Busy Boys & Broken Bones

I can't believe a month has past since I last blogged. 

We've been so busy...

  We've played football...or  kickball as Landen calls it.

We've finished up Ethan's Winter Super Saturday class at WKU.

We've had  neighbor friends over to play in our pj's. 

 We've played in the melted snow.

We've went to a boat and RV show and posed with the sharp car at the entrance.

 We've gone to the Louisville Science Center for the second time.

We've checked out Circus World for the first time.

And unfortunately, Landen has broken his right leg!   On Saturday, March 9th, he was feeding the ducks at the park with his dad and brother, got his foot stuck in a little "trench", fell and snapped his shin bone all within a matter of seconds.  Josh rushed him straight to the ER thinking that he has sprained his ankle badly and after x-rays we learned that he had a shinbone fracture. They splinted it and we had to go back on Monday to get the cast put on.  Getting the cast on might have very well been one of the worst experiences of my life.   There is nothing worse than your child being in excruciating pain and their being nothing you can do about it. But he's adjusted to having the cast and is doing very well.  The hardest part now is keeping him entertained since he can't put any weight on his foot.  We have prayed many prayers this past week or so and we know many others have prayed for him too. We are so humbled by God's mercy and grace.  And we feel so blessed that it is just a broken bone with a very clean break that will heal quickly.   Here are some pics of our little guy laying around...

Waiting to get his cast put on.

Back at the doctor's office for a check-up.

Playing with  Mickey on the couch.  Love that sweet smile!

Valentine's Day

For Ethan's class Valentine box he looked at some different ideas on Pinterest and decided on R2D2 from Star Wars.  I found a little trash can at the Dollar Tree that was perfect for the job!  Ethan decided to name him E2R2 after his own initials...I thought it was a very clever idea!

I was at the store looking for the perfect Valentine's craft for Landen and I since I knew that Ethan and I would be making his box together.  Nothing in the Valentine isle really caught my eye so I was headed over to the groceries when "Valentine Cupcakes" caught my eye in the middle of the walkway.  Landen loves cupcakes and he's obsessed with helping in the kitchen.  So.... I thought they would be the perfect Valentine's day task for my little guy....I was right , look at that grin!

Getting started...

Mixing the batter...

It's looking yummy...

Watching the cupcakes cook...

Icing the cupcakes...

Putting "spwinkles" on...

"Ta-Da"

The finished product

Landen was saying the cutest things while making the cupcakes. He said "I a great he-per" and "I a big he-per" when we first started making them.  And then while icing them he said, "I ha ta keep going" because he got tired half way through, ha! When he got icing on his finger he said "It's on my pinga!!"...he can't handle ANYTHNG on his hands.  When he finally got to eat one he said, "It's ta-licious!"  :)  He's precious!!

 Later in the day, I went to Ethan's school Valentine party.  The had ice cream sundaes and passed out Valentines!  Ethan was SO wired all evening from all of the sugar and excitement.

Ethan with his school buddies and his camo dog that was sent to school for V-day
 (He tore the balloon and candy off the dog right away for some reason.)

These were my V-day gift from my super sweet hubby!

 And finally, last night after dinner and showers the boys opened their Valentine gifts from their dad and I...

Landen with his V-day loot

Ethan with his goodies....I told him to try to look more excited and I got this...

Ummm,  is there a happy medium face??  LoL!

                                          What a WONDERFUL Valentine's Day we had!!!

A Date Day, The Weekend, and Time with my Little Guy

So, my Valentine's date with the hubby turned out very nice!  Last Friday he took off work and after dropping the boys off that morning we headed to TN.  We went to the gun range and practiced shooting which was a lot of fun!  I've never been to an indoor range and we rented a different gun than the one we own, which was fun to shoot.  After the gun range, we grabbed a quick lunch in order to make it in time to see "Silver Linings Playbook" at 1pm.  It  was a really great movie...we both enjoyed it. After the movie we shopped for a while (we went to Barnes & Noble to pick up a newly released book for me, Best Buy to browse, and then to Academy & Dick's Sporting Goods to shop for Josh and the boys) and then had a nice dinner.  We picked the boys up from my mom at 8pm, so we made an entire day of it.  It's so nice to spend time together, just the two of us, from time to time.   I love that man and am so blessed to have him in my life!

