Quite the weekend!

This weekend we did not have much going on. Spent lots of time at home. This is how the boys spent most of their time indoors b/c the weather was BEAUTIFUL this last weekend! I thought I might share a few more John-isms for you:
1. We were swinging outside and I was pushing John...I took a little 'pause' from the pushing and was told: "Mom, I need a push, I'm losing air!"
2. We were having our daily FWM (family wrestle mania) and John had stepped out and it was me and Jacob vs. Mark. I stood up for a second and John says, "Don't worry mom, I'll take care of this." And proceeded to pummel Mark with a pillow.
3. After said FWM, John stuck his arms in the air and said, "Hey Dad, check out these guns!"
Fun times!!

Friday Morning!

I don't have a picture for this one...thankfully! It's been quite an eventful morning today! John has been doing better with the potty training...he's woken up wet only once in the last 2 weeks and has pretty much stayed dry all day, except for his naps. With that, Jacob has developed an interest in the bathroom...mostly for the toilet paper shredding. However today during a phone call, John slipped off to use the potty and Jacob followed. I was close behind, but not fast enough as Jacob had already stood up and stuck both his hands in the toilet and was gleefully splashing around to both mine and John's horror! John just had this look of disgust on his face and said, "MAWM, Jacob's gross."
We're all fine and clean now, so life is good :)

Dragonfly

It is a long story, but for Valentine's Day, my mom-in-law got all the big boys these Dragonfly's. We pulled it out last night after Family Home Evening and it was a blast!! Jacob was not too keen on it and would start crying the second the wings started to flap...but John LOVED it. He was actually the best pilot of the family, followed in a close second by Mark...I was not so hot!! I guess I've got my work cut out for me!

Hibachi

On Saturday night we went to a Hibachi restaurant up in Dallas to celebrate my mom's birthday, Kevin's new job and Mark's birthday. John had a BLAST watching the show and eating the food. He even downed shrimp, chicken, salmon and fried rice. Jacob enjoyed it all too ;)

Toilet Woes & John-isms Take 2

John has been potty training for about the last 8 months! We have finally reached a new level as (knock on wood, etc) he has stayed dry 3 nights in a row. Yet, during the day, he manages to go through 3-4 outfits from having accidents. So I think I'm just going to pull out the benedryl b/c he seems to do better when he's not awake (totally kidding)!!!!

On a funnier, lighter side, here are some more John-isms:
1. Mom: How did you get to be so cute?
John: Mooooommmmm, I'm not cute, I'm cool.
Mom: OHHH, How did you get to be so cool then?
John: It's these clothes and these shoes. They make me really cool.
(This was a discussion we had on the way to preschool this morning)
2. Dad & John were making milk shakes the other night and were discussing the workings of the "blender" and the "fruit prosody" (food processor)...they apparently have "sharp, sharp knives that spin around and could cut you."
3. John dropped a weight on his foot the other day and said, "I hurt it pretty good."
4. After getting in trouble for hitting, John declared "I Quit Mom!!!" And stormed off to his room and slammed his door. We are in big trouble if this is already beginning...I think we'll have to go for a steel reinforced home by the time he hits his teens ;)

Happy Birthday Grammy!!

Happy Birthday Mom/Grammy!! We love you and hope you have many more wonderful years to come!

Mr. Messy

What can I say. He's just into EVERYTHING and proud of it!!!

Smokin' Ribs

Well we (mostly Mark) did the first run of the smoker this weekend. It was quite successful in my opinion...we did pork and beef ribs. Also, take note of the new patio under the smoker...that was phase 2 of the home improvement project...we still have a couple phases to go before we're totally done with that, but it's great to have!

Mr. Villa

Today we had to make a run to Home Depot for some things and realized it was the 1st Sat of the month and the Kid's Workshop was going on. We had never done it before, but it was lots of fun. John got a Home Depot apron w/ his name on it and a pin for the thing he made. This week it was a football stool. He had a great time hammering in the nails...he was not excited about wearing an apron. The football stool has already replaced the 'other' stool in his bathroom!

PE Tubes

This morning Jacob had tubes put in his ears. The one in the picture above is like what Jacob has...not sure what color his are yet though. He was a trooper and just charmed everyone in the office. Of course no one came into the surgery center and left without meeting him. The whole procedure took about 15 minutes. They came and got him from me at about 7am and he was back in my arms by 7:15. He was pretty grumpy and REALLY confused from the anesthesia. But after a little juice and a bottle of formula, he perked right back up. Here's how the recovery has been going so far:

(He was watching his brother play)