the day we went to the CIRCUS

We took the boys to their first CiRcUS experience in clovis, new mexico this past sunday. A small traveling circus was quite the hit for 2 little guys and us. The boys sat..yes i said sat, in amAzEMenT and StIlLnEss (out of the norm for a 2 1/2 and 1 year old) for over 2 hours while munching on popcorn.

Their little faces and clapping hands just had us melting!!  It is amazing how their personalities come out when they are in a different environment. From lil nathan doing a rock star head shake and he has all the hair to do that.. to max screaming and clapping with excitement when the crowd was cheering. Nathan and i just kept looking at each other and laughing at how funny our kids are.

During intermission we had some fun:

we all know how much i love elephants...the boys and i ALL had our first ride!!!

this is full concentration for a toddler

more popcorn please!

the nathan's hands

enjoying these special moments with the boys! they will not remember this but we will never forget our little family of 4 going to the circus.

My LiL heART bReAkERs

my boys and their "heart breaker" pj's...cause one day they will grow up, go to college, fall in love, leave their momma and break my heart. but that is life:) until then they are my valentine!!

...valentines evening...

gg and ge sent the boys and us a valentine box full of surprises! every time a box arrives from the ups man (which is quite often), natey assumes it is a present for him.

max clapping for the box

max happy

max must climb on all object's

lots of wow's! first thing nathan goes for is the "cars" book!

opening his valentine card

max and his new elmo book

love every inch of these boys

lounging

making "chickens"..translation.."eggs"

max loading the dishwasher

 

like daddy, like son (i have a feeling max was a lot like his dad as a baby!!!)

homemade banner by me

 

SeNDing you lot's of HUgs and KissEs!!

thank you gg and ge for all the chocolates (the whole family enjoyed that) the quickcam for our laptop (let's chat soon) the boys loved their new books, i especially loved my new stella & dot bracelet and loved all the heart shaped kitchen towels and measuring spoons! you know hearts are my favorite !!

TrACtOrS & sNOw

Boys will be boys and they sure do like their BIG toys!!!

Good thing we have lots of tractors to go around for these guys. Since moo-ving over to dairy land lil nathan's vocabulary has grown to be very agriculture related such as: "chows" (he pronounces the word cow with a ch so it sounds very italian..ciao), tractors, gator, milk truck, mac (from the movie cars is what he calls all semi-trucks), hay, chickens, cattle, fields, his moo could be mistaken for a real live baby cow, and the best is MY DAIRY!!!!! i couldn't be happier! o honey child you steal my heart everyday!

mY TeXas BoYs

there is our cotton seed pile growing and growing

lucky me to be the mom and wife of these guys

just love this..can you imagine the places those feet will go.

hello tractor boy..who could really sit in this tractor all day if he could

got to see mama's feet too!

o my brave maxwell

pioneer women is obsessed with her husband's wrangler tush....i am crazy for this lil cowboys bee-hind!!

and then the snow....

it was a freezing 6 degrees out and nathan would not come in the house

playing with his tractors is all he cared about

(we now have gloves don't worry)

snowy dairy..nathan could post a very long blog of all that went wrong at the dairy caused by all this white stuff and below freezing temperatures,,,but we want to keep this a friendly blog and will just enjoy the pretty pictures:0

the cows

milk barn

this is how you dress folks for the cold on a dairy farm

hay never looked so pretty

swiss bull waiting for his ladies to come back from being milked

random old tractor on the side of the road...rusty and lonely. we all have those days!

 

max wanted to play in the snow just like his brother, but quickly discovered he dislikes the cold

Snowflakes are kisses from heaven. 

~Author Unknown