Cal's baskets and some other videos

(I found a few videos that I forgot to include in the Christmas post.  )

How did I forget to include our trip to Kansas Sampler to meet Willie?!?!  Even Batman got to come along! We met him before Christmas and the boys were almost more excited to meet him than they were to see Santa.  lol

This was the video that our elf, Jingle Jacob, took of Santa.  :)

The boys love this game.  It has provided hours of squeals and screeches!

Davis loves to give big hugs and lots of kisses!

Davis loves his new horsie from Mimi and Papa!

Our budding basketball star....

Cal loves playing his games at the Y each Saturday.  It's so cute watching him learn the rules and how to play with his team.  He even blocked a shot during this game, which made this defense-lovin' Mama very proud.  :)

My little bankers helped me count all their piggy bank money.  We took it to the bank and deposited it into their savings accounts.  They thought that it was pretty neat to deposit it.....but were so confused why they couldn't go back and put it into a vault with the banker.  :)

What's the best way to get Cal to do something?  Tell him that his best buddy from school, Camden, does it.  One night, I needed him to take a quick shower but he generally dislikes showers.  I told him that Camden takes showers and BOOM.  In he went.  He will still take a bath with Davis, but overall he loves showers now.  Davis will jump in with him sometimes, but he still prefers taking a bath.

It was leftover night in the Walter household...for everyone, apparently. 

#snifferworks  #eyesdonot

I went to KC to visit my college friends.  It was a quick lunch, but so fun to see everyone!

The boys and I went to the library on a Friday morning.   Many books were checked out, including 4 Batman books.  Davis's Batman backpack came in handy!

 We stopped by and saw Mitch afterwards and he even took us for pizza!  Dad ftw!

Nala likes to check on the boys with me on some nights.  Cal loves to see these pics of her on his bed!

This little monster.....she has discovered the doggy door and has been doing great with it.  She seems happier being able to venture in and out at her leisure.  However, on Thursday night, I woke up at 11pm because she was making so much noise in our bedroom.  Mitch was still downstairs watching TV so I couldn't elbow him to go make her quiet down.  I reluctantly got out of bed and flipped on the light so that I could find her and make her stop playing with the cords on the fan/TV....or so I thought.  I flipped on the light and saw what looked like a baby kitten or a small bunny.....but instead it was a live rat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   She had walked right past Mitch, up the stairs, and into our bedroom to show me her live catch.  Oh how proud I was......ugh.  That rat scurried out of our room and down the hallway, at which point I screamed for Mitch.  It ran into the guest bedroom and we ended up trapping it after an hour of screams and laughs.  We threw that son of a B outside and had a stern talking to with Nala.  SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GROSS.   Don't worry.....I've heavily sanitized and cleaned everything that the furry animal touched.  UGH.

On Saturday, after Cal's 9am basketball game, we went to Avery's 2nd bday party at Jumpy Jumpy Land.  We left there around noon and went straight to Manhattan for the KSU/OSU bball game.   It was a full day, but the boys did great and the Cats won!  Kiley came over to catch up and Davis did his best not to smile....but we got a small grin.  :)

It was so nice on Sunday....in the 50's!  We took the dogs on a walk and both boys helped hold the leashes (with our help for Davis, of course).  We stopped by the park afterwards and then walked back home.  I love watching these little guys play together.  Cal was running slowly beside Davis, but then kicked it into turbo-speed and ran ahead. 

Davis has recently started giving his Batman toys and books, us, and the dogs great big hugs and saying, "I love you so!"  We read Where the Wild Things Are sometimes at home, but maybe they read it a lot at school.  The first time he gave me a great big hug and said that to me, I melted.....

Christmas Break 2015

The weekend before Christmas Break, KSU played a game in Wichita.  We had a good time at the game....and we got the W!

Look at these sweet boys.  The weather one evening was so nice that we walked on the golf course and I snapped these shots. 

This is how I occupy the boys' time while I'm trying to cook.  Stickers are a savior.....and easy to remove with a razor blade and window cleaner.  :)  It's worth the mess. 

I think that Davis has hit a growth streak lately.   He seems to be getting longer and lankier....yet still is a solid boy!

Christmas morning in Larned!  They were excited to see what Santa put in their stockings!

Cal was pulling Dad's chest hair....lol!

When we got back to Wichita on the 27th, the boys realized that Santa had also visited our house!

I was trying to clean up the Christmas decorations and was downstairs for about 30 minutes.  I came upstairs when Cal invited me to "come see his creation"!  He had strung yarn ALL around the house....it was pretty funny.  :)

The boys were helping me go through an old bin of my childhood belongings.  They were modeling some of my old jewelry and such...

This cracked me up.  We were supposed to get a terrible snow storm on Dec. 26th, but it missed us completely.  Some parts of Kansas were predicted to get a foot of snow.....and they got nada.  Zip.  Whoopsadaisies.T

Ummm....pretty much.  :)

These sweet boys enjoyed their Christmas Break at home with Mama!  We had a lot of fun, but were tired of being cooped up since it was so cold out!

I started potty training Davis.....it's going.....ummmmm....ok.  He's actually doing pretty good at staying dry , as long as I make him go to the bathroom to pee.  Unfortunately, he will hold his poop for 2 days because he doesn't want to go in the toilet.  We're making progress....:)

These are more pictures from Christmas Break in Larned.  I'm too lazy to move them one by one.....so they're out of order.  Sorry!

The boys were drawing and playing in their box houses. They had snacks, so Ollie and Sunny were very interested, too!

We had a few friends over for dinner on NYE.  They all left by 9pm since all of our kiddos were tired. 

Happy New Year!  The boys and I capped off the night with a Paw Patrol.  It was a wild and crazy night in the Walter household!  lol

Davis started the New Year off with some new Batman undies!

Nap time with this sweet boy.....and his Baby Batman. 

Cal and Mitch headed over to the Eck's house and Davis and I stayed behind so that he could nap.

7 months along...

I realized that I've been seriously slacking in documenting my baby bump with this pregnancy, so I went ahead and took one in the doctor's office's bathroom.  :)

Some nights this is so true....

We had two notable earthquakes again last week!  They're becoming a more regular occurrence here....so strange.

Playing with puzzles....

Davis loves to cover Ollie up and give her kisses.  "Here Ollie!  Get under the covies!"

Mitch and I had a rare date night over the Break!  The boys were excited that Jennifer was coming over to watch them!

We went to Chucky Cheese for Avery Gillespie's bday last Saturday.  The boys had a blast!  As for Mitch and I....it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be, but it definitely isn't our favorite spot.  lol

He's our "unconventional kiddo".

These girls are sweet snuggle partners....

Davis was singing his ABC's.  I didn't get the best clip of it, but it's still pretty sweet.

"My guys".....this is what he calls his little superhero figurines.  I had to coach him a bit just to get him to say it, but it's so cute when he does it spontaneously.

Davis...