Bella may love Jack but that doesn't mean he can kiss her....

Bella and Jack have been very "friendly" with each other. They will bring each other one their snack, a drink, even their favorite toy. They play with each other more and it is neat to see them growing together. Jack is a very affectionate boy... he gives hugs and kisses. Bella has given me a kiss a handful of times but that is it, actually she does give her baby kisses and hugs but she LOVES baby.
Well one day they were both playing around and they stopped and watched TV. Jack happened to be sitting on Bella:
(notice the destruction that happens when they play... toys EVERYWHERE)

Jack leans down to give Bella a kiss:

and well that was just the last straw... she threw him off

and not only did she crawl away she hid under the table

I was watching them and just laughing...
Bella really does love Jack, or at least she thinks he should be up when she is. Bella gets up earlier in the morning and from naps... she just needs less sleep than anyone in this house apparently. The thing is I end up chasing her away from their bedroom door because she pounds on it and yells "JACK"

then looks all sad when I tell her to stop yelling for Jack


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Other than that, the kids are growing like weeds. They have loved being outside and swinging. We literally swing for 20-30 minutes a day and they will just relax, it even put Jack to sleep one morning.
Love,
Sara

The way to Jack's heart....

is through his stomach. We went to go visit Grandmom for a couple hours the other day. This one was more of a last minute attempt as the previous two treks to NJ had to be canceled due to someone being sick, so we were super excited when we were on the road. The kids did well on both the ride there and back but by the end of the day they were excited to run around a bit.
When we got to Grandmom's Jack was not a happy boy... he was crying, and crying, and crying some more. He would not go near Grandmom.... Then being the brilliant woman that I am I realized that I had Jack's favorite snacks with me. I gave them to Grandmom and Jack was her BEST friend



Later on both Jack and Bella discovered Grandmom's blinds and loved playing peek-a-boo

Jack taking a break, peek-a-boo is hard work you know....

but then he is re-energized and able to play again with Bella


Jack sitting with Aunt Pat... she was swinging her legs so Jack was trying to copy her

Then Aunt Pat took one of me with the kids....

It really is a whirlwind when we come.... we get there and they are ready to run around and they do for about 2 hours and we all end up chasing after them. Then they eat and then get fussy and ready for a nap. We did not even make it out of the community before Jack was asleep.
I am thinking of coming up for a weekend with just Bella sometime this summer so maybe I can see more people and spend more than 2 hours there, I will keep everyone posted :)

A quickie....

Not much time before I have to hit the hay but I realized that I haven't posted pictures in a bit:
Jack and Bella enjoying some frozen treats on a hot day:


the above were frozen blueberries and the pictures below are of strawberry pops I made from our strawberry patch

Note the broccoli that is still on his tray.... won't touch that with a 10 foot pole
and my sweet Jack sharing with Bella




I will post some more soon ... love you

Randomness....

I typically upload a bunch of pictures at a time and then add them to here when I have the time. So I am just going to post a bunch of pictures that I have not posted yet since there is not too much exciting going on.
Jack and Daddy playing horseshoes:

He will pick up the horseshoe and hand them to Jason... it is really cute. The issue is when Jason is not around and he wants to "help" anyway. He would carry them around if I let him, I am just afraid he will whack Bella over the head

Jack LOVES being outside

I don't think I posted this picture of Bella but if I did, oh well, she is just so cute...

These were from back in February when Jack and Bella got a Valentine's Card from Grandmom. They love getting mail

especially if there is money in there :)

Jack liked it so much he kept kissing it

and if you look past Jack admiring his card you can see how "excited" Molson and Jason were


Well that is all for now...

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy?? Well this past week has been a little rough. I have been trying to transition J & B to one nap a day and for some reason they think that they not only no longer need sleep but that 4:30 am is an awesome time to get up for the day... ugh. So last night I nicely asked, pleaded really, that they sleep until 7. My lovely kids decided that they wanted to see me at 4:27 despite my pleas. I got them up and we gave them a snack of milk and cheerios and put on some cartoons while I made myself some coffee
Here is Bella super relaxed:

Jack just chilled on the chair:

We relaxed for the most part until we went to breakfast at Jason's Mom's house. We did some more relaxing this afternoon
Bella was totally rocking the blocks:


then she knocks them down and says "Ohhh":

Isn't she so cute??

Mom, Shawn, Jess, and Calla came over for Dinner and we had a nice time




Bella and Jack like playing "peek-a-boo" by jumping up on the chair:



For some reason Jack LOVES when you rub his belly with your head (I have no clue how we even figured this out)

Calla and Jack:


We tried our darndest to get a picture of all the girls....

then I grabbed Jack


So even though they got me up at 4:30, they still haven't said "Momma" (I told them they needed to say it by today), and I waited on them all day, I wouldn't change it for the world. They make me so happy and I have had the best Mother's Day (the only thing that could have been better is to have Grandmom here with us)

So busy......

Ugh, sorry it has been so long since I last posted some pictures. It has just been crazy here. Let's see:
Bella has decided that she no longer needs an afternoon nap and sometimes decides that she does not need a morning nap either.
Jack has become an awesome climber... he loves to climb on top of our kitchen table, their play table, and has recently started to climb on the toy shelves. Bella isn't a bad climber herself, she is the one who taught Jack to climb on the tables.
Jack has the best memory of any kid I know and when he wants something he will NOT forget about it... take this morning when he was climbing on the play table.
I took him down and said "NO" ... he then did it like 3 more times. So I took him back to the play room and turned on his ball game he likes, he grabbed a ball when it popped and ran back to the living room to climb on the table. I gave him a basketball and told him to make a basket, he did, then he climbed on the table..... **sigh**
They have been running me ragged BUT they are still the cutest kids in the whole wide world. Last night we took them out for ice cream and Jason and I each got a cone. We sat at a picnic table and I shared with Jack and Jason shared with Bella. Jack ate more ice cream than I did... about half way through he just stopped and looked at me and gave me the biggest kiss ever!! The boy loves his ice cream so much that he gives unsolicited kisses for it (the thing is though that he gives kisses only a mother could love... he licks you. So I had a nice big lick of chocolate spit on my cheek... but it made my whole week)
Other than getting into everything they are doing well... getting so tall. Bella's hair is getting so long and curly now that it is warmer out. This is her this morning:

I didn't get any of Jack this morning (because really who wants a picture of him throwing a tantrum, and yes it pretty much was that ALL morning) but I do have these on the computer. Jack makes this face from time to time and I think it is hilarious:


A face only a mother could love?