Dylan got a Lincoln Logs for Christmas, here Dylan and daddy are building a house! I think about 5 minutes later Dylan knocked it down! This is what happens when Seth leaves me home alone on days that K-State and KU play...the kid wears PURPLE!! I believe when K-State and KU played football this year I ran some errands before the game and I came home and Dylan was all decked out in KU, so I don't5 feel too bad!!!

Saturday night some friends came over for Tacos and Games! This is our friend Dave and his son Jaxon! Dylan was getting ready for bed, so excuse the random PJs!!

The other night Dylan had a buddy in bed with him-Toby! Dylan thought it was so funny that Toby was in his bed!

I was so proud! Dylan has known his shapes and colors for quite a while now, but I wasn't sure what he would do if I said to color the square yellow...well he did just what I wanted him to do! He colored just that shape the color and didn't just scribble all over the page!!

A little talk Dylan and I had today! Don't worry, I am not brain washing Dylan, on some days he says wildcats are yucky, when I say Go Wildcats he will tell me Go Jayhawks...so it just depends on his mood! I don't want Dylan to be JUST a Wildcat or Jayhawk fan, I want him to like both, but there is NO way I will EVER like the Jayhawks because I AM A WILDCAT!!!!!!!!!! Go Cats!!

What is Old?

According to Dylan 30 is old!! My sister turned 30 this month and when we were getting ready for her birthday lunch I was reminding Dylan to tell Aunt Ashley Happy Birthday. I was telling him that she was turning 30 and I decided to add in that she was old!! Well when they got to the lunch I said tell Aunt Ashley Happy Birthday! He not only said Happy Birthday Aunt Ashley, he also said, You're old! Well last night Seth asked Dylan if he was staying home with his old mom (he's older than me--so I am not sure why he said that!!) Dylan said, mommy not old, Aunt Ashley is!!!! Today she came to visit and he told her several times that she was old! When asked how old mommy was, his answer was 3. When asked how old Aunt Ashley was, his answer was old!! I just grinned and said, sorry!!!! She will forever be old to him!!

Here is Dylan and his "old" Aunt Ashley!

Way to go Seth!

So proud of my husband!! Seth got his 5th 300 game in bowling! Seth has been bowling since he was young-his entire family bowls! Seth got his first 300 game (if you are confused-a 300 game is all strikes-12 to be exact!!) in 2004. His older brother got one and then Seth got one a few days later--http://www.cjonline.com/stories/112404/bow_weekly.shtml-this is an article the paper did about them when it happened!! Seth ended up getting another one a couple weeks later too. Unfortunately I am never there when it happens! When you get a perfect game you also get a ring and a jacket! Luckily Seth doesn't wear the rings! He has 4 now-one is for a 800 series-that is over 800 for 3 games-which I guess is harder that getting a 300! He will get another to add to his collection along with a new jacket to hang in our closet!! It is a pretty big deal for Seth and his family! It is something that he loves to do and that he is very good at. He has been in the Top 10 for all of Topeka and the Top 10 for the bowling alley that bowls at. There have been several teams here in Topeka that ask Seth to be on their team-my mom's maintenance guys even had Seth be their ringer one year in their company bowling tournament-and yes they did go home with a trophy that night thanks to my husband! So, way to go Seth... Dylan and I are very proud of you.

And just for the record...Seth doesn't ask me to bowl with him...I would be lucky to get a total of 300 in 10 games!!

I always tell Seth that I want to put his rings on a necklace and wear them!!!

Potwin Pottery

One of my favorite things to do it go to Potwin Pottery-it is a place here in Topeka were you go and paint anything you want! I take Dylan when we are bored and just paint something for fun! This year we took Dylan so he could make a plate for Santa's cookies! I did most of the work-Dylan just put his hand print on it! I thought it turned out pretty cute! This is a plate I made when my friends Tabatha and Heather came in town (Tabatha-your plate will be in the mail tomorrow!) I was pretty proud of my plate! I can't wait until next year when I can make some goodies to put on my plate!

This is one that Dylan made all on his own! He picks out colors and goes to town. This is the second plate he has done. We also went back and he made a bowl! Next time I want him to paint a bank!

