Memory Making

I just dressed Weston is his complete frog costume to go to Michael's office.  There are some things I just don't fight because I think they are way too darn cute.  Who wouldn't smile seeing a little boy walk down the street dressed as a frog in the middle of winter?  Not to mention, it is a very warm costume!  This followed putting him down for his nap in his race car driver suit and that reminded me of some other little moments that I want to remember from these past few weeks.

-Weston, Vance, and I went for a walk a couple weeks ago when some warmer weather had melted some snow and left water and mud puddles.  Well, I decided early on that it was going to be a loosing battle to keep Weston out of the puddles, so I let him have at it.  The smile on that boy's face was priceless as he splashed from one water puddle to the next.  We even attracted some admirers who shared what a joy it was to watch him from their window:)  As we strolled along we came to a rather large mud puddle in the corner of the church yard.  I passed it first, careful not to draw any attention to it, but I think boys and mud naturally attract to one another.  I will give Weston credit for this, however, he did ask my permission before he jumped in the mud puddle.  Standing at the edge of the puddle he looked at me with the biggest smile on his face and said, "Mom, can I jump in it!?"  The amount of excitement he expressed left me with no option- "Go ahead."  One giant leap and he was in.  After a couple more jumps I told him he had one more jump because Vance was getting antsy and we needed to get back home.  He took one last hop in and I called him to come along.  He didn't move, so I call again.  He still didn't move and then with slight panic in his voice he said he was stuck.  I went over and pulled him out, but one of his shoes remained sunk in the mud.  After pulling his shoe out and getting it back on him I reassured him that it was funny, because I could tell he wasn't too fond of getting stuck.  The rest of the way home I heard over and over, "Did I jump in the mud mom?  Did my shoe get stuck in the mud mom?"  To which I repeatedly replied, "Yes, Weston.  Yes, Weston." 

Even though he loves to get dirty, I think he still likes getting clean even more.  Bath time is always one of his favorite times:)

-My mom came over the other day, took one look at Weston, and asked him, "Weston, did you dress yourself?"  He responded that he had and I said, "Gee, Mom how did you know?"  His entire outfit was on backwards.  The time will come when we teach him the correct way to put his clothes on, but for now I love when he puts them on backwards- especially his pants.

-Yesterday was my mom's birthday (which by the way marks two years that we have been back in Wisconsin).  Before we headed over in the evening for some cake and ice cream we went to the store to get her present.  I think the fact that Weston helped pick out her gift, a pink bead for her bracelet, made him particularly eager to give her her present.  Add in helping to wrap it and I don't know what he was more excited about- giving Grandma her present or getting to eat her cake.  When we got there he walked in the door, told Grandma happy birthday as he walked up the stairs, then immediately and very quickly opened her present at the top of the stairs to show what we got her.  After he was done he said, "Well, I guess I can take my coat off now."

-Michael came home the other night after volunteering at a fundraising event and he explained that at one point they had him stand by the outside door, which is normally locked, and let families in.  They didn't want to keep the door unmanned because there had been a 6 foot tall, burly man hanging around the school lately that made them nervous.  "I guess they thought I would make a good speed bump," he told me as he recapped the story... I found this particularly funny for some reason.

(He really likes this game- being an astronaut)

-Vance officially knows how to put on the water works at will.  However, he scrunches up his little face so much that he doesn't realize it has the opposite effect he is going for- it just cracks us up and makes us smile. 

-Vance is also starting to imitate growling like a bear, mooing like a cow, and trumpeting like an elephant.  He also has taken a liking to imitating Tory- he likes to sneeze like she does (he puts his whole body into it) and has on one occasion started licking the crumbs off the kitchen floor along with her.

-Both boys got a hair cut the other night.  It was Van's first one.  His hair was mostly long on top and by the ears.  This is the best before picture I got.

After

-Finally, a few weekends ago we went on a double date with Andrea and Andy.  Believe it or not this was the first time we have ever done this!  Factor in living in Texas for almost four years, then babies, and you can see why.  We enjoyed a dinner where we weren't catering to any children, doing a little shopping, and then time to actually play board games- kid free:)