Yep, I finally did it...

Before....

After....
I finally broke down and cut his hair! I miss the little curls that I would run my fingers through every day. I am sad. I got it cut for him, though. He would wake up from a nap or whatever and he was just so sweaty and hot. All of that cute hair was making him SO hot and uncomfortable, so I broke down and cut it. He does look pretty cute though...

"Luke! Where is all your hair!?"

Luke: "I dunno...bye-bye."

He does look quite cute, but I can't wait for those curls to grow back out!

Taylie's first purchase...

Taylie had her first lesson on money. We were at Walmart and she saw a Lightning McQueen umbrella that she absolutly HAD to have (*eye roll*). I told her that I wasn't going to pay for it with my money because she didn't need it. She then told me "I have money in my piggy!" So I told her that she could have the umbrella if she went home and took the money out of her piggy bank and bought it herself. We went home and counted out $6.50 in change took her back and let her pay for her very own umbrella all by herself!

I kept trying to tell her that when it is gone it is gone and you can't get it back. She really didn't care. She is very proud of her umbrella! Now when we go to the store and she wants something I can tell her that she already spent her money and that she will have to save up some more if there is something else she wants. So far, nothing else has really appealled to her like the umbrella so she lets it go. Funny girl!

Luke's 1st trip to the dentist

This year Luke made his first trip to the dentist! We took Taylie for the first time right before she turned 2, but Luke is so much more difficult when it comes to brushing his teeth that I wanted to get him checked out to make sure that he wasn't on the verge of having his teeth rot out of his head.

Taylie has been 3 other times before so she was cool with it and Luke just thought it was fun to press his face on the window in the waiting room.

I told Taylie that she was going to go first so she could show him how is was done. She did pretty good. For some reason she had convinced herself that the dentist was going to hurt her teeth. I think it comes from watching too much TV...she has a really overactive imagination. She still thinks that it is cool that they have a television on the wall.

Every visit they have added in something new. Last time it was brushing her teeth with the cool little brush they have, this time they wanted to add in x-rays. The dental assistant was SO good with her. She told her to open up her mouth so big so she could sing like Ariel (and Taylie is SO loud and has a huge mouth she got right on board with that analogy) She was a bit freaked out when Luke and I had to leave to room, but she did so great and let them take the pictures of her teeth and do the cleaning with a tiny little episode, but I consider it a success!

Luke thought it was the coolest thing ever that I could squirt water into his mouth with the little water gun thing. That kept him entertained for awhile.

All fun must come to an end with Lucas. Once it was his turn, he was not in the mood to have the dentist touch him much less stick his fingers in his mouth. This is the only picture I got because I had to help hold his hands down because he kept shoving the dentist away from his face. All they did was a visual exam, sheesh, they didn't even stick a pokey thing in his mouth! He screamed, but I didn't really expect anything less out of him.

He was very excited to get his own toothbrush. As soon as I opened it for him, he was pretty okay that they whole "ordeal" happened. (and for Luke, it was a huge ordeal!)

The best part: NO CAVITIES all the way around! They have perfect teeth up to this point and I hope it stays that way. If Taylie gives us trouble about brushing her teeth (which is really rare) I tell her that she doesn't want the dentist to hurt her teeth so she needs to brush them! I am so mean, I know, but whatever works!

picture fun (lots of pictures!)

(He takes after his dad, he is attempting to play xbox!)

TONS of Memorial Day Pictures!

For Memorial Day this year we did the usual and went over to Grandma and Pa-ba Schlenker's house for a BBQ and some polar bear swimming!

I think that Pa-ba pulled out the bubbles to try and deter the kiddlets from wanting to swim in the pool because it was SO cold and there was no way I was going to get in. When it is cold it is either Grandpa, or they don't swim! I know, I am so mean!

as hard as he tried, even the fun new sprinkler wouldn't keep them away from the pool for long!

Cute picture with Aunite Becca!

Luke started by sitting on the side of the pool with his feet in the water and for a little bit he was content...

...until he saw Taylie jump into the pool and start having some fun with Grandpa

then he thought...

I WANT TO TOO!!!!!!

Last summer he was such a grouch! He would last maybe 10 minutes and scowled the whole time. This year, he followed Taylie's lead and jumped right into the 70 degree water and loved it!

Do you think he is having fun?!

They kept taking turns jumping off the side to Grandpa, who would catch them and swim with them for awhile. He is such a champ and my kids are so luck to have him for a grandpa. I mean, how many of you would jump into 70 degree water every memorial day just to make a couple of toddlers happy? I wouldn't.

We finally had to force them to get out when they were shivering, and even when we told them it was time to get out, Luke would let his body go limp so Grandpa would have to catch him so he wouldn't fall in the pool. Then he kept saying "1 more! 1 more! 1 more!" and would jump in as soon as his feet hit the ladder. No matter how cold he was, he didn't want to get out!

This summer is going to be much better with a happy boy to swim with!