The Reinke Family

DECEMBER CATCHUP

2012-01-14T20:51:00.000-08:00

Ok still catching up the blog! Here is some photo roundup of our December. Next up Christmas pictures! My kitchen helpers:)
Soon to be Auntie Erin came to visit!

Helping...

Griffer tagging along at Sunday School:)

Kason showing off his reindeer antlers we made at Mobius:)

Kason with his buddy Camdyn at Mobius!

REINDEER

2012-01-08T21:57:00.000-08:00

On our way home from church the week before Christmas Santa's reindeer made a visit to a local business and the boys stopped by to say hello! Kason was so excited to touch Santa's reindeer and talk to him. He kept asking where Rudolph was though... Griffer loves getting his picture taken"CHEEZZZ!" he says:)

This reindeer was BIG

TREE

2011-12-27T20:35:00.000-08:00

Wow so far behind....We had a very busy holiday season and now some changes at home while I'm back at work for a few weeks. But more on that later. Here are the pics of the boys hunting for our Christmas tree at Greenbluff tree farms. They had so much fun!

Kason ran up and down the rows and rows of trees.

The Griff was pretty happy to be running around the "woods" too:)

Kason found a stick that had to go home with us...

Kason and Daddy just finishing cutting down our tree!

Christmas Program

2011-12-19T13:33:00.000-08:00

Kason played a caroller in our church's Christmas Program last night with his Sunday School class. They sang We Wish You a Merry Christmas twice. Keep in mind 1. Kason is overwhelmed by crowds. 2. He couldn't find Mommy in the crowd for the first chorus. 3. He was placed in line next to the little girl, Aleya, who totally digs him and 4. Clearly he didn't get Mommy's performance genes because he didn't push the kids out of the way and grab the microphone:)

SNOW DAY

2011-12-17T20:36:00.000-08:00

A few weeks back we had our first real snow... sadly it was the first and last and poor little Kason is just so bummed that our winter has been so boring so far. Kason's little buddy Camdyn came over for some snow fun and they had such a good time sledding and rolling down the hills:) Daddy built a snowman with Kason:)

Camdyn is a sledding die hard

Kason lovessssss snow!

Griffin thought the snow was super fun.. for a few minutes. Then he realized it was cold and how hard it is to walk in all the snow gear. He kept falling over and not being able to get back up:)

Ashley and Camdyn pushing Kason down the hill:)

TOY STORY ON ICE

2011-12-11T14:58:00.001-08:00

Nama & Grandpa Goof come up and took us to Toy Story On Ice!! It's all Kason talked about since Disney kindly sent us a postcard about it in October....It was a late night but both their little faces lit up when they saw their favorite characters skate onto the ice:) Thanks Grandpa & Nama!!!! Nama bought them each a light up toy and boy were they a big hit!

Intermission:)

The boys and The Goof's:)

Griffin was a more than thrilled with his light up toy!

The morning after with their cups at breakfast. But the next afternoon they had not put their light up toys and cups down. They had one in each hand and packed their treasures with them all throughout the house. Kason slept with the light up toys each night for 3days...

Fire Station

2011-12-11T14:51:00.001-08:00

Nope, didn't find my camera cord yet... BUT my dad showed me I can just plug my card into the camera... duh Stefanie...

So a few weeks ago we headed to one of the local fire stations. Our neighbor is an EMT and works from one up north by Chatteroy so I drove the boys up for a visit. Kason loves him some fire trucks! He was so excited to sit up in the big seat!

When Griffin saw all the levers, buttons, and gages his little face lit up! He wants to do it all:)

Kason was beyond thrilled to try the hat on!

That hat weighted close to 10 pounds I swear. I had to hold it on Griffin's head or it would tip him over!

Kason our little fire man!

SANTA

2011-11-28T21:45:00.000-08:00

Even though the camera cord is MIA these picture were emailed to me from Santa's Workshop so I could post them! We took the boys downtown to Christmas shop last weekend and of course a visit to Santa. Actually our Friday night conversation with Kason went like this.. Kason, "Tomorrow when I wake up we can go downtown to Nordstrom and sit on Santa's lap and get Mommy the Tom shoes she wants for Christmas. We can eat at Nordstrom Cafe." So of course Saturday night that's just what we did... Clearly Griffin wasn't feeling the love for Santa this year.... And you can see the panic in Kason's face because he was worried it would effect their present count come Christmas morning...

