with my sister since it doesn't happen as much as we'd like it to.

She made sugar cookie dough the night before, so after lunch we rolled out the dough and the boys had fun with cookie cutters.  Then of course they got to decorate a cookie or two of their choice. Yum! We all had fun.  Thanks Aunt Dawn!

Carter... What a hoot!

Yesterday I was calling the boys downstairs.  Carter didn't come right away.  I called him a second time.  He said,'oh Mom, I just warmed up my ears and I'm ready to listen!'

The boys later also said that they will listen to whatever I say.  Ah, I wish. I'll take it for as long as I can. ☺

Tonight in the car, Carter let out a pretty long fart. As I was getting ready to ask him which manner he should use, he said, ' oh man, it sounds like somebody was in there winding something up.  I think they were winding up a toot.'

Oh he cracks me up!!!

New Game

Carter: Mom, this is a new game called don't blink, don't move.  You don't blink and you don't move.  Like this.

I like that game. ☺. He's so cute.

Cereal milk down

I love that Ryan does this.  Logan had done it quite a bit as well, but mostly with his chocolate cereal of choice. ☺

It grosses me out and I could never do it as a kid... But it's so cute when he does.

Ryan

I was sick yesterday and John let this little bugger stay up late....hence why he cried during his bath this morning (which he typically loves) and why he fell asleep waiting for lunch to be served.

Then before bed he jammed out on daddy's headphones.

And insisting that he wasn't tired at bedtime, he fell asleep like this...

Such a cutie!

Last day as a 5 year old

My baby is going to be 6 tomorrow!!!  Hasn't hit me just yet.

We spent the day doing lots of lego party prep.  He helped make the lego cupcakes.

And the ultimate reward:

We made lego crayon-holder centerpieces for the party:

And I got last cuddles with my 5 year old.  He is such a cuddler and I just love it.  He did tell me that when he's 6, he is going to be very busy and won't be able to cuddle.  Then he told me he was just kidding.  Oh the stinker!  I'm not sure how long we can cuddle before I'm lame....but I'm soaking it up now!

I just love this kid.