I caught C & D chatting on the front rocking chair while they enjoyed their lolli-pops this afternoon, they can be so sweet to one another.  C has figured out that if he chooses to sit on the chair while I take things in the house when we get home from MDO we get to have snack outside, hence stay outside to play. These two boys are pure outside boys so this time of year is awesome for us.

 D did not give C a lick!

 I had two helpers potting plants this year

 D ate the mud while C helped scoop dirt

(such a face)

{lovie & monkey}

Dillon with Monkey

Cooper and Lovie

The boys have had their lovies since the day they were born. Lovie and Monkey live in their cribs so they are always ready for naps and bed time. They also go with the boys to MDO so they are not missed at nap time. I did not realize how important their lovies were to them until they started going to MDO and showed so much concern about where their lovies were.

Coopie has not been feeling 100% lately so he tends to want his Lovie more often which made me remember how I needed to catpure them with their Lovie and Monkey.

Dillon gives monkey big hugs and Lovie has a special fold in his belly from the way C holds him.

I have a feeling Lovie and Monkey are going to be around for a long time....

{mimi lovin}

Mimi swings by on Sunday's alot to hang out with the boys, today it was puzzles and books. This mama welcomes the help and the boys scream with excitement when they see her truck. 
We love you Mimi XOXO

{run RaRa run}

Aunt RaRa has been training for her first 1/2 Marathon so when the big day was here we were on the streets cheering her on. We made signs and C helped hold them while yelling "run RUN run"Brandon took a donut break from watching and Dad was encouraging, as always...

even Baby D clapped and yelled "run"

run RaRa run! She and Donnell ran most of the marathon together, this is about mile 6

She made it to the finish line!

We are very proud of RaRa for reaching her goal.

we love you RaRa

{puddle jumping}

It felt like it had been raining for days, being stuck in the house, so when there was a break we put on our rain boots and went looking for puddles!

C kept saying "splash? Splash! splash?" and D just followed big brother's every move.They Giggled and Ran and JuMped!

D crashed and fell

but that did not slow him down long

They had fun

then mommie and daddy had fun cleaning them up...

oh well, boys need to be boys.

{riding my bicycle}

Coop is offically off and rolling on his bicycle. He has been closely watching the neighborhood kids riding their bikes and has been determined to do it all by himself. After lots of practicing he can do it all by himself now.He needs just a little help going up the hill but I'm sure it will only be a matter of days he will be cruising up and down the street all by himself.

D is watching and probably won't be far behind...

{outside?}

Even though it is winter there is no keeping these two boys inside. We had a very mild winter so we spent alot of time outside. Since I am so behind on blogging this post is random pictures from January and February of us playing outside.