And although Griffin loves a good candy, the candy cane Santa handed him was no where near good enough to help the situation get any better.
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Kason asked me Saturday night.."Does Santa think Griffin doesn't like him because he cried?" I told him "no Santa knows he's young and sometimes young kids are scared of him. Are you worried about him bringing your Power Wheel?" Kason, "yeah but he knows Griff was just scared, maybe Griff can laugh at him next time to make him know that."

CORD

2011-11-28T21:40:00.000-08:00

So The Reinke Fam has been up too all sorts of fun things... and I would love to post pictures of all that fun, however, my camera cord is MIA... We have all searched the house top to bottom. Even looked in all of Griffin's favorite stash spots (have I mention Griffin is kinda a klepto?) But no luck. So until it is found or I break down and buy a new one (which of course means I will find the old cord that same night...) We are without any of our pics to upload. Sad face:( Keep checking back, who knows when I'll do a load of laundry, get a tupperware out of the cabinet, chang sheets, or get a vegetable out of the frig and discover the missing cord:)

2011-11-15T13:34:00.000-08:00

One of Kason's new little friends had a Pony Birthday Party last weekend. Kason was so excited to go to Hannah's house (he has a huge crush on her I think, she's a beautiful little blonde so I'm not surprised) For her 4th birthday she had pony rides in her backyard. Kason loved riding the ponies and petting them. He was the only little boy invited but was thrilled to be with all those girls and ponies:) He's a ladies man what can I say! Kason an the birthday girl petting Smokey

He loved this one. I asked him what this horse's name was for the picture and he informed me it was "Whiskey" I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have a kids pony ride horse named Whiskey but I have no idea where he would learn that word/name from???

It looks like he's crying in this picture but actually he was shouting"ride like the wind Bullseye!" like his favorite guy Woody does:) The horses were so adorable and a huge hit. As you can tell from the pictures it was freezing so all the kiddos were bundled up for the rides! Kason's thinking he could have a Cowboy themed Birthday Party and then pony rides would be perfectly acceptable at a boys party... right?

FRIG RAIDER

2011-11-10T17:43:00.000-08:00

Griffin is our little fridge raider. Thee second I open it to get something out he flies from out of nowhere and starts digging into condiments. Its been like this for months now.. Last week I found the mustard bottle on the couch and bbq sauce bottle behind their play kitchen.

HALLOWEEN

2011-11-07T07:22:00.000-08:00

So I'm behind in posting all the Halloween stuff. So look down for about 3 more posts on the subject:) We kinda take Halloween seriously in the Reinke House. Trying to get a pic of them on their way out trick or treating. Griffin didn't want to pose for a picture. I know that's so not like him right?....

Trick or Treating at Daddy's office party Halloween afternoon

Griffin and Momma with Griff's Mickey Mouse pumpkin. (Mommy may have helped a little, but Griffer lovesss the Mickey)

Kason with his pumpkin

Griffers loved getting in that goop!

Checking out all the loot!

Kason finally got tired after an hour and half of trick or treating in our neighborhood! Mommy's fingers were frozen!

Griffin the dragon, Nathaniel the skunk and Kason the astronaut. Quite the trio:)

So every house we went to went like this: Kason would run up and ring the doorbell, Griffin would see this and run up wanting to push the doorbell too like big brother. Griffin would continue to push the doorbell over and over again. Once the door was opened Kason would shout "Trick or Treat!" and Griffin would rush into the door. The home owner would stare in amazment as a small dragon was entering their foyer and at this point Mommy or Daddy would grab that dragon and remove him from the house. Dragon would then throw himself down on the ground and cry and scream. AND REPEAT at everyone the same thing... Yeah Griffin didn't last long trick or treating. He also gets pretty upset that everyone kept handing him candy in a wrapper. He wanted it opened of course. So he would either throw he candy down on the ground or throw it at the person who gave it to him... Oh this child.... We do love him though:)

HALLOWEEN PLAYDATE

2011-11-07T07:09:00.000-08:00

Kason & Griffin hosted a playdate for Halloween! We kept it little and low key and just the kids on our street so it wasn't too crazy! It was lots of fun and we had some fun games like ghosty golf, pumpkin bowling and pumpkin ball toss. Everyone painted a mini pumpkin to take home with their balloon.All the kids went home exhausted and coming down from their sugar high! All the party kids:)

They were all excited to take home a Halloween balloon!

