Afternoon in the Sprinklers

It was about 90 degrees outside the other afternoon and I decided that I would be a fun thing to see if Jovin would run through the sprinklers this year. Last year he was afraid of the water and I could only get him in the swimming pool.

He did enjoy the sprinkler very much.
As you can tell he enjoyed picking up the sprinkler and running around with it instead of through it.

Here's a video of Jovin being the tease that he is.

Mayer is 1!!

Well my little baby is not so little anymore. Mayer turned 1 yesterday. He had a wonderful day of napping, eating, and opening presents and playing with his toys. Although we had a heck of a time explaining to Jovin that the presents were for Mayer and not him.


We have also come to the conclusion that when it comes to cake and/or sweets our boys do NOT like them at the age of 1.

We gave Mayer his cupcake to tear into and all he did was poke his finger into the frosting and then turned himself around in the highchair and proceed to claw his way out of the chair while crying. Yeah, it was his party and he cried cause he wanted to.

Now I know I'm not the best cook around, but Cory said the cupcakes were pretty good, and I enjoyed them. I think Jovin did too.

Happy Easter

Well this morning was fun. Jovin was really surprised to see a bunch of eggs scattered across the living room and on the couches. He would pick one up tell us the color of the egg and put it in the basket. The he noticed that there were more eggs on the shelves, and hidden under the stuffed cow, and between Mickey Mouse's ears that he just kept saying, "look eggs, look another egg!" Mayer just played with the eggs on the floor and tried to eat the candy that accidentally fell out.




I bought the boys matching Easter outfits this year. I figure that since they are young this is the time to actually do this since they really don't care what they are wearing or the fact that they match each other. They were a hit at church.


Yep, this is how it is at our house... the younger brother picks on the older brother.

Swiper (preface to post below)

Swiper is a sly character from the kid show "Dora the Explorer". His sole purpose is to thwart Dora's exploring by "swiping" certain items that Dora needs to complete her quest. Dora can prevent Swiper's swiping by calling out, "Swiper, no swiping! Swiper, no swiping! Swiper, no swiping!" to which he replies, "Ahhhh man!" and leaves Dora unimpaired.

Media Buffs

Ang and I have a habit of quoting movies or tv shows to fit situations we fall into. For example: I will often tell Jovin, "You will go to sleep, or I will put you to sleep!" when he is being a stinker and not cooperating before bedtime. Or when I forget to tell Ang that I found her purse under a pile of Jovins toys she hollers, "That would have been nice to know yesterday!!"

Other times, when one of us needs cheering up or we're just feeling silly we'll randomly quote from something that will make us both laugh. "I am the lizard queen!" and "-Basher, do I look 50 to you? -Sure. uh.. well... from.. the neck... up.?" are some our favorites, oh, and not to mention, "Nachooooooooooooooooooo...." If you have a smirk on your face right now, then you understand our kind of humor.

We've noticed that Jovin has started picking up on this highly sought after skill of ours. He'll randomly quote the kid shows he watches throughout the day. When we watch an episode he's seen, he'll quote the characters before they say it. He loves TMBG Here come the 123's, and can sing most of the songs on his own (esp. one dozen monkeys, and the secrete life of six).

He topped it off the other day at lunch when I was reverse psycologizing him into eating his sandwich. Normally, I pick up his sandwich and take a bite out of it and that upsets him enough that he snatches it back and scarfs it down so I can't take anymore bites. But this time, as I was dramatically stretching out my hand to pick his sandwich up, he held out his hand and said, "Dadda, no swiping! Dadda, no swiping! Dadda, no swiping!" To which I had to reply, "Ahhhh man!" Ang and I then hit the floor with laughter, and Jovin smiled being very pleased with himself.

Afternoon at the Zoo

Cor & Jovin
Mayer peaking at me.
Jovin drinking from the water bottle like the "big boy" he is.
Mayer getting tired... about two minutes later he fell right asleep.
Saturday we decided that 80 degrees was a perfect temperature to go out to the zoo. It was a great. We saw most of the animals. Jovin even went to the potty at the zoo.

FYI - Jovin is pretty much potty trained now. YEA! It took a long week of spending a lot of time in the bathroom, but he has been doing wonderfully. He earned a lot of Hot Wheel cars, mini M&M's and stickers. He even went twice at church yesterday! For me it was really stressful experience, but it was TOTALLY worth it.