Happy Easter!! - 2011

Easter started Saturday morning with a visit to Daisy State Park! The boys had a great time on the playground and then making crafts. They chose to make cane poles and bees wax candles!

We dyed Easter eggs that evening. Gus was much more interested this year. He actually made it until almost the end. I was washing some of the cups when we finished when I realized Bo WASN'T finished! He took a couple of the eggs and re-dyed them! Too cute! Sometime in the process the blue cup got knocked over and the boys turned to Smurfs...they thought it was funny!

Blue toes

Blue fingers

Barry was having a blast! (:

The boys spent the night with Mom and Dad because we had to be at church at 7:30 to cook breakfast. We had so many people show up we ran out of seats and food!! (good thing I brought 3 boxes of cereal that Barry said I didn't need!!) During Sunday school, Carrie Jo gave the Resurrection lesson with the eggs then we had an egg hunt! Gus only cried half the time this year...versus the entire time last year. He gets overwhelmed easily...poor baby!

Bodee resting before the big hunt!

Papaw and Bo

He didn't cry as long as he got the egg!!

Bo had fun!!

Sooo many kids! LOVE it!!

After church we went to Mamaw Ceola and Granny's house for dinner and egg hunt. We had a good time visiting with everyone and the kids had an even better time egg hunting!

Gus, Jenna, Bo

The boys

Me and Kinz

They LOVE Barney!!

Yes, I look crazy with my head all throwed back but we're all together,

no one is crying, and it's not blurry!!! haha!

McKinzie and Jenna Grace

Bodee Odie finding eggs!

I love this sad, sad picture! He was having a melt down because Jenna was finding eggs, yet he was still hunting at the same time!!

Aunt J leading the kids in the right direction...

Mom and Nic

Hannah and Michelle

Bo and Jenna lovin'!

Bo's melt down. When we left he was asleep within 5 minutes and slept for 4 hours!!

Hope you all had a Happy Easter!!! Praise God for what this day represents!!!

Spring Time

A few pictures of the past few days!!

Summer #3 with the Gator...it's holding strong!!

He's telling me he wants his OWN Gator!!

Momma and Bodee Odie

Thumbs up!!

Double thumbs up!!

Brotherly love

Being goofy!

Whatever Gus does, Bo does...

Goofballs

Gus Buster and Bodee Odie

Sweety

Look at those adorable dimples!!

Hugs!!

"Mom! Take a picture of our booties!"

Rainy Day = Toy Story 3, milk, juice, and blankies!!

Boys

A few snap shots from today with my new purple Kodak...

Lovin' eachother...for the moment...(:

Being silly!

Grrrr...

"Ahhhh...!!

Silly face...

Cheese!!

Pretty boy!

Bodee taking a ride

Bubba on his bike

Bodee's Puppy Dog Face

This is the lip he gives when he wants something!!

Easter Bunny 2011

Gus and Bo with the Easter Bunny

April 16, 2011

Mom and I took the boys to see the Easter Bunny yesterday at the mall. Gus was sooo excited the whole way over there. I thought he might get scared once we got there, but he just got more excited!! He was petting his face and arm and talking to him!! Bodee on the other hand...!!! He was fine as long as he wasn't sitting in his lap! Soon as he got down he said, "My not like Easter Bunny. I crynanin (crying)!" While we were waiting on our picture to develop Bo was waving, blowing kisses, and playing peek-a-boo with the bunny!

Gus and Bo

(I appologize for the layout of this post. It's hard to read the sayings of each of the boys. I've changed it and spaced it 40 different ways but it just keeps jumbling it together! You fellow bloggers out there, is there a trick to make it space right?!?!) So it's been awwwwwwhhhiillle since I've posted!! After 6 years my camera finally took it's last photo! I got a new one last night so I plan to start updating more often! I wanted to blog a little about Gus. He's 4 now and his mind is a never-ending-wheel-turning-sponge!! I knew kids asked lots of questions, but I had no idea!! But his questions are not just "why this" and "why that" type questions. He wants to know MORE! I'll list some questions below...