My little kitchen helpers:) Helping Mommy make the goodies the night before!

We made mini caramel apples for the 3 year olds:)

And of course tons of sugar cookies!

The food spread:)

Brody, Kason and Griffin at the pumpking painting table.

GREENBLUFF

2011-11-07T06:50:00.000-08:00

Trying to get caught up with posts! While GG & Grandpa Doug were visiting a few weekends ago we of course headed up to Greenbluff for some pumpkin picking! Griff didn't want to sit still for a picture, big shocker I know...:)
Griff wanted to push this pumpkin over, of coure he got a little upset he couldn't:)

Greenbluff is just about our fave place in the Spokane area! Its so beautiful up there and only about 15 minutes from our house.

Griffin was in heaven wandering around the fields in the dirt. Both boys got so dirty!

Kason and Grandpa!

Griffer and GG

The Reinke Fam, Greenbluff 2011:) Are we blessed or what?!

MOBIUS

2011-10-31T20:16:00.000-07:00

GG & Grandpa Doug went downtown to Mobius with us. Lucky them got to experience the chaos that is Mobius on a weekend afternoon!
GG & Griffer

Plasma Cars

Grandpa Doug and Kason got hooked on the magnet shoot:)

HARVEST FEST

2011-10-30T16:27:00.001-07:00

While GG & Grandpa Doug were visiting our church had its annual Harvest Fest. The boys wore their Halloween Costumes and enjoyed all the games and trick or treating at church! Griffin's favorite game booth was the cookie decorating booth:)

Kason won vampire fangs at the bat ball drop. he say some older boys with them and wanted them soooooo badly!

Griffin fishing for prizes!

"What? You've never seen a dragon cooking at a diner?"

Our Astronaut, no car will be hitting Kason on Halloween night, this kid glows!

HALLOWEEN COOKIES

2011-10-27T21:00:00.000-07:00

GG And Grandpa Doug flew up last weekend! GG brought up a Creepy Halloween Pizza Cookie kit. First the blood frosting then the fingers, worms and skulls candy on top and of course sprinkles!
Kason needed all the gumball eyeballs on his pizza of course.

Kason made some niceeee pizzas but when he was all done with the 4 he decided HIS pizza needed all the candies on it:)

JULIAETTA

2011-10-25T10:33:00.000-07:00

A little behind on the posts here! Momma has been in a funk and the last thing on my mind was updating the blog... So here is a new post! 2 Weekends ago we headed south to Juliaetta so Dave could go with the men to hunting camp! Kason, Griffin and I spent the extra long weekend with Nama. It rained a lot so the boys were cooped up, something they are not happy about with Nama's fields, woods and creek calling their names! A rainfree break, Kason walking in Nama's woods!

My little wilderness boys:) They sure love being outside

Unc stopped by on his way home form the cabin, Kason was thrilled!

The town had a community Harvest Carnival. Alecia was working one of the booths so it was nice to see her! I don't have the pics on this computer (they're on Dave's iPad with him at work) but Alecia's twin sister, Amber, brought her horses over to Nama's house and Kason and Griff got to feed them and pet them!

Face painting at the Harvest Carinval! Kason's favorite game on Daddy's iPad is a raising baby dragons game... so of course he picked a dragon!

Awesome! he was so sad to wash it off:(

Griffin the outdoorsman:) He loves walks threw the woods!

GREENBLUFF

2011-10-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we headed up to Greenbluff with our friends The Faller's. Such a beautiful day and such great company. We are so happy that the Faller's made the move to Spokane and we are able to grow our friendship with them! Greenbluff was sunny and warm and just BEautiful. All the kiddos had a lot of fun picking apples and eating them right away and even more fun in the giant pea box. That's PEA with an A not with and E:) Ugh I have the cutest boys:)
This is the giant pea box, imagine a giant sand box that can hold 20 kids and instead of sand its filled with little round dried peas! Griffin has never smiled so BIG!

Kason making Pea-Angels:)

So if you look behind Griff you can see Cam & Kason crawling thru the peas. Every kid took many turns crawling and swimming in the peas:) We all found peas in undesirable places when we got the kids home:)

Kason is the spokesman for Walter's Fruit Ranch:)

First pick

The Faller Fam:)

Camdyn & Kason eating some of their fresh picked apples!

