Our Playroom

I thought some of you might like to take a peek at our playroom.  Today the boys and I did a total dump, sort and clean in there.  The pictures aren't great, but I wanted to take them while it was still tidy.

I not really a fan of wood burning fireplaces, especially with kids around.  I think they can be messy and usually let in cold air when not in use.  So we put a blanket up and a toy shelf in front of it.

I like to use a lot of plastic bins to sort and store the toys.  We used to use the shelf in the above picture to store DVDs on before we had kids and the wooden thing in the picture below used to be a TV stand,  so we tried to repurpose them instead of throwing them away and buying new.

My grandparent (Mamma & Hampa) got the boys this cool castle for Christmas.  It sets up like a tent.

So that is a little peek into our home.

I love these boys!

Here are just some random pictures of the boys.

Yes, those are Christmas pajamas and yes, this picture was taken very recently.  They fit Jayce and they were clean.  :)  He enjoys riding on Shaden's tricycle any chance he gets.
Jayce is now 18 months old!
At his well baby check up on April 7, 2011 here are his stats:
Head Circumference- 19" (50% Lots of Brains)
Weight- 20 lbs (3% He runs too much to put on the pounds)
Height- 31" (25%!!!  Holy Cow!  That is tall for us.)

Shaden has taken to not napping most days, so I don't fight him on it.  The other evening Shaden was watching some cartoons while I was fixing dinner.  I came out of the kitchen to find this.  Surprised me.  He is usually one of those kids that will fight being tired by running all over the place and being crazier than normal.

We went to the park the other day and the boys had a blast running around and going down slides.

I love these boys!  They sure do keep life interesting.  :)

Can't Wait

I'm so excited!  I am participating in 2 i-spy square swaps.  Don't know what that is?  Well, let me explain. People get fabric with fun prints that kids can identify on them and cut them up into squares of equal size.  Depending on the swap coordinator the squares could be 4"x 4" or 5"x 5" or whatever size they pick.  The number of participants determines the number of squares.  Example:  I am doing a swap for 4"x 4" squares with 20 people.  We each cut out 20 squares from each fabric we choose.  This swap is for 10 fabrics.  Then we mail them to the coordinator who sorts them 1 square of each fabric per person.  Then they get mailed back to us.  For this swap I will end up getting 200 different squares of fabric.
Now you maybe asking, "why would you want all that different fabric?"  To make a quilt that you can use to play i-spy.
I thought this was a perfect idea for our family since the boys LOVE i-spy.

Here are the fabrics I chose for one of the swaps I'm in.

Here is my stack of fabrics that I sent... which should be the same amount of fabric I will be getting back soon!

Trying something different

I decided I needed to make something other than pillow cases.  So I found this terrific vest pattern and thought it would be fun to make.  The instructions were really easy to follow, but I decided to skip having buttons.  I thought the vest looked cute without them and know Shaden and Jayce the buttons would just get lost anyway.  The buttons aren't attached to the vest in the pattern so it can be reversible.  I was going to make St. Patrick's Day vests or Easter vests, but then changed my mind and picked funny material.  This way the boys could wear them anytime.  What do you think?

One side of Shaden's has cows on a golf course.

The other side has ants.

One side of Jayce's has cows (some are colored).

The other side is ants on a picnic blanket background. 

Jayce is saying "HA HA!" in both pictures.

They can be nice boys... sometimes. :)

Funny kid

Every night we go up stairs, brush our teeth, sing songs, say prayers, and tuck the boys into bed at around 8 o'clock.  Then right before I get into bed later I go into the boy's room to check on them.  During the winter I would cover them up again and make sure they weren't cold.
Last night when I went in to check on them I had to run grab Chris and our camera.


I found this:

Shaden was asleep in the large bucket we keep all the stuffed animals.  That boy cracks me up!

No, we didn't leave him like that.  Chris picked him up and put him back in bed.