2 Teeth Grin!

Jonathan has only his 2 bottom teeth still and he loves to show them off! He has a new silly face he makes with his eyes squinty and his mouth open wide. Here's my best attempt to catch it "on film".

What are we going to do when more teeth pop in? I don't think I'll recognize his smile when there's more than the 2 bottom ones showing.

Mr. Personality is showing his 2 teeth, again! Jonathan is developing the best personality, smiling and laughing a lot. It's been fun for me and Matt trying to make him laugh!

Laughter at the Playground!

We finished dinner a bit early tonight so I packed the boys in the car and headed to one of the parks nearby.

Matt is discovering his shadow in this picture. He loves climbing up on the airplane, but still needs some help getting down.

I asked him to say "Hi Daddy" in this picture because Nick is out of town, and it always makes him smile to say that at the phone or the camera. I don't know where the shoulder and arm placement came in!

Jonathan's first fun on the playground swing. He's been on the one at my work, but not on the playground yet because there's just too much to keep track of with Matt. This playground is great because it's a manageable size for me to handle both of the boys (for now!).

All smiles from Jonathan on the swing!

Matt decided he needed a turn to push Jonathan on the swing. Luckily his interest faded before his making "good choices" did. He managed to be gentle enough to keep Jonathan amused.

Here's how it all began! The laughter just increased from here. You can see in the videos below.

Jonathan got a kick out of Matt sliding down beside him and couldn't stop laughing! Don't worry at the end, no one was injured or even cried in the filming of this short movie. Notice in the following 2 videos, Jonathan's placement was increasingly secure! Laughter is just so unpredictable when you don't have all of your protective responses yet.

So, after Matt decided it would be funny to try to slide down the slide Jonathan was on (and I stopped him), Jonathan got relocated to the sand below the slide.

It's not quite as much fun with I join Matt on the slide. Notice how he laughs more when Matt comes down by himself (on the slide where I was sitting, might I add)!

These boys sure keep me on my toes! The tears from laughter sure keep me going though!

Future Trojans

We all donned our Cardinal & Gold for the USC season opener. Nick watched the game over a friend's since the boys were going to be napping, so I got some photos when they woke up!

Jonathan thinks I am a bit crazy these days, but most of the time my craziness makes him laugh.

Here he is modeling his expressive smile and his two teeth!

Check out the new hat! This was one of our many preseason purchases when we went to campus a couple of weeks ago.

This picture doesn't really tell the whole story. Although Matt has a grin on his face, it's because he was trying to get my attention and had just tried to hit Jonathan "in the numbers" and not with a football! Jonathan's rare look away from the camera was because he was trying to figure out why his brother's usually loving hand just tried to whack him! Ah, the sibling rivalry starts early, doesn't it?

So, Jonathan got him back a minute later and gave him a big slobbery open mouth kiss/gnawing on his head. Matt sat up and exclaimed, "Mommy, he slobbery me!"

Popsicles and sun

We brought out the swimming pool again and then turned to popsicles to quench that late afternoon snacky feeling! Here's Matt enjoying his popsicle.

Finish your popsicle and grab the goggles and water gun! Isn't that what you would do?

Jonathan wanted to get in on the pictures!

Matt wanted to clap for Jonathan and decided to go tell Jonathan how "Jonathan excited about the pool, YEA!"

More clapping about Jonathan's (aka Matt's) excitement about the pool!

Practice at USC

We went on another one of our spontaneous morning road trips and went up to USC on Saturday. We had a blast. We happend to catch a football practice as well as band practice. We also sneaked in a bookstore visit so all of the boys had the necessary gear to make it through the upcoming football season.

Here we are enjoying the band practicing, waiting for one of Matt's favorite song.

More waiting for a favorite song!

While we enjoyed the band practice after shopping at the bookstore, Matt threw around his new football. He stopped in his tracks when they began playing a familiar song!

Jonathan dons his USC gear while playing before bedtime.

What's up?

Hey there!

Crazy Hair!