Bodee is also VERY vocal for just turning 2. He carries on conversations now and he and Gus have the sweetest talks!! I've tried to capture a few of his sayings as well...

Gus' questions: "Why did Poppy not build our house in Amity closer to Mrs. Nina?" (We told him Poppy gave us our house. He now thinks Poppy builds ALL houses.) "Does Heaven have kitchens?" "Why does Jesus make us have tornadoes on Earth?" "Does Heaven have tornadoes?" (LOTS of Heaven questions lately...) "Why are ants here?" "What's under dirt?" "What do worms make?" Gus - "How do you make a snake in my name, Momma?" Me - "A snake?" Gus - "Yeah that name that goes like a snake!" (he draws something...) Me - "Oh an S! You write it like this..." Gus - "When I'm a Papaw and you're a Memaw, I'll have a mustache and we'll live in Mrs. Nina's house." Gus - "I'm a MAN, Bo!" Me - "Gus, do you want Momma to get another baby like Adi?" Gus - "No. Bo's enough." Gus - "Momma, what are we gonna do with him? I guess we'll have to sell him!" (talking about Bo when Bo does something he's not supposed to!!) Gus - "Momma, what are we gonna do with him? I guess we'll sell him to Scott so he can take him to jail!" (talking about Barry when he aggravates him!!) Gus - "When I grow up I'm gonna make garage doors. I'll make little ones for little boys to park their Gators in! I'll bring you a garage door, too, Momma." Me - "Bodee, what do you want to be when you grow up?" Bo - "A big truck." Bo - "I wub ewe da mos, Momma!" (he says this at the TOP OF HIS LUNGS! so sweet!) Bo - "Jump shake ewe booty!" (he says this in a very HIGH pitched voice while shaking his booty!) Bo - "My do it!" (he says this about...EVERYTHING!!) Bo - plip plocks - flip flops pour wheeleler - four wheeler crynanin - crying Gus also thinks he remembers his birth. He remembers coming out and seeing Memaw and Papaw standing there. He turned around and saw a hole in my belly. The doctor was gluing it back together and some dropped inside my belly. He got it out for me. Thank you, Gus. Gus can play the Wii all by himself. He knows how to plug it up, put a game in, get it started and choose games. He can even pick 2 players if Bo wants to play. All of the games have different levels and such. He knows which level does what and can go back and forth between them. It amazes me! Gus - 4 years old - 36 lbs. 9.6 oz. - 41 6/8 in. tall He had his 4 year shots in February and cried for just a little bit. He was quite a handful getting them done though! I took him and Bo to Wal-Mart afterwards to get a prize. Bo picked out a truck and Gus picked...nothing! He said he wanted Sonic ice cream instead! Favorite foods - hot dogs, bologna sandwiches, brocolli, cheeseburgers, mac-n-cheese, chicken strips and ranch, mashed potatoes, spaghetti, chips Favorite things to do - play with Bodee, ride the razor, play trucks and trains, ride his bike and Gator, ANYTHING OUTSIDE Bo - 2 years old - 32 lbs. 3.2 oz. - 35 1/2 in. tall Bodee is Gus' shadow! Anything and everything Gus does, Bo does. They are best friends one minute and worst enemies the next. Bo is a good sleeper. He's been sleeping in his own bed for awhile now. Most of the time he stays all night, but ocassionally he sneaks in with us. Bo is definitely a rough and tough little boy. He's not scared of anything which scares me! He's already had 1 ER visit, 1 hospital stay, 2 staples in the head, 12 packages of band aids, and numerous bruises. Bo can drive the Gator now. This causes many fights. A 2nd Gator will be at the Tolleson household before summer arrives. I think these 2 boys are pretty special! I thank God everyday He allowed me to be their Mom. My prayer for Gus and Bo are that they accept Jesus and share His Word. I pray that Barry and I can live a life so that they know what a Christian family is. And now that I have my spiffy new $80 purple Kodak camera I hope you can get a glimpse into the life of the Tollesons!!