Calvin chatting away

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Brand new at only a week or so old.

At about 18 months or so.

And at two years old now!

Spring Sun

It was in the low 90's today and it's supposed to get to the 100's by the end of the week! YIKES! Mike didn't have practice tonight, so we decided to go to one of the sprinkler parks this afternoon to cool down. It was a great way to kick off the season of warm weather.

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My new wheels!

My Mother's Day was very nice. I woke up to the girls giving me the cards they had made along with a gift that Calvin and Mike had picked out. I got a stash camera! You know, one that is small enough to stash in my purse for those addicts like me?! hehe

We got ready for church and were actually early for a change. (That's a miracle in itself!) We came home and made some lunch, then headed off to find the other Mother's Day gift Mike had planned. We drove all over (and I mean all over!) the Sac area looking for the prefect bike! I have been researching online for the kind of bike I want and I had it narrowed down to 3 brands. I just wasn't sure which one specifically until I had ridden them. So we hit about 6-7 bike stores and the one at the first store ended up being the winner! Here's my new wheels!

2 Years Ago Tonight...

This was me:

Anxious for the morning to come so we could meet this little Honsal boy! I was going to be induced 2 days early because both the girls were born early and were big. Also because my blood pressure was not remaining steady. It kept spiking randomly. We barely slept the night before in anticipation of tomorrow and who it would bring.

Tell me a story

I started telling Cal stories at night about a month ago. Basically because I just wanted to extend bedtime just a little and soak in the "Calvin-Mommy" time before the day was over. I usually tell the stories about animals and they always do some sort of silly thing. He's gotten now to ask for them. He is attached to the frog and monkey stories for some reason. Now he will say, "Money story, Mommy." or "Froggy one, Mommy." He sits still through the whole story and smiles each time they make their sounds. I love this time.

I'm not a country fan at all, but this song has stuck with me for a while. Check it out....but have some Kleenex handy. ("You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins)

Weeding through things

We have been wanting to have a yard sale for quite some time now, but we just haven't had the opportunity to gather all the things we need to get rid of. Hopefully early this summer when I'm home during the day so that Mike can go through the garage and organize some stuff. The girls and I went through some of their old clothes and stuffed animals today. They play with all their animals often. We keep them in two big plastic tubs under their bed so they can easily be brought out and then can be put back so they are out of the way. We waded through the animals and they each decided on specific ones to give away and ones to keep. Then Jules wanted to pray over the bag so that the children who receive them would be blessed. She can be so compassionate, it melts my heart. So the girls prayed over the animals and of course, Cal wanted in on the idea! He prayed, "Dear Jesus, help Mommy sleep good. Amen."

New phrases and tricks

Calvin says or does something new each day. It's quite hilarious! He'll be two in 8 days!
He can now jump with both feet off the ground.
He runs everywhere!
He asks in full sentences for thing. "Mommy, warm milk please. Help please Mommy. Mia, don't do that!"
He can count 1-10 sometimes. Usually he skips five!
He can sing parts of "Down by the Bay"
He knows all his body parts.
He knows the sounds of the majority of animals.
He knows all the Bob the Builder characters.
Still loves his blankies!
Loves to ride the scooter with Daddy!
He prays, "Dear God, thank you Jesus, love you, Amen"
He loves to play outside, but won't hold a lady bug when Mia wants him to!
He can scream way louder than the girls combined!
When asked if he's Mommy's Boy, he answers, "Yea, Mommy's Boy and Daddy's boy too!"

I'm so A Mom!

Last night while the girls were in the shower, I was laying on my bed with my feet dangling off the side. Calvin was having a ball tickling my toes! Somewhere he found a pen (a ballpoint one fortunately) and was running it around on my calf. I didn't think it was working, but was just wiggling my leg because it tickled. Every time I wiggled it, he would break out in hysterics! So this game continued until I pulled my leg up only to realize that the pen HAD been working!

We are in our last day of testing this morning at school and as my students were having a snack, one of them asks me, "Mrs. Honsal, why do you have pen on your leg?"

Yea, I was embarrassed! I showered...really, I DID! Guess I just forgot to scrub!

Lady Bugs

Mia not only loves butterflies, but lady bugs too. Our roses have been covered with aphids lately. I have been spraying them, but we noticed the other day that there have been some lady bugs on them. So every day Mia goes out and finds a lady bug or two and gets them to crawl on her finger. She loves those little guys. She could be out there for hours watching them and letting them crawl around on her. Calvin thinks it's funny and will watch while laughing with excitement. Mia tries to get him to hold one, and he'll put his finger out there, but as soon as it gets close to him, he pulls his finger away and steps back yelling, "Tickles, tickles!"

It's awfully cute!