ALPHA PHI

2011-10-07T21:12:00.000-07:00

Some of the best days I had prior to becoming a Mommy was my days back in Moscow with my sorority sisters. I have some amazing memories with those girls and decided it was time to plan a little mini reunion with them! We all met in The Scow for a day of fun! It was so great to get some many of our pledge class together again. I see a lot of these girls often still but it was great to have so many of us together at the same time!!!! I love these girls!!!!! These are my lifelong friends and it made my YEAR getting so see them all!!!!
Dinner:)

Tailgates. We are old, we relaxed in the RV the whole time:)

My bestie Julia and I in front of Alpha Phi!!!

The house looked awesome and was a great trip down memory lane!!!
So many great times in this huge house. ( hey I did meet my husband while living here too!)

This is my BDS Barb and I's first room at Alpha Phi. It was called Tribal and Barb's makeshift closet was still there:)

Roomie pic in Penthouse. We all lived in this 3rd floor bedroom together. Sarah is preggers with #3!

HOME

2011-10-07T21:04:00.000-07:00

We spent the weekend in Juliaetta a couple weekends ago. The boys and Daddy hungout at Grandma & Grandpa Goof's house while Mommy was in Moscow with her sorority sisters.

Griffers enjoys some jeep cruisin:)

4 wheeler ride:)

You don't get a bod like this without working out:)

Thankful Thursday

2011-09-28T20:30:00.001-07:00

Its been awhile so I did a Thankful Thursday post. I'm lazy but definiately not lacking in blessings. Today I am thankful for Kason's love for sharing and thinking about others first. Examples:

Nama gave Kason some new mini m&m's last weekend. He ate a few and wanted to put the rest in the bucket of treats he gets to pick from when he wakes up dry(working on going threw the night without potting in our pullups) So the next afternoon he woke up from naptime dry and picked the M&M's for his treat. He opened the tub up looked at the candy and set them back on the table and said"I'll wait to eat them until Griffin wakes up so he can have some too" I was like SERIOUSLY? YOU ARE THE SWEETEST KID EVER?! I mean Kason loves his M&M's so I was so proud of him for thinking of Griffers.

Today at the library Kason went to find books and first found Griffin a couple books and then he went and got Griffin a DVD from the shelf "because he likes to get one too Mommy" Which is very true, Griffin starts screaming if he doesn't get to hold a DVD by himself

Kason's friend was over playing at our house and she didn't want to share one of the drums that Griffin and her little brother wanted to play with. I told her we had the share the toys and Kason ran back to his room, dug out more drums and instruments, brought them out and gave them to Griffin and the other little brother and said "ok guys now everyone has something to enjoy with"

I didn't have a picture to go with this post so I thought this one was funny:) Kason thought he saw a bee and this is the look on his face.(I should mention Kason got stung for he first time 2 weeks ago and he's pretty sure it was the most painful experience of his life and is now very afraid of even the sight of a bee)

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR

2011-09-25T22:12:00.000-07:00

Kason loves pretending to be Buzz Lighyear and has the wings that talk of course. He runs around the house acting like Buzz, so of course Griffin wanted in on the fun. His little face just lit up when I put the wings on him:)

BIKES

2011-09-25T22:04:00.000-07:00

The last few weeks after dinner we have been riding our bikes up on the blacktop path below the aquatic center. The boys love it and we are usually joined by a neighborhood friend so thats makes it extra fun:)

The boys like to race:)

And when they get tired of riding bikes the run up and down the hill before heading home:)

BOX

2011-09-18T17:02:00.001-07:00

Its amazing how a simple thing like a box from Costco will entertain the boys for days. Seriously makes me rethink the thousands of dollars worth of toys we hace collecting in our house..(and garage, and backyard...) It was long and narrow, perfect for both boys to get into:) (notice Tyke is watching them in this picture)

Covering Kason, peekaboo!

