Isaac's 2nd Birthday

Sorry this post is 3 months late. I have been busy and distracted. Hope you still enjoy them though. Oh and thanks Sereen for taking all of these. I wouldn't have any of these pictures if it weren't for you!

Birthday Boy

We had a pinata party for Isaac and it was actually a hit, literally. lol All the kids got a chance at it and then all the adults. The pinata was pretty strong. It took several of us adults to even get the candy out. Isaac did well at it too, he has a pretty solid swing.

Isaac's face when he saw the candy fall!

The party had a pretty good turn out.

This face looks like the one a year ago for his first birthday. A blank stare at all of us singing to him. That was so funny. At least this year he ate his cake with a fork instead of using no hands like before.

So this train cake didn't turn out like I imagined in my head, but we didn't exactly freeze it long enough or put enough food coloring in it. Oh well, it tasted amazing, everyone was commenting on the frosting. Thanks Tammy!

Before the blowing. Great picture Sereen.

During this past summer Austin grew out his facial hair and I thought he looking smashingly handsome. Andrew was also fascinated by it and always had to be touching it. It was especially funny when Austin was in the middle of talking and Andrew's hand reached up and started grabbing at his face.

I am not a huge fan of this picture but Austin said it was funny so I had to put it on.Andrew basically got a birthday party in his mouth that day too. His daddy gave him a lollipop for the first time and he want crazy for it.

Crafts During Sept and Oct

So I have become a pinterest addict. If you don't know what that is don't let me tell you because it will consume your every spare moment. lol Just ask Austin. The only good thing that has come from it are fun craft ideas that have kept Isaac and Andrew entertained. This first picture is of Isaac playing with bubbles in a plastic bowl. I gave him a straw and dyed the bubbles red and let him have at it.
Doesn't he look so cute in big boy underwear! Anyways, here Isaac is marble painting. You just take a bin, line the bottom with paper and drop paint in it. Then let him shake the bin around with the marble in it. He really enjoyed it, he asks for marble paint several times a week.

This activity was so cheap!!!! I just filled a bowl with water and gave him a paint brush. Water painting is affordable and fun!

Here is an activity that really challenged Issac. I put a spaghetti noodle into his play dough sticking up. Then I had him thread the cheerios threw the noodles. His fine motor skills were really challenged. He was getting frustrated at first but then after a few attempts he started getting it and really enjoyed it.
This activity was just a spur of the moment. I was trying to clean the kitchen and both boys were wanting my attention. I was looking through our pantry when I saw this old bag of dried peas I got from WIC. I put the peas into two different bowls and gave the boys measuring cups. This activity has probably been my most successful because both boys were entertained for about an hour for several days. It was so nice. Yes, a pain to clean up but so worth the time I had to myself. lol

BrOtHeRs

Here are the boys on a Sunday walk. It is starting to get colder now here in Utah but I love how cute the boys look all bundle up and everything.

Isaac loves to give Andrew lots of hugs, so much that Andrew usually starts complaining about it.

Pizza Night! Our little family got pizza a few weeks back and we decided to eat in a circle on floor. It was so fun. The boys love pizza and Isaac really enjoyed feeding Andrew. They sure were messy afterwards.

PJ Party! Every Mon, Wed, Fri I get to watch my best friend Ashley's little boy Rigdon. This picture if what they look like for the whole morning. The boys love to make Rigdon laugh, every morning they gather around him and say his name and laugh until Rigdon starts laughing. It's really sweet to watch.
My Boys! I love them so much. Soon Andrew will be using a sippy cup as well. They are getting so big but at least they still like to cuddle with us.

Here are some pictures of the boys during our family shoot.

Andrew's 10 month pictures

Our little Andrew has accomplished so many things in his ten months of life. He has learned to crawl, pull himself up, hit at his brother when Isaac takes something away from him, (sadly yes) and can put his pointer finger up when it is his turn to count to 10 ( I make them count to 10 when they both want the same toy to teach taking turns) He also currently has 8 teeth, 4 on the top and 4 on the bottom. He loves to chase his older brother around and do whatever Isaac is doing.

Andrew has really learned to like reading now. He has a big brother that shows him a good example.

I love this picture because I actually got him to smile at the right moment.

He even has learned to color and draw on paper.

I just love that dimple.

He also loves to be the center of attention. Whenever I bust out the camera he crawls on turbo speed and comes right up to me to get on camera.

The boys new toy I found at DI. It was only 2 bucks, a great deal for the time they are entertained on it.

This picture was of craft day with the boys. We were painting with marbles and cars, having a grand old time. My next door neighbor Emily came out and started talking to me and the next thing I knew Andrew parked it right in the dirt between our sidewalks. Of course this small strip of dirt is the only dirt within 20 feet of our place and Andrew just happened to know exactly where it was and sat right smack in it. lol So cute. We just made it into a painting/dirt day. Why not, it won't be warm enough soon anyways.
Oh this is kind of a sad picture. Every time Isaac goes up stairs Andrew tries to follow him up but gets so frustrated that he can't. He stands up just like this picture and whimpers for his brother to come back down. It is so cute but so sad at the same time.

Our little crawler loves to have things in his mouth where ever he is going. lol It's funny looking at him from this angle.