Our month in pictures

Wow, I know February was a short month but it flew by. 

Who needs a circus when I have these two clowns.

 Erin K and I got the kids together one night for pizza, ice cream sundaes, and a movie...they were AWESOME!  We were shocked!!

 Date night...

 All 4 kids curled up on the couch..

Dom spent a day at Mimi's house because daycare was closed...apparently a day of eating candy, doing whatever he wanted, and further wrapping mimi around his little finger is exhausting...oh and no, there's no booboo on his nose...

 Snuggles

 Vince made a family for his wii games.....hmmm, they look familiar...

 Valentine's Day was a blur...here's Vince's Mario Valentine's.  I was pretty proud of these and very sad school was closed for snow that day.

 Signing his life away....

 We made a Luigi box for his Valentines....don't think it got used at all...oh well..

 Making Valentine cookies...

 V-day dinner...yeah, super nutritious...

 I seriously need an octagon in my living room.

 I love that boy.

 Sweet Vince got to pick out a treasure from the box at school for good behavior...he got me this :) love my thoughtful fella

 A bad week calls for chocolate pies and wine...

 We were all having a bad week, clearly...

 Dom and I got some alone time last weekend. It was a beautiful day!

 Stud muffin...

 No mommy/Dommy date is complete without Sweet Frog..

 Good morning, sunshine!

 Vince's friend, Cooper, came over to play....I felt safe under their protection!

 Chalk driveway drawings...

 And so begins an obsession with John Deere...

 and Play-Doh...

 These boys are so different. Vince eats all of his pizza, except the crust...Dom starts at the crust and hardly touches the actual pizza.

 Just a pot holder boxing match...nothing to see here...

 AAAHHHHH

 Showing Nathan some Cousin love!

 Yep, 2.5 years old and still spoiled rotten...only naps on someone...I can't complain :)

 Ready set GO

 Sleepy boy

 Time for Monopoly Jr.  This was actually kinda fun.  I had to help Dom but we all enjoyed it!

 Dom's version of a tea party consists of 4 ooh ooh aah aah's (aka monkeys), fake hot dogs, ribs, and fried chicken.

 Got a couple "real" camera photos the other day.  I am one lucky mama.  These boys are gorgeous (and funny and sweet and happy and amazing).

 Yep, this pic did it.  Love it. Love him.  That is one cool kid.

 And this goof ball.... He cracks me up.  He's so funny and silly.

 Brother hug!

Dom's speech has taken off in the last few weeks.  He's really TRYING...which is key.  As long as I don't push him to talk, he'll do it.  STUBBORN CHILD!  He'll try to repeat what we say now. He finally started saying (among other things) yes, no, me, and PLEASE!  WHOOHOO!  Can I get an amen?  He's been signing please for awhile but just WOULD NOT say it.  He could say pee pee and cheese and teeth so I know he could say please (or at least peeeese) but just wouldn't....till now.  Thank you baby jesus.  Now I'm working on Thank you...sometimes I think he says it but sometimes it sounds like "dido"....which is his word for candy...so who knows. Also confusing is booboo and poopoo.  We have missed the potty several times b/c I thought he had a booboo (have you seen his obsession with bandaids...kid always says he has booboos just to get a band aid).  He's so funny though, he speaks Dom.  He uses a lot of word association, I guess.  For example:  Vince was playing with bubbles and said "my bubble juice is gone"...Dom repeated it as "pop juice byebye".  I mean, it makes total sense.  And Hiya is Power Rangers (as in karate chop, hiya) and The Christmas episode of Power Rangers is "Hiya HoHoHo".  I mentioned candy is "dido" so Super Mario Fruit Snacks are "wii dido" (b/c he only sees mario when Vince plays the Wii) and Kit Kats are "meow dido".  If only everyone spoke Dom, life would be so much simpler.   

Our week in pictures

Time just goes by so fast!  How am I potty training my baby? I mean, seriously? How?  He's been doing great!  Had one bad day but it was our fault too for not reminding him a lot.  He will pee and poop on the potty at home and at school!  So proud of our big boy!  Its really only b/c he has Buzz Lightyear pullups that he wants to wear ALL THE TIME (Mama Buzz, Mama Buzzzz, MAMA BUZZZZZZZ..this is what I wake up to lately).  I told him if he was gonna wear pull ups then he had to pee on the potty or else he was gonna go back to baby diapers.  It worked!

 Dom's learning to take selfies...

Vince was playing the Wii and Dom was bored....which means trouble.  He was just trying to irritate his big brother by getting in his way....as usual.

Playing with Thomas trains....

Love that boy!

A little cuddle time with my favorite people.  Again, Dom irritating Vince by putting his hand on Vince's face.

 We sure do snuggle a lot around here....and I love every minute of it.

 Someone is obsessed with oranges.  He will eat 3-4 in one sitting.  He's also mastered the "CHEESE" face....not the best for pics but adorable nonetheless.

Decorating his mailbox for Valentine's Day.  I'm counting down to V-Day with a little treat in their mailbox every day.  Dom will gladly take any excuse to have candy in the morning.

Nobody die of shock, ok.  I have started cooking more....like a lot more...like I've cooked more since the beginning of the year than I have my whole life...that may be an exaggeration but not by much!  Anyway, this guy doesn't approve of me being in the kitchen...he found a way to be close.

 We tried undies this weekend....but I don't think we're "there" yet.  Funny Dom story though:  He was wearing Rex undies (the dinosaur from Toy Story).  He grabbed himself and yelled "Mama ROAR"....I almost died laughing so hard.  He is something else.

 Sunday was AMAZING outside.  We took a family trip to the mall just to walk around and window shop....literally....

 Ok we may have done more than just window shop...I got some new kicks...

 And we all got some yummy candy from the new candy store....

 These boys wanted ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with me.  They would only hold daddy's hand and let daddy carry them....ummm, OK...makes shopping much easier for me :)

 Wall o'candy...

 There's this new app called Waterlogue...turns pics into water color pictures...I'm slightly obsessed.  Look how cute all these simple pics turned out!

I think I'm gonna have to print this bad boy out and frame it...I LOVE IT!  

 This turned out really cute too!

 Love!

Vince usually comes home with greens or purples (good or awesome) but yesterday and today he has gotten yellows (not so good).  When he comes home with yellows ALL electronics are gone for the day.  This time they're gone for 3 days...and he had to write "I will not talk in class. I will listen to my teacher." 10 times each.  He was less than thrilled about it!  I LOVE this picture.  It makes me laugh every time I see it.

Ok, here are some really cute videos from the last week or two.  This is Dom telling us something is cold...love it!

Here is Dom hiyah-ing....which means Power Rangers...duh.

And lastly, The Dominator beating up his big brother....again....

Have a good week, everyone!