Photo Session!

This week started with Monday off for President's Day. It was so nice to sleep in, hang out in our jammies for awhile, and spend the day with the boys! We met Matt for lunch and just hung out at home for the rest of the day. Tuesday I didn't have school, but did have a teacher meeting day. I was in charge, with another teacher, of the kindergarten meeting. I am so glad that is over for this year, it's just a little stressful! Here are some pictures and videos of us hanging out at home. Sorry about the two videos...I couldn't get Mason to both smile and talk in one video:

Lion and Mason

Mason smiling

Mason "talking"

Mason after his bath

Mason in his jammies, ready for bed

You'll be glad to know that we read the lunch menu for preschool and sent Zane with a lunch on Tuesday like we were supposed to! We'll be sure to always watch that from now on! Matt got a lot of work done this week and weekend in the basement. He finished up the walls and trim in the bathroom and is now ready to install the sink and toilet in the bathroom. I can't wait until it's not "under construction" anymore! I know it's a long process and I'm so glad Matt knows how to do all of that...but it'll be nice to come home and just get to hang out and enjoy our room, not have to have it worked on!

Zane & Mason at Jo's house

Thursday when I picked Zane up at preschool, Miss Michelle told me he wrote his name all by himself on the marker board. I have been trying and trying to get him to do this at home, but he has been less than interested. He does so much more for them! Friday was a pretty nice day, so when we got home we took advantage of the weather and Zane played on his swingset. I was able to get a couple of shots of the boys together. After the pictures, they slid down the slide with my help...Zane was so excited to take Mason down the slide!

Zane & Mason enjoying the nice weather

This weekend we've stayed pretty close to home. We replaced Donkey, the fish who died, this weekend. We got another goldfish with a black stripe down its back and a black tail. Zane named it "Tiger." He was so excited when he woke up Saturday morning and went to check on Tiger, who was still alive! He ran into our room and said "Tiger not dead!" We thought he said "Tiger is dead," so we were thinking we were done getting new fish!

Saturday morning I took Mason for his 3 month pictures. He did SUCH a good job! He looked at the ladies who were trying to make him smile like they were crazy! As soon as he saw me and I talked to him, he was all smiles! They thought he was very handsome, and of course they thought he looked older than 3 months old. Once again I over-bought pictures...but they were so hard to choose from! Here are some of the shots we ordered...you can see them all on our Flickr site:

Mason, 3 months old

Last night we stayed home and grilled steaks. We're trying to enjoy being home since we know very soon we'll be traveling to Iowa every weekend. We love going home and seeing our families, but it's nice to be at our own home also! Take care, have a great week, and see you all soon!

The World According to Zane

• After eating McDonald's at Jo's house, Zane had a "watch" toy from his Happy Meal. He put the watch on in the van and said, "What time is it? It's 7 degrees, it's time to go home!"
• Lately Zane has been telling me, "Oh mom, I like your new baby," or "Mom, I like your new van (not new)." He's also said to Jo, "Jo, I like your new house." He's so complimentary!
• During supper the other night, I was showing something to Matt in a catalog and wanted him to say how nice it was...so he told Zane to tell me that it was adorable. Zane looked at him and said, "That's dumb, Dad. That's really dumb."
• As Mason was sleeping in his carseat, Zane said "When Mason sleeps, he looks like a sheep!"