Things are plenty slow...

We are having some slow days around here. Mostly Landon just wants to go out back and play in the big pile of shale on the ball diamond - so we do that every day or so. Or go to the park, that's always fun.
Today has been really slow though, as Landon has a cold that is keeping him to a more normal level of activity! He has mostly been laying on the couch watching tv, although he did help me mop the floor, and we spent some time at a friend's house (she had an Usborne Books open house, so we ordered some). I must admit, I'm looking forward to the boys' bedtimes though!! lol

We decorated for Hallowe'en yesterday -- there's not much to it really, a few things up on the doors, our t-shirt ghosts in the tree out front. Landon loved the window clingies the most -- they're all piled on top of each other on the living room window, really high so Arlan can't reach them.

Well, I hear Landon crying, Arlan must be paying him back for something. Better run, until next time...

It's fall again...

Nice weather again - snow's all gone, snowman's gone, kids are happy to play in the sandbox together. Even the rain barrel is melting and draining - thankfully!

John and I went out for dinner last night for our anniversary. Tony Roma's for ribs - YUM YUM! We enjoyed it, but laughed at ourselves as it took about 20 minutes to relax and just enjoy the time. It's amazing how keyed up we always are having to deal with these kids all the time! But we did settle down and visit and eat - so nice.

We had a pretty quiet weekend, doing things around the house, playing with the kids, that kind of thing. Enjoyed swimming Friday again, we'll have to keep going even after lessons are done, both boys love it so much, but especially Landon. And he is doing so well, it's really nice to see.

So, not much news. Until next time...

If we're gonna have snow...

We might as well build a snowman!! Check out the beauty Landon made today in the backyard! I might've helped a bit, as he had some trouble reaching the top...heh heh Actually, I could barely lift the second ball on top of the first, the snow is SO heavy! But it was so fun, and Landon thought the snowman was pretty neat. He helped mostly by filling his dumptruck with snow, then backing it up to the snowman and dumping if for me. Then he filled a ride-on car and did the same thing. Except he kept telling me it was hard to drive through all that snow!! lol

And it's winter ...

Well, I finally got Arlan some winter boots on the weekend! And he loves them! He wore them around the house all evening. When I took them off, he grabbed them and tried to put them back on himself!! LOL

So we went outside today to explore this wonderful white stuff called snow. Arlan likes the boots, not too sure about the snow though :-/ He did walk a bit, but mostly just wanted to be carried. It wasn't hard to walk or anything, but I think he was a bit freaked out all the same.

Landon has gotten right into it - so excited to play in the snow! I love it, because he still wants to go out to play (of course, I hate having to dress and undress him all day long, but c'est la vie!!).
Arlan was watching Landon eat snow with this look on his face like "Really? EATING it????" But then he tried it out himself. Arlan doesn't like anything cold (even ice cream is questionable), so I don't think snow will be at the top of his list of edibles.

Swim lessons

Here are a couple of pics from the pool a couple of weeks ago. As you can see, Landon loves to be distracted by anything, particularly mom with a camera! So I didn't take many shots.
Arlan has so much fun splashing around the tot pool while Landon has lessons. Then we all go into the big pool for some fun. And mom's favourite is always the hottub at the end :-)

Another new tooth!

Arlan is continuing on his tooth-popping expedition, with another molar. The top left this time :-) He seldom lets us anywhere near his mouth, but I managed to feel it in there yesterday!! Could explain why he's been crying out in the night, maybe. He likes to cry out, but we try not to go in there too much. Usually a soother plug and he's back to sleep, but it'd be nice if he'd just quit throwing the soother out of the crib -then he could find it and plug it back in himself!! LOL But he doesn't sleep with a night-light, so it's very dark in there at night - no wonder he can't find his soother.

We've been having fun with swim lessons. Arlan goes Thursday morning, Landon on Friday. Because John hasn't been working Fridays, we all go swimming together, and that is a really nice time. Landon is doing SO well ... he can 'swim' with a life-jacket on, loves going down the slide, can almost relax enough to do a back float. He loves loves loves to swim, and I love watching him. He's splashing along, swallowing water and the whole 9-yards, and is completely happy. Next summer will be even better at the lake (assuming it's not miserable the entire time we're there!).
Arlan's doing well too. He'll let us get his head wet, and today I dragged him through the water for a couple of seconds (under the rope) -- no resulting tears!! He loves to fall off the edge, with me to catch him. And even was standing up to fall to me today. But most of all he loves going down the slide. Today we had him in a life-jacket and I'd almost toss him off the slide to John in the water. Then he'd get out and have huge smiles anticipating all that fun to happen again. It is such a fun time to swim with those stinkers!!
Must be tiring too - Arlan has nice long naps, and Landon is quietly playing play-dough with John!! LOL

Other than that, we are seeing winter settle in ... BRRRRR! Landon had fun playing in the snow this afternoon for a bit ... driving his loader around the backyard making tracks. I'm not ready for it though! In more ways than one ... primarily I need to get winter boots for Arlan!! Poor kid, can't get out to play yet ... Maybe I'll have to make a concerted effort to get them this weekend.

Our weekend will be quiet. Mom & dad were going to come up, but plans changed, so we're hanging out at home ... nice and quiet. Hopefully get some shopping done, and I'm planning to do a good long run in preps for my 10K race in 2 weeks. I contemplated painting, either our bedroom or Landons....we'll see if I find the energy to pick out paints today or tomorrow.

Oh yeah, we got the boys' Hallowe'en costumes in the mail the other day (ordered on ebay). Landon has been Winnie the Pooh ever since! He wakes up and wants his Pooh costume! I hope it lasts until Hallowe'en!! We put Arlan's "hunny pot" costume on him, and he loved it too. He's such a ham -- he knows he's adorable, and parades around for our entertainment!! LOL But at least he's not wanting to ALWAYS wear it, so he'll be good for Hallowe'en. I'm sure Landon will be fine too, although he may be a bit dirty...

Other than that - life is good :-) Until next time...