Nate and his body part!

Nate is all about body parts these days! The boy will flash his bebo (Belly button) to anyone who will look! (just ask all the lovely people at Meijer who he flashed this week!). He loves to show you his eye, ears, nose and mouth and poke at yours! Nate is such a big joker! Enjoy Nate is all his cuteness!

Happy Birthday Grammy! (Two days late but we have a good excuse!)

Happy Birthday Grammy! We have been trying to get a video greeting from the boys for 3 days and mass chaos has ensued! Those who have tried to capture both boys on film know that it is like catching a glimpse of the yeti! But Eli really wanted to go for it tonight! So Grammy, we love you and Happy Birthday!

Lake of the Woods Park: Toddlers on the Loose

Running like a wild man up the trail, into the bushes and out of sight!
The King Men!
Nature boy Nate! Look at the grin!

We went back to Lake of the Woods nature preserve today to take advantage of the amazing weather we are having! 85 degrees in mid-october! Crazy! We loves this place so much. It is gorgeous! The boys love being outdoors in the "wild" as much as we do! I cant wait until we can go camping, fishing, and hiking as a family! (That will be when I can go to sleep in the tent with the happy knowledge that Nate will not have escaped in the middle of the night!).

Birthday Party Fun

Eli saying cheese!
Nate was trying to shove the birthday boy out of the fire engine. he wanted it all for himself! 
Eli is the youngest of this older set! Look at that happy face! 

We had such a fun morning on Saturday! It was Eli and Nate's friend Harrison's 3rd birthday party! There was a firetruck to climb all over which was so much fun! It was a great day! 

Meet Ramone

Meet Ramone! Ramone is our new double jogging stroller and he is something special! He is one of only 2 double joggers that are big enough for my extra-tall boys to grow in to! He is also wide enough for them to sit comfortably (Yep, we are not small people and we like our space!). 

Best of all, Ramone is a smooth-riding monster truck type of stroller that can handle anything we throw his way! Ramone joined our family on friday during nap-time. I put him together and the boys and I took our first run together to a park 1.5 miles from here! (and by run I mean staggered up a small 1.5 mile hill at a near stand-still pace, before collapsing on the playground and setting the boys free while I tried not to puke). We had a great time at the park and had a great run DOWN HILL on the way home. 

Now, I have just gotten back into running and have been feeling pretty great about my progress thus far! But running with Ramone is something entirely different! People, that is a 33 pound stroller with 69 pounds of man strapped into it! 102 pounds of madness! 

We are heading out for run 2 tomorrow morning! It is such a fun thing for the boys and I to do together! They love the speed and chant "run, run, run" at me! What great motivators! 

P.S. Eli named Ramone after the coolest car in the Disney "Cars" movie!

The Belly Button Boys (Nate calls them bebo's)

Nate loves a book by Sandra Boynton called the "Belly Button Book". In this book, belly buttons are called bebo's and this is what Nate calls his belly button (and Eli's too). 

Nate loves showing off his belly button and exploring under shirts for other peoples belly buttons! Check this out! 

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: As Performed by Song Bird Eli