Hot dogs and firetrucks...

...apparently there is nothing better! After spending the morning painting firetrucks, we stopped for a hot dog break. Tommy ran around yelling, "Lunch time! Lunch time!" And after taking his first bite of hot dog, Cole looked at me and said, "Mmmm...mom. This is good!"

Apparently, firetrucks put you in a good mood for just about anything. But a hot dog lunch may just have pushed this into the category of "a really good day." Just look at these grins!

Caught in the Act

I was folding laundry upstairs when Cole yelled, "Mom! Oh no..Tommy stuck." This is what I found...



I had closed the baby gates to contain them in the family room. Tommy pushed up a truck and attempted to climb over. Can you imagine?? Head first!! He was in tears of course, not sure if it was because he was scared, or because he got caught. More than likely it was the latter. :) Luckily, the camera was sitting on the mantle beside me, so I was able to capture this caper for posterity!

P.S. Notice the fire hat on the floor. Still true to form. We are going on week 6 of wearing fire hats 24/7. :)

Tickles the Bird

My aunt Judy stopped over the other day to see the boys. They were sleeping, so she left off some pretty cool presents. One of which is a mechanical caged song bird that sings and moves whenever it hears a noise. When the boys woke from their naps, I told them that a bird had flown into the house and wanted to live with us. They were SO excited. Immediately, Cole named him "Tickles" because his feathers tickled when he touched them. Well "Tickles" has become a part of our daily ritual... We go out to the sun room each morning to say hello...the other day they even tried to feed her a banana. :)

Thank you Aunt Judy! You have no idea how much they love it...and what a great diversion it is each morning. Hooray for Tickles!! Here is some cute video that I took of the boys on Saturday morning during their visit with Tickles the bird.



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Fun with play-doh!

The boys LOVE their play-doh. We spend at least a hour every weekday making things. This week we used cookie cutters to make lizards and dinosaurs. For those family members that live far away, this video was cute enough to share. Gives you a glimpse into their little personalities. :)



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My little firemen!

The boys are OBSESSED with fire trucks. So much so, that we have worn our fire hats every single day for a month. We only take them off for naps and bedtime...and even then...they must be within eye sight. They wear them to the store, to play dates, etc.

Figuring we should encourage their love of firetrucks, we came across a show called "Fireman Sam" on On Demand and starting watching it. BIG mistake. Each of the four episodes is only 11 minutes long and the boys insist on watching one after another - despite having seen them all 100 times. So that gives mommy about 9 minutes to do any task around the house before having to return to set up the next episode. Good times!

Today, we saw a firetruck on our way home from the store and the boys were SO excited. I was explaining to them how the firemen visit stores to make sure they are safe...just like we had watched on Fireman Sam. They were quiet for a moment, then Cole says in a very serious tone:

Cole: "Mom?"
Mom: "Yes?"
Cole: "Cole be a fireman."
Mom: "You want to be a fireman when you grow up?"
Cole: "Yes. Cole be a fireman."

So there you go! I've got two little firemen in the making. :)