Future NHL Star?

Grandma and Grandpa were in NY to celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary. On Monday they went to the Today show. The boys and I were ready and watching at 7:00 am. They were excited to watch for them on TV. They kept asking is that New York? We saw Grandpa a few times but never saw Grandma.

We woke up to snow also one Monday. The kids were excited asked right away if they could go sledding. It never really amounted to much so they settled for walking around in it on the driveway. We have a great hill in our back yard that I'm sure we will be sledding down a lot this winter.

So where do you go when you need out of our house and don't want to spend 50+ dollars on entertainment. Burger King! I needed to go to the bank and it's right next to the bank, so I thought why not.

It warmed up again later in the week so we took advantage. We went for a long bike ride. Poor Easton, he doesn't have 100% control over his bike. He doesn't get turning when going fast or how to use his brakes well. So when he was going down a hill he didn't turn enough and I saw it coming. He was going for the grass and I knew it wasn't going to end well. I was back a ways pushing Nolan and all I could yell was "It's going to be ok!" He was scared and cried for a minute but wanted back on his bike. Spencer tried to cheer him up by telling him he's fallen of his bike before also. Then when we were riding he fake fell of his bike to make Easton feel better.

Easton's really liking his big brother role. I see him give hugs to Nolan when he's crying and even offered him his blanket. That's pretty big for Easton.

Spencer tried roller blading.

We made a lot of pumpkin bars. They're so good!

TROUBLE! 

Eating toothpaste.

We took Gavin to swimming class with us. Both boys got their blue wrist bands and can now be in the kids pool without an adult!

I'm not sure he will ever grow out of randomly falling asleep in places.

But I love when its in my arms.

Having Jello dirt cake for dessert.

Nolan is a mama's boy and doesn't even like it when I hold his brothers.

Easton got up and took his pull up off and got himself re-dressed before going to sleep. He's not waking up as early but it's still early and we find him in his room picking out his random outfits for the day. Notice there are 3 hockey pucks and 2 cars in his bed. It's a must that he brings toys to bed with him.

I'm not missing out on having a girl! Easton wanted to help with the laundry.....

He wanted to test out my makeup........

And admire how cute he was.....

Well the day Ryan has been waiting his whole life for (he actually wrote that in a text to me) came. Spencer started hockey on Saturday. Saturday was the evaluation day, even at his level. They will form teams so this was a chance to see where kids were at in their skating. Some had skating trainers and some could skate independently up and down the ice. I guess Spencer did well. He was able to keep up. Though Ryan did find him on the bench at one point. I guess he told his coach he needed a rest. He's just always wanted to sit on the bench. He will fake rest at home when we play hockey in the basement or outside.

They were stretching before practice

Wisconsin VS Minnesota. A glimpse into the future?

He's already got groupies!

He wanted Ryan to take this picture so he could see how sweaty his hair was!

Sleep Would Be Nice...

I've been thinking lately how I miss not having a little baby around the house. I've had a ton of co-workers and friends have babies and it makes me sad to think I will never have that again. However, the boys have reminded us this week what it's like to get up with a baby. Easton was coming out of his room at 3:30 or 4:00 AM telling us he wanted in our bed. We never let him in our bed so it's a march back down the hall into his bedroom. He typically has a change of clothes in his arms and seems like he's ready to start the day. I can assure you, we are not ready to start the day! Nolan has cried on and off during the night again. We think he is teething and Spencer came in one night because he had a bad dream about strangers. The last two nights knock on wood have been better. Thankfully Ryan has been great and helping get up with them and allowing me to catch up on sleep in the morning. I'm pretty sure  I was heading towards melt down mode. On top of that Easton's behavior has been not the best.  Ryan and I have been pretty frustrated with his lack of listening and sneaking off to do naughty things (writing on the wall, toilet and sneaking treats). I started reading a book called "Parenting Your Strong Willed Child." I also have a great friend, Brook who knows where I'm coming from raising so many kids close in age and has offered great parenting advice. I can see a lot of mistakes I had been making and I hope it helps me to be a better mom. There is no doubt Easton is my child. I'm sure my parents are laughing a little inside knowing that I did the same things to them as Easton is doing to us. 

Ok onto our week!

Spencer and his friend Gavin have swimming together. Spencer likes that he's in the deep pool and gets to go off the diving board now. It's nice that it's just the two of them in swimming class together.

Easton and I had date night on Thursday again. We headed downtown to Barkers and off to music class.

Friday morning was a stay home day. Since everyone was up by 6:30 am we did some cuddling on the couch and sent pictures to Grandma and Grandpa on their trip.

After the gym I surprised the boys and stopped at the park. It was a nice day and we were the only ones there.

He actually made it across the first time by himself I was surprised. This video makes me laugh because you can hear the scream of panic in his voice.

Friday night we needed out of the house. So we took the boys out for pizza and ice cream. When we got there we noticed we weren't the only family with little kids out. It was loud and busy in there so we blended in just fine. The boys were actually really well behaved at dinner.

Spencer asked Ryan if he was drinking milk because there is a cow on his beer bottle.

Attached to the pizza place is a new frozen yogurt shop. The boys love picking out their flavors and toppings. It was a great way to spend our Friday night. On the way to the car Spencer asked if we could do it again. It's times like these when having 3 little boys seems manageable and makes up for the really crazy busy times.

Hockey season is officially here. Spencer has his first real practice next Saturday. So to get him ready Ryan brought him to open skate in River Falls. Easton really wanted to go with but we were worried he would get on the ice and after 5 minutes be done. I kept waiting to get a text from Ryan that said I needed to pick him up. He did great though and had a lot of fun.

He started out using the trainer....

Spencer loves the ice.

By the end though he was on his own.

While Ryan got Spencer off the ice Easton made a lap all the way around. You can barely see him on the right.

The nice thing about skating is how it tires them out. This was minutes after leaving the rink.

It was parent's night out for daycare on Saturday. We're able to drop the kids off at 4:00 and didn't have to pick them up until 9:00 PM. We've been warned also by the kids if we come too early they don't get to finish watching the movie. Friends of ours who kids also attend the center headed out for dinner. Jill said it the best: No one bothered us to cut up their food, wanted to be entertained or spilled anything. I call that a successful dinner.

I tried my first real glass of wine.

I'm warming up to the taste.

Thanks for a nice night.

The random pictures from the week. Nolan LOVES this rocking horse in his room...

If the boys hear Nolan wake up in the morning they run in there to get in his crib and read him books. It's cute to watch them all play together.

For the first time Nolan fell asleep in his high chair. I like that his hands are folded.

He found the computer. Now I can't get him to leave it alone.

Grandma is rubbing off on the boys. They set up their toys and had their own thrift sale. The price for anything was $20. When we told them that was too expensive, Spencer cut the price to $1!

Happy Anniversary to my parents. They are enjoying a fun trip in New York!

Love you!