It's Official!

Hunter started army crawling last week and now has progressed to using his hands and knees. We all cheer him on when he's doing it and he gets a huge grin on his face and gets super excited. Now he's all over the place; his favorite is the refridgerator, where all the magnets and artwork are!

One of Those Days

It all started this morning when I took the van into the shop to get a problem fixed. I was supposed to drop it off at 10 a.m. and they were going to shuttle the boys and me back to the house right away. Well, after one hour of waiting they decided to have me drive the van back home with one of their servicemen who was going to then drive it back to the shop. One hour! That is sooooo long with three active little guys. I exhausted all measures trying to keep them entertained. We played I Spy, we counted, I pulled stickers out my purse, I pulled tic-tacs out of my purse, we looked at pictures in magazines, and we walked to a nearby bakery. I think the employees finally felt sorry for me. I was not very happy! As soon as we got home I had to squeeze three car seats in the back of our little commuter car so I could get to the gym before childwatch closed. Unfortunately I only got to workout for 30 minutes, but I still went; I had a lot of steam to burn.

The rest of the day consisted of short naps, the car place calling to tell me they could not find the problem with the van and saying they needed to keep it overnight, and kids needing to get outside and run around. So I packed the sardines in and away we went. After too much sand throwing, I piled the kids back into the car and we went to Wendy's for dinner. I'm pretty sure the meal I had originally planned on making would have taken too long to prepare before somebody, or everybody, would have been in tears over one thing or another before it was done. But now the boys are in bed, Logan's on his way home from work, and I'm in my jammies ready to suggle up on the couch, watch a little TV, and bite into a delicious Cadbury Egg that's been calling my name for some time now. It's just been one of those days!

The sardines, notice Hunter is crying. Carter bit his finger.

They are way too close to eachother!

Yummy, I love Easter candy!

Movie Night

A couple of Fridays ago, Logan came home from work and took the boys to Target. They bought a new movie, The Three Mouseketeers, and then Logan surprised them with a movie night. He set up the portable DVD player in Collin's room and snuggled them in. They loved it; we could hear them giggling from downstairs.

Collin: Funny Saying of the Day Part II

Collin: Mom, what are we having for dinner tonight?
Mom: Pork chops.
Collin: Yes, I love porn chops!

School Days!

Carter goes to preschool once a week with four other friends from church. The moms and I take turns teaching. The other day I asked Carter what he had learned at preschool that morning and he got off the couch and showed me this:

He had learned about movement and exercise.

And this is what he does during the mornings Collin is at preschool when we are not out running errands:

Monterey Bay, California

For the President's Day holiday, we loaded up the van and headed to Monterey Bay. We've been wanting to go there for awhile and it is actually not too far from us. It rained on and off, but we still had a lot of fun. The first day we went to the Dennis the Menace Park, drove the 17 Mile Drive (Poppy Hills Golf Course, Pebble Beach Golf Course where the Pro-Am was taking place, and Carmel), wandered some of the nearby beaches, went swimming, and went out to eat.

We spent our last day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It is huge and has lots of fun things to see and do. The boys had a blast running from one area to another. We spent about four hours there and then headed back home.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We spent the day going to Collin's basketball game and mostly just hanging out together at home (which means lots of wrestling with Daddy). We get the boys haircuts and took them out to dinner. We also have a tradition of making chocolate covered strawberries, yum!

Notice the Valentine's Day decor?

Hunter really wanted a strawberry!

Gifts from Logan, M&M's and a massage.
Love you babe!

Snow Fun!

These are the last of the pictures from our Utah trip. It snowed a ton while we were there and Collin wanted to play in it constantly. The big guys (Logan and two uncles) went out with the little boys one day and built a snow cave for them. I'm not too sure who had more fun, the adults ended up outlasted the young ones. Carter decided to watch from inside; he's more like his mom and likes to keep warm.

Happy Blogiversary!

Today is the one year anniversary of the Sheffield Scoop's very first blog post! I love keeping in touch with all of you through the blogging world and enjoy reading all of the comments. I hope to keep it going for many more years to come (it's my new way of scrapbooking remember)!

Tis the Season. . .

for basketball! Collin plays every Saturday and is enjoying learning how to play. He wasn't too excited at first, but the second week his team played their first game and he scored three baskets. Once everyone cheered for him, his face lit up and now he loves it - he looks forward to it each week. Collin also has three of his buddies from church playing with him, and Logan is one of the assistant coaches which also makes playing more fun!

10 Months Old

Hunter turned ten months yesterday (the 4th). Time flies and he is getting so big. I don't have any recent growth stats. He was suppose to have a well-baby visit the first week of January, but it got rescheduled to March. I know ridiculous, right? I have a love-hate relationship with Kaiser. Anyway, here it goes. Hunter at ten months:

Is very smiley

Still doesn't sleep through the night (ughh!)

Loves being around his big brothers

Is a pretty content baby

Enjoys bath time

Is oh so close to crawling

Has eight teeth

Loves dancing to music

Likes to snuggle

Has a favorite food: Kix

Is starting to wave

And clap

Can't get enough of Daddy

Is so darn cute!

Rub-A-Dub-Dub...

Three boys in the tub! Logan recently started putting Hunter in the bathtub with Collin and Carter. He loves it, but sometimes the older boys are a little wild, so Hunter has been bathing by himself lately.

Random Happenings

Last Thursday Collin's preschool had an open house. All of us were able to go visit his classroom and look at all of his recent artwork. He was excited to show us everything he had been working on and was also excited to see all of his school buddies.

He made a dinosaur out of clay and made up a story to go with it.

This is one of his favorite classmates.

Hanging out in the reading corner.

Collin also had the privilege of taking the class bear home for the weekend. He was very happy Bear got to tag along with him to the park and that Bear got to sleep in his pillow tent with him at night.

Bear came with a binder that instructed Collin to write about their adventures together and then to attach pictures of them hanging out.

Carter wanted in on the action too.

I have previously mentioned that the gym I go to has a Childwatch for the boys. On Saturday mornings Collin has basketball on the sports court and Carter chooses to go to Childwatch instead of watching Collin play. He loves it in there!

On this particular morning, he told me he was making a house with a big roof. He was quite proud of himself!

Happy Birthday to Logan!

Last Wednesday was Logan's 31st birthday. The boys and I surprised him at his office with his favorite cookies (Snickerdoodles) and a veggie tray (he had mentioned that he and his coworkers wanted to eat a little healthier). Later, when he got home from work, we ate homemade pizza (his birthday request) and a homemade ice cream sandwich birthday cake and then opened presents. I think he had a great day and the boys had a really great day. They love birthday celebrations!

Opening birthday cards.

And birthday presents.

My masterpiece. Four candles, because he is entering his fourth decade.