How can you NOT love them!?

I am so lucky to be the mother of these two boys. What have I learned??? TO GO WITH THE FLOW. My Boys are INSANE! I never know what to expect and so I just try and sit back and let it all happen. They are hilarious!

Jaxon made this hat at preschool... he used the most stickers out of any kid in his class. I tried to put it on and he said "no way mom... I worked hard on that!"

Owen is generally so happy... expect when I bring him inside (he loves playing outside) and when he is hungry... but he is a ham and loves the camera! he will stop crying to give you a grin.

Owen loves the tub! He will literally stay in the tub unti lits freezing cold and I insist on taking him out so he doesnt get hypothermia..
But look at this face... how can you not Love that!

For the Love of Food

Owen loves food. He is always eating, and eating TONS. My Little Monster! Lately he has really gotten independant and insists on feeding himself. He wont eat unless he can do it himself. It takes a little longer but Im ok with that.

MMMMM Noodles

Big Bite

Owen Loves Cheese Buns

Owen and Jaxon being goofy! This cracks me up

What else has been going on... Jaxon has been making more jokes... I dont always get them... but in his three yr old mind they are hilarious. His favorite is the following; We read scriptures every night and we recently talked about King Benjimen and then King Noah, but when we asked him one night who we had talked about he shouted "King Julien" (he is on Penguins of Madagascar) Now he will smirk and say "King Julien" every night at scripture time.
Owen... is a stinker. He will know put himself in time out. He will do something bad and then walk over to Time out spot and sit there and grin at me... I dont think he is too concerned about it! ARGH or if I send him to Time out he will march over there throw himself down and cry then stop and grin at me and move on... I have my hands full with him
He has also taken to jumping off things. He isnt very good and Im now simply waiting for the broken bones. Im sure it will happen eventually no matter what I do!

Tommy K Play

There is a new play place near us. Its called Tommy K Play. Its really cool. But super expensive. $9 a kid (more if they are over 4) so we have only gone once. But Jaxon keeps asking to go back and Im sure that if Owen could talk he would be too! Ill have to save money and make it a treat trip! It has a huge climbing structure, slides, little cars to ride, laser maze and even x boxes. Its intense. Great place for the boys to burn off their excessive energy. I get to burn some cals too!

Jaxon building a tower

Owen Climbing to the slide

Owen Loves to climb

Jaxon loves the super fast slides

Revenge is Sweet

Jaxon has become a little agressive with Owen lately... I dont think he means to be mean... he is just rough. He likes to wrestle and knock Owen over and push him off the couch. Its hard to teach him not to do that because 95% of the time Owen is laughing about it. But today the tables turned... Jaxon was standing on the arm of the couch watching them Grate the alley across the street and Owen crawled up behind him and pushed him off the couch. Jaxon started crying but really what was I do to. I told Owen it wasnt nice, but I also told Jaxon that Owen only did it because he thought it was a game since Jaxon was doing it to him. Dont play the game if you cant take the pain.

I am a mother of Boys!

I love being a mother of boys. They are so fun... and they sure do keep life interesting. Everyday is a new adventure with my boys. They are wonderful little stinkers! They make me laugh everyday!

Owen is really into exploring. I try to be crafty at least once a day... helps keep me sane. So on this day I was down in the crafty nook, I looked up and saw this. I guess Owen just wanted to make himself comfortable while playing trains (also one of his favorite things)

Anything great thing about boys is brothers! Jaxon and Owen are the best of buddies! Now that Owen is bigger they play together all the time. Jaxon loves to give Owen rides on his Plasma car and now owen can even get on by himself

Owen loves to hide... he thinks he is so clever. Can you see him peaking out at you?

The many Faces of Owen

Owen wears his emotions and thoughts on his face. there is never any guessing as to what he is thinking. I dont know if its because he is just little or if this will stick with him his whole life. All I know is it keeps me entertained!

Laughing at Mama Nelson

"What is this?"

This is his Cheesy grin. We have given him the nickname 'Squints'

First Day of Preschool

I have no clue where the time has gone but we had a big day in our house on Friday. Jaxon went to his first day of Preschool. I could not believe it! How did this happen?? Didnt I just give birth to this child???
Jaxon was so excited to go to Preschool. We have him in a Preschool in Okotoks called Leap n Learn (next year their will be one right across the street from us here in Walden) It sounds like an amazing program. So far I am impressed with it. Jaxon will be learning some French this year even! Jaxon loves to learn. Currently his favorite thing to do is those activity books. The ones about letters or numbers or shapes. He will do the same book over and over and over again... until we get a new on. He loves them and is now starting to right. Smart boy!

