Keeping up with Fred-n-Sara

Wednesday, May 11

Mommy's/Daddy's big helper

We’ve been working on filling in our flowerbeds.  This year we added some daffodils and tiger lilies.  Cal has been helping water them!  Of course, Oliver is willing to pitch in and help dig whenever possible.

"Where do you want me to start?"

Thursday, May 12

Jade likes fresh air. We do too. We try to keep our windows open as much as possible around here.

Friday, May 13
Friday the 13?!?

Who cares, as long as there are good cookies to eat!

Saturday, May 14
Date night thanks to 2 of our favorite babysitters; my little sister and her fiance.

Aren't these 3D glasses hot (especially since Fred has his over his regular glasses)?!? We saw Thor. Yes, in 3D!

Sunday, May 15

Lazy Sunday Morning.

Monday, May 16

Just practicing his balance before bed.

Tuesday, May 17

This is a bird's nest. In our garage.

So last year, a bird built a nest in our garage, laid a couple eggs, and they even hatched. I thought it was really neat to have them in our garage. Until the nest fell off the light (it was close to where it is now) and the poor baby birds died on our garage floor.  This year, I’m pretty sure the same bird was trying to make another nest.  This one wasn’t nearly as well constructed because it was on the edge of the light, not nestled in the middle.  Fred made sure there were no eggs laid before he pulled it down.  As much as I’d love to help a mama bird, I don’t think I could take anymore dead chicks in my garage.

Even birds like our place.

Wednesday, May 18

Playing with "cars"

Thursday, May 19
I got nothing.

Friday, May 20

I think I need a clothes line. While this works, it's not the most appealing to look at.

That’s enough for one post. I’ll come back and finish up May later and maybe even start June!

Not showers, pictures! Although, on the news earlier this week, I heard that it rained all but 4 days in April this year, so I could have all rainy pictures…Anyway, here’s the rest of April!

Monday, April 18

Sally, the fat cat, Fred, and Cal. Playing.

Tuesday, April 19

Oliver loves his puppy

Wednesday, April 20

Oliver wanted to be in my 27 week belly shot.

Thursday, April 21

Isn't technology amazing? This is Laura's foot. She likes to kick at anything she can, whenever she can, which is most of the day and night now.

Friday, April 22

Today he was living up to his shirt. (and yes, I know this picture has way too much flash, it hurts my eyes to look at it, but the shirt says it all!)

Saturday, April 23

Tonight we dyed Easter eggs with the boys for the first time ever. They turned out pretty good!

Cal trying his hand at dying eggs.

Oliver liked helping too.

Then, of course, we had to cover our colored eggs with stickers!

And, of course, Cal refused any help putting his stickers on. And he did well, only cracking one egg.

Sunday, April 24
Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny must not be so bad after all, he left some pretty cool baskets! (and of course I don't have a picture of Calvin's, I don't know how I missed it)

That silly bunny also hid our decorated eggs all over the living room! (and Cal is wearing his pajama shirt and jeans because lately he's been throwing off his pants as soon as he wakes up and running around in just his underwear, which wouldn't make for great internet pictures, so we put pants on him)

After a busy day with family, we relaxed and watched a little Sesame Street in the evening.

Monday, April 25

I love all the fresh green in spring!

Tuesday, April 26

This was on my ceiling. It was as big as my thumb print. I'm not afraid of spiders, but this guy had to go! Fred put him outside, I hope he stays there!

Wednesday, April 27

Sometimes I let them play with things they normally aren't allowed to, just so I can cook dinner in peace!

Thursday, April 28

This is full of baby girl clothes! I've got some very generous friends to pass on their gently used things!

Friday, April 29

Cal was playing so quietly, that we got suspicious. This is how we found him in the nursery.

Not long after I got out the camera, Cal abandoned his toy for other, more fun parent patience testing activities. But Oliver was right there to snatch up the robot toy, because he is always trying out what his big brother does.

Saturday, April 30
We took advantage of the weather today and went to the Akron Zoo.

Calvin loves the rope bridge, it's probably his favorite part of the zoo.

Oliver's first trip across the rope bridge.

Bonus:

Thursday, April 14
Hey, I found a picture from today (on my cell phone)!

The boys are in the dog house! HAHA!

Friday, April 1

Calvin and Oliver's new ride!

We did it! We bought a minivan. Even we were surprised, because we went to the dealership just to get an idea of what kind of car/SUV/minvan we could afford and what kind of trade we could get for my car.  The stars were aligned this day and it was just meant to be.  We got a great deal on a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan.  And I have to say, while I was very sad to see my little car go, the more I drive the swag wag, the more I like it. It’s definitely made with convenience in mind; power opening doors (with remote opening!) and trunk, steering wheel mounted radio controls, power adjusting seats, the passenger windows even roll down (power of course). The down side; it’s a minivan and makes me feel like a boring old mom, and it guzzles gas.  So now I’m really watching where we go in it, gas prices, and keeping track of my “fuel perks” from the grocery store.

Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3
I guess I was too busy with the new van to take any pictures. I don’t even remember what we did this weekend. I’m sure it was fun though!

