Kid Crazy

I have a good friend that got pregnant about the same time I did. It was a lot of fun going through all the joys of pregnancy together. We get together on occasion and have a play date.
On March 7th we did just that and had a lot of fun. Tyler and Brycen are 2 years and Gaven and Andrea are 7 months and 10 months.

Zoo Times

So on Feb 22, we had some really nice whether. Totally not the norm for Kansas. I think it got to the upper 60's to low 70's. My good friends Olivia, Jenni, and I went to the Zoo. Olivia makes this trip regularly so she knew all the stops and routes in the zoo, so we saw a lot in a short amount of time.

Here are some pic's of the more memorable moments:

The First stop was the Stop was the Sea lion show. Very cute.

Next we saw the ring-tailed lemur. One of the animals from Madagascar.

What's up King Julian!

There are some little monkeys blended into the back ground. They were so much fun to watch. One was a total ham, jumping here and there and everywhere. My brother Taylor, who is on a mission now in Spain, had a run in with these kind of monkeys at the Rock of Gibraltar.

Here is that monkey jumping on his ball-swing.

Here I go!

Bye-Bye Mommy!

I am sure there is some unwritten rule that you can't make fun of your own child. So, I am not going to say a word.

Jen and Olivia avoiding the camera.

Mia and Brycen

Jack and Andrea

Reese, Mia, and Bob.

Here was a pair of Mommy and Baby arangatangs. We started to act silly and sing the Jungle Book song....I'm the king of the swings oh, the jungle VIP..

Brycen, exploring the tall grass. Hunting for some pray. Ready to spring like a Tiger. Rarrrr!

Mia, Brycen, and Aiden trudging around in the African Terain like a wild Lion!

Random Cute Pics From the Last few Months

Ok, so my kids are growing up so fast I can't believe it.
What is life like in the Bollwitt house right now.

Well, we are trying to potty train Brycen. He will be 2 1/2 in one week. So I went today and bought him Big Boy underwear and some prizes for going pee pee in the potty. He is at this stage where he will ask for one thing and right when you give it to him he will sequel in content and demand another. So then, when you accommodate him with his request, he will start to sequel and holler again for the first item. Then round and round we go. It is very frustrating. So when he says he will get on the potty, we go upstairs, get undressed, and just about when we sit on the potty he cries, "NOOOOO!"
The JOY of it all.

Well Andrea is getting to be quite the crawler now. She can get up on all fours now and do a real crawl instead of the army crawl she was only able to do before. Her hair is getting so long. Most of the time I have it up in a pony tail. We have been working with her on sign language and she was starting to sign back, but we are not sure if she really understands the meaning behind it all. She loves to clap and give daddy high five's. Any time we yell, "Yeah" she whips out her hands and starts clapping as if we commanded her to do so.
Yes, life is crazy, but who would have it any other way.

The following two pics were taken in February. Tom whipped out the camera one Saturday cause he thought I hadn't been taking enough pictures (which I haven't). Just to document how cute they are.

The rest were taken in January. We spend a lot of time in our PJ's around here. I know it will change when it gets warmer out cause we will be playing outside. But when it is cold an we have no place to go, what can be more comfortable then a nice pair of PJ's. I love this picture. We were all just cuddling on the couch when I decided to snap some pictures.

This was taken at a play group. Andrea Belle is wearing one of her "Spring outfits" in January. I like to buy stuff on sale. So I bought a lot of outfits last year and did not guess right on the season for her. But it was cute anyway.

This is one of Brycen's favorite games. He gets under the rug...

Then says, "Where's Brycen" He will stay there until I come and start playing along.

Then he pops his head out and say's, "There he is". It is always cuter when it is your kid I am sure.

December 28th. Happy Birthday Tom.

This year I had to work on Tom's Birthday. So I gave him a hug and kiss and sent him over to my sisters to celebrate his birthday with My family. They had a good time. They made it a fondue party. Yummy, and I had to miss it.

Just a quick shot of Tom and Andi Belle right before he walked out the door.

It is too many to count.

Emily, Linda (mom),Kass, Bridget, Christy, Andi Belle

Brian, Paul, Tom, and Criag (dad).

Christmas Holiday--Breaking and Creating Traditions

Christmas Eve we did something I never thought possible for our family- we went out to eat. I always felt sorry for the people who went out to eat, but now that I am older and have to do the cooking, I can understand. We did have the full Christmas dinner, but decided to take a break on Christmas Eve.
We even got a babysitter for the grand kids! I don't think that we will do this every year, but this year it was a nice break from the norm.
That night we started a new tradition, making Christmas sugar cookies. We made gingerbread men, bells, candy canes. They were all so good.
The next day we enjoyed opening all the presents Santa brought us during the night. Brycen got Thomas the Train and friends trains, track and round house. Andrea got a Glow worm.

My sister Christy and her family spent this Holiday with her husband's family, and my brother, Taylor is is Spain. We did have a lot of fun and we are so glad that my brother, Brian and his family were able to come and celebrate with us.

If any of you are close to St. Joe and hungry, Cheddar's is a restaurant you have got to try. My mom invited some family friends to eat with us as well

I think we all devoured the cookies this year. Next year we need to go caroling.

I grew up with a tradition that we all wait at the top of the stairs Christmas morning until the whole family was together. Then we all went downstairs at the same time. That is what Brycen was doing here. But we didn't wake Andrea up this year, next year for sure.

This is forever going to be one of my favorite pictures of these two.

White Christmas

Lindsey, Bryce, and Sarah

Andrew, Bryce, and Dayne

Dad on the deck making the snowman

Version #1 with the carrot nose

Version #2 with with Tom's art skills

Braven' the slopes

One day we were in St. Joe the weather was really nice and the snow was perfect to pack a snow man. So we got Bryce all suited up in his snow get-up and headed out side. Dad started making a snowman. Mom wanted a carrot nose but dad shortly nixed that and turned on his art skills. We enjoyed him for a couple of days. I wanted to go sledding because my parents have a great hill on the side of their house. But the only one I could get to go with me was Bryce. We had a lot of fun and it really wasn't that cold.