just roll and twist...like this!

Today we took the kids to the local University's ''Open House'' tour. They got to visit various colleges, get their faces painted, visit/pet animals, look at x-ray's, hear the marching band and their favorite activity: learning how to make soft pretzels in the Grain and Agriculture building. They *loved* it. They were able to help roll out the dough then twist it and use their little thumbs to squish it down. When they were all done they got to sample ones that we're already baked...so much fun for them and fun to watch them. They took it very seriously!

Peanut has bronchitis, and therefore never left his stroller. (walking=wheezing) He liked watching though!

Bubba admiring his finished pretzel

Pooks very excited about his pretzel

and lastly, a pic of all my boys standing next to a tractor that was on display outside the Meat Science building

"dis is da sofa, dis is da kitchen,.."

the other night after supper peanut and bubba proceeded to "take a walk" around the house. well, around the downstairs at least. shortly pooks joined in the fun and i could resist taking pictures. they were holding hands and walking around pointing different things out of peanut {as if he didn't know}. saying things like ''dis is da living room", ''dis is da sofa'', "dis is our kitchen and dat is mommy's kitchen" etc.

 

(pooks liked walking, but not being dragged by bubba)

''and dat is our kitchen"

going on walks (even inside) is fun with your brothers

and what to do after a long walk? well ya take a bath of course! due to their eczema, during the winter they get bathes every other night and they insist on getting bathed all at the same time. they can get pretty freaking wild in there with there splashing and squirting but it's almost always fun.

 

YAY! a simple pleasure--all 3 boys looking at the camera :)

 

 

 

sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero

i read that quote and it just fits perfectly with bubba and pooks.

i know that lately i've been posting a lot about peanut; birthday, walking, haircuts--he is reaching/hitting a lot of milestones and they are exciting! but what is also exciting is all of the boys' relationship with each other. b and i were just talking today about how while bubba calls both pooks and peanut by their real names, both peanut and pooks only call bubba either ''bubba''or ''bra-bra''. pooks can say bubba's real name and chooses not too, he prefers not to i guess. no matter how many times you tell pooks that peanut is his brother too, he'll say ''he's not bra-bra, he's {insert name here}!". it's an odd dynamic that just works i guess.

bubba and pooks are now 3.5 and 2.5 years old. while bubba is older and taller, pooks is tougher and stockier. he loves nothing more than to run over and tackle bubba down. which makes tonight even much more interesting.

tonight they were in a very lovey-dovey, huggy mood. they were playing nicely and being silly. they had these 3-D glasses that B brought home after the movie. they thought they were hilarious! i think the pics speak for themselves =)
yep, having a brother is pretty awesome!