Boys Next Door

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Fun in the snow

It's Winter!

It's been a calm one this year so as soon as we had enough snow today to enjoy, we put on our snow boots and headed out to shovel and make a snowman. When the kids got tired of helping Daddy, they took out their sled and played until it was time to head back inside for soup and hot chocolate. It was the perfect winter day with just the perfect amount to snow to play in.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

PeePee in the Potty

Just a month and a half after he turned 2, Logan is potty trained!

Roughly a month before his 2nd birthday, he had been showing a lot of interest in peeing in the potty. He'd tell us he wanted to go and he's gone in the potty a handful of times. But we never officially trained him. Most of the time when he would tell us, we'd just tell him to go in his diaper (no points for lazy parents!)

One day, we just decided it's was finally time to try it out and give him a chance. It's a commitment and a lot of work! He was excited to wear big boy undies (which he calls "undies like DD's") and he did great for the first day with just a couple of accidents. As a reward, he'd get TWO M&Ms which motivated him to keep up with it. Although he did great for someone his age (he's really still a "baby" and we honestly didn't expect much), it did take him a while to really get the hang of it. The hardest part was potty training while in school. It was obvious that he wasn't comfortable going in their potty and the worst part, NO M&Ms in school. After much pep talk and lots of encouragement, Logan proudly wears his big boy undies. It took him about two and half weeks to be officially potty trained! We couldn't be more thrilled!

all it took were TWO M&Ms

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Dance Party

The kids danced the night away as we celebrated Uncle Tommy's retirement.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Happy 2012!

We put on our polka got socks and celebrated new year's eve by going to the Tan's Annual New Year's Eve Party. We ate lots of yummy food and watched the ball drop at midnight. The kids stayed up until past midnight, had 12 grapes (well maybe just a little bit more than that. We all know 12 is not enough for their bellies.) and apple cider. It was a perfect way to ring in the new year.

And they are out!

Happy 2012! This is going to be a GREAT year.

May your new year be blessed and prosperous!

Friday, December 30, 2011

Ate Cece

One of the things Dylan asked for this Christmas is to spend it with Ate Cece. He wanted to asked Santa if he can bring Ate Cece to us. When asked if he'd rather have toys or Ate Cece, without hesitation he chooses Ate Cece every time. So this year, Santa (grandma and uncle tommy) granted his Christmas wish. Dylan was ecstactic when he saw Ate Cece. She was greeted with "I love you I love you I love you Ate Cece". She spent the day with us and had a sleep over with the boys. It was perfect!

Monday, December 26, 2011

Gifts, gifts, and more gifts

This deserved a post all on its own. These boys are so lucky to have so many people love and spoil them. We hope they always know just how fortunate they truly are!

checking out what they got in their stocking... DVDs, swedish fish, and M&Ms

Logan was VERY EXCITED about his M&Ms.

If we had known just how much he'd enjoy them, we would have gotten him a case of it!

Their gifts from Santa - a Bobo Fet Helmet and Rock and Roll Elmo's.

Both items were in their Santa's wish list. They must have been really good boys!

Aqua doodle set and Transformer

More DVDs

Hess Trucks - after he saw these trucks at his friend's house (Kayla), he couldn't stop talking about them. He described them to us and asked to have them for Christmas. These were trucks from about five years ago. We searched everywhere for them and ended up finding them online. Thank you Craigslist.. you had our son very happy!

Fire truck and more aquadoodle for Logan

Logan still enjoying his M&Ms.

Right: Dylan's teacher hinted that Dylan loves Trios. He spends most of their playtime playing with it. So we took Logan out to pick out Trios for Dylan. Left: Soon, Logan would be ready to be potty trained. Dylan picked out his brother's big boy undies - Thomas the train, of course!