Fun at the Zoo

We were so lucky to have some beautiful days last week while I was off. Dylan and I took full advantage of it and went to the zoo. He wanted to ride the train, but I told him it was closed for the winter. He went ahead and informed me that it would be back in 30 minutes! All three of the monkeys were pretty active that day. He named them mommy monkey, daddy monkey and baby monkey! The giraffes are our first stop every time. He runs right up there and we usually stand there for several minutes! This time I didn't want to stay too long, you may notice the giraffes are very close-let me put it this way-they were being very friendly with each other! Thank goodness I was there with a 2 1/2 year old and not 20 3rd graders!

As we were leaving all the animals he would say...bye bye giraffes, we'll be back in 30 minutes! Over break Dylan kept telling me things would happen 30 minutes-like grandpa will be here in 30 minutes, daddy will be home in 30 minutes...so funny, but I have no clue were he got it from!

Happy 30th Birthday Ash!!

OK, so I am the bad sister and I am a few days late for Ashley's big birthday! I can't believe my sister is 30 years old...that means I will be 30 in a year and a half!





Some of my favorite memories with my sister are...
Switching up our bedrooms when we were younger! Whenever we had a vacation from school Ashley and I would always trade rooms or combine our rooms! Sometimes we would decide that my room would be our "study and dressing" room since we would put our dressers and desks in there. Then her room would just have our beds. I think most of the time we would switch back to normal not long after. I think there were also times my parents would come home with a bed on the stairs-we would get worn out and stop-thats what dads are for...right!!
Road trips...when we moved from KC to Topeka when we were in high school (her) and middle school (me) we would take little road trips to KC to visit friends and shop. When were in college we would take road trips to Texas to visit our friend Jamie. After Ashley graduated she went to Texas for several months and I even made that trip on my own to visit her once.

TV-when we were in elementary school we would always race home to "call" who got control of the remote. That was in the day when there was only 1 TV in the house. I knew if she got the remote we would have to watch sports or Jerry Springer-or something along those lines. If I got the remote she knew she would be stuck with The Brady Bunch!

Cooking...when we were younger Ashley and I would experiment some in the kitchen to try and surprise our parents, back then it never turned out too good! These days we still like to cook together. We get together for holidays to make treats-it is always a lot of fun!

Our differences...I always played with dolls, played school, all the girly things. Ashley always had her nose in a book. She would read all the time. She would finish a book on the car ride to our grandparent's house and I would use her as my pillow and sleep! If she wasn't reading she was watching sports. My sister is the biggest sport nut! When I went to Vegas several years ago I got her a licence plate that said, I would rather be home watching sports center, and it is so true! Which brings me to my next one...
K-State Football!!!!!!!! When I was a freshman at KSU Ash was a junior. I went to every game with her and some other friends. At that time I knew NOTHING about football! That girl taught me all I know when it comes to touchdowns, first downs, fumbling, turnovers...trust me there is still a lot for me to learn but I know the basics! She was very patient and a very good teacher. She even taught me the fight song and all the wonderful K-State traditions. While talking about that fabulous school we are both alumnus from... I was so lucky to have Ashley at K-State when I was there. There were so many times my freshman year she would come over to help me with algebra and biology. She would come over just to do flashcards with me. She was so helpful and cared so mush about how I was doing with school work.
Another favorite one from our college days were our weekly dinners. Her and I would have dinner every Wednesday. It was that little thing we did every week to catch up and just hang out. As adults we still do dinners. Before we were married we started dinners every Wednesday and traded off houses each week. We continued this for several years. It was just last year that we changed it to every other week-things get so busy but it is a time I always look forward to ( Ash, lets do our house next week!).

Ashley is also an awesome aunt! She loves Dylan so much. He is one lucky guy to have such a wonderful aunt. She takes care of him when ever needed, takes him shopping and best of all bakes with him! She is quite the baker and whips up some yummy treats!

I love you Ash! Happy Birthday-sorry it is a few days late!

Bike Riding Fool

Here is Dylan riding his new bike! Luckily we have had a couple nice days so he could ride it outside. As you can see he has no problems riding it. It took him about 30 seconds to get a hang of it. I am just amazed at how well he does. Everyone says he will be ready for no training wheels this summer, but mommy won't be-so they may stay on! Thank goodness Dylan got Seth's athletic abilities and not mine!!