Baking for dad!

Today is Aaron's birthday and the boys were very helpful in the cake-making process!

Mixing...

Preschool graduation!

Gabe successfully completed his first year of school. Here he is getting his certificate.

Hudsen made it too, here he gets his certificate!

BFF's on the last day of school.

Make a funny face...

Andrew celebrated too!

Gabe & his teacher Barb

Best Buds!

Sleepy time..

Story time with mom. They fight over the little rocking chair.

Now Gabe sleeps on the floor next to Andrew.

Worn out!

He was so proud to be wearing a headlamp...

Our New Nephew Rhett!

Rhett Johnny was born on April 28th at 2:15, 9#12oz. to Jill, Craig, & Bauer. He is simply precious and we are in love!

Here I failed at supporting his head and was feeling a little guilty...

Poor guy!

He got over it quickly though.

Brother & Sister checking out the little guy...

awww!

Rhett's first time at the farm.

Hmmm, do you think anyone likes this kid?

The 4 grandkids on the Flatau side!

Andrew's Bliss??

Andrew wasn't quite as thrilled with his Easter bunny gifts as Gabe was but he sure liked this cake made from scratch, oh I mean bought at Hy-Vee....

S U G A R H I G H

There it is, there's the bliss!

Heck with the fork I'm using my hands!

Gabe's Bliss

The Easter Bunny got a pirate ship for Gabe and he was one happy boy! Absolutely loves it!

Makes my heart happy to see my boy so happy!

Easter Baskets.....

Digging in after they found the baskets. The Easter Bunny does a really good job hiding them. The baskets that is, not the kids.

Sharing a room...

The boys are still doing great with room sharing. Tonight Aaron made Andrew's crib into a "toddler bed" so we are 1 step closer to being done with a crib! Yay!

Since Andrew is constantly climbing in and out of the crib it was time to get an easier way out. His legs are bruised and he has petechiae all over the inside of his thighs from the climbing.

I Love My Kids!

Andrew woke up before Gabe this afternoon and was playing by himself. I had to come check on him when it was a little too quiet.... This is what I found. He was playing on the shelf!

Monster Jams was on the regular non-cable TV today and they LOVED it! Sat by each other and soaked it all in... Then they had to get ALL the monster trucks out. I am in love with this picture!

Reading and being silly tonight. Gabe calls Aaron out when he "misses" some of the pages in the book.

Andrew in his new jammies. What a doll!

Gabe wanted me to take his picture. I took it like this 3 times....

until I convinced him to OPEN his eyes!

The latest news from Iowa is that we moved Andrew's crib into Gabe's room on Friday night. So they now officially "share" a bedroom and so far they love it.... They have been sleeping good and it seems to have strengthened their brother bond in a short period of time. The first thing Gabe did is teach Andrew how to climb out of his crib (bummer for us)... And as a matter of fact it is 10:10 right now and they are both still awake, so maybe the plan is backfiring on me as I write! I hope not....

Playground Time!

We spent some time at our favorite playground this weekend...