Golf

Luke had a lot of fun at his first golf lesson.  There were three other kids in his group and all of them were 5.  The instructor, Coach Perry, was great and they actually didn't even hit "golf" balls this first lesson.  They hit beach balls, and kick balls through hula hoops, and baseballs off of tees.  Of course Luke was the best one there :0)  One of the dads came up to Ben and said "you've got quite the athlete there".  Of course Ben was beaming!  I really didn't get that many good pictures but you can get the gist :0)

After golf we went to Perfectly Franks (which was featured on Diners, Drive-in's, and Dives on Food Network) and Cole was being his cute self!  Thats a straw in his mouth :0)

Happy Birthday to my darling Ben!

Today was Ben's birthday and we had a fantastic day!  He took off and we went down into Charleston to have lunch.  We ate at the Noisy Oyster and it was delicious!  While we were driving through downtown we noticed there was a festival going on with lots of bounce houses, so of course we had to stop by :0)  The festival was about a mile and a half from where we parked so on our way back we decided to take a rickshaw (sp) back to the car!  It was a lot of fun and the boys loved it!  Tomorrow we are going to dinner at a restaurant on the ocean with Ben's parents and will have ice cream cake to celebrate :0)  Happy Birthday Ben, the best father and husband in the world :0)

New Background

I had to update my background since Valentine's Day is now over :0)  We had a nice day today!  We got Luke a new board game and Cole got a dancing animal!  Both loved their gifts!  Luke and I made Ben chex mix and pretzels with a hershey kiss sandwiched inside, he was thrilled!  I got a sweet card from my honey that I loved :0)

We are looking forward to Dan (Pop) and Linda (Nana) visiting this weekend to celebrate Ben's birthday!  Luke is looking forward to getting ice cream and going to Monkey Joe's!  I can't wait for them to see Cole and see how much he has grown since their last visit.  Luke also starts his golf lessons this weekend!  I think Ben and I are more excited than he is!  I will definitely post pictures!

I hope everyone had a great day today and everyday!

Pinterest and Valentine Fun

I've recently joined a website called Pinterest, www.pinterest.com.  Kim told me about it almost a year ago, and I can't believe I haven't started using it sooner.  I have gotten a lot of great ideas off of it to do with the kids, and recipes as well.  We made heart crayons, and bath paint.  I also made cupcakes with hershey kisses inside, and avocado, cream cheese, salsa, stuffed puffed pastry.  We are going to make bird feeders this week and a crock pot breakfast casserole that cooks overnight. 

Luke had a lot of fun making Valentine's for family this year.  I wrote out the names in pencil and he traced over them in marker.  This is really the first time that he has traced anything, and I was so impressed with how well he did.  He sat there for a good 40 minutes working on them and did not get frustrated at all.  I'm so proud of him :0)  My other little guy was sleeping so no pictures of him participating in the Valentines!

Weekend Fun!

These past two weekends have been very relaxing and we've all enjoyed the family time!  Below are some random pictures.  Oh, did I mention that it got close to 80 on Sunday?  In the bottom left picture of Luke and I, we were dancing :0)  It was so sweet, a song came on and Ben and I started dancing together, we told Luke and Cole that this is how mommy's and daddy's dance, and Luke got right up, "pushed" Ben out of the way so he could dance with me!  I loved it, and got tears in my eyes because I know how fast the years go by, and I will cherish these moments forever.  Luke assured me that he would always dance with me no matter how big he gets :0)

Cole has a raisin on his nose in the one picture, Luke thought this was hilarious.  Luke is playing with his Nook in the picture with Ben, it was soo cute!  The picture where Cole is standing in his onesie you can see he has bandaids on his knee, this is his first brush burn!

Spring Time!

This weather has been absolutely amazing!  We've had 60-70+ degree days all of January!  We play outside almost everyday and rarely have to wear coats!  I am totally rubbing it in for all your northerners :0)  We had a very relaxing weekend, going to the park, grabbing lunch, searching for Skylanders, and just enjoying family time together!

Cole is learning so fast and this has got to be one of the best ages/stages!  He picks up everything and loves to mimic Luke.  He still loves music, dancing, and singing and has some pretty good rythym (he gets that from me, haha).  I love that Luke is such a great big brother!  He is extremely helpful with Cole and hates when his brother is upset.  He talks to Cole all the time and gives him a hug and kiss everynight before bed.  He also likes to "wrestle"/"tackle" him, which sometimes goes too far, but Cole usually can handle it. 

Luke loves riding his new bike and is already standing up while pedaling and riding over the curb.  He's fallen three times, and only once was there tears.  Even then, he brushed himself off and got right back on.  I'm so proud of him.  Although he sometimes gets frustrated, he understands that you have to practice to get better at things and he is willing to do it.  We've been playing a lot of the Wii lately, and it's a lot of fun because we all play as a family.  Luke starts golf lessons in a few weeks!  It's a group class with 4 other kids ages 3-5.  We are so excited for him and can't wait to watch him learn and play :)

Ben reads books to Luke every night before bed.  Cole also loves being read to, and will sometimes actually sit through a whole story.  We decided to let him sit in with Daddy and his big brother the other night.  It went well, but I think we will wait a little while until we do it on a regular basis!