A Visit from Grandma and Grandpa

What a difference a week can make! The weather drastically changed over the past week from 60 degrees and sunny to a frigid 30 degrees and breezy. The pond had completely melted behind the house only to be covered once again with a layer of ice. The change kept the boys inside a little more, but they found plenty to do!

They built this huge lego tower with Wellyn one morning last weekend while I was indulging my headache and sleeping in. It took them about an hour and it served as our centerpiece for the week. Honestly, those kids, especially Brendan, could play with legos all day! He must ask at least once a week if we're going to take him to Legoland!


Is it any suprise Brendan wants a Lego party for his birthday this year??? The plans are underway for the big event - boys only this year; we're not allowed to invite anyone! He is growing up way to fast... Here is my design for the invite:


A special treat for us this week was a visit from Wellyn's parents. Unfortunately, they were trying to recover from the flu while they were here, but we were happy to have them even ill ;) The boys showed them all the things they could do in the basement - Wellyn put up the monkey bars we couldn't use on our playset for them to play with. Brendan loves them! He is constantly going back and forth on them - to the point he has huge blisters on the palms of his hands. Aiden still needs some help, but he is highly motivated to do what his brother does so I'm sure it won't be much longer before he's climbing all over too.



The addition of the monkey bars has made Aiden especially happy since Brendan would rather do that, freeing up the swing for Aiden. He loves going on the swing - we just need to practice pumping his legs ;) We've now added the ladder next to the wall to get up to the monkey bars so now they won't need to use the slide to get the bars any more.






On Friday afternoon they were able to suprise Brendan and pick him up early from school. He was very excited as he's never been picked up early, and never by his Grandma and Grandpa! He told the ladies in the office they were going to take him shopping for his birthday present - a Lego set (go figure!). The winning set was a Power Miners one he's been drooling over for weeks - even better, Grandpa helped with the assembly! I can't believe we didn't get a photo of the construction...

Here are the boys winding down before bed and getting some backrubs and trying to guess what is being written or drawn on their backs.




This photo totally cracks me up - it looks like Herb is about to attack him!



The boys first thing in the morning going down to see if Grandma and Grandpa were awake - and to cuddle in the blankets!