Okay, since I have been bad about updating the blog I am going to give a quick recap of our February! 

This is Colton helping Grandma Kliegl make brownies.  Him and Austin both had to try all of the ingredients and after the flour Austin says, "Grandma, I like suga better than flour!"  And he says suga with this drawl so it was actually pretty funny and now he likes to remind me every once in awhile that he likes sugar and not flour!  Colton was smiling on cue . . . I'm pretty sure he got this cheese ball smile from watching his brother smile for the camera over the years!  And the brownies were phenomenal!

 The boys received a trampoline from Annie and Papa for Valentine's Day!  This is used every day now at our house.  We realized quickly that only one person should be on it at a time so we have to use the timer or Brian and I have to be in the room while the jumping is happening.  They love the trampoline and they are usually really good about taking turns.  Austin and Colton both like to do all their dance moves on the trampoline and put on shows for Brian and I.

 We visited Nick and Courtney and the boys went in to wake up Nick and Courtney on Saturday morning.  Austin is enjoying the view out the window, while it appears Colton is checking out Aunt Courtney.  The boys loved sprawling out on the big king size bed that they have at their house!

 We went to Carol and Al's house in Granger and Colton and Austin got to 'drive' one of Al's Mustangs around.  Colton said he was going to visit Papa several times, then he would wave out the window and say, "bye bye mama".  After a very quick trip, he would tell us he was back!  He loved being in charge of the steering wheel and Austin didn't mind either.  The boys also got to play with the balls on the pool table in the basement with Carol.  Austin made up a game called "Smash Ball", which was played a lot like the title sounds . . . just smash the balls together and various pockets were good ones to have your ball go into and other pockets were bad ones to put the ball into.  We had lunch and then Carol loaded us all up with candy and sweets to head back to Nick's house!

It was very cold outside so Nick and Courtney set up a little Smores maker in their entry way!  The boys were patiently waiting for the marshmallows to be cooked.  Nick was helping Austin and Courtney helped Colton hold the marshmallow for a while too.  Colton was more interested in eating the chocolate candy bar than he was in roasting a marshmallow!

Colton had his very last day at Bri's house on March 1st.  It was a sad day since Bri is moving to Davenport and will no longer be able to watch Colton.  March 4th through March 8th, Annie came and spent the week with the boys!  It was a great week at our house as Annie had the boys helping make delicious meals, which Brian and I greatly enjoyed in the evenings.  They played, did art projects and even went on a walk during one of the warmer afternoons.  This last week the boys have been going to our friend Jana's house and playing with her kids.  It has been a great fit, as her kids are the same ages as our two boys!

We are heading to Emmetsburg this weekend for the big St. Pat's celebration!  We are looking forward to a fun time.  The boys will get to stay with Grandma and Grandpa Kliegl all of next week.  They are very excited for their 5 day trip!