Random pics from Grandma Boley

Last week Grandma Boley gave us a ton of pictures from her camera so I thought I'd share a few of my favorites!

Brayden and me at the water park back in July!

Grandma & Grandpa Boley came over to babysit and brought a cool bubble gun...need I say more?
Grandma Boley took the kids to the Clackamas County Fair. The kids had a lot of fun playing in the corn...

And the dirt!

They even took time out from playing to pose as a pig and a chicken!
Chris and me at my birthday dinner at the Boley's house.
Grandma Boley took the kids to OMSI (all by herself!!!) and they had a great time!
They even stopped at Burgerville on the way home for ice cream! This was Sienna's first ice cream cone and from what I hear, the only mess she made was on her chin!

Random Picture Post!!!

Crazy Hair!
When Sienna woke up from her nap on Wednesday, she had some seriously crazy hair! I had to wake her up so she was still pretty sleepy when I took these pictures. I think her hair is so funny that I just can't resist posting all of the pictures that I took!

Sienna loves to show off her belly button!

Blowing Kisses
Over the last couple of weeks, Sienna has really gotten good at blowing kisses! She has even started making kissy noises to go with the hand gestures!

Napping on the Sofa
The other day Brayden decided that he wanted to take a "nap" in his CARS sofa...Sienna thought he was crazy! Of course the nap only lasted about 10 seconds!!!
Play Boutique
Monday was Sienna's first day in Toddler School at the Play Boutique. As I expected, she loved it! She even did her first art project (she colored the human body). On the other hand, Brayden had another rough start to his day. For the 2nd week in a row, he didn't want to go into his classroom. He absolutely loves the toys in the big room and if he could play in there for the full 2 hours, he'd be happy as a clam. Unfortunately, he only gets to play in the big room for 20 minutes during their "recess". After getting Sienna situated in her classroom, I finally managed to get Brayden into his classroom by telling him that they were using glue for the art project...what toddler can resist glue??? Brayden was pretty excited and immediately sat at the table and got ready to make his apple tree! Hopefully every Monday will go just as well as this week...if not better!

What a weekend...

Where in the world did the weekend go? Oh, that's right...it was spent mostly working in the yard! Ugh! Chris and I are definitely not yard people. I guess once the kids are older it won't be so bad...we can actually work in the yard while the kids are awake! Chris' mom was nice enough to take the kids so we could both be outside working. She took the kids to OMSI and then to Burgerville (by herself, I might add). I'm not even brave enough to take both kids to OMSI and out to eat by myself! Way to go Grandma!

Chris and I both had long "To Do" lists and due to various unforeseen obstacles, we didn't manage to cross off many items. The good news was that we did complete 2 of our biggest items: fix (& stain) the gate and clean the back patio & furniture. I know, I know...those don't sound like big items but they took us ALL DAY on Saturday!!! Chris rebuilt our sagging gate while I pressure washed the back patio and furniture. It took me 2 rounds of pressure washing to get all of the yucky dirt and moss off of the concrete! Ok, enough about our weekend...

Teeth
Sienna finally has all 16 teeth! WOHOO! Last week she was especially crazy at bedtime (she is rarely bothered by teething during the day) and on Sunday morning I decided to check out her top eye teeth to see if they were the reason for all of her bedtime drama. I was pretty surprised that I could feel BOTH of her top 2 eye teeth! I'm not sure why I was so surprised...I knew that they would be making their appearance soon based on her & Brayden's teething history. I was so unbelievably excited...probably because it explained her crazy behavior the past few days. Plus that means that after several straight months of teething, we will have quite a large break (approximately 9 months) from teething! Her next set of teeth will be her 2 year molars which Brayden got shortly before his 2nd birthday.

The Airplane
Sienna and Brayden have been having a lot of fun riding on the airplane and car together. Sienna just figured out how to move forward (very slowly, I might add!) and Brayden loves having someone to chase and play with!
Rolling Around
The other night Chris was rolling around on the floor with Brayden and Sienna. First Brayden was just rolling around next to Chris and Sienna.
But, then he saw how much fun Sienna was having rolling around with daddy and he wanted to join in the fun!

I was praying no one was going to be squished!
But the kids were laughing and giggling...have a good ole' time!
Poor Chris was exhausted after all of the fun...
The Stain
I mentioned earlier that we stained the new gate this weekend. Well, I guess I should say that Chris stained the gate while I took off to see a friend who works at the mall...and of course I couldn't make a trip to the mall without doing some shopping! This is what I came home to:
Apparently while Chris was staining the gate, he ended up staining his whole leg! Somehow he managed to step in the tray filled with stain and it went everywhere! Luckily for him, I had a bottle of pure acetone polish remover that did a pretty good job of taking the wood stain off of his leg. I won't even mention that Chris had bought the acetone for me when I managed to spill a whole bottle of fingernail polish on my jeans when I was pregnant with Brayden!!! haha!

I finally did it!

I finally managed to update the blog TWICE this week! Ok, I know, it really isn't that big of an accomplishment!