Just a little bathtime fun before a much needed big boy haircut!

Mommy gone crazy!

Nick was out of town for two weeks straight recently, and boy was it a bit crazy around here! I was hurting for something to do with the boys outside the house that wouldn't make all of us go crazier than we already were. We arranged to go to the petting zoo and back to Ruby's Diner with a friend from work and her son. Am I crazy trying to manage things with both of them for such an out of the ordinary trip, probably! But, we had fun in the end!

Here are the boys checking out the chickens!

Karissa and Matt fed the ponies some carrots.

It was a humongous undertaking to get into the area where the goats and sheep hang out. There were wild ones running loose in the gated area. After we corralled the loose ones, we went in with our basket full of carrots. They weren't as aggressive as when Nick & I took the boys a couple of weeks ago, but they were still crazy! Here's Matt walking by an unsuspecting goat on the ramp.

It's Matt!

I told Matt that the goats were eating "Haaaay!" and he went to serve them some!

Matt's friend Van rode the hay pony while waiting for the train ride. Matt didn't feel like partaking in either. We still have the token for the train ride for our next visit.

Matt almost lifted a Tootsie Pop from the store at the petting zoo because he wanted this mystery treat so badly. Here he is after his nap that day, partaking in his Tootsie Pop. He looked at me halfway through, saying "it gonna be chocolate in there". And then, after he was on his last of two or three bites, he looked at me and said, "it grumpy" as he tried to crunch into it. He cracks me up!

Trevino Firemen

At Matt's preschool they had a week long camp where they did special things every day. One day they had a therapy dog visiting all day where they dressed her up, fed her treats, and made all kinds of dog related crafts. Another day they had a bounce house they played in for about an hour! Matt's favorite day though was a trip to the fire station down the street.

Although it's blurry, I love this picture of Jonathan modeling Matt's hat!

Matt loved wearing his new fireman's hat.

Playtime before bath consisted of a fireman's hat for Matt and a school bus for Jonathan.

Since mouthing toys is his favorite thing right now, Jonathan decided to take advantage of Matt's school bus while he had the chance.

Baseball & Water?

When we can, we play out back after naptime while Nick grills up some dinner. I usually put out some foam mats for Jonathan and when Matt has his pool out, the play tent comes in handy to keep the splashing to a minimum off of Jonathan.

Jonathan was just hanging out with me while Matt played in the pool.

Matt decided to combine his two favorite things, the swimming pool and baseball!

Apparently pitching to himself got old, and he was urging Nick to pitch to him in this picture.

I don't know what this one was about, but his stance just made me laugh!

Orange County Fair

On the last day of the Orange County Fair, we made the last minute decision to head up to the fair with the boys. For such a spontaneous trip, it turned out great. We got there when the fair opened and left before the big crowds came. We were all worn out after our time there, but everyone had a good time!

Here's Matt on his first official ride. He's much more of a trooper with rides than I have ever been. He loved riding in the helicopter, but when he realized it was going to go up and not just around, he was a bit scared. He made it through and even asked for more rides.

Jonathan was having a bit of trouble taking his bottle with all of the distractions, but he had no trouble smiling with his daddy for a picture!

The things that only a daddy can get away with includes the biggest ferris wheel I have ever seen. Nick talked Matt into riding it with him. Jonathan and I waited safely on the ground while they rode on the giant ferris wheel.

Here was their view of the fair from about midway up the ferris wheel.

One thing about fairs is the love of gluttony! You see foods you would never see anywhere else, including quantity, anything fried, and some really strange combinations! Here's an example of the crazy quantity you see. Check out that grill!

Chicken AND waffles, a winning combination. Check out the "Totally Fried" section on the left. Everyone needs a fried White Castle burger, not to mention a fried Twinkie! We didn't try any of them, although I was curious what they might taste like, but my better judgment kicked in!

This booth had EVERYTHING you ever wanted fried! I just can't believe the variety all at one stop. You can have a whole fried meal and a heart attack at the same booth!