Sleeping Bags and Special Treats

The other day the boys found Dan's sleeping bag in the closet. So naturally we had to open it up and try it out. I tried to explain what camping was to the boys- no we have not tried to go camping with our two-year-old twins yet, we are not that brave. But they did have a blast playing in the sleeping bag.

Atticus

Isaiah joining in the fun

Sleeping bag made for two

Margie- my dear friend and Covenant roommate came to see us yesterday and brought the boys shamrock cookies. If you can't tell by the picture, they really enjoyed them. It was so sweet of her and very much appreciated by the boys. Sadly I did not take a picture with her when she came, but she got a couple to commemorate her afternoon with the Adams boys.

Enjoying their cookies from Miss Margie

Life for now

Dan has been renovating our bedroom- I only asked him to paint the walls, but this turned into a much bigger project very quickly. We have the dreaded popcorn ceilings throughout the entire house. In our bedroom the ceiling looked particularly bad because the previous owner had stepped through the ceiling (according to our current neighbors) and did a horrible job of patching the popcorn. These are the types of things that we noticed AFTER we bought our house....anyway Dan wanted to take down the popcorn ceiling. Another quirk about our bedroom was that there was a square 80's recessed lighting- that really should not have even been called a light because it gave of less light than a candle- seriously. But to make it worse there was an oddly placed fan (with no light) about two feet away from the recessed light. I am not sure if the oddly placed fan was part of the previous owners "improvements" but I wouldn't doubt it. So Dan wanted to remove the popcorn, he had already taken down the strange fan, and turn the recessed light into a light box for a normal, center of the room ceiling fan with light. This project has taken so long because Dan usually only has a few hours to work on it at night, and some time on Saturday afternoon when I am not sleeping. (I work almost every Friday night, and try to sleep until at least 12 on Saturdays.)

So we have been living in the guest room- surrounded by chaos, and we are both trying very hard to be okay with the mess. I am proud of my husband- I think he has done a great job- so here are a few pictures (I wish I had taken more along the way) of the soon to be finished room. He is painting trim tonight, so hopefully we will be moved in sometime next week. I will post pictures of the completed project when its all finished.

Taking down the popcorn ceiling- tedious and messy

The new color and new ceiling

Where the old recessed light used to be

Tucking me in on Saturday morning- They tell me "Go to bed mommy" and then give me a kiss. A very slobbery kiss.

And lastly this is a very random picture that doesn't really fit with this post, but I got a kick out of it.

This is how my nephew Thomas smiles- I promise that he is not normally this "happy". The boys wanted to try on my head bands today.

Warmer weather

We enjoyed the warm weather that came through a few weeks ago. We spent most of our waking hours outside playing in the sunshine. It has been a dreary cold winter, which has been hard on my outdoor boys. So thankful that Spring is finally here!

Isaiah jamming on the porch with his racket guitar.

Atticus going exploring

Our senior pastor, Jack, recently celebrated 25 years of ministry at our church- wow! We had an awesome time at the party that the church threw for him. The boys enjoyed the dessert the most. :)

More cake please!

A lot of mornings the boys wake up ready to go. The other morning they both were asking for their capes at 7 am, so we had two super heros for breakfast.

Isaiah and Atticus

Dan's parents came to see us at the end of February, which was wonderful! We even went out on a date and ate a meal at a really fabulous restaurant in Augusta that is owned by a friend from church. If you are ever visiting Augusta you should try Frog Hollow- it was awesome!

Atticus with Grandmother

Isaiah with Granddaddy

And finally this is the way the boys chose to end their day. Reading stories with their daddy- hats were a requirement for story time.

Little Dough Boys

The boys got an awesome 24 pack of play dough from their Aunt Allie for Christmas this year. This has really come in handy on cold, rainy days. Normally the boys would stare out the window on these days and beg to go outside. But now that we have play dough, these days are much more tolerable.

They like to make lots of different things with their play dough. Here is a picture of Isaiah making a car noise with his play dough steering wheel.

Here is the look that Atticus gets on his face when I tell him its time to play with the dough.
They have also enjoyed using the little balls of dough as mini bongo drums, here is Isaiah giving me a drum concert.
Lastly, this picture does not have anything to do with play dough, but this is a new things that we are doing. I am trying to let them have a little bit of an opinion in what they wear- so we have a lot of days that look like this:
I started doing this as an experiment, to see if they would want to dress like each other. They do not. But on Sundays, and usually when we go out in public I will still pick out their clothes. Its really fun to see their individual personalities shining through. They have different tastes and different favorite shirts, its always interesting to see what they will choose.

Third time is a charm....

Taking pictures of the boys has become more challenging ever since they learned to crawl....it's even worse now that they are running everywhere. Yesterday I attempted to get a shot of them together, here are my attempts.

Isaiah and Atticus

Moving Again!

I moved us to another blog last year. I have been so bad about blogging this past year- in part because of the problems I had with the new blog site. But this is now our new blog home again. No more excuses, I will be updating more often!

Christmas and Dan's Birthday

Right before Christmas Dan and I drove to Atlanta to buy a Toyota Sienna for the growing family. Dan's Mazda was on its last leg, and with Baby #3 coming in July we really needed a different vehicle. Here's a picture of the kids checking out the new van the next morning.

We were in Augusta for Christmas this year. We had a great time with the family, the boys were champs at opening gifts. They really know how to tear open a present. Isaiah kept trying to guess what his next present was "It's a DVD!" and Atticus kept saying "Another present mommy?"

Isaiah-cookie inspector

Katherine and Thomas

Atticus driving around

Tim, Leia and Claire came over after Christmas, so we had another present opening session with them. The cousins all played really well together and it was fun to see how much Claire has grown.

We celebrated Dan's 29th birthday with his family. We had a great time with them, and the boys got to open Christmas presents again with Aunt Allie. They are very confused about when Christmas is and when it is over. Every now and then they will ask me if it is time for a present. We did have 5 different gift opening times this Christmas season, so I understand the confusion.

Daddy makes a great horse

Celebrating Daddy's 29th Birthday