Red Sox Fans

Number 1!

Intently watching the game

Jonathan insisted on wearing his hat backwards and would throw a major fit if we tried to fix it.

Positive peer pressure - Andrew doesn't usually wear a hat, but since his little brother was wearing a hat, he needed one too. Thank goodness we have no shortage of Red Sox hats around here!

Yesterday, we watched the sad end of the Red Sox season. As soon as Keith turned the game on, Jonathan started running around the house looking for something, and we didn't know what. He finally found his hat and wore it ALL day. He did take it off for his nap, but as soon as he woke up, he put his hat back on. And he would only wear it backwards and would throw a major fit if his hat was removed or changed!

Little Book Readers

Jonathan - 20 months

Andrew - 14 months

For some reason, both of my boys are under the impression that the best way to read books is to empty the bookshelf. I love that they read books, now I just wish they would learn how to put all the books back where they found them!

Curly

The other day, Jonathan woke up from his nap looking like this...

This boy has some crazy hair!

Playing Together

GeoTrax

bath time

more GeoTrax

The past few weeks have a brought a wonderful change to our house. Andrew and Jonathan are starting to play together - peacefully! It's not for long stretches of time, but any time without screaming and fighting is a wonderful length of time!

Craft time

Our finished product

Last week we tried to be crafty and use some of the beautiful leaves we found in the yard. I was inspired by the Kids Craft Weekly newsletter and wanted to create the No-Glue Seasonal Collage. Unfortunately we didn't have any clear contact paper, but we discovered that clear packing tape works almost as well! The boys weren't as into the craft as I was and were more interested in stamping and coloring, but that was fine too! It kept them quiet and contained for a few precious minutes!

The New Tractor!

I thought it would be cute to have the boys stand by the tire. Jonathan screamed at that thought. Guess I won't be using this for our Christmas card!

Grandpa bought a shiny new tractor and boys got to see it yesterday. Jonathan was not nearly as excited about it as Andrew was! It comes with a buddy seat, which Andrew was all about. He insisted on not one, not two, but three rides around the farm. Jonathan screamed when we got him near it. I even tried getting in the tractor with him, but he just tried to jump out. Maybe next time he won't be so afraid!

Local Celebrity

At the Farmer's Market on Saturday, they had a Law Enforcement Expo and Keith took Andrew to see it. Jonathan and I were there too, but we were shopping for fresh produce and completely missed each other. We also didn't have our camera, so no cute shots of Andrew sitting in the fire truck.

But, Keith was interviewed by the local news and made it on to TV! You can see his little clip here: http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/63451472.html

They didn't edit very clearly, in my opinion, but it was KAKE, and we have a special name for them that isn't appropriate for a family blog. :) Anyway, they had asked him what he thought about the deputy that was recently killed in the line of duty and that is what he was answering.

We forgot to watch the news that night, but Marilyn called and told us she had seen Keith on TV and so we looked it up, and here he is!