A Day at the Beach!

Yesterday we decided it would be a great day to go to the beach and have a picnic supper. Devin was so excited when we got there that he barreled right into the water further than he could reach and tried to drown himself. He discovered quickly it was a good thing he had his life jacket on. No surprise the incident didn't stop him at all, he loved the water but made sure to wait for mom or dad before he went out too far.

Cullen on the other hand wasn't so sure about the water or sand, he wanted nothing to do with it and spent most of the day sitting in the sand filling a bucket. He did let me take him out in the water for a little bit but he still wasn't sure about it. Hopefully next time he will like it a little better.

Devin made sure that Cullen had something to play with, that is until Devin wanted the bucket and shovel.

We had a great day at the beach and I think if next weekend is this nice again we may have to make another trip there.

Cullen's 1st Hair Cut!

Last weekend Cullen had his first haircut, he was getting very tired of the curls wrapping around his ears so I figured we better get them cut off. Plus the curls were becoming food collectors because Cullen played with them whenever he ate. I was a little sad to cut the curls off, now he looks like a toddler and not my little baby anymore :(

Amy gave Devin is 1st haircut so we thought it was only right to have her cut Cullen's hair for the 1st time as well. He didn't want to sit still at all so I think we gave Amy a challenge for the day.

All in all Cullen did a great job and now his neck is free of hair so I am sure it is much cooler for the summer, if that is possible in this heat lately.

4th of July

I was informed the other day that it has been way too long since I last updated the boy's blog, so I am taking a few minutes to update everyone on what has been going on in our lives. The boys are now 3yrs old and 13 months, I am not sure where the time went but it is going fast, before we know it Devin will be in Kindergarten. Devin and Cullen are best buds most of the time, they have there moments like any siblings do but for the most part they really like to play together and Devin is always watching out for Cullen.

For the 4th of July weekend Dan and I went to Iowa for a wedding and to visit friends so the boys stayed with Grandpa and Grandma Kattestad. They played a lot with their cousins and kept everyone busy.

We made it back for the 4th and had a picnic at Grandpa and Grandma Goshaw's house, here is a little of what the day was like.

Cullen likes to spend a lot if time driving in his car, that is when his brother lets him have a turn and watch out when you try to take him out of it, he doesn't go easily! I think he would spend the whole day in it if we let him.Grandpa Dale and Devin fixed the slide on the swing set, Devin loves anything that has to do with fixing or building something. I'm not sure what Devin will do when he gets older but I think it is safe to say it will have something to do with fixing or making things with a hammer!

Cullen has found another use for Sam's food dishes, a chair! He thinks it is hilarious and the more I tell him no the more he wants to do it, of course!

Trick or Treat?! Happy Halloween!!!

We had a great Halloween, Devin was a Tiger and Cullen was a Dragon. Cullen really didn't care much about it but Devin had a great time Trick or Treating, he didn't want to stop, he wanted to go get more Candy!!

We went Trick or Treating at some of the relatives houses, here is a pictures of the kids with their cousins at Aunt Roxie and Uncle John's house. Dawson was Spider man, Tanner was a Lion, and Savannah was Witch/Princess or something like that, sorry I can't remember but she was super cute!

Devin picked out a really big pumpkin for Cullen and I came up the great idea of carving it and putting him in it, the things parents do to their kids! It was really cute so I think it was worth it. He actually didn't seem to mind it at all, even though it was pretty cold inside the pumpkin.

Cullen did move around a little bit when we were trying to take his picture and he fell down into the pumpkin, the resulting pictures were even cuter than I thought they would be.

On the Friday before Halloween Devin's daycare had a Halloween party so I took the day off and went to spend sometime with Devin and help out. It was so much fun, I am really glad I took the time to go. They did a little bubble painting, for those of you like me that had not idea what this is, they put soapy water on the table and let the kids have fun with paint brushes, I thought this could be a great way to get your table cleaned!!

Here are the kids running around the gym in their costumes, they had so much fun and a never ending supply of energy, someday I will figure out how to bottle this!

They also got to carve a pumpkin and play with the pumpkin goo, of course most of the kids really didn't like it so mostly it ended up on the floor.

He is Devin and one of his friends from daycare, you bring the camera out an everyone wants their picture taken.

On Tuesday I take Cullen to an infant playgroup and everyone dressed up, it was really fun. At this age Halloween is more for the parents than the kids but that's ok, right?!

Cullen didn't mind his costume too much that night but of course on Halloween he hated it.

To start the Halloween week off right we made pumpkin cut-out cookies, we had a lot of fun, Devin went a little crazy with the sprinkles, who doesn't want a little cookie with their sprinkles!?

We may have a future baker on our hands, Devin did really well with rolling out the dough and pushing the cookie cutter in.

Apple Orchard

Grandma and Grandpa Kattestad came for a visit in October so we decided it was time for a trip to the Apple Orchard. Devin had a lot of fun playing on the tractor they had setup for little kids. The only problem was he didn't want to get off so other kids could play but that is pretty normal for a two year old.
Here's Grandma and Grandpa with the boys on the tractor, as you can see Devin is very excited about driving the tractor like a big boy!

They also had a fun slide setup for the kids, Devin thought it was pretty neat how it was on the hill.

There was a crate maze for kids to run through, Devin enjoyed this but he never ran too far ahead of Mommy just in case he got lost.

They also had animals that you could feed but Devin wanted nothing to do with them, I tried to get him to feed the a couple times but he wouldn't do it and then one of the animals decided to try to eat my plastic bag so that scared him even more, maybe next year he will try feeding them.

Cullen is 5 Months Old!!

Yes believe it or not Cullen is 5 months old already!! He has started eating some baby food, he has had oatmeal, bananas, applesauce, and squash. We just started the squash so we will see how that goes. I decided to try and make all the baby food myself this time around so we will see how that goes, so far so good!

Cullen has started to roll himself around the living room to get where he wants to go, so I am now wondering how long it will be before he decides to take a crack at crawling, watch out the days of only one mobile child are almost over.

Trying to get a nice picture of Devin and Cullen is not an easy task, once you get one to look at the camera and smile the other one looks away! Oh well the pictures are still cute and its kind of funny to see how they turn out.

Here's Cullen taking a little break out on our front porch, he didn't seem too impressed with us posing him in Devin's chair but we thought it was really cute!

Mohawk October

So Dan and Devin decided that October should be mohawk month and against my better judgement I decided to let them do it. It actually turned out really cute and everywhere we went people were telling us how much they loved it. Devin thought it was the coolest thing in the world and he made sure to let me know every morning that I needed to put his mohawk up.

Is he a ham or what?!