The first time attemping to add a video

Ok, here is a video. He wouldn't say what I wanted him to say with just giving him jello so I had to get some leftover pizza out! HE said it right before I started filming but then with some prompting her said it again. Enjoy!!

Yeah and special kisses

My bruises are healing, slowly, but they are getting better. Will is fascinated with boo boos and when Justin had a scrape on the heel of his hand Will would always want to see it and then give it a kiss. Well it is no different with my elbow. He points to his elbow and says boo boo and I know that he wants to see my elbow. He touches it oh so gently and then gives it a very nice kiss. What a sweet child when he wants to be. Other times he is wrestling his sister and the other kids in the neighborhood. Boys!
Will has a special word that he likes to use with everything. Yeah _____ (fill in the blank). It is usually something like; Yeah pizza, yeah ceem(ice cream), yeah daddy. Those are his favorites but you get the idea. He has also learned how to correctly use the word "mine" and that is another favorite when his sister comes around.
I am going to try and get a little video clip of him saying his yeah phrases this afternoon. But since we aren't having either pizza or ice cream it might not work!

steps and parking lots

Well after I made that last post of Friday I went upstairs to get dressed so I could take the kids outside to burn some energy off and try and keep my house a little cleaner. On the way back down the stairs, I was carrying Will and Caroline was following behind me, I slipped and fell down about 5 steps. For those of you who haven't been to my house the steps are steep and are hard wood (no carpet). Right after I fell I look up to see if Caroline is OK and she burst into tears yelling I'm sorry, and Will is crying because even though I managed to hold on to him I did bump his head on the iron spindles. Then I notice that there is fresh blood on his blanket so I frantically check him to see where he is bleeding but don't find anything so I check my self out and I have split my right elbow open. I had to sit at the bottom of the steps for a little bit because I landed all on my left but cheek and left arm right below my elbow and they were hurting! I finally made it to the couch and Will and Caroline stopped crying. Caroline was kind enough to go get me a band aid and even put it on just perfect for me since I couldn't really see the cut. Oh, I forgot to mention that I had on just my socks and was going to get my shoes on on the next floor down. Oh well!!
The thing that I noticed the most was the next morning and day I was so sore, my neck had a kink in it and the bruises started to show and hurt. Justin likes to tease me that since I am now 30 that I am feeling all the pain like the old woman that I am!! Can't fall and recover as easily anymore.

Well on a more positive note the Dave Matthews Concert was awesome and Justin and I had a great time being out together. There were so many people there it was crazy. The only down side was the parking. We got there after the opening bands so we had to park in the back of the parking lot, 2 rows for the end. We sat in line to get out for an hour before we even started the stop and go part. All told it took and hour and a half to get out of the parking lot!! Not a parking lot for the Crissman boys to attempt!! We went around a car where the guy had fallen asleep waiting! It didn't help that they had a bunch of high school boys directing traffic.
Well it is off to take a nap like the rest of the household is doing.

Sick again, ugh!

Well, I have not been doing well with blogging this week. Caroline and Justin were sick earlier this week and now I am feeling like i got hit with a truck. Just trying to maintain a somewhat clean house since my mom and Pete are coming this weekend. But the kids are messing it up faster than I can get it clean! I am hoping to feel better by tomorrow night because Justin and I are going to see Dave Matthews for my birthday. I have never seen them in concert so I am excited to be going.

The easy way

Here is a picture of the kids in the bike trailer. We took our bikes with us and rode several mornings all over the island. We gave the kids some water and a ziplock baggie of dry cereal to munch on and we were good to go for an hour or so.
And I got a break from hauling the kids and Justin found out how heavy they can be! At least there weren't any big hills at the beach and that made it really nice.
If you ever need or want a bike trailer this is the nicest one I have seen and I love it. Thanks Granddaddy and Mimi for getting it for us.

The wheel house

Ok, I know it has been quite some time since my last post. Here are the kids sitting in the suitcase the day before we left "helping" me pack.

Will ready to be at the beach after being in the car for about 10 minutes. He is saying "cheese" in this picture.

Finally after 7 hours and only 1 stop for lunch we made it to the good ole wheel house. I know you are thinking only 1 stop with 2 kids, what are you crazy but they travel really well and Caroline has a bladder of steel and can hold it for ever. We were about 45 minutes away and she tells me she has to go and I tell her we are on 133 in the middle of nowhere and can't stop. No prob she wants to wait and go in the ocean anyway!
The week was great and went by way to fast and we wanted to stay another week of course. The kids weren't afraid of the ocean at all and had a blast running into the surf and trying to jump the waves. It was not the best week for taking the kids out in the water because of all the wind making it fairly rough, but they loved it anyway. Justin and I got good shoulder workouts from lifting them over all the waves. We did have one morning of calm waters and put water wings on Caroline and she loved swimming around.
The drive hoome wasn't as easy as we sat for an hour on the highway due to a wreck that closed it down. It took 9 hours on the way back and we were all ready to be home at that point. I have finished 9 loads of laundry since yesterday and that is why I didn't post.
I am hoping to get more pictures out on Shutterfly tonight and maybe this afternoon depending on how long naps run. I am hoping for 3 hours from both of them which was every day at the beach. Got to love that!!! Can't wait to go back.

Vacation

Well we are off the the beach for a week of fun in the sun!!! Don't know if I will blog while there or not. I didn't get the pictures load of the kids sitting in our suitcase while we were packing so I will have lots of pictures to share when I blog again.