And notice which kitty is watching them in this photo, Hurley. Its funny how the kitties act like the children are such a pain and so loud and annoying. But yet Tyke & Hurley are always RIGHT THERE checking out whatever fun thing the boys are doing at that moment. They will be asleep in the other room but as soon as it sounds like the boys are having fun, you can bet the kitties show up to check it out:) They secretly LOVE Kason & Tyke, I just know it:)

FIRST DAY

2011-09-13T13:24:00.000-07:00

Kason had his first day of Preschool this morning! He was so excited. As soon as we got out of the car he told me bye and I explained to him I was going to walk him into his class and sign him in. Then when we got to the door of the gym, "bye Mommy". Again I told him I had to go in the class with him. So then we got in, said hi to the teacher and he hung his bag up and I told him ok now its time to say goodbye. He gave me a great big hug and kiss and told me"ok bye, love you. come back and pick me up ok". And off he ran to a table to do a center.... he didn't even look back once. I was strong and held myself together. I didn't want to be that mom who's hysterical on the first day right?! Then when Griffin woke up from his nap we ran to the store before pickup time for Kason. Well we drove past the Preschool just as they were outside on the playground for recess and I saw Kason playing and I JUST LOST IT. Oh the tears. It was just so surreal seeing my little man on a playground without me and playing all independently like such a big boy. Ugh it was hard seeing that. But he had a great time and gave Griffin and I giant hugs when we picked him up and he said he had so much fun. I was so relieved he liked it because how horrible that would be if he didn't want to go back?! He told me a few tidbits about his day: "Recess was the most fun. They sang a funny pretzel song at the animal rug, Tavian cried because he missed his Mommy so I sang him the ABC's to cheer him up, Addie Sue sat next to me at the coloring(he drew the milky way today), he was too nervous to try to go to the bathroom (whoa did he have to go and go when he got home), he played ball at recess but not ball with Mrs. K like open house, he didn't get juice at snack time just water so next time juice box would be good in his bag, and Tavian sat next to him at snack time and wouldn't scoot over so the teacher had to scoot him instead." Yup, that sums up the first day of school:)My BIG BOY!

Griffin didn't want to stand so he started crying, shocker.

Waiting for the doors to open!

I love my Bubbie!!

Ready to go!

Preschool Cubby

2011-09-11T13:07:00.000-07:00

Kason starts Preschool this Tuesday morning so get excited for first day of preschool photos Tuesday afternoon! Kason needed a picture of himself for his cubby at Preschool and here are the pics:) Last week he went to open house and met some of his classmates and his teacher and teacher helpers (all 4 of them!) He had such a great time and is now so excited for the first day! Griffin had such a good time playing there too and is going to be devastated when we go there Tuesday and drop Kason off and he realizes he doesn't get to stay with big brother again! They both came home and napped for 3 hours!!!!! Gesh I hope that happens again! I let Kason pick with picture for his cubby and of course he picked the one with his best buddy Croaker:)
Mommy liked this one best though:)

Kason made this lamb at home. We have been doing lots of crafts and fine motor skill practicing to get all ready for Preschool!

3RD BIRTHDAY

2011-09-10T21:00:00.000-07:00

Kason turned 3!!! Here are some pics from his BUG PARTY! Some of the buggy food
Griffin enjoyed the dirt and worms pudding:)

Opening presents!

Kason's caterpillar cake. Its pretty homely but I tried and Kason loveddddd it so thats all that matters right?!

Blowing out the candles!

Some of Kason's buddies enjoying the dessert

Of course the Jump House was out:)

These are Kason's best friends:)

MORE COAST

2011-09-05T11:08:00.000-07:00

Ok here are the last of the Oregeon Coast posts. (So many pictures from the week!) Blessed.
LOVE THEM!

I heart my family

Thank you for a fantastic trip Grandpa & GG!

Beach Fun

2011-09-05T08:45:00.000-07:00

BEACH FUN! The boys loved spending their time on the beach, playing in the sand and ocean waves!

We would dig a big hole and the boys would be entertained forever.

3rd BIRTHDAY

2011-08-31T21:37:00.001-07:00

Happy 3rd Birthday to Kason David!!!Seriously, did I just type that? Three years old?!?!

