Edible Playdough

I found this ridiculously sweet recipe that molds and plays just like playdough on pinterest:
1 c peanut butter
1/2 c honey
2 c powdered sugar (yes, you read that right)

Everett loved playing with it and made a variety of structures:

Callum?  I put a chunk in front of him.  He looked at it for a second or two, picked it up, and went NOM!

Then Everett decided to taste it too

 Callum continued eating it.  What to do you expect from the living garbage disposal?

 Then they needed some milk

Thankful 30 - Day 3

I bet you can't guess my third thing to be thankful for.  Of course, it's my third boy!  Oh Callum.  My Cally boy.

My mini me in attitude, fine hair, eyes, and goofiness.  Before we even got to know the personality of this awesome little guy, he remedied my so-so first birth experience with his awesome birth.  I got to start from the beginning with him some things it took me a while to learn with Everett: cloth diapers, babywearing, a good breastfeeding relationship, and generally more natural, attached parenting.  I also had a better camera.  ;)
Callum is a sweet snuggler but he also has a temper.  He won't take any pushing around from Everett and fights back if he wants something.    He still strokes my hair when he's tired or upset, and pulls on his own hair while humming to himself when tired.  He's my sweet little bug and I am so thankful for him.

Thankful 30 - Days 1 & 2

Since I'm in a blogging rut anyway, I decided to take part in the Thankful 30 this month.  Because who ever said thankfulness was for November anyway?  :)
Since I'm already a day behind (this doesn't bode well for the rest of the month, does it?), I have two to do today.
Day 1 - I am thankful for my husband.

Because really, I wouldn't have a lot of my other favorite things to be thankful for without him.  :)  There aren't that many people who have married their high school sweethearts, stayed married for (almost!) five years now, had two beautiful little boys, and are very very happy with their life.  Brian works his bum off on a daily basis to provide for our family and he is excellent at his job.  I mean, honors in undergrad, honors in grad school where he got a master's degree with research, a PE license in less than 3 years after graduation, and now managing projects?  Smart guy.  He is always encouraging our family to be healthy, whether that is regular exercise, playing outside, or complimenting my healthy cooking so much that I can't ever really slack off and cook junk.  He's a pretty fantastic husband and daddy and we'll keep him.

Day 2 - I am thankful for my first baby, Everett.

He brought more joy into my life than I could have imagined.  He makes me laugh hourly with silly things he says and and the way he plays with his brother.  He also makes me swoon with the way he snuggles, hugs and kisses, and dotes on his baby brother.  He was a natural big brother from the moment he met Callum and he takes such good care of him.  He's a great helper but also very independent.  He loves to pick out clothes for his brother and himself, help cook and clean, and just generally do what I ask.  He is my sweet little crazy muffin and I am so glad I get to spend every day with him, watching him grow and learn.  I love how he loves books (he definitely got that from me) and snuggles (and that one's from his daddy).  I love his infectious laugh and beautiful eyes.  I could go on and on because, duh, I'm his mama.  But we'll just say, I am grateful for my boy.

J, K, L, & M

Yeah, I fell waaay behind.  I know.

Steamboat

Yeah, so I apparently haven't blogged in decades.  So I'm going to do a quick recap of the past two weeks.
Two weeks ago - we were sick.  It sucked all the life out of everything.  Then we got better and had to pack.
Last week - we went to Colorado for a week!  We left on Saturday morning and had a 4ish pm flight from Mpls to Denver and got in at bedtime (for the boys).  Grandpa and Auntie Christy were there to pick us (Bri, me, boys, Grandma) up.  It took us another 3 hours to get to Steamboat Springs and we all just went straight to bed.
Sunday - Brian and Everett's first day skiing

On the lift with Christy

Matching Auntie and Nephew

Having a snack on the mountain

Monday - Brian skied again.  Everett was too tired.  Apparently he had a headache which I wasn't informed about until we were on the way back to WI.  The boys and I hung out at the condo, went to McDonald's for smoothies, etc.

Tuesday - day off.  Being the nerd that I am, I looked up the local library, found a storytime, and we ran over for that at 9:30 am.  We also ventured across the river from the library and checked out a couple of the hot springs.  That afternoon, we went to the hot springs in town.  Everett was 4" too short for the waterslides, so we just swam around their pools and hot tubs.

Callum thought hot springs were pretty awesome.  So did I.

Wednesday - another skiing day.  Is it bad that I don't even remember what I did that day?  I think that's the night that Brian, Christy, and I went downtown after dinner for desserts and such.

Thursday - day off.  In the morning, Brian, Christy, and I took the boys to this cool place that was filled to the brim with inflatable bounce stuff (slides, castles, obstacle courses) and had an upper level for 3 and under.  The boys LOVED it.  I wish we had something like the upper floor here in town.  

Climbing at the end of the obstacle course

 

I kind of had way too much fun throwing him onto the wall.  :)

 

Daddy got in on the fun too

 

And then we went to a much cooler hot springs.  Like, on a river up in the mountains.  One of the pools was super hot (like 106) and the next one down was much better for babies.  Bathtub temp.  Ahhhh...  One problem.  Sunburns.  Oops.  At least I had the boys in rash guards so only Callum's little forearms got a bit red.

He was being a stinker.  So I kissed him.

 

Just floating around.

Aaand done swimming.

Friday - more skiing.  Callum and I actually rode up the gondola to have breakfast with the rest of the crew and rode back down to hang out and watch Everett come down the mountain.

Little ski bum

Christy, Brian, Grandma and Everett

Callum and my view going back down the gondola

We didn't leave there until noon and then grabbed lunch and went shopping.  Friday was apparently Steamboat's spring sidewalk sale for downtown so it.was.awesome!  Christy joined us when she was done skiing and then we made it back just in time for dinner.  So many spoils!  Including: $12 Teva sandals, $52 chacos to replace the pair I have worn completely through, a $15 patagonia dress (orig $70!!!), a stormy kromer (yes I went to CO and bought a hat made 40 minutes from home), sunglasses for the boys (both pairs=$21), and a free latte.....ahhh...I love good deals.
Friday night we had Brian's fraternity brother over for dinner and then went out with him to the Tap House and watched some march madness.
Saturday - we left early in the morning to catch our 1 pm flight out of Denver.  This was our little movie star traveler:

Got picked up in Mpls by Brian's aunt and was served a lovely dinner at her house and then headed home.
PHEW!

And now we're home.