A Day at the Park

The weather has been beautiful the last week or so and we have been able to spend a lot of time outside and at the park. Mathias loves to be able to play with the other little boys at the park.

There were other kids there that he was playing with but I didn't think their moms would appreciate me taking their pictures.

Brian and Nickolas

Nickolas loved being in the swing. He was laughing or smiling the whole time.

Trouble...

This is why I usually don't shower unless Brian is home or Nickolas is asleep or at least confined to his crib. This morning while I was in the shower, he unrolled and shredded a roll of toilet paper. Luckily, the roll was almost gone.

I'm a Big Kid Now!

We promised Mathias a bike when he was potty trained and he has finally earned it! Brian took Mathias to pick out a bike a little over a week ago and Mathias was so excited. He rides it all of the time and likes to play with Nickolas on his little bike.

We're so proud of you Mathias!

Mathias trying to get Nickolas to chase him but Nickolas can only go backwards.

Checking out his new wheels.

Mathias and Puppy

A few days ago I was changing Nickolas when Mathias came into the room with his stuffed puppy and sat on the rocking chair. I turned around to see what Mathias was doing and he had his puppy under his shirt “feeding” him. That night at dinner I was telling Brian what Mathias was doing with his puppy and Mathias said, “Puppy was just trying to get my nipples.” We’re not quite sure where he learned about nipples.

Nickinit

That's some yummy stuff!

Want a pea?

Flipping the bird.

Bowling

We took the boys bowling for the first time last night and had a lot of fun.

Nickolas loved watching everything that was going on and eating tater tots.

Mathias had a blast and was so excited to wear bowling shoes and have a bowling ball that looked like Curious George's.

Mathias bowled a 69 and beat his mom. Bowling is a lot harder in real life than it is on the wii. :)

Waiting for his ball.

Mathias did not want to leave or take off his bowling shoes. We had a great time.

Alien Ears

Mathias with his "alien ears." He was laughing so hard at himself I couldn't help but join in.

My brother is so weird.

A Boy with his Friends

Mathias loves all of his stuffed animals and always seems to end up with all of them in his bed. He looked so cute the other night I had to take a picture.

Christmas Clothes

Mathias and Nickolas in their church clothes from Grammy. This is the best picture I could get with them both looking at the camera at the same time.

Nickolas

Mathias on his first Sunday going to sunbeams. He said he was scared to go but he did really well.

Off to Grandma's!

A couple days after Christmas we drove down to Rexburg, ID to see Brian's family. We had a lot of fun spending time with everyone.

Christmas 2009

OK, I'm behind. Here are some of our pictures from Christmas and a couple of Christmas parties that we went to. We stayed home for Christmas and had a great day. The kids had a blast and were spoiled rotten.

Family Pictures

The Ravsten Family

Mathias

Nickolas

Brian and Lindsay

We had family pictures taken after Thanksgiving and I am finally getting around to posting them. I really like how they turned out. The boys were so funny while they were getting their pictures taken.