Kason, you are the most amazing thing that ever happened to me. No matter how many kids we have after you, you were the first person in this world that made me a Mommy. From the moment you entered this world and I held you in my arms I knew you held my heart forever. You are such a special boy in so many ways. You are so smart, outgoing, entertaining, hilarious, stubborn and fun. It blows my mind the way you have grown into your own little man and the things that come out of your mouth. I am so proud to be the Mommy of such a smarty pants. You love every kid you meet and start a conversation with them right away. Even if they just stare at you back you carry the conversation for the two of you. You are so outgoing and love to entertain anyone who will watch you, and boy do you love a good audience! You love to be the center of attention but you also love to give attention to others, which is exactly why I think you are pretty darn special. You are such an amazing big brother. After the first 2 weeks of Griffin home I thought we ruined your life. But now your little brother is your very best friend and you treat him like such a big boy and with such love and care. I love how you try to make him giggle when he's in the middle of a meltdown. Or you go kiss his boo-boos for him when he falls (without even being asked). Griffin worships you and you set such a great example for him. Your Daddy and I can't believe how much compassion and love you show us and others already. You are wise beyond your years. Seriously, that describes you to a "T". You are so thoughtful and concerned with others feeling and moods, I know you are going to grow to be such an amazing young man. I could type a book on all the things about you that we adore. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for showing me unconditional love every single day and giving me a reason for living. God made you extra special I like to say:) Your Daddy and I love you beyond words, to the moon and back, to infinity and beyond. yesterday, today and tomorrow too. We love every last little thing about you, even the things that drive us totally nuts on the worst day. Because you are so wonderfully, wonderfully you. Happy 3rd Birthday Bubbie, and as you love to say "I love you mostest and mostest". First picture ever.2 weeks old 1 year old

Holding baby brother for the first time:)

We love you FORVER!!!!

Devil's Punchbowl

2011-08-29T22:17:00.000-07:00

We loaded up the kids as soon as they woke up one morning to drive down to the beach at Devil's Punchbowl to check out the awesome tide pools while the water was out. We have the same picture from 2 years ago. Plus another little boy:)
Campbell is even adorable with a snotty nose:)

Crab races, goooooo crab!

Turned my back and of course Griff makes a mad dash for the ocean. Look at that smile as he runs for it:)

The fam:)

Two cute girlies!

Kason and his creatures he found in the tide pools. Starfish, crabs, fish and hermit crab. (they were all released!!!)

Daddy & Griff checking out some creatures

Griffin and his new friend Mr. Starfish

Kason, Uncle Ryan and Daddy exploring

Beach

2011-08-28T21:30:00.000-07:00

It was The Griff's firt time at the ocean!!! Griffin now wants to move to the coast and be a surfer for life. First steps on the beach:) So cute!
Look at that smile, love.

First toe dip in the ocean :)

I LOVEEEeee this picture because it shows how monkey see monkey do these two are. Griffin follows Kason everywhereeeee.

Portland Zoo

2011-08-28T21:19:00.000-07:00

We drove to Portland to at night and spent the night at my best friend Julia's house. The next morning we headed to the Oregon Zoo! We spent a couple hours there and wore the boys out before nap time and continued our drive 2 hour to the coast. We had such a great morning with Julia!!! Kason is now smitten with Julia, look out Scott! Kason & Julia!

Love these 2!!

Kason loved the T-Rex until we walked away it roared and Dave told Kason it was the T-Rex coming after us. Kason high-tailed it over to the next exhibit with some pretty wide eyes!

Griffer LOVED the zoo!!!

Oregon Coast

2011-08-24T08:44:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the delay on posts, we just got back from vacation! We drove to Portland on a Friday night when Dave got home from work. The boys were awesome in the car and fell asleep at bedtime watching a movie. We drove to my best friend, Julia's house and spent the night there. After a couple hours of fun at the Portland Zoo we made the last 2 hours drive to the Coast. We timed it right and the boys were in the car right at naptime and slept almost the entire drive to the Coast (the timing was not by accident!) The boys had the BEST time in the ocean, they both could have spent all day playing on the beach. But more of that later. After a week on the Coast we drove to Salem for an morning at Enchanted Forest and then after a longggggg drive to Boise(long because both boys were not so happy about being in the car again....) and spent 2 nights in Boise for our buddy Scott's wedding. We loaded up Sunday morning and headed for Spokane and 1600 miles later on the ole car we made it home safely. The boys did great on the drive home and Griffin only started melting down an hour from home so not bad at all:) Anywho I haev loads of pics to post but I'm also working on getting the house back together and prepped for Kason's BIG BUG 3rd bday party this weekend! So look back for pics later!!!

NEW CHAIR

2011-08-09T08:50:00.000-07:00

Griffin's high chair was just so big and taking up so much room. Plus he climbs under it and whacks his head hard every time. So out with the baby highchair and in with the new chair! It hooks right onto the table and will also be great for traveling. Of course, Mommy found two awesome coupons to use on it so it was such a steal! Griffin LOVES his new seat and also LOVES sitting so close to big brother. They are constantly giggling instead of eating now, ugh.

