Mother's helper

Here's a picture of Fafa feeding SB a banana piece. Now, if I could just get him to feed himself, I'd be home free.

Jump, slide, celebrate

We were invited to our cousin CB's 3rd birthday in Virginia. After getting up at 4:30 a.m. to drive the 5 hours and get there by the start of the party, the kids were ready to let loose. They were SO excited to see CB and his little brother, SB, and really enjoyed themselves at the party.

Fafa was fearless and even went down the super vertical slide. It wasn't until later that I realized that he wasn't tall enough when I saw the 'must be this tall' sign. CharlieGraham were there so Nubbin was bold and took chances on slides that he would have never tried if he didn't have his 'security blanket boys' there too. Thanks to the Best Parents for having us and letting us stay with them... we really enjoyed our visit with you. Hope your house is back to normal after all the chaos :)

More Monster Trucks...

We got there very early to see the trucks up close... too early and ended up spending way more than we should have on food just to keep the kids entertained.

Nubbin didn't want to wear the earplugs at first, but somehow holding your hands over your ears just isn't as effective.

yep, we had awesome seats. Thanks Daddy!

Pure exhaustion on the way home. Notice how he's still holding onto his flag even as he's sleeping.

Are you ready for Monster Trucks!

Husband took Nubbin to his first Monster Truck show when Nubbin was 21 months old. It is now a tradition in the Wolfe house to attend every year. This year, Fafa and I got to experience the adrenaline rush that is 'Monster Truck Jam' with Husband and Nubbin.

If you had been at the show with us, you would have witnessed Fafa waving at every truck and everyone in the stands, Husband with a permanent grin on his face because he's just so happy that we're experiencing this all as a family, Nubbin silently taking it all in and me screaming my head off because I wanted 'Predator' to win over 'Bounty Hunter'. I surprised myself and will definitely be coming back every year. We had a blast! Maybe next year we'll get to see 'Grave Digger' or 'Monster Mutt'... 'Maximum Destruction' would be cool too. Yes, I know way more than I should about monster trucks.

If you build it...

My neighbor gave us a snow man making kit. No joke. This kit comes complete with buttons, carrot nose, pipe, hat and scarf. I was determined to use it after getting tips from Sissy. See my attempt at left. I built it... it looked pathetic... it melted.

The big white sandbox

Fafa had a great day yesterday. We brought out the dump trucks and backhoes and he just dug around in the snow until his poor cheeks turned bright red and he was done for the day... his cheeks are still red today.

Someday, he'll climb to great heights

Is it just me or does Nubbin look like he's just climbed Mount Everest? He looks like a little sherpa with that hat on... heehee :)

Snowy delight!

Just after the walk that almost froze mommy. Yes, it was my idea to go for a walk.

Nubbin can't wait for me to stop taking pictures and Fafa is still unsure about all the white stuff.

The kids couldn't stop eating snow. Husband even put a snowball in the freezer.

Rare sighting of the parents together.

the yin and yang of snow angels

Nubbin makes a snow angel right side up and Fafa makes snow angels upside down.. same result, just two different ways :)

Snowy surprise

The weather guy always gets a bad rap. We certainly never give him a break so when we heard the reports of a winter storm, we said to ourselves, it will be gone by morning. Boy, were we all surprised! Here is the kids just waking up and staring at the white wonderland that is our front yard. All in all, 5-7 inches fell. And to think, Husband was just about to walk out the door to drive to work when he decided to check email and found out that work had been canceled.

He wore a black beret

Original art by Nubbin. This is what happens when you just let him at it in Paint... The only instruction I gave him was how to hold down the left button on the mouse and how to change colors. Yes, I'm amazed that he figured all of this by himself.

Caped Crusaders... off to bed!

I bought the kids new Batman PJ's, but I wasn't prepared for the reaction I got when they put them on. Much of the evening was spent running around the house at break neck speed. It was all about the cape and yes, they had them on for 24 hours :)

Break on through to the other side

Nubbin locked me out of the house yesterday. The little stinker didn't want to come inside. Nevermind the fact that it was in the 20's and he wouldn't keep his hat or mittens on, and Fafa was breathing like he was having an asthma attack.

No, my first born didn't care. I drag him kicking and screaming into the house, plop him in the mud room, close the door behind me so that he doesn't follow me while I get the second born and I hear... 'click'

I don't have a key outside and I realize I may have to call Husband at work. So, for the next 5 minutes or so, I'm yelling at him to open the door and all he's saying is, 'NO, I WANT TO PLAY OUTSIDE!'... ultimately, the trick to getting him to unlock the door was a hot headed sentence from me containing the words, 'Daddy', 'pissed' and 'trouble'.

3rd parent... you're fired!

Nubbin taught himself how to change colors in Paint, put in shapes, draw lines. Maybe he'll take after his UncleT

I would really like it if the kids didn't watch so much TV this year. Husband's right when he says that Noggin is only slightly educational. So, here are pics of the boys doing things other than being glued to the tube... realistically, my hopes aren't too high and I'll end up calling the 3rd parent into overtime duty. Here's for hoping...

You know you should clean the car when...

You see your son munching on something while he's sitting in his car seat. Instantly suspicious because you know you didn't pack a snack on the 5 minute ride to preschool, you politely ask him what he's eating and he cheerily says, 'Goldfish!' It then dawns on you that you haven't bought Goldfish in several weeks and he's picking stale food from his car seat... nice.

I'd like my heart cooked 'tender', please

On the way home from preschool yesterday, Nubbin burst out with, 'Mommy, do you like lobsters?' I answered 'yes' and asked him if he liked them. He said, 'No, I don't like lobsters.' When pressed for the reason WHY he didn't like them, he said, 'I don't like lobsters or crabs because it's not nice how we cook them.' He also mentioned that he doesn't like crabs because he doesn't like crab cakes, but he does like to eat shrimp.

Needless to say, I was stumped about the subject matter and called husband to relay the odd conversation. Husband chuckled and explained that the last time he took Nubbin to the grocery store, they walked past the live tank of lobsters. Sitting next to it in a cooler were the cooked whole lobsters. Husband said that he had to explain the whole 'death by cooking' thing to Nubbin. I'm guessing, knowing husband, that he did a very thorough job of explaining it all.

My gentle Nubbin... my friend says maybe he's just destined to love all God's creatures... I should probably stock up on some vegetarian recipes.