Super!

All my guys (both big and little) are super!

Really Big Boy Room

Kae moved out of his crib about 2 years. He got a toddler bed or, as Kae called it, a big boy boat bed. In case you don't know, a toddler bed uses a crib sized mattress but doesn't have the walls of a crib. Recently I noticed that Kae was getting too tall to fit on his little mattress. So now he has moved to a twin size bed or, as he calls it, a really big boy bed. (He doesn't mean that like a really big bed, but rather that he really is a big boy now.)

Kae's nursery had an ocean theme. He had the crib bedding, rug, lamp, etc. with the cartoon fish to go with the ocean theme. When he got the new bed we took out all the cartoon ocean stuff. Kae loves his ocean room so the room is still an ocean room but a little more grown up now. He still has an ocean mural and fish hanging from the ceiling. Instead of cartoon fish drawer pulls on his dresser and cartoon bedding he now has blue drawer pulls and blue bedding.

Kae loves his really big boy room!

Snow Day

We finally had a snow day that wasn't too cold to play outside. Yay! The boys had a friend over and they all ran around in the backyard, threw snow balls and made snow angels.
Kae and Izee's favorite thing to do in the snow is eat the snow. They also had a great time swinging on the tire swing.

2 months

Wow! How did I let 2 months go by without blogging? There is a lot to catch up on!

After Christmas the boys did a lot of playing with their new costumes. They still play dress-up almost everyday, either firemen, pirates, knights, cowboys or super heroes.
Christmas break was snowy so the boys did dome sledding with Poppi and even helped him shovel the sidewalk.
Right before Christmas break to came an end , I took the boys to the WOW museum. They had so much fun! They played pirates, legos, cars and, of course, dress up.
In the middle of January Izee got rid of his binky! The Binky Fairy came and brought him a baby doll. He never asked for his Binkies after they were taken. He just told us, "No mo' binky. I big now."
We also visited the National Western Stock Show in January. The boys insisted in going dressed like cowboys. They fit right in. :)
At the end of January I quit my job. Yes, I'm a stay-at-home mom again. The kids are loving having me around more!

The first 2 weeks of being a SAHM I also watched 2 other little boys. 4 boys is kind of crazy but fun. I'm not sure I could do it full-time but it was fun for 2 weeks.
Things have settled down a bit now that is is just me and my 2 boys. Izee and I go shopping or somewhere to play while brother is in preschool in the mornings.
A couple weeks ago the boys had their first sleep over together. It was so cute! They got to have popcorn and watch movies in Kae's room. They finally went to sleep about 10pm.
We had a great Valentine's Day! Andrew and I celebrated the Friday before when Kae was at Parent's Night Out at preschool and Izee was with my parents. We actually got to see a movie in a theater. Aren't we hot in our 3-D glasses?
On actual Valentine's Day we had Family Fondue Night. (Of course I dressed the boys in their adorable matching sweaters for the holiday.)
Today was a sick day. Izee had a tummy bug last night so today he has been taking it easy and watching movies while I blog. This morning he requested a bath. (After a tummy bug I totally want the same thing.) He lined his toys up in a parade on the side of the tub. It was so cute!
Whew! That was a lot of stuff! I think you are caught up on the Howell Happenings. I'll try not to wait another 2 months before blogging again.

Santa came!

Santa Came! Look, he ate the cookies and drank the egg nog! The Reindeer even ate the celery!

Santa did great! Kae got the black fireman outfit he asked for and Izee got a do-da (aka: guitar) just like he asked for.
Santa also got each of the boys a new "Cars" bike.
The Santa presents were such a hit that the boys played with them the whole time we made breakfast. After breakfast we opened the rest of the presents. We all got some great gifts!

The boys got new Hess trucks from their great-grandmother. Kae, Izee, Daddy and Poppi enjoy playing with the new trucks.

The boys also got superhero dress up clothes, a garbage truck and drums.
Don't worry, the adults got presents too.

Among other gifts, Poppi got the poster of the front range that he wanted, Nonna got a new Christmas sweater, Daddy got a superman shirt, and Mommy got the cookbook she really wanted. (I must have said I wanted it a few times because I got it from both my husband and my mom.)
After all that excitement we all needed some rest. Izee loved his guitar so much he wanted to nap with it. We convinced him to sleep without it but he still plays it everyday.
I also got new PJs and slippers. Cute, huh?

Is it Christmas Yet?

For most of December, I got asked at least once a day, "How much more days to Christmas, Momma?". We have an advent calendar to help us count down to Christmas but I still got asked. Kae also constantly asked me, "Can I give Izee the present I bought him yet?"

We were not just sitting around waiting for Santa. We kept busy with lots of fun activities to help us get ready for Christmas.

Santa came to preschool! Kae already told Santa what he wanted when he saw him at the mall. So he just told Santa he wanted some candy canes too. Izee was fascinated by Santa but would not sit with him.

Longmont has a holiday parade. It was super cold on parade night but we still had a great time watching it.
It wouldn't be the holidays without some wrapping paper sword fighting.Kae's preschool had a holiday performance. He did great! He was a sheep in the play and after the play they sang some holiday songs. Then all the kids ate snacks before leaving school for the Holiday break.

3 days later Kae had another performance in the church pageant. He was a sheep again. The week before Christmas is the hardest time. Is it Christmas yet? Is it Christmas yet? Is it Christmas yet? To distract from the waiting we spent Tuesday morning before Christmas at the Butterfly Pavilion looking at butterflies, holding spiders and touching starfish.