my new PICTURE blog!

Head on over to my Shutterfly Share site BLOG to continue to see soooo many cute pictures of the boys and read what they are up to!

http://laurajeffspictures.shutterfly.com/blog

a blog no more.....

I will no longer be posting on this blog (or any of my "blogger" blogs).  

I seem to have reached my quota in photo storage so I can't upload anymore pictures - and what is a blog without pictures???    

When I have some time I will try to find a way to blog on my Shutterfly "Share" site.  

But that may be a few weeks....  

Until then I will continue to just add pictures to my share site.  

The address is :  http://laurajeffspictures.shutterfly.com/

So long, it's been fun  :(

Beautiful Afternoon!

This afternoon about 1:45pm I shooed the boys outside because they were driving me mad in the house (this whole no - nap thing......)  and it was so nice out.  So we went outside.  Then Jack asked to go to Oakwood Park, at first I said no, but then gave in - as long as Jack would go to the bathroom first (it's always a battle) his reply - It's warm out, and I LOVE going pee outside......  oh, boys.........

So we drove over to Oakwood all set for some fun running and sliding.

But when we got there all the grass and sidewalk areas were COVERED in goose poop.  And I mean COVERED!!!!  It was disgusting.  At least the toys were clean, but it got on Jayden's shoes a few times and it was hard keeping them by the toys....  so we played for a bit, then walked around a little, then we just went to visit Grandpa & Hershey - that was cleaner... (we were sure to do-poop ourselves at the back door).

 Jumping - this was a hit (with them) until Jayden fell and probably just about broke his little arm.....  (that's Jack in mid-air)

What a nice mid-November day!

Night time fun!

Since Jayden stopped napping, later in the evening he'll just all of a sudden fall asleep.  Sometime it's on the chair while watching tv in the living room, sometimes it's on my lap in his room while reading books with Jack, sometimes he'll just crawl into bed with his puppies all on his own and go right to sleep.  I don't mind this too much, however, sometimes I do keep him out with me to cuddle while I watch tv, even if he's out-cold.  I need some quiet time with those boys during the day!!!!

He's such a sweetie :)

 And Jack has been having fun playing with daddy's tablet in the evening.  They find all kind of fun and funny games to play.  And he spends time practicing his letter & mat-man, too !

Pajama Day!

To celebrate the end of First Quarter Jack's school had a "pajama day" on Friday.  He was very excited the day before and that morning.  But he did pack regular clothes for after school - because he said "it isn't pajama day at Mrs. M's!"

Boys day at the pond!

I wasn't there - but looks like they had lots of fun exploring!!!  

(I had a fun morning exploring Brookfield Square Mall.......)

Crafts

 Jack drew this picture at 5 in the morning -after being up earlier than that- on Sunday (after turning the clocks back an hour...  why why WHY?????)

 Jack brought these shells home from his trip to the B'Haven last weekend.  We cleaned them out and let them dry then I put them in a jar and glued the top on so Jack can look at it, but nothing will fall out - there was some nasty stuff in some of those, and they smelled BAD!

This afternoon Jack & I made noodle turkeys.  The first one I planned out for him to do and then he did one of his own design :)  ...he sure LOVES glue.

Halloween!

 On our way to Trick-or-Treat in the more "chocolate candy friendly" neighborhood of the Fall's (aka, not by our house).  Bug didn't want his picture taken.

 Our first stop - GG & Cappy's :)

 We walked around GG & Cappy's subdivision for about an hour, then drove back home, Jayden wanted to be done but Jack & I walked up and down our street to see our close neighbors who were participating.

They took in a good load - good thing too, I really needed some good chocolate this week after having to deal with these monsters...... 

Jack at the B'Haven!

Jack has been asking for weeks and weeks when he can go to the B'Haven Lodge with Grandma & Grandpa - by himself!  Well the weekend finally arrived!  Jack was very surprised and excited when I told him he's be going on Friday afternoon.  GG & Cappy said he was a very good & busy boy :)

 Playing games before Friday night dinner at the Hillcrest.

 Watching Cars before bed.

 Early Saturday morning Lincoln Log building.

 Breakfast eggs, I'm told Jack cooked!

 Working & Playing!

 Cleaning the boat.

 Looks like they went on some adventures "_

 Checking out where the water used to be in the drained lake...

 Saturday night pizza outing.

And Jack favorite part - campfires!

I sure missed my boys, can't wait til he gets home :)

Jayden Trick or Treats at the Zoo!

Yesterday Jeff & I took Jayden to "Boo at the Zoo" trick or treating as something special to do while Jack was away at the B'Haven Lodge.  We were at the zoo for about 2 hours and then headed down to the pond to play for a while before Jayden stayed with Grandma & Grandpa while Jeff & I went out to dinner at Red Robin in Kenosha.  It was a fun, busy, cool fall day!

 Jayden choose to be a bug again!

 Sitting enjoying some hot cocoa and smarties after our first trick or treat stop in the primates building.

 Checking out a spooky scene outside the bat building!

 Giant pumpkin!!!

 Checking out the carved pumpkin displays was cool.

 Jayden was not too into walking on this trip - he wanted me to carry him a lot.  I think he was a little lost without Jack around.  

 Checking out the lion cubs outside.  We also saw one of the big ones and the cheetah and other "big cats" inside the building - that was Jayden's favorite part.  He was roaring like a lion and waving and talking to them.

 Checking out the cows in the milking barn.

 Our last stop was a carousel ride.  Jayden was only mildly amused.....

The weather was good and we got a nice walk out of it - but I don't think we'll made trick or treat at the zoo a yearly tradition.  Jayden got hardly any candy (just a few very small pieces) and we really didn't see many animals.