Brothers.

I felt like I needed to immediately record this moment in time: THE BOYS ARE PLAYING NICELY TOGETHER!

There is usually some sort of wrestling or yelling about toys that goes on, but they are cooperating right now. Amazing.

AS PROMISED:

Karate master Isaac! Since this belt promotion he has been way more excited about going. I think it helped that his Grandpa, Grandma, and Grandma Peg were there. Made him feel like it was a big deal. He is now the proud owner of a white advanced belt.   =)

That's what I'm supposed to do, right?

Today, I left Seth alone for 30 seconds. The result? He took his diaper off and peed on it.


Not cute.

ALSO! Bbq..

Forgot to mention in my last post that we also got to spend time with Chrystal, Scott, Doreen, and the kids over Spring Break. Doreen (Kevin's Mom, a.k.a. Nana, a.k.a. Mom-in-law) moved to Texas this past Sunday, so the weekend before we got together for a BBQ. It is always fun to get the kids together, and it was a nice send off for Doreen. We'll miss her, but thankfully we can always keep in touch through phone, facebook, Skype, email, this blog, etc. What did people do before this thing we call the interwebs?

Here is a picture from the BBQ. Kevin is getting mauled by children (as always), and Seth is looking like Godzilla. SAVE THE BABY DOLL!

Life, currently.

What is new in the Calkins household?? So much that I'm too busy to remember to update my blog, apparently.

Isaac had spring break last week and today is his first day back. Not gonna lie, it's kind of nice to have my 3 hours of peace back. Seth naps the whole time that Isaac is at school, so this is the ONLY time I have to clean, eat, THINK, BREATHE. Cleaning is useless when Seth is awake because he just follows behind me to undo everything I just did. Eating is impossible while he is awake unless I want to give him every other bite. AAaaaand when Isaac was home every day he kept me on over-drive trying to keep his 5 year old self entertained. Swear, parenting is much harder when your child can tell you he is bored.

Is this a post complaining about my children? LOL swear we ALSO had fun last week. We went and visited my mom in San Jose, which is like Disneyland for the kids because they are so spoiled. Candy at 10am? Sure, why not! There is a whole train room in their house that Isaac lives in while he's there, and every single Cars toy you could want. And we can't escape watching Polar Express at least once. The boys are in heaven while we are there, and Isaac always tries to become invisible when it is time to leave haha.

Their birthdays are in less than a month!! Cannot BELIEVE they'll be 6 and 2. My baby boy is not a baby anymore, and my big boy is a freakin BOY. Like a boy that has a sense of humor, pulls pranks, is affectionate, and is annoyed by his parents now and then. So proud of who he is. OH also.... he has a belt promotion on Thursday to get his yellow belt! I mentioned last post that Kung Fu Panda was helping his enthusiasm...wellllll Kung Fu Panda is apparently uncool now, so he hates going (again). I have to fight to get him there every week, but I just know that it is a good thing for him. Pushes him out of his comfort zone and teaches him how to deal with that. I'll take a picture and post it on Thursday. :)

I feel like this post was ridiculously random, but our life mostly feels random because it is SO PACKED. Promise I'll update more. Have I promised that before?

I'm toying with the idea of starting a separate blog that isn't only about the boys... just worried that I'll never update!