Bucket Trucks

I can't help but laugh every time I hear these boys talk about trucks. Cooper used to be the only one who replaced the "tr" with an "f" but lately Will has also been saying it. Just this afternoon they started sitting in the ball pit on the side of their slide and calling it a bucket truck...but they don't call it a bucket truck at all. :)

You'll also hear Will talk about Griffin falling. Griffin tumbled out of his crib again the other morning while I was changing Cooper. It scared me big time, but thankfully he's ok. Apparently it stuck with Will, too, because he keeps talking about it.

Dinner Order

Summertime Photo Dump

A quick glimpse at our summer so far, in photo dump form-

The boys' second 2nd birthday party with family:

Playtime outside:

Shopping (we love the car carts at Kroger!):

Accessorizing, Snacking, and Moana watching:

Beach Day Picnic:

First Library Trip

We took our first trip to the library this week. They have a weekly Wigglers Class geared toward children ages 0-2 so we decided to give the class a try. The boys L-O-V-E-D the library, though we didn't read a single book! The children's area was stocked full of toys, puzzles, and stuffed animals- the boys had a blast running around and playing with everything. They were much more subdued during the actual class, but I'm hopeful that they'll get more into the songs and dancing as they become comfortable with the structure. The other kids in the class were very into the songs...our boys just sort of sat and stared at the teacher and eventually tried to wander out of the room. I'm glad we gave it a try, though! I'm sure we'll be back to the library quite a bit this summer.

Griffin's favorite part of the library- the gigantic bears!

Needing a little help from Mama to get into the class, and even that didn't help!

But they sure did love the stuffed animals!

Woohoo!

Very proud mama moment! I pulled out one of their training potties today and let all 3 boys take turns sitting on it while we talked about going potty. They love the idea of the potty and seem to understand what they should do on it. Now that they know there's a potty their size in the bathroom they took turns announcing that they had to go all day long. This evening I sat each of them on the potty before I put their pajamas on, and Will actually used the potty!!! It was very likely just a fluke, but man, was I so proud! I'm pretty sure he was pretty proud of himself, too.

Day = Made

I don't think they've ever had a happier moment than watching this forklift in action at our favorite place, Sam's Club,  last night. They talked about it the rest of the evening! 

2 Years Old!!

Holy cow, we are officially parents to three 2 year olds!

I took this video through tears- it was their last night playing as one year olds. I don't know why it's so hard for me to deal with them growing older. I do just fine on their actual birthday, but the night before I'm such a mess! I spent far longer than normal saying goodnight to my one year olds for the last time. I am excited to see them grow up, but man- is it hard to say goodbye to the baby years!

 It seems very fitting that our outside-loving boys were born on the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. That gives us extra time to spoil them! The boys were greeted in the morning with balloons and streamers at their door (something I remember my parents doing for us when we were kids)- they LOVED the balloons and promptly tore down all the streamers.

We cashed in our free zoo membership that my VUMC colleagues gifted us when I left, and took the boys to the zoo for the first time. Aunt Cari joined us, and we had a lot of fun, despite it being extremely H-O-T outside. We will definitely look forward to going back many times over the coming year, and doing a better job of planning ahead and packing a lunch so we can stay longer!

Cari watched the boys while they napped so Will and I could take advantage of the one nice day we were supposed to have this week and enjoy a celebratory day date. We took our our paddle board and kayak out on the lake for a bit and reminisced about how much our lives have changed in just 2 short years!

After the boys woke up, we hosted an impromptu birthday BBQ in the backyard- hotdogs and cake for our favorite 2 year olds!

Action shot of Griffin touching his hot candle- oops! Fortunately he was OK- nothing a couple presents couldn't fix!

Cooper loves cake, especially the icing!

Griffin isn't a huge fan of sweets- he can take them or leave them

Will devoured his piece and then spent the rest of the time trying to eat his brothers' shares!

We are having Will's family over on Sunday so they can open all their presents, but we did let them open a couple from us last night. Just what any 2 year old boy could want- they got new trucks! They love the Little Blue Truck book series, and were very excited to have plush trucks that they can take to bed with them at night. After cake and presents we gave them baths and then let them stay up a little later so they could play with their new trucks. Overall, I think it was a perfect day in the eyes of our new 2 year old boys!

Their little blue trucks came equipped with horns that beep. We joked that we would hear the "beep beep" on the monitor each morning now and would definitely know when they were awake. Sure enough, this morning we heard "beep beep" on the monitor around 7:45. :)