Let's see what's new.... Nothing really! The boys are doing great, they've been cold free for over a month now which is great for this time of the year. We are anxious for Spring to come around so that we can play outside, Christian constantly asks to go outside play with the snow, which he calls bubbles. He has been talking so much, with new words every day! He has also started saying two and three word sentences like: I want juice, and he always says thanks after he gets it. He has really grown to love to color, the only problem with that is that he wants to do it all over my walls, doors and cabinets! He is also a very sharing little boy, he shares with Allen very well, but he also loves to share his food with the dogs which makes him trow half of his food on the floor and then ask for more. The biggest problem with that is that he doesn't care what kind of food it is, so we end up having to clean up all sorts of sauces and yogurts from the carpet. What a fun age!!!!
Allen is my super-hero big boy!!! He loves to save mommy from big bad dinosaurs that come into our house! He picks them up trows up in the Air spinning like a pizza and trows them on the ground one by one and then he tells me: mommy I saved you!! He loves to help me do everything, it doesn't matter what it is that I'm doing but as long as he sees me in the kitchen he runs in and says I want to help you mommy, and he holds on to my arm to be part of whatever I might be doing. He has quadrupled his vocabulary in the last few months, I can't believe how much he talks. But he's still a calm and quiet kid, who can play quietly of hours without disturbing anyone. He loves having friends to play with and his favorite thing in the world is to go to preschool. he loves it even more when he gets to go no Nana's house after school, Which he's going to do a lot next week. Chris is going to Pennsylvania for some training through the Air Guard, he's really excited about that. I'll be working only 4 hours a day during that week and Julie (Nana) and Fernanda (my dear friend) will help me out by watching my kids while I'm at work. I don't know what I'd do without them!! Thank goodness for friends and family!!!
I guess this is everything that's going on with our family... I'll be back when I have more news!!

Allen playing with his aunt Mindi, he had so much fun trowing snow balls at her! Mina, thanks for being so much fun!!!! But after playing it was time for working!!! Allen helped daddy to clean up the snow from Nana's side walk and driveway. Such a big helper!!!

Fun in the Snow!!!

These are some pictures of Allen and kiya when Chris took them to Play with the Wadley's! It was Allen's first time sliding on the snow and he had a blast!!! Thanks Wadley's for inviting us! By the way, mommy missed out on the fun because she was at work and Christian stayed with Nana because he was sick.

On our way to preschool today I asked if Allen was excited to go to school and he said that he was, I asked what he was going to do at schoo and he said: "I'm going to see my friends" I asked if he had a lot of friends and he said: "lots and lots of friends". I asked if he knew his friends names, he thought about it for a couple of seconds and said: "boys!!" I had to give a good laugh! He comes up with the funniest answers for everything! Christian decided today that he was going to stay at preschool too. He quickley went into the play room and made some friends, and then he went into the learning room and pulled up a chair and sat down, ready to help a little girl who was working on a puzzle! He will love to go to nursery now that he's going to be old enough for it! He has been talking so much, learning lots from his big brother! His newst words are "tickle" and "nana". Oh, a while ago we were at Julie's house and Chris called for her "Mom" and Allen looked at him and said, "no, that's Nana daddy!" we had a good laugh and forgot about it, but the other day I guess he figured out the difference and the looked at me out of nowhere and said: "you are mommy, nana is mom!" Anyway... these are just some of the thousand of cute things the boys have done in the last few days! Hope you enjoy!

My little Christian is growing up so fast!! Yesterday Chris came with the kids to pick me up at work and he said that as he pulled into the parking lot Christian looked up and said: "mamma!!" I was so surprised to see that he already knows where I work! I love my little boys and every little thing they do or say means the world to me!

Little Stinker!!

So today when Chris got to Allen's preschool to pick him up found him sitting on the time out chair, as he inquired about what our little one had done, he was told that the little stinker kicked his teacher's leg when he noticed that his school bag didn't have anything for him to take home. I guess he really enjoys coming home and showing us everything he did at school!! He finally said he was sorry and was able to get out of timeout! I just couldn't believe how mad he got for not having anything to show mommy and daddy at home! I felt bad but had to laugh about it when he wasn't watching. The art activity today was coloring on snow outside, that's why he didn't get to bring any art work home.

Let see... I don't really have any big news, the boys are doing well, just getting over a mean cold that they had for about a week and a half. Christian has come to understand that mama is a very powerful word since he ends up getting just about anything we wants when he looks at me with his cute little eyes and says "mama?" He has started his love for trains, just like his big brother he goes around the house talking about "tchu tchus" all day long. He is a lot more talkative than Allen used to be at his age, he is always going on and on about things, it's so funny! He has also missed vovo e vuvu a lot (Portuguese for grandma and grandpa) he points to the computer and calls vovo? vovo? He has been responsible for several calls to some of our friends whose numbers are on our phone memory as he manages to find our phone no matter where we put it and accidentally call people. He loves the phone!!! He has started to watch a bit of TV here and there, specially when there is music involved on the cartoons, he absolutely loves to dance! He also really enjoys to help mommy, no matter what he is doing or asking for, if I'm busy with house work I ask him for help and he immediately stops everything and puts his shoulders to the wheel!! He is a hard worker already! So is my big boy Allen, who constantly changes his name from Allen to red power ranger over drive and back to Allen. He has recently learned that he was named after his Papa and he loves to say that his name is Allen like Papa's name! He is such a sweet boy, always willing to help me care for Christian, ready to run and grab me a diaper or patiently wait until I'm ready to do whatever he needs at the time. He is very smart and is learning so much in Preschool. Yesterday about half hour before it was time to take him to school he looked at me and said: "mommy, I'm ready for school!!" I asked what he was going to do at school and he said: "I'll see Nana, my friends and play in the toy room!!" He loves to read and is always bringing me books so that I can read to him. Christian also loves story time. Whenever I'm reading a book Allen will put his head between my face and the book and start pointing out letters that he recognizes, it's so great to see! His favorite letters are the "O" and the "A". He gets really excited when he sees his name written on something. A couple of weeks ago, at church the primary sang during sacrament meeting and it was his first time going up to the stand to sing, he had not practiced because it was his first day in primary too. But he stood up there so tall and smiled to big, really proud of himself! I loved it!!! His first day of primary went really well thanks to his friend Talan who took him by the hand and made him feel very welcome.
I guess I better stop, I can talk about my boys all night because the are so wonderful and they bring me so much joy everyday, but I only have 10 minutes before I have to close the store so I better start getting things ready. I hope you all enjoy this post and as last time I'll have to load up some pictures when I have a chance at home.
Heidi Ward.