On Saturday (2/9), we headed to the local park to sign Ethan up for Spring baseball.  We decided to ask the lady at the "t-ball table" if Landen could play (the flyer said 4 years and up) and to our surprise she said he could!  We just had to sign a waiver since he is only 3 years and 2 months old.  He is so excited!  I just hope he listens to his coach and I sure wish we could get him potty trained before the season starts, ha!  I saved all of Ethan's t-ball stuff but of course Josh is on the hunt for the "perfect" t-ball bat....yes, I've tried to explain to him that Landen doesn't know the difference in an old bat and a new "better" one but he is just excited.  It makes me smile to think of how thrilled he is that both of his boys will be playing baseball now.  I'm still thinking "Well if Landen doesn't seem ready, we'll pull him out and wait until next year" and Josh is planning the child's entire baseball career!

After sign-ups Ethan had Super Saturday at WKU and as we passed Chaney's Dairy Barn on the way to B.G. the boys begged to have lunch there.  So we did!  It was delicious and the boys enjoyed playing after ward.

It look so nice out but it was C..O..L...D!!!

On Monday,  Landen and I played all day at home.  He wanted me to take pictures of him with my phone as he made different faces/poses...

(Surprised!)

(Dancing)

(Saying "cheese")

(Being Silly)

 We played so much that that evening he fell asleep in his playroom on the rug.  I covered him up and just had to take a picture to show his daddy.

On Tuesday, we met the Smith's at Hopscotch's to play again.  Landen and Xander had a ball.  And then we had lunch with them at Chic-fil-a, where the boys played some more.  I didn't take any pictures but I wish I had.  Landen kept saying "Where my friend go?" every time Xander would get out of his sight and he shared his bowl of grapes with him....too sweet!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  We've been crafting a Valentine box and baking Valentine goodies....can't wait to share pics from our special V-Day fun!!!

A Rambling Review of Our Week

One afternoon last week the boys wanted to play out on the back deck (excuse the way it looks, I have all of the pillows and cushions stored away for the winter).  It was a fairly nice temperature out even though it was cloudy so I let them go out. They took their army men, tanks, etc. out with them and had the best time for over an hour just playing right there by the back door. It makes my heart smile when they play well together with no arguing (which is not as often as I'd like these days).


February came in with a bit of a bang!  On Feb. 1st we woke up to a light dusting of snow.  It wasn't enough for the kids to stay home from school but it was pretty and certainly COLD.  So, Landen and I spent the morning wrapped up in a blanket by the fire place playing games.  It was cozy and fun!

We began this week by driving up to B.G. to meet up with my friend Echo to have lunch and spend a couple of hours at the mall.  It was a spur of the moment plan and it took a little convincing to get Landen out of his pj's and ready to go.  He had his heart set on our usual morning play time but once we got to the mall he was very excited to ride the little rides.  He rode every. single. one!

To make it up to him...on Tuesday we had an extra-long play time in Landen's bedroom.  We played trucks, tractors and diggers, Landen modeled his favorite ball hat, we hauled lots of cars all around the room, and we read tons of books.  After I read them to him, he would go back to the beginning and read them to me...precious!  Oswald was his favorite of the morning.

As you can probably tell...things have been pretty calm and quiet around here.  It's nice to enjoy before the hustle and bustle of baseball season begins.  Speaking of baseball, we are headed to sign-ups this weekend. Ethan is still enjoying his Super Saturday class at WKU.  

Last Sunday we celebrated my grandfather's 69th birthday along with watching the Super Bowl and this Sunday we will celebrate my sister-in-law's birthday! Tomorrow Josh is taking off work all day and we are taking the day to celebrate Valentine's day  a little early by shopping, going to the gun range, hopefully catching a movie, and having dinner some place nice.  This afternoon Josh's grandmother will come over for her weekly Thursday visit...Landen can't wait!  He got his days mixed up this week and so he looked for her all day yesterday.  While they play, I'm going to run a few errands (I'm trying to gather supplies to make the Valentine's box that Ethan has requested) and pick up Ethan from school.  He is so excited about making this box...we found the idea on Pinterest.  Hopefully it is a success!