Haircut for The Broth

I was super nervous about cutting The Broth's hair myself, but it was getting way out of hand:

BEFORE

BEFORE

AFTER

I think I did a pretty darn good job cutting my one year old's hair with electric clippers, if I do say so. My secret was putting him in his high chair with a movie in front of him on my laptop and letting Elly feed him smarties one by one. Still, it was NOT easy.

SUPER CUTE AFTER

"Typical BOY face" AFTER

I think it makes him look so much older...and also so much more adorable...if that is possible.

Sibling Love

I walked into the playroom this afternoon and found these siblings like this (I honestly did NOT pose them like this, I promise.):

watching a show

Then, a few minutes later, they did this:

reading

Miles Tells A Story

Miles talks (gibberish) like crazy now.  Here's a little story he told us the other day as he was drawing.

Frisbee in the Backyard

The other day I taught Elly how to throw a frisbee.  She picked it up right away.

In true Elly style, she made plenty of faces as we played.

 

Brothee drew with chalk on the ground...

until he spotted the frisbee...

then he wanted to play, of course.

The New Fort

We bought this new play structure for the kids to play on. We were going to put it outside, but it's been too cold and rainy/snowy, so it's inside right now. The kids love it. It's everything from a climbing wall to a slide to a fort to a ship to a dog pound (we watch Lady and the Tramp a lot) to whatever.

Easter Sunday

Elly Quotes

Elly:  Dad, you had a day off today.

Brandon:  Today was Friday.  I went to work today, so I didn't have a day off.  I had to work.

Elly:  Yeah, you went off to work.  You had a day off.