Big Boy Bed

Sammy has finally graduated into a big boy bed! We purchased this awesome captain's style bed (like Wyatt's) so we didn't need to purchase an additional dresser, which works out great since his room is so small. He was thrilled when Ross assembled it.

He even gave the bed a few hugs...

Wyatt and Sam did their best to help Ross with the assembly and Ross was his patient self and let them feel a part of things. He is truly a wonderful father!

The first thing they wanted to do was bounce on it... 

And Sam gave it a big thumbs up!

Here he is testing out the matteress for the first time...

And laying under the covers...

There's more than enough room for two!

And the first night of sleep went off without a hitch.

Snow Walk

During the recent snow storm we headed out for a long walk to the lake to check out the ducks. The boys loved running around and trying to catch the snowflakes on their tongues.

Both boys got in on the snow angel action and Wyatt made sure I walked around his imprints and not through them.

It was a beautiful day with my beautiful boys.

First 3-D Movie

We took the boys to their first 3-D movie last night to see "The Adventures of Tin Tin". It was actually the first 3-D movie for Ross and I as well. We had a great time and just about had the theater to ourselves. Wyatt barely wore his 3-D glasses, although he did insist to wear them the entire way home and in the car on the way to preschool this morning.

Sam enjoyed the movie and loved the glasses. He also asked to go potty twice during the movie and stayed completely dry for our entire trip to Bellevue and back! We are really making some progress with potty training and Sammy has started to even poop in the toilet this week! I think the real motivation came when we lost power for 2 days and he got to poop via lantern light. He told all of us to please leave and close the door so he could have some privacy too. I'm surprised he knows that word since privacy is certainly something I'm never afforded during bathroom time.

The boys have been cracking me up lately with the funny things they say. The other night I was reading a picture book to Sam and he was pointing out what each photo was. When he got to a photo of broccoli he identified it as "broccoli Obama". I said "Did you say 'broccoli Obama?'" and he said "Yes. I want to eat him." Uh, okay...

He has also been mispronouncing a few words, which is so cute that I just don't want to correct him. My current favorite is when he says his fingers have gotten all "sprinkly" in the bathtub. He really means wrinkly.

Wyatt also had a funny one today on the way to preschool. He commented on how fast my "whimper wipers" were moving.

Firefighter Snowman

We headed outside today to build out first snowman as a family. Sam was into the idea for the first few minutes before turning to just eating the snow and then finally having a world class meltdown but the rest of us rallied to complete this fabulous firefighter snowman.

Wyatt completed the head ALL on his own after some quick rolling instructions from Ross. I made the belly and Ross made the bottom. The middle portion was so heavy that Ross and I (okay most I) could barely lift it into place.

 

We grabbed a few items off the ground (gravel mouth) and from the refrigerator (olives for eyes and carrot for nose) to complete the snowman. Wyatt was SO proud of himself.