This and That

Some things we've been up to lately...

1.  Nana and Papa Swoop sent a package from Hawaii with Valentine's Day goodies for the boys.  Emmett immediately got to work coloring with his new crayons with his new hat on.  :)

Jackson is in love with the two t-shirts Nana sent.  He had to try them on as soon as he opened them.  One has Lightning McQueen on it, and the other has Buzz and Woody from Toy Story.  He especially loves wearing them to sleep in.

The next day he insisted on wearing his new shirt to school.  Don't worry... he didn't sleep in this one.  It was clean.  :)

And E insisted on having his picture taken, too.  :)

2.  The boys and I made red velvet cupcakes for V Day and I had to take a picture of them because this is probably the first batch of cupcakes that I've made here at high altitude that have turned out almost perfectly.  No craters or explosions at all.  I didn't do anything special to them, but I did use a new recipe so I guess it's a keeper.  I couldn't believe how well they turned out.

Emmett loves to eat just the tops of the cupcakes.  He buries his face in the icing and then eats the top off and then he's done.  :)

3.  We read Blueberries for Sal the other evening and then the boys wanted to eat blueberries.  And eat blueberries.  And eat blueberries.  They ate a TON!

4.  Here are J and E eating a yummy breakfast Daddy made a few weekends ago.  This was right after the table was finished and I wanted to document the first breakfast on it.  :)  Don't you love Reid's fat foot at the bottom of the picture?  I think that's the only part of Reid you'll see in this post!

5.  Later that morning we drove out to a golf course community near our house to ride bikes and walk.  It was gorgeous outside.

At one point the boys got a little far ahead and Emmett took a spill.  He was wearing his helmet but still got a cut on his forehead and chin and was bleeding everywhere.  Of course we didn't have a band aid or anything and weren't close to the car, so we just had to mop up the blood with Kleenex.  We were preparing to go back, but then E said he wanted to keep riding so we went a little further.  He was a trooper!

Then when we were almost to the car he pooped out and wanted to get in the stroller.  His bike fits perfectly on top.

Here he is with his boo-boos... sweet little tough guy!

We stopped along the way to visit with some friendly horsies.  They walked over to us when they saw us coming on the trail and J and E and I gave them some pets.

6.  I know my recent posts have been very video-heavy, but it is almost easier to take videos of the boys than pictures lately!  And I just love watching these little videos.  I took this one the other day to send to my mom and sister over the phone.  It is one of my very favorites.