Life in the fast lane

Well it has been such a busy couple of weeks. We had sick kids, one at a time of course, for 2 1/2 weeks straight! We had company coming out of our ears and soccer season is in full force. So I have not had much time to breath much less blog...but here is my attempt to catch up a bit and I thought I would just give you a small glimpse into the things my children say that keep me going day to day.....

Both boys were so sick that they took naps every single day! I could not believe it. On two different days, I went in to check on them and they both really fell asleep reading a story!!

We were all together in the van coming back from church when Ty starts to freak out a bit, you could hear the panic in his voice.
"Mommy, help me, it is stuck!" I look back and see his poor face all scrunched up.

"What is it buddy?!"

"My gum, I put it up my nose and I can't get it out and it burns!" Ok I could not decide if I should laugh or panic, so I kept calm and just told him to blow it out. So he blew so hard I thought his brains were going to fly out, but thankfully just the gum came out!

"Oh wow mom, my nose smells really good right now!"

So we road the train again to the Imagine On Center when Bryce looks up at the signs and starts to read what the pictures were.

"No guns, no music, no food, and no zebras!"

Instantly we were all in hysterics! NO ZEBRAS??!! Well to his defense, it was a picture of a pretty large dog!!!!

Dustin got pink eye last week :-( He started using the drops to clear it up. After putting them in one time, Bryce saw him and said, "Oh no Daddy, your eye is leaking!"

Before bed we often times will reenact a story from the bible. Ty and Bryce instantly pick which character they want to be and sometimes with a fight. But sweet little Dylan usually does not fight to be the "main character".
"I want to be buzz light year!"

So in case you didn't know, buzz light year made many appearances in the lions den, walking on water, and fighting the mighty giant!

Dylan ALWAYS has to poop ten minutes after being in bed. He usually just yells down, "I have to poop mommy." So I come up to wait to help him when he is finished. Last night he yells, "Help me Mommy, I am stuck!" Well I could not help but leave him there while I ran down to get a picture!

Ava Joy is starting to "talk" now too! The boys just get so tickled when she "talks" to them. She loves to say "Uh Oh", "Mamama", "Dada", "Bababa" and then the boys try to interpret the other sounds as her saying "kitty, no, and TyTy." They love it when she 'spits at them' in the car. She has certainly figured out what makes them laugh and does it over and over to get their attention!

The kids and I finally made it to a preseason game this past weekend! No rain and warm weather were key factors to us getting there. The boys LOVED being at Daddy's game again. Fun to watch Ty and Bryce really get into the game and give a play by play of the game. Dylan was all over the place and sweet Ava did all she could to stay awake and still manage to give sweet smiles to all who wanted to see a "girl Swinehart baby."

Katie J and I finally ran a race together!! We have been running together since 2001 and have never been able to get in a full race. So we DID IT! We ran a half marathon this past weekend. We did great, especially if you consider the 7 children we have between the two of us. That is 7 kids in just over 5 years! Yeah, we are rock stars!!!!!

I like to climb it climb it.....

Ava Joy is loving that she can climb!! She can climb the stairs, the fire place, and even on her little buddy Bradyn!

Swinehart Super Heroes!

Tyler, The Incredible Hulk

Bryce, Spider Man

Dylan, A Power Ranger
My Super Heroes!

The boys have been obsessed with "super heroes" these days. It is pretty funny to me because the boys do not even know who these "heroes" are as they have never seen these videos. I guess it is a boy thing??!! We had to get new PJs because Dylan has been wearing Buzz Light Year and The Power Rangers PJs that the Wises gave to us non stop for two weeks! If one pair got dirty he would look in the dryer for the other pair and if they were not there he would get them out the hamper!! I started hiding the dirty pair or making sure it was in the dryer! Now all they want to do is "fight the bad guys!" (Daddy ends up being the bad guy most of the time) Love having boys!!

Spring time fun!

Aunt Faith came down to visit for a week during her spring break and tooks lots of great pictures! Ava Joy seems to love having her picture taken and was such a ham this day. The boys caught a moth that landed on the soccer goal and decided to keep it as a pet! They enjoyed the little thing crawling all over them, even as Mommy squealed like a little girl. Aunt Faith had to take a few more pictures of the kiddos in the car before she took off for Ohio. We are excited for her to get back down here :-)

Happy Easter

Our night out!

Dustin and I had a great time at the Cameo house celebrating St. Pattys Day! We got to just hang out with a bunch of our favorite people and dance the night away. Thanks to our sweet babysitters, all our little lovies were in bed safe and sound. Thanks girls for a GREAT party!

Sweetness

Foosball Baby!

"I love my tongue!"

Sweet loving brothers

I love naked Piggies!

The boys LOVE their kitties!

Dylan and Ava

It was once again a beautiful day here in Charlotte and the kiddos and I could not resist spending ALL day outside! (we even got a little sunburn) Dylan was in rare form and saw that I had the camera out and just started walking around me "striking a pose". He is a riot! Here Little Miss Ava tries out the grass on her own terms and is just to darn cute not to snap photos all day long!

What else would a hammock be for?!

Mondays!

We love Mondays! We usually stay in our PJs all day and play. (We try to have a no car day) Today was such a beautiful day that we all got dressed and spent the afternoon outside!

Ava Joy loves loves to swing and good thing since she HATES being put down on the grass! Bryce got stung by a bee and it was so cute to see Ty be such a big brother and try to fix it with baking soda and water! Dylan came at the very end to "help" spread the "bee stinger stuff" all over his entire foot!