The Great Update - April & May

*WaRnInG* - This is a super long post.
I thought about spacing some of it out over the next week, but the days are getting warmer & warmer, which means I'm spending less & less time on the computer...so I'll just get this over with in one giant post:

LOGAN
(A.K.A. Mr. Mischief)

From Great Update Photos

Logan is our little tornado. He basically goes from one destructive act to the next all day long. He slams cupboards and doors, pulls out all the toys, makes messes with his food, torments his brother and yet still has us all wrapped around his little finger. He doesn't do anything half-way...he's a very stubborn and outgoing little stink and we all love him dearly.

One of my favorite captured Logan moments:

(The look on his face explains it all. He is so proud of himself & finds himself extrememly funny)

Logan is staring to talk like crazy. He can say "juice", "yeah", "nap", "shoes", "jump", "cheese", "thank you", "all done", "stinky" and "diaper". He loves to wave bye bye, although he doesn't actually say goodbye, but instead says, "see ater".

Oh yeah, and he can say, "boo!"

Logan has two things that he absolutely loves -
First, he loves cars & trucks, well, anything with wheels really. He makes all the vroom vroom noises, pushes them all over the house, down the stairs, through our backyard and on every bit of furniture we own. The boy LOVES his vehicles.

Second, he loves to stick things in his nose. Unlike his first love, which we think is adorable, this second love is one habit we would like to break him of.
This is the latest item I had to tweezer out of his little nostril:

(He gets sooo upset when he can't get it OUT of his nose, but for some reason the getting it IN his nose is hilarious)

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KORBEN
(A.K.A Sweet Funny Boy)

Korben has always been and continues to be a Daddy's boy. I know he loves me, but his Daddy is his favorite for sure. I love seeing them together because not only do they look so much alike, but Korben has his Daddy's silly personality, and between the two of them I laugh most of the day.

Some of my favorite Korben moments:

(Korben loves to play computer, but lately has taken his playing to a whole new level - literally, from the chair, to the the desk)

(I guess Korb does have a little hint of mischief in him. Look at that cheesy, I'm-not-going-to-get-in-trouble-am-I? look)

Korben is continuing to progress with his speech. He is constantly saying funny things that keep us smiling. One funny in particular happened just yesterday. He wanted some cookies, and when he wants something, he can only get it by asking for it with a full sentence. So here was our conversation:

K: Cookies!
Me: How do you ask for something?
K: I want cookies please.
Me: Okay, you can have two cookies. Now what do you say? (We are working on thank you's)
K: I want cookies please.
Me: No, I already gave you cookies, so NOW what do you say?
>Insert Pause<
K: I want MORE cookies please... :D

Two of Korben's favorite things to do:

(The boy LOVES to paint. Thank heavens for washable paints!)

(He also LOVES to play with water, and water guns are his new favorite toy. So I'm able to kill two birds with one stone by having him use his water gun to water our plants...hehe)

Korben's final funny has to do with his sleeping habits. He's kind of an insomniac, which means that he often falls asleep in the most random places and positions. It's hard to send him to bed when we can get pictures like this:

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MIKE & KATE

In my last post (forever ago) I mentioned that Mike & I had been "rock-climbing" at the rec center. These aren't the best pictures, but they are the only ones I had so...

(It's kind of embarrassing to have your bottom all accentuated by the harness, but worth it for the fun)

Our only other item of note was participating in the 5K "Fun Run" last Saturday. We decided to dress up this year for a little added fun, which resulted in a lot of extra sweat and nearly dying of heat stroke, but we still had a blast. Since the run goes along the parade route, there were nearly 150 thousand spectators watching us run. It was fun to be dressed up as a doctor because kids and adults alike would call out "doctor" or "dentist" or "surgeon", or (my personal favorite) "nurses are hott!" :D The kids would stand on the sidelines with their arms out to get high-fives, and I got to feel pretty cool for a bit since they were so happy to get a high-five from a "real" doctor. ;0) Here we are all dressed up for the run:

From Great Update Photos

If you want to see some pics of the race & crazy costumes you can visit http://www.backprint.com/view_event_photos.asp?PID=bp%18%7EA&EVENTID=48632&PWD=&START=181&SHOW=60&CAT=0&SUB=0 (I think there are around 5000 pics, but some of them are really great)

These are the 2 pics out of 5000 that they got of us:
http://www.backprint.com/view_user_event.asp?PID=bp%18%7EA&EVENTID=48632&BIB=722&S=230&PWD=

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THE GARDEN

Our garden is doing really well. Other than the cucumbers and onions that seem to be taking a lot longer than the others, our plants our growing like crazy. It's amazing what a little sunshine & water can do eh?

And finally, here are the first "fruits of our labor" that we are going to enjoy tonight:

So there you have it. We are having lots of fun, playing hard, working hard, and just living life like everybody else. Here's hoping the next blog won't be so long!