Here he is all smiles and ready to go

I tried to get one of him with his back pack but he was telling me "We have to go... we are going to be late!"
Friday was just an hour long with just half the class. Sort of a get to know you day. But Monday (yes tomorrow) is the real thing. We will see how I do. Lets hope I dont forget anything and that we make it there on time!

Birthday PIctures

Owen is ONE! We had a blast last weekend celebrating the wonderful little boy that is Owen! We had 3 BBQs for him. I just thought Id share some of the pictures!

Owen loves cakes... Especially the icing

Opening a present from Auntie debbie! YAY cars!

Ribbon Head!

More gifts! This one is from uncle Darryl and Auntie stacy and Ryerson and Mason and Aiden! Thanks Seguins for his first John Deere!

What brothers are for

Here are some pictures I promised my mom I would post for her. Yesterday I was making cupcakes for our third and final birthday BBQ. Jaxon had been screaming at Owen because Owen was getting his cars. I explained to him the importance of sharing (really the kid has almost 200 hot wheels... he can spare a few for his little brother) and then I went back to work. It was quiet so I tired around to admire the sharing I thought was going on. All I saw was Jaxon sitting on the laundry basket... then the little fingers peaked out of the holes. Yep jaxon trapped Owen in the laundry basket so that he wouldnt get his cars. I couldnt even get mad because Owen thought it was a funny game.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OWEN

It's one of those weird days today. Owen's first birthday. While it seems like he has always been a part of our family and I have a hard time remember life before Owen, I also can't believe he is a year already! It sure did sneak up on me! What can I say about Owen? He is a sweetheart for sure but he is a pest too! He adores Jaxon and has to play with whatever Jaxon is playing with. He loves to wrestle and Im constantly telling them to play gentle! He also looks for ways to cause trouble. He is a stinker.But we love him.

MMMMMMM Banana

Being a goof

Owen loves to make people laugh!

Family Pictures

A couple of weeks ago we had some family pictures taken. My good friend Kim is our photographer. I swear by her. She is Uber talented (yes I just said uber) Jaxon was miserable and not cooperating but she still got some amazing shots! I want to put them all up! Anyone looking for a wonderful photographer should give me a call and Ill pass on her number. AMAZING!

Sweet Owen!

I love all the candid shots she got. I think they really capture personality. Just look at Jaxon!

Awwwww!

Brothers!
Funny Story about this picture. Just a few seconds later Owen fell off the rock onto a huge ant hill. He was instantly covered in creepy ants! Poor kid!
But this is just a small sample to see more go to www.thatkindamom.blogspot.com and Ill post 4 more.

Calaway park

A big Thank you goes out to my friend Brook for taking us with her to Calaway Park. Her husband gets passes from work so we were able to go for free, which was nice beause it is so expensive that I didnt want to pay all that money and then find out Jaxon didnt like it. But he LOVED it! We will for sure have to get passes next year.
It was a perfect day for it too. Warm, but not hot and cloudy so we werent sweating in the heat.

Jaxon was really into watching how the rides worked. Owen was just having fun.

Jax rode the little rollercoaster 3 times in a row!

The free fall was Jaxon's favorite ride. He sees a ride like this on a commercial for Marine Land and wants to go. So when he saw this ride he insisted that he had to go on it. But I warned him that he was too little and they would say no. But I was wrong... he was just barely tall enough. So we went on and I was waiting for the tears... Nope wrong again... he was laughing the entire time!

He must have been exhausted because he slept the entire way home. Booster Seats arent very much fun to sleep in...

My Cuties

I just love my boys. They are growing up so fast! This past weekend we moved Owen up to a front facing carseat which means we put Jaxon in a booster seat. They both are super happy about the change. Owen loves being able to see and Jaxon loves the independence of getting in and out of the car on his own. Where did the time go??? He also loves that now he can ride in Daddy's purple car because its so easy to transer the booster seat!
Owen is starting to walk around tons and he is a climbing machine. He does stairs with little problems and yesterday I found him on Jaxon's bed. I also found him brushing his teeth the other day. He climbed up on the stool all by himself and even grabbed his tooth brush. What I kiddo!

Owen Loves when Jaxon plays with him. Their new favorite game is when Owen climbs into Jaxon's little wagon and Jaxon pulls him around. Owen LOVES it... really I think he just loves the attention from Jaxon. But Jaxon really loves this game too and is more then willing to play along!

Videos of Owen

Owen playing Peek-a-boo


Owen trying to walk