Cleaning and The Kids.

Today the kids are at my Grandma's house for most of the day.

I'm doing some closet cleaning and it's impossible to get any major project done with the two of them here.

Thankfully she's always willing to have them.

And on a side note, how awesome is it that my kids get to spend time with their Great Grandparents?

I'm so lucky they are young and healthy and a huge part of our lives.

Plus, Ethan would most likely rather live at their house than ours. 

Anyway, I'm getting back to work but I thought I'd leave you with a couple fun videos of the kids.

This is one of the many contraptions we have to keep Jacob occupied. He likes it.

He's a rock star at heart. 

Swimsuits and A Diet.

The two go hand in hand, don't they.

Since the weather is getting warmer, and Brett and I are taking a little vakay down to Cabo in a couple of weeks, I've been thinking about both.

I found this cute, inexpensive suit at Target, which will do the trick for our upcoming trip.

But I really have my eye on these...

I love this teal top from JCrew.

 I currently have an obsession with strips and this one piece from JCrew is just my style.

I'm in love with the yellow bow on this suit from Anthropologie.

It's from Anthropologie, enough said.

I've come to the conclusion that I need to cover up my middle and rear as best as possible since I have two young kids and the body to prove it. 

Plus when you're running down the beach after your two year old, the more you're covered up, the less the chance of something popping out that shouldn't be shown. 

Which leads me to thinking about a diet.

I've never been on a diet. I don't really like the idea of a diet. 

I think if you deprive yourself of what you really want you'll ultimately crave it so bad you'll overdue it. Diets are great for some people and really work, but I just don't think they are for me.

But the choices I make can be better.

If I want a cheeseburger, I don't have to go to In n Out to get one. I can make a turkey burger at home.

If I want something sweet, I don't have to eat half a cake. I can have some fruit with a little sugar sprinkled on top. 

Sure, I'm going to splurge now and again. I love food and I'm not going to sacrifice my love of food. I just need to make better decisions on my day to day choices.

I was hoping to be in better shape for our upcoming trip but with only a couple weeks left it's just not going to happen.

So I'm looking toward June 1st. 

That should give me enough time to get myself on track and maybe lose a couple of pounds along the way. 

And hopefully come summer, when I'm chasing kids down the beach, not too much will be flopping about.

Grasshopper.

Yesterday there was a grasshopper in our backyard.

Ethan was amazed.

Every time it would jump he would yell and jump up and down himself with excitement.

The shrieking sounds that were coming out of this child was almost more than I could handle. 

It was hilarious...

and it made for a very entertaining late Sunday afternoon.

Blue Eyes.

Don't they just make you melt?

How.

How do you keep a 2 year old from putting their finger painted hands on their face?

How does my house become a disastrous mess in a matter of minutes?

How did my bangs grow so long overnight that I can no longer see?

How did I manage to drop my large glass prep bowl only to have it shatter all over the kitchen floor?

How is it possible that both boys have cried, whined, complained and thrown more tantrums in the last three days than in the last month?

How have I managed to make it through this week?

Coffee.

And loads and loads of Patience.

Lunch & Summer.

Today we had lunch outside. 

The weather the last couple of days has been wonderful. 

Perfect. 

Perfect eat outside weather.

It's not like we never eat outside, actually we do quite often, but I usually don't think twice about it.

But today, as we were eating outside, I started thinking about summer and all the fun stuff I'll get to do with the kids this year.

Last summer I was hugely pregnant with Jacob, and while I didn't work most of the summer, I didn't want to do much. No one really does when they are huge with their second child. 

But this summer will be different. 

I won't be working and I won't be pregnant. 

We can go to the beach whenever we want.

We can pack up and leave for the River whenever we want.

We can go to the park whenever we want.

We can swim in my parent's pool whenever we want.

We can do whatever we want, whenever we want.

I can't wait. 

Seriously, can't wait.

Busy {but not really}.

I realized today that I haven't posted for a while.

I just haven't been in the mood. 

I haven't been reading as many blogs and I haven't been commenting as much as usual. 

I guess I've been in sort of a blog funk. 

We've been sort of busy these past few days while I haven't been blogging.

Not crazy, overwhelming busy, just busy with things to do here and there. 

It's been nice.

We've been spending quality time together as a family, alone time to get re-energized, and couple time to reconnect. 

Like I said, it's been nice.

I also realized I haven't been taking too many photos. 

Part of me is happy because that means I'm taking part in the moments that are happening and I'm not watching behind the lens. 

But part of me is sad because some of those moments will never be captured for me to see again. 

Hopefully they will stay in my mind for as long as possible.

Here are some of the moments I did capture and I'd like to share.

I love the way Jacob is looking at Ethan in this picture.

 

 

I have a couple videos I might add tomorrow, if I feel up to it, but for now both boys are asleep so I'm off to bed.