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St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes

Fun with frosting, sprinkles & toothpick decorations!  After we made and decorated the funfetti cupcakes, Nolan suggested we bring a cupcake to our backyard neighbor, Kitty.  She’s the sweetest lady – always has some sort of treat for the boys.  Sometimes it’s candy, other times it’s fresh raspberries from her garden – yum!  She was pleasantly surprised by our visit.  And the boys were happy to share their St. Patty’s Day treats with her.  I love that my kids think of others and I don’t even have to suggest it!

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The week in review

Busy week, but I neglected to take many pictures.  Here’s the week in a nutshell:

Monday – No School for Nolan.  My good friend Michelle came over to watch the boys so I could run to an appointment.

Tuesday – Mardi Gras party at our church.  Pasta & hot dog buffet dinner along with crafts for the kids.  Nolan picked up a mask, fan & mardi gras beads.  He was all decked out!

Wednesday – back to school.  Lincoln and I made a much needed run to Sam’s Club to stock up on the basics.  It never ceases to amaze me just how much “the basics,” cost.  But then again, it will hopefully be a few months before I need to rest0ck what I just picked up.

Thursday – heard another good friend, Libby, speak at a women’s group at our church.  She is an amazing woman, who I am so thankful to call a friend.

Friday – met with a trainer to get my new heart rate monitor set up.  Here’s to making the most out of my workouts!

Saturday – Dinner with our friends Jess & Brandon.  The boys love going to their house.  And as parents, it’s so great to know when our boys show up, there are kid-friendly things for them to play with – and Jess & Brandon are right alongside playing, too!  Awesome 🙂

Sunday – Didn’t feel well today.  Lincoln had a rough night, so he thankfully slept in a little after being up for a good 2-3 hours in the middle of the night.  We all ended up taking a nap in the afternoon and watched the Olympics in the evening.  We even had a surprise short visit from our friend, Deacon Joseph.  It was a nice end to the day.

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Prayers before pizza

This morning as Jake was peering into the boys’ toy room, he overheard Nolan ask Lincoln if he wanted some pizza.  Lincoln responded emphatically with a “yes!”   The two proceeded to the “table” where they sat down by the pretend pizza.  Nolan then reminded Lincoln, “We need to say prayers first!”  They made the sign of the cross, Nolan recited the entire “Bless Us Oh Lord” prayer, and then reminded Lincoln to “make the sign of the cross again.”  Then they dug in.

Yet another moment that makes me smile and reminds me just how much the two of them are soaking in at this age.  I love that Nolan knows that prayers before meals (real or not) are an important part of thanking God for what He has given us.

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Napkin please

Tonight while I was preparing dinner, the boys were preparing their own once again in their play kitchen.  They were doing so minus the food because it was in the closet, but that didn’t seem to phase them.  The large cardboard building blocks made for tasty pieces of pizza.  At one point, Nolan informed me that they needed napkins.  Rather than give them the paper ones (because I know they would end up getting shredded,) I asked if they would mind using washcloths.  They emphatically responded positively, so I gave them each one.  Lincoln insisted on having me tuck his into the collar of his outfit while Nolan opted for putting his on his knees.  It was quite amusing to watch them talk back and forth (or have Nolan ask Lincoln yes and no questions) while they “ate.”  Nolan is really big into imaginary play lately.  I love it!  And it’s great that he likes having Lincoln play along too.  In fact, the other day he told my mom, “I love my brother.”  So sweet!

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Nolan the builder

I asked Nolan to help me put a few boxes of mac-n-cheese in our pantry and apparently he felt the need to take everything else off of the lower shelf in order to do so.  Then he immediately saw the building potential of the said other items and proceeded to build one of his now famous, “high, tall, towers.”  If this kid doesn’t end up being some sort of engineer, I don’t know what he’ll be.

Later in the evening, I was surprised by the boys’ imaginary pet guinea pigs.  Jake took these pictures of us “petting” them.  Too funny!

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Cones in the cold

I bought sugar cones last month with the intention of doing an edible craft with the boys, but we never got around to it.  Now that it’s almost February, we’ve been using the cones the way they were intended.  Lincoln enjoys eating the cones from tip to top, while Nolan insists on correcting his brother as he does so.  It’s usually a pretty comical exchange.  Lincoln just eggs on his older brother by munching on the “wrong” end with even more tenacity.  Tonight I set the camera timer and I snuck in the picture with my boys and our ice cream treats.

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Smells like orange

My mom likes to give the kids clementines as a treat.  (Lincoln LOVES them!)  When we left my parents’ house today she gave each boy a clementine to hold during the trip home.  As I was driving, I thought I could smell citrus.  It wasn’t until I was unloading groceries from the back of the suburban and Nolan said to me “Lincoln is eating his orange!” that I knew my suspicion was correct.  The kid took the peel off of the top 1/3 of the orange and dug in.  By the time I got to him, he was almost done with the entire thing.  He was so proud of himself.  I was pretty impressed, too.  Once we got inside, he felt the need to repeat his achievement with another clementine.  I really should buy stock in fruit.  My kids love to eat it!

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Cooks in the kitchen

Nolan & Lincoln have been on a cooking kick lately.  I pulled out the play food from the closet and they immediately dumped out the entire bin.  With aprons on, they began cooking up all sorts of tasty things for me to try.  It was pretty cute.  Nolan would bring me something and then Lincoln would do the same.  Lincoln couldn’t resist trying out the foam corn on the cob.

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Oreo faces & baby belly

Jake took the boys to the pool with Auntie Larissa and on the way home they stopped to pick up Oreo ice cream sandwiches.  I’m pretty sure the boys enjoyed them.

Earlier in the day, Lincoln stuffed a washcloth under his shirt and told me there was a baby in his tummy.  He he he.