Monday, April 4

This is the mood of the entire day.

This week I was on spring break. The boys and I stayed home through the cold and rainy days and tried to get the house cleaned up a little bit. Exciting, right?

Tuesday, April 5

Nerd

I have no idea what this picture was about. I know we were getting ready to give the boys a bath, but I don’t remember why Fred had his pants hiked up so high and that goofy look on his face!

Wednesday, April 6

Spring cleaning

I hope he is as eager to help clean when he gets older!

Thursday, April 7

More cleaning. Can you tell how happy Oliver is about it?

Friday, April 8

Spring break fun.

Saturday, April 9

Mr. Independent washing his hands all by himself.

Sunday April 10
Finally, we got some nice weather; high 70′s and sunny! So we took advantage of the day and played outside.

Blowing bubbles after playing, or rather soaking himself, at the water table.

Ok, so posts are lacking lately.  It seems that our ADM hop is on break and pictures are the last thing on my mind to post lately.  It’s been hectic around here, but that’s nothing new.  What’s new is I am limiting my time on the internet for Lent.  Instead of playing around all night, I’m trying to stick to just an hour a day on the computer.  This is making lots of things a little more difficult, including posting here!  So here’s a few pictures!

March 1

Jade, begging for something and looking as regal as ever.

Our sneaky Sally looking fat as ever.

March 2
Cal still has to wear a patch over his right eye for a little while every day to help strengthen his lazy eye. And yes, I know this picture is washed out, but it’s hard to find a good close up of Cal that isn’t blurry, he doesn’t sit still long!

Arg! Do ya like the new pirate patch?

March 3
Not only has Oliver been eating everything in sight lately, he’s become very good at using his spoon (he’s getting so big!):

All gone!

March 4

Cal loves to give Nina treats. And she's happy to take them!

March 5

Sleeping on the couch at the babysitter’s. I was running late.

March 6

Laundry mountain!

March 7

I think I may be in love with his lashes!

March 8

Playing with his new ipod nano.

March 9

Baby girl diapers and some cloth wipes!

March 10
Hmm, no picture

March 11 & 12
Geeze, I did not do well at this! But on the 12th I have a kind of valid excuse; I spent 8 hours (seriously, 8 hours!) in front of a computer typing everything I could think of about education for my comprehensive exam to complete my graduate studies!  Hopefully the effort pays off and I can graduate, finally, with my Masters of Arts in Education degree!

March 13

Fred's chocolate chip and butterscotch pancakes. Yum!

March 14

Playing in the last little bit of snow.

March 15

Who doesn't like to play naked after a bath?

Oh my the last few weeks have gotten away from me! What have we been up to? Here’s a taste:

Feb 5

Cal seems to like his new booster chair!

Feb. 6

Superbowl Party

Feb. 7

Crayon eating, I mean, coloring (see his blue tooth?).

Feb 8

Today I had to have my neighbor tow my car out of my driveway with his big truck, because the ice made it impossible to get out.  Then about 15 minutes later, on my way to work, a dump truck driver thought it’d be fun to give me a heart attack and try to run me into the median of the high way.  He must not have seen me in the lane next to him before trying to merge.  Thankfully, the only damage done was to my passenger side mirror.  I’m pretty sure he didn’t even realize he did it, since he didn’t stop.

Feb 9
I don’t have a picture for this day, but I have a link to a picture of some very yummy Brownie Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies from a very talented baker/blogger, Picky-Palate.  I made them on Feb 9, and they were delicious!

Feb 10

Yep, 18 weeks pregnant and looking round!

Feb 11

Playing in the bath…these are supposed to be stuck to the tub floor to keep the boys from slipping.  Cal likes to put them on the wall instead.

Feb 12

Sick babies are no fun.  Both Oliver and Cal are on antibiotics for Sinusitis right now.  And I’m pretty sure they shared their bug with Fred and I.

But later, both he and Cal enjoyed some yummy mexican food and birthday cake.

And while I had to wear a goofy Mexican hat while the staff sang “happy birthday” to me and everyone in the restaurant stared at my cake littered with way too many colorful 30′s, I did get a pretty awesome birthday gift from the very best husband ever.

Feb 13

A perfect sunset to end a pretty great 30th birthday, even with 2 snotty nosed boys.  We stayed in, made cupcakes, took naps, and read books.

Feb 14

Valentine’s evening cuddling.

Feb 15

I wonder what they’re collaborating on.

Feb 16

Fred was teasing them with a small tape measure.  Cal thought it was hilarious, Oliver not so much, he ended up screaming very soon after this picture was taken.  He’s so much like me, it’s scary.

I’m missing a few days between my last picture update and this one, but I can’t find the pictures!  I blame my camera; when I took the batteries out to charge them, the camera lost track of the date.  I don’t know how I didn’t notice this, but all of the pictures I’ve taken since Feb 2 are dated sometime in 2006, making it really hard to order them.  So I lost a couple days.  But I’ll have it all fixed tomorrow, when I put new batteries in the camera again.