Ezra loves music. He loves hearing it, dancing to it, and playing it. He loves all the toy musical instruments we have and he really loves the piano. Here’s a couple of videos of him playing.
MVI 6589 from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
MVI 6590 from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
Tonight after dinner we took the boys with us to go vote. They charmed all the poll workers and ran around the church like crazy. (It was pretty empty, sadly another low turnout.) The boys had a great time at their first voting adventure.
We didn’t take a camera with us, so we tried to take a few pictures of their “I voted” stickers when we got home. As you can see they were not so happily cooperating.
The boys love to vacuum. Here’s a little clip of the fun:
Vacuuming from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
Yes that is Noah playing in front of the vacuum and screeching with delight, so hard to believe just a couple of months ago he was terrified of the vacuum.
Daddy wrestles with the boys before bed to get them good and worn out and, of course, they love it.
Bedtime Fun from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
If there is one thing worse than a rainy Sunday, its a rainy Monday. Mondays are the hardest day of the week for me, simply because I am spoiled over the weekend with all the extra help. This morning it was rainy and wet outside, so we stayed inside, because we live in Arizona and we don’t know what do to in the rain and we don’t own any rain gear. The boys decided they would work in the kitchen this morning and this is what it looked like just before nap:
Sorry it’s blurry I didn’t realize Matt had used a setting on the camera that I am clearly not ready to use. I could not walk in the kitchen with out tripping over something, toddlers, toys, pots, bowls, tupperware. The floor is now clear and the sun is starting to break through the clouds, we might just get to play outside this afternoon.
This afternoon was rainy and the boys woke up from nap cranky. We needed something different to entertain them. We decided to set up their giraffe tent. We all had a great time and a lot of laughs. The best part, we ended up with two exhausted, happy boys at bed-time.
Helping daddy set it up
Playing in the tent
Crawling through the tent
Checking out the net sides
Carter "killed" the giraffe
Ezra realized he could crawl in the neck when the giraffe was down
Today the boys had their first flag football game. Our church was having a game for moms and sons and Matt was volunteering and well I am a mom with sons, so we went and had fun. We went out for pizza afterward, which the boys loved.
Noah eating some graham crackers on the side line
Ez was confined because he is a runner and really liked the looks of the lake
Clapping for his team
Noah and his daddy
Ready for some hockey
Noah was a little confused on the proper use of a hockey glove
Playing with Grandpa
Looking all grown despite the cheerio on his face
Trying to escape through the window this time
Dog toys are great for teething babies
Grandma is here!
Noah picked the ball up with his feet, brought it up, then back down
So happy
Sharing with Taffi
Just Ez
Banging some wiffle balls together
His man bag
New bike helmets!
Great for running
Ez needs a little adjusting on his
I took the boys to their first story time at the library today. It was a wild, fun-filled adventure. Upon arrival Noah began screaming (I guess he assumed I was ditching him there), once he realized I was staying he became wild. He found the door and kept taking off. Then Ezra realized what we were doing (running around) and got in on the act. It was finally time for story time and the door to the room was closed, thank goodness! At this time my lovely children discover there are cabinets in the room, fun. So I blocked them off with the stroller, Noah voiced his opinion on the act, at which point I was informed I was free to come and go as I please. Yea I was embarrassed, but I didn’t think they were being all that bad for 15 month old boys. It was a story time for 0-2 year olds after all, so I thought there would be other children who were a little rambunctious. All the other children seemed to be in the under 1 crowd or the over 2 crowd. Oh well, we still had fun and Ezra loved when they did “if your happy and you know it” between stories. I also know that someday very soon they will sit and listen to stories, for now I am happy to chase after them. :)
*During actual story time they continually checked the acoustics of the room by banging on every surface possible.
Bucket heads
Who's under that bucket?
Hanging out underneath the grill
Tending to the carrots
Prepping the garden beds
Sleeping, one leg escaped
I showed Ez how to use a step stool to reach stuff in the kitchen
Playing his xylophone
Think he is trying to tell me something? "mom let's go OUTSIDE!"
Big Ez in a little box
Looking at pics of mom and dad
It was seriously captivating
Nothing but the safest play area for our little ones
Air guitar?
Playing the piano with the cat
I think I will just lie down
Remember back in January when the boys were in that messy child contest and you all voted so wonderfully for my guys? Well Noah won and we are now sporting two wonderful Totrags full coverage bibs. Christine was even so thoughtful in making them in the boys’ colors.
We took them for a spin today and so far our clothes are clean, well clean from food, dirt and mud not so much.
After the way today ended I am so glad I snapped a few photos this morning. It enabled me to remember that we did have some fun today, that it wasn’t all cranky babies and drool (teething really stinks, Noah is getting four at once and Ezra is getting two more and he just hates teething.) We had a great morning playing and I will choose to remember that part of today.
