Bo's bath

Tonight I pulled Skoebie from the tub and took him into Joe to get jammies on. Before I got back to the bathroom Stew yells, "Mamma, Bo's in my tub." I grabbed my camera as I went to the bathroom and this is what I saw. Bo loves the boys rubber duck and constantly tries to make it his new toy. I laughed when I saw these pictures on the computer because I noticed Stew's tongue was out, then Bo's, then Stew's.

Reading

This morning when the boys woke up Skoebie grabbed a book and sat down beside Stew and asked him to "Read". I love the fact that he thought that Stew could read him the book. These boys love books and reading stories. Skoebie has started trying to read books to himself that he is familiar with. He loves to pick up Go Dog Go! and turn the pages saying "Go Puppy Go". Stew is at the age where he will pick up a book and look at the pictures and tell you what he thinks is happening, or what he remembers from the story. This love for books that the boys have makes me one proud Mamma.

Joe was vacuuming after dinner the other night and Skoebie was terrified of the hose attachment. Stew had crumbled cookies so Joe had to vacuum the table while the boys were sitting there. He just kept saying, "No thank you". Stew kept saying "Do it to me Papa!" Then Skoebie would act interested again and go from happy to terrified. Joe had to hurry and finish vacuuming the crumbs.

Beggar

This was the scene after dinner the other night. Notice Bo's drool! Yuck! I also enjoy that he picked the weakest link at the table to stare down. Go Skoebie, you can resist the tempation to feed the "Puppy". We are trying to teach Bo to not beg, and the boys to not feed him. Then we hopefully won't have to experience this anymore.

We're Tigers...ROARRRR!

Today the I sent the boys to their room to get underwear. (Skoebie was able to pee in the toilet last night! Hip Hip Hooray! So today his prize was to get to wear underwear like a big kid.) This is how they returned. "What are you doing Stew?" quickly became my question. "Playing Tiger...RROOOAAARRRR!" was his answer. How underwear on your head, growling and pretending to have claws equals a tiger I am not sure. Sometimes I wonder about this kid, other times I think...it must be his Dad's fault. I love the first picture the best because Stew is holding us his tiger claws, growling and giving a pirate smile while Skoeb is growling and holding his claws too. Although the next picture captures the essence of our rainy day morning...Watching Sesame Street on the TV and the boys running around in unders. Then there is poor Bo. He just doesn't know what to think about us. He tolerates us well though. Skoebie tonight was biting his ears. Bo didn't whine or whimper one bit. He just gave me the look of, "Mom, please make him stop." He is a very patient dog. For that I am blessed.

Say Hello to my new friend

This is Bo. He is two. He is coming to visit us for a while. If he likes it (and we like him) he may get to stay. The boys are having a blast with him. He loves to play fetch with a ball. The good news is that he will fetch a ball until your arm is tired of throwing, and the boys will throw a ball until he is tired of catching. Even after we put the balls away he went and got them again and tried to get us to play. He is really sweet and gentle, especially with the boys. I think he will enjoy us as much as we enjoy him.

Cheese!

Saturday we went for a drive and Joe gave the boys some of those packs of pretzels with the cheese that you can dip. Well, next thing I recall Skoebie is asking for a wipe and saying cheese, while Stew is laughing hysterically. I look back and this is what I saw. CHEESE!

The Auto Show

This weekend we took a family outing up to Seattle to the Auto Show. It was held at Qwest Arena Event Center. We got to look at all kinds of vehicles from almost every manufacturer that you could think of, and then some. There were vehicles powered by gas, diesel, hydrogen, ethanol, electric and even solar power. We had a lot of fun. Skoebie pretended he was driving every car there. He was going "vroom vroom", "errrt", and "beep beep" throughout the whole show. The boys got to sit in the Flintstones Mobile. Stew and I sat in a convertible. Joe got in a few vehicles I just didn't get any pics. Then towards the end we came across some "Scoots" which is what Stew calls a scooter. Stew got to have a little fun. He was pretending he was driving, and then... conspiring. Look at his face in this last picture. I really think he must have been trying to figure out a way to get that scoot out of the building. Then afterwards we went out to dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory as a special treat. What did you do for fun this week?

Studious Stew

Stew decided the other day that he needed some computer time. I was cleaning up breakfast dishes in the Kitchen and when I came looking for him he was here. In our bedroom on the computer. He was quite serious about what he was pretending to do as well.

EWWW, Yucky!

The other night we ordered pizza for dinner and it came with the famed pepper. Joe and I tried to get the boys to eat it, but we were met with great resistance. Skoebie actually put it to his teeth before deciding he didn't want anything to do with the pepper. Stew didn't want even a taste. It is funny how they both put their hands us in resistance.