To the Zoo, yes again :-)

We got invited to go to the zoo by my dear, sweet friend - Kimberly. It turned out to be a great day - not too hot! Kimberly has beautiful twin girls, Morgan and Sarah. I'm sure one day they will become items, until then Kimberly and I plan to get them together often :-)

This picture cracked me up - Hagen checkin' out the ladies ;-)

'Hello Mr. Penguin!' (Hagen making sure the ladies are still with us...)Sarah on the train

Mason on the train
Morgan on the train

Hagen on the train

Because Mason has his penguin, we wanted to find a penguin for Hagen....we found Big Bird! But in the end, we found a penguin for Hagen - and he loves it!

Swimming 2009 - Continued

Swimming lessons were great this year! The only snag we had was the bad weather causing us to miss one lesson - then because of the bad weather, Jeremy having to work, which caused us to miss two more classes :-( But that's what happens, and it's okay. The boys loved swimming and the whole point is to get them used to the water, which they are!! One goal is to get them to walk into the water on their own. They both do this :-)

Hagen with Daddy.

Mason with Momma's hand ;-)Hagen and Daddy Unfortunately one of the days we missed, they went off the diving board, so on this last day they did it and were not too happy!

Hagen
Mason They went down the big slide!

Video of going down the big slide.

One more year of swimming lessons done! The instructor said they will be ready for Preschool Swimming next year :-) Preschool swimming is without Mom and Dad!! Wow, I'm not ready?

Thanks Gran for doing the video for us on the last day :-)

Pump it Up! Playdate

My Mothers of Multiples group, McMoms (Mid-Cities Mothers of Multiples), had a play date at Pump it Up! the other day. It was so much fun. The boys are so funny in these places! Each of them had a time when they were extra clingy to us, but this time was great. Hagen started off clingy, but by the end, they were running laps around us. Who needs a gym, when you can spend three hours here helping two 2 year olds up and down these bounce house slides??Mason, Mom, HagenMason, Hagen, Dad (the slides were super fast, it was hard to get a picture)The boys and I watching Daddy come down. (I loved the boys faces in the picture... can you tell they are having a great time?)

Hagen and Mommy

Mason having so much fun he can barely stand it :-)

Mason and Daddy

Hagen ready to fly down.

Mason

Talk about a workout!! They did really good climbing up, but we had to give them little pushes to help them up. This was so tiring and not to mention tricky, we were climbing up behind them and pushing them up as we went. Whew!!
The whole group, notice all the parents scrambling to keep the kids in place for the picture.

Our Quirks

The boys are really starting to show preferences and just plain quirkiness. Thought I would share a few of them....

Hagen likes his hat facing forward (and very low, almost covering his eyes) and Mason likes his hat facing backwards.

Mason will only take the blue blanket ... we have blue, yellow, and green - but only blue will do for him. Hagen doesn't really care and he isn't nearly as attached to his blanket as Mason is. (I think I have posted this picture before, I just didn't have a more recent one of him with his blanket.)

But just the other day, Mason became really attached to ... his stuffed penguin. He wanted to take it to church with him - but we made him leave it in the car.

He has been cracking us up with his new found friend! The penguin also has to sleep with him. It is so cute - he lays the penguin down, then throws his head on him, using him like a pillow.
Hagen LOVES walking around in my shoes (Daddy's also, but my shoes make more noise than his). But what makes this even quirkier is he has to have them on the correct feet. It is so funny! If he only has two left shoes, he will only put on one.

Here he is with two different shoes, but they are on the correct feet.

Hagen's other love - KEYS. The boy finds them, anywhere and everywhere... he has been known to dig in purses and search on top of the washer and counter tops. When he has them, he goes around 'starting' his tricycle, 'unlocking' doors, and sorting through them. It is hilarious to watch!
And, Mason is all about imitating us now... so the other day I told him not to do something and I got a look something like this...

We started calling it 'Mason's mean face'. He thinks it is hilarious to do it (as well as us). I pointed out to Jeremy that he got the idea for the look from somewhere.... I guess he sees our 'mean face' alot. ;-)

Happy Father's Day

We always talk about mothers and how great they are. But I know I could never do the things I do, without Jeremy by my side. He is an incredible dad - more than I could have ever imagined. The boys are beyond lucky to have him as their dad. But, they both love him to pieces and always want to be all over him, so the way they act with him is enough of a testiment to what kind of a father he is.

We love you, Daddy!!

Daddy with Hagen, 3 weeks old

Daddy with Mason, 4 weeks old

Mason, 3 months old, on daddy. Hagen, 4 months old, on daddy.

All my boys, 2 years old.

Arkansas Grammy, Grampa Time

Last weekend, we went to Arkansas. Jeremy had his high school reunion (which he planned and I think he did a great job planning it all) and Grammy was dying for some time with the boys.

Grammy and Grampa had the same fun sprinkler we have - and the boys just love it. But they remembered that Grammy also has a red wagon. Mason was all too excited to get in it. Daddy filled it up with water, which made it all the more exciting. Hagen got to hose and had fun squirting Mason several times in the face.

Mason has definitely bonded with his Grammy! He couldn't get enough of her!!

Hagen playing some golf.

Getting some Daddy time.

Mason and Grammy getting some exercise in.

It was a short visit, so I'm sorry I didn't get any pictures of Grampa with the boys... but I'm sure we will get plenty when they visit in July. I'm sure Grammy is already counting the days :-)