Is this kid cute or what?

My boys are so stinking cute! Zachary just got these jammies from a friend who outgrew them. He's worn them for 2-3 nights now and gets so excited when he sees them that he giggles while we put them on. He'll say "Luke's night night clothes. Luke too big." We got a few other things from Luke but these pajamas have been the biggest hit.

Zachary now likes to call out "Mommy, I neeeeeeed you!". When I get there and ask what he needs he just grins and says "Mommy". He just wanted me, not a drink, or help with something. So sweet.

Library day

Twice now while Alex has been at school Zachary and I ventured to the library. He loves it! It's a really nice library and the children's room has two train tables and other toys plus four little computers with toddler games. Today our friends Kelly and Luke came to visit and we decided to all go to the library for their story time (which we haven't been to before). First of all, when I told Zachary yesterday that we were all going to go to the library he told me "no, only Zach". I guess he thinks it's his own special place since Alex hadn't even been there. He had no complaints today though. I think story time will be great once the boys get comfortable. It involved not only stories, but music & songs, talking about the subject (today was clouds), and even a craft. The boys were glued to my lap the whole time. When we stood up to sing & dance they held on to my hand or wanted to be held. They didn't make a peep. They were finally warmed up by craft time. They did have fun playing the children's room though. I think I'll take them back next week and see what happens.

Slim down Sunday (Monday edition)

I was out of town yesterday so I'm a day late on my post. Just as I thought. My appetite came back this week and so did three pounds. I'm still down a total of two but I knew it was too good to last. I will also admit that although I did great in not having any sodas this week I also did bad in having ice cream twice. Yup - twice. The first time was an afternoon treat for the boys and I could just watch them eat ice cream, could I? The second time was for dessert last night when Chris and the boys both ordered some I had to have some too. No walking this week. Since this is not proving to be any motivation to me (I've got no problem telling everyone that I sat on my butt and didn't do anything but eat ice cream) I think I'm going to stop the posts. Maybe if I actually get in gear and do something I'll post from time to time but that's it. My last (probably) slim down Sunday. *Sniff, sniff*

How much wood could a woodpecker peck...

if a woodpecker could peck wood? I came home this afternoon from spending the night at my parents to find this in our front yard. (It's larger in real life than it looks in this picture.)

I was surprised to find this big limb down because it didn't really even look dead like several others that we have. Unfortunately it fell on some smaller Persimmon trees and damaged one of them. (I had already moved it before I took the picture.) When Chris came home from work he told me that he saw it driving in and to take a closer look at it.

The branch is hollow all the way down to the break. We have both seen woodpeckers in this tree and Chris thinks that is the culprit. I did some research on woodpeckers and it does look like a woodpecker hole to me but I didn't realize that it could weaken a tree enough to make a branch fall off. Now I'm not saying we're right but that is what it looks like.

Just like daddy

Lately Zachary is all about going to the bathroom. I really think he'll be potty trained before Alex. I've mentioned before how he'll go without us knowing and walk into the living room carrying his diaper and his pants! Chris even told me that he walked into Zachary's room one day and found him with baby wipes everywhere and he was cleaning his own bottom from a stinky diaper! His new thing is that he always wants to potty "like daddy" now. Which means standing up. To top things off, he prefers to use the big potty too. So, he'll stand on a step stool, raise the seat, and go potty standing up. He can do it too! The downside is that it's a little hard to be neat. I often have to clean the seat, the step, or his legs - sometimes all three. I guess that's to be expected with boys though. I've decided that their bathroom is just for them - not for mama to use. At least he only (mostly) uses the one that he and Alex share. Alex, on the other hand, is still not that interested. He'll go when I tell him to but doesn't care about pull ups or underwear or being like daddy. But.....just today when the boys were supposed to be cleaning their rooms I heard them talking about going potty like daddy and found this.

They were pretending to go in the boxes! Maybe Zachary was giving Alex pointers on how to do it?

Picture day!

Alex's speech class was cancelled again this week (well, postponed until Friday) so we had a photo shoot this morning. I dressed the boys alike - I don't usually do that - and we headed outside. The boys did fairly well although I did take alot. Zachary's not the greatest about looking at the camera so you have to take lots. They did have fun running around the yard to help me pick good picture spots. Here are some of the cute ones.

Slim down Sunday

I guess the one good thing about being sick for two weeks is the weight loss. I'm down another 2 1/2 pounds this week making my total weight loss so far 5 pounds! I did not walk or do exercise of any sort this week but I also did not drink any soda or have any snacks. Plus the rest of my meals were smaller since I haven't had much appetite.