Brayden's New Idea
Brayden came up with a new fun thing to do with Sienna, which they do several times a day. The way it works is that Sienna digs a toy out of the toy basket...
And then hands it off to Brayden...
Then he runs over to the couch where he builds a pile of toys! The kids do this over and over several times a day. Luckily Brayden does a pretty good job of putting the toys away when I ask him to. One time they even used the same sort of process to put the toys away. Funny what kids consider fun. ;)
Staver Locomotive
After Chris got home on Friday night, we all hopped in the car and headed to Staver Locomotive. The first Friday of every month, you can go and watch all of the steam powered trains run around several tracks. We have been looking for new activities to do with the kids and they both really enjoyed watching the trains. Plus there was a ton of room for them to walk around. They have a couple of important rules: no running and no touching the trains (the trains are hot)! The only downside was the 45 minute drive there.

The kids had fun walking around all of the tracks...

Sienna liked to point out the trains as they passed by...
Here is just one of the trains that the kids enjoyed watching. We only stayed for about an hour and right before we left they finally got this one running....
It was the longest train there that night!
Chris and the kids having fun watching the trains sail by.

Random Post Wednesday!

Apparently I'm only capable of posting a new blog once a week these days. I'm not sure if it is because I'm just not motivated, or I am just not that excited about the pictures that I've been taking. Hmmm...maybe this winter when we aren't quite so busy, I'll manage to update the blog more often. I had a gazillion pictures to go through from the last week and I've picked out my favorites...enjoy!

The Fork
Sienna has become obsessed with forks! She refuses to eat her food unless she can stab it with a fork. Of course, that excludes crackers, which she would NEVER refuse! I must say that I am quite impressed with her ability to use a fork (& spoon)! I'm not sure Brayden was using any utensils at this age. Am I a bad mom for not being able to remember what Brayden was doing at 14 months???
B-I-N-G-O!
Over the long weekend we bought Brayden a new Little Einstein's game. It has several games including Bingo, Go Fish, Dominoes, etc but we bought the game specifically for Bingo. It has 4 different Bingo spinners and cards to match each spinner. Brayden absolutely LOVES it and is constantly asking to play "BINGO!". Brayden plays like a pro and follows the rules, except when it comes to the spinner. If he doesn't think it spun fast enough, he'll spin it again...and again...and again!!!

The Sit 'N Spin
The other day Sienna sat down on the sit 'n spin for the first time and started spinning like a pro! I couldn't believe it! Brayden got this for his 2nd birthday and it took him weeks/months to figure it out. Does this mean that girls really are smarter than boys? haha! I tried to get a video but every time I got the camera out, Sienna got off and wanted to play with the camera. :(

Drawing
I'm pretty sure that both of the kids are going to be artists! They both love to draw, paint, & color! Sienna has really gotten into drawing on all of the magna doodle toys that we have. The funniest part is that she gets her face super close (usually about 4 inches away) from the board...I hope that this doesn't mean that she'll need glasses!

Brayden has started drawing real pictures! Here is the "blues clue" that he drew. He drew this by himself WITHOUT any help! He also likes to draw numbers...as well as his favorite letter...X!
The Kitchen
One of Sienna's new favorite things to do is to empty the contents of the kitchen....
onto the tv stand!
Walks with the Girls!
Since Brayden and Wyatt have been going to the Play Boutique, Catrina and I have been taking the girls on walks. Every week I'm shoveling crackers down Sienna in order to keep her awake. Of course, that means she doesn't really eat much of a lunch! Last week Sienna was sleeping so poorly due to her teething that I wasn't able to keep her awake for the entire walk. By the time we made it back to the car, both girls were passed out...and looking too cute! In case you were wondering, Sienna was so tuckered out that she still took a great afternoon nap...whew!
The Elmo Backpack
I don't remember the last time that Brayden wanted to wear his Elmo backpack. So when he asked me to help him put it on, I couldn't resist taking a picture to compare to the picture I took when he first got the backpack at 11 months old! What a difference 2 years can make!

Boo!
Every day when we hear Chris' car, the kids race to the laundry room door to "boo!" him! Here they are waiting around for him to pop through the door!
Sienna got tired of waiting so Brayden was the only one to welcome daddy home with a "boo!" If you look closely, you can see just how excited he gets...his feet come off the floor!
Lunch With Daddy
Last week we headed to Hillsboro to have lunch with Chris. I think this was only the 2nd time since Sienna was born that we had lunch with him. We got food from Sonic and headed back to the cafeteria to eat. Brayden ate like a champ and Sienna managed to get a few bites of chicken down before wanting to wander around and get into trouble. Both kids ended up getting the most entertainment from spinning around in the chairs!

Mowing the Lawn
Chris watched the kids on Sunday while I went on a mini-shopping spree! I was in desperate need of some new clothes and I just happened to have some birthday money to spend. Plus Chris rarely gets to spend 1:1 time with the kids! While I was gone, he put the kids to work mowing the lawn! haha! If only the "bubble" mower really mowed the lawn!!!



Hopefully it won't be another week until the next post...for those of you who check the blog every day, I promise to try to do better!!!