Bunkbeds

The boys love their new bunkbed! (the window is locked for those of you who are nervous...I was too.) They love it so much that Trey has been asking to go to bed. Taatjes will get a twin size mattress soon but for now his crib mattress is great. It leaves a little room for him to drag all the stuffed animals under there with him. So far so good on sharing a room and sleeping. Naps have gotten shorter for Taatjes since Trey keeps waking him up to come out. Today I put Trey to sleep in a sleeping bag in the babies room for his nap and success for Taatjes back to his 2 hour nap. Taatjes and Trey have really begun to bond with the sharing of the room. It is adorable to watch them come out of their room in the morning Trey holding Taatjes hand to come find Dad. Sometimes at night you can hear Trey asking Taatjes to throw him up some books...which is detected by the repeated crashing noise of books hitting the side of the bed and falling to the floor. Once Taatjes was crying and when Dad went in to check on them Trey was down in Taatjes bed comforting him back to sleep. They are really becoming brothers! Mom and Dad love it. In fact as I am writing Taatjes is pointing at the screen saying "my bed" "my bed"!

Fall is here...

It was in the 50's here in chilly Michigan, fall is finally here. I had to dress the boys in coats and hats to play outside and we still had icy hands and runny noses. They did't seem to mind and even protested to come inside when their noses were red and fingers ice cold. Had to take a few pictures of them enjoy the fall day...now we just need the leaves to change color and fall off so we can get some leaf pile pics.

1st Day of School Pics

Little brother giving big brother a good bye hug.
Trey wanted to take one funny picture of him doing his version of a headstand. Thumbs up and I'm ready for school.

This was the best smile we got. He was really excited about his backpack and wanted to show it in the picture.

1st Day of School

Here are some pics of Trey for his 1st day of preschool! Trey did great and loved it. We were very nervous because Trey has been telling us that he is going to stand by the door until we come back to get him...also, Trey refused to go into his Sunday school class yesterday at church and threw an embarassing tantrum (yes kicking and screaming was involved). He told us he did not want to go in because he did not like the teachers and the kids?!? However, a lot of praying and a little bribe of a special after school lunch with Dad and we had success. Trey went right in and started playing with some of the toys. Someone else's kid was crying! When he came home he told us he obeyed his teachers and loved the water table. He is looking forward to going back on Thursday and bringing something in for show and tell. Pics are coming I have tried 6 times to put them on and it is not working right now.

Labor Day Weekend

We all went up north with our friends the Smiths for the weekend. The highlight of the trip was the boys catching frogs. Both Trey and Taatjes stuck their arms right in and pulled out their own frogs. Taatjes would get so upset when the frog jummped out of his hand and would not stop crying until he found another one to grab. Trey just did not understand why we could not take one home with us. We spent most of the day "hunting frogs" is how Trey puts it. I think all the frogs survived to swim away when they were done holding them.

Cotton Candy

Trey and Taatjes were amazed at the circus! Trey hasn't stopped doing what he calls circus tricks...balancing on one leg, pop-a-wheelies on his bike, and his favorite a clown show. He asks us to yell "the ponies are done now introducimg Trey and Taatjes the clowns". This involves a lot of running in a circle throwing balls in the air and doing a few twists. Taatjes gets involved by running in on his tip toes with his arms up in the air. They are adorable! Here are some pictures of them eating cotton candy during the show. It was a huge mess by the end but they loved it. When Taatjes was finished he was pointing at all the other kids eating cotton candy wanting more.

More...

More from Lisa. Taatjes had some gummy bears in his mouth to keep him happy...thus the full right check. Love it!

Thanks Lisa

I had to show off some of Lisa's work. There are more to come it just takes a while to download them to the blog. They are so awesome. Love the urban look of Trey's picture. Thank you Lisa for taking pics for us we love them!!!

Trey and Christian

Trey can't get enough of his big cousin Christian. Christian got to come hang out with us for the weekend and lets just say Trey was extremely excited! They swam, rode bikes, and roasted marshmellows. Trey didn't leave Christians side (which Christian handeld very well). Here's a pic of them with their marshmellows.

Taatjes loves the Park

There is no stopping Taatjes from climbing all the way up the steps of a playground to go down the slides. He loves turning around to go down on his belly. He is either extremely serious trying to get up the steps or laughing with joy going down the slide. Taatjes is always up for anything.

Lake Michigan

The boys had a blast playing at the beach on the 4th. Trey's favorite thing to do was make tracks (he called it) with his feet in the sand. Taatjes loved raking his hands through the sand and climbing in a big sand hole all the kids made. It was a great day.

Proof

I know I tell many of you that Trey gets into a lot of mischief when I am preoccupied...well here is one of Trey's creations with the baking soda he found! What can I say....

I'm 1

Yeah I made it my first year of life. It was a good ride and boy am I glad there was some cake waiting on the other side of this year!

Taatjes loved his cake. No hesitation, he dove in and did not stop until the cake was gone from his tray. He also loved his King hat, it suited him well.

Taatjes Speaks

Yeah!!!! Taatjes said his first word! He will walk up to Justin or myself and say "UP". I know it is not a big word but he uses it all the time now. He is so proud of himself. We are going to have fun with this one?! "UP"; this means I know you know what I am saying so you better keep picking me up to encourage my communicating with you. Great, so know I have to hold him even more than I already do. He is such a cuddle bug.

Pics

Here are the rest of the pictures that would not post with the other pictures.

Happy New Year

Hope all of you have enjoyed this Christmas season. Our family has had a great Christmas with Justin being home for the week. He and the boys have wrestled the days away.

Well we wanted to share some of the pictures from Christmas morning. I don't think the boys knew what hit them when they woke up on Christmas. Trey bounced from toy to toy. Taatjes actually played with his toys and not all the wrapping paper. It was such fun to see the joy light up in their eyes.

Trey got a train set among other things you will see. Taatjes' favorite gift was his music set. The maracas were a big hit!

Needless to say they had a blast and believe it or not every toy and game was played with that day.

As you can see Taatjes is walking!!!! He has to keep up with his brother.

Merry Christmas

Here are the boys for there christmas picture this year. This is the best one we could get out of the fifthteen or so we took. One of them was either crying or getting up from the positions on all the others. Everytime we snapped the picture Trey would throw his head back so you only saw his chin in the picture. But, we finally settled with this one.

Here is a classic picture of Taatjes unhappy. Trey may have been the reason behind this frown. The boys are doing good together. They are beginning to play with each other at times. Taatjes laughes at Trey blowing on his tummy. He can also get Trey to chase him crawling through the house. Trey is crazy about Taatjes as long as he isn't ripping any of his things. It is fun to watch them interact.

Hope everyone is enjoying their families and their friends during this Christmas Season! With love the Belgiano's.