The voice of an angel

I absolutely LOVE Jaeger's sweet voice, so I tried to capture it with this little video. And watching this video while he's throwing a royal 2 year old tantrum is helpful in keeping me calm. ;)

The joys of being a kid

Dane and I went to the Harvest Carnival that his pre-school has every year on Halloween. It's always a blast and this year didn't disappoint. This video is bound to become a favorite in our house!

Movie Monday

We introduced Dane and Jaeger to the world of Mary Poppins and they absolutely loved it!

And they're still thinking about it several days later!

The boys and I were reading books tonight and Jaeger suddenly jumped off the couch and started dancing. I had no idea what he was doing and then I realized that the page we had come to in the book we were looking at had a penguin on it.

With all the choices of movies out there, I'm so glad that our boys can be entertained with the classics. Of course, Music Man is on our list of classics to watch - any other ideas out there?

A day in the life

It's been awhile since my last post and a super long time since my last video. So, I thought I'd share a recent video of the boys playing together. It's been so fun watching the boys learn to play together. Some days we definitely have a lot of tears and taking of toys, but then there are those days when they are so sweet and play so nicely together. It just melts my heart on those sweet days.

Jaeger's vocabulary has just exploded and it's so fun to hear how he says words. If we didn't know better, we'd think he was growing up in France. Listen carefully to how he says garbage. :)

Spring has NOT sprung!

This is what we woke up to this morning...



* Ooops - It's April 11, not April 10 as I said in the video!!
** And yes, that's Dane asking to pee on the grass. He still LOVES to pee on the grass. A big thanks to Daddy for introducing him to that last summer while camping.

Here we are just last week soaking in the sun at the Harborview School Playground. (Notice we are the only people there!!! I love being able to work part time and being able to spend the morning with my 2 favorite boys in a virtually deserted playground as all of the other kids are busily learning in the rooms behind those walls. I'm so lucky.)





**All of the snow had disappeared by the time we got home from school today. Perhaps, spring is just around the corner as we had hoped! I'm ready to see my bulbs pop up. :)

Finally another Movie Monday!!!

I know, I know, I'm sure you've all been wondering where Movie Monday went. I have been taking videos (and pictures for that matter too), but things have been a bit crazy around here and I haven't had time to really blog. :(

So, here is a new video for you.

Major disclaimer:
This is one of those "let's brag about how brilliant our child is" videos.
But it's just been so amazing to see how Dane has taken to sounding out words. The other day there was a box of Ziploc bags near him and he read what the box was! And we just opened up a big box of Daddy's Dr. Seuss books from when he was a kid and Dane was thrilled to sound out some of the words. Here he is in action.

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Curious to know what got them smiling so big?


A ride on Daddy of course!

And here's a video of the fun.

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Dane's buddy, Kellen, spent the morning with us a few days ago and we had a blast! We made cookies, played planes & helicopters, made Christmas ornaments and of course, danced to the Glee Christmas album! I had no idea the boys would dance down the hallway and back.

They were too cute - I'm so bummed the hall light wasn't on. I love Kellen's bopping head coming down the hallway. I know this video will haunt them in high school!

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Have you elfed yourself yet?

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Santa Claus has arrived!!!

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Thankful for all our many blessings indeed!

Movie Monday

Dan and I were watching TV one night and this commercial came on.....



We both thought the rap was hilarious and we especially love the high part - "Mega-Mega-Mind" and the little fish that talks like-a-dis. We haven't been able to stop saying it in our household. We finally found it on YouTube so we could have immediate access to it and now Dane is addicted! He thinks it's hilarious. Here's his rendition of Mega-Mega-Mind and Who Are You? Enjoy.

I'm in Anchorage at a reading conference this week and seeing this video of him is just breaking my heart. He is so precious and I just love him to pieces. It's so hard being away from all of my boys. I sure am one lucky girl!

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Bath time fun!

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Jaeger thinks this is the funniest thing ever! And he has taken to doing this just about anywhere in the house. Thankfully, I've caught him most times his head was about to hit the hardwood floor!

Movie Tuesday!?!?!?

I know it's crazy - Movie Monday on a Tuesday, but that's just how we roll. ;)

This video was actually taken about a week and a half ago and I'm proud to say that Dane is doing AWESOME in his big boy undies! He's only had one accident and it was right next to the toilet (he couldn't get his pants off fast enough.) Way to go little man. :)

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Look who's walking! This video was from a little over a week ago.



And here's another short clip from Friday. Isn't it amazing what can happen it just a week?

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A little hidden gem at the Taku Harbor Cabin.

*Other pics about our trip will be up soon. :)

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Any one need a dose of laughter?

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More, more, more!!!

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Jaeger learned two new tricks while he was in California. Here's a picture of one...

*pulling himself up and standing, not playing the xylophone (although, hopefully one of my children wind up with some musical ability! Jaeger is named after his musical great-grandfather, so maybe he'll be the one.)

And a video of the other (Jaeger did already know how to crawl, but he was famous for the "army crawl" and never really got on all fours until our CA trip.)