WEDNESDAY

2011-08-09T08:46:00.000-07:00

Wednesday mornings are a big morning at The Reinke House. That's when our garbage is picked up. You can bet its a huge deal if we heaven forbid miss the garbage truck. They both fly to the window with the first sound of the truck.

TREASURES

2011-08-08T13:31:00.000-07:00

So Griffin is kinda a hoarder... He has all these little "objects" that he is in love with and will carry them around in his hand all day long. Its like the "item of the day" and it must be in his hand as he wanders thru the house playing. He doesn't like to share his treasures and has since found a place to hide his treasures. Lately if something is missing; remote, nightlight, spoon, etc. I suggest looking at the boys play diner and looking in the ice cream freezer. Yup, that's right. Griff's hiding place is the ice cream freezer...This was after a morning of his treasure hunting. I looked over from doing dishes to see him stash the cup in there so I went over to see what treasures he had hid this morning.. Oh yah know just the usual...nightlight, hanger, lizard keychain, Griffin's favorite teacup and of course the ranch... Yup, the ranch from the fridge is one of Griffin's prized possessions. The second that fridge door opens he is over there grabbing the ranch out. He will pack that ranch bottle around for at least the next 10 minutes. Guaranteed. I think this must come from the Reinke side??? Its definitely not a Hitchcok gene

Races

2011-08-08T13:27:00.000-07:00

CABIN & GOOFS

2011-08-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we dropped Griff off at Nama's House and loaded up with Grandpa Goof & Pepper and set off for the cabin! Kason is almost 3 and still had not been to Grandpa's cabin, he was very very excited. He is our little nature lover so he had a great time:) We spent the night and the next day road the 4wheeler and picked huckleberries and headed home during Kason's nap to reunite with Nama & Griffers. Such a great weekend! Daddy & Kason on his first run:) By the end of the morning he was pushing the gas and steering on his own, such hot stuff.

Grilling up some hot dogs for lunch, Kason loved he firepit and was such a good boy around it.

Granpa told Kason he cooked him cabin eggs and mountain bacon and he gobbled it up:) At dinner a few nights later I served him an egg and he asked me"is this one of Grandpa Goof's cabin eggs?"

Juice & campfire:)

Kason loved that stump stool. He got pretty irritated if someone else tried to sit on it:) I think we are gonna have bring one to our house.

Picking huckleberries!!!

Then some rock throwing in Nama's Creek of course:)

HOT

2011-08-02T14:37:00.000-07:00

We've had a few hot days in Spokane so after running errands in the heat yesterday we swung by Friendship Park for some splash pad fun. Did I mention I love Spokane in the summertime, so much fun to do! Oh my lil K-Man:)
The splash pad is a whole new experience now that he's walking!

Kason loves he water guns:)

Loveeeee that smile.

So at this splash pad there are about 6 or 7 water features and about 3 of them on at the same time and they rotate which ones are one. We were just about to leave so I was wrapping Kason's towel around him in the grass and Griffer was walking threw the splash pad towards us. He got tired so he sat down for a second. I was busy drying off Kason so I let him sit while I finished Kason up. I look over just as one of the water features turns back on. Poor lil Griff had sat down on it and neither one of us realized it until it turned on! (They are just tiny holes in the ground that squirt water out) Griffin just freezes as the water is spraying all around him and he's trapped and he didn't even start fussing he was just so shocked by the water squirting all over up and in his face. I flew to him and rescued him and all was fine. But goodness did it give me a heartattack and Griffin a surprise!

DADDY'S BIRTHDAY

2011-08-01T14:25:00.000-07:00

Dave celebrated his 29th birthday last week! His last year in the 20's! Kason was beyond excited to give Daddy his iPad (Kason cannot keep a secret so we had to get it the morning of after Daddy went to work!) and handed him the present and said"here's your ipad Daddy" Luckily Dave didn't believe him so he was very surprised when he opened it still:)

ONE MONTH

2011-08-01T14:16:00.000-07:00

Someone starts Preschool in a month! This is the backpack he picked out! I know its huge, but its the one he wanted....
He's so excited!

BOX

2011-07-24T21:47:00.000-07:00

The joys of a big brand new box:)

Griffin Swims

2011-07-22T20:17:00.000-07:00

Griffster enjoyed some Mommy & Me swim lessons for the last 2 weeks too! His lessons were right before Kason's so it made for some long evenings but was a ton of fun. We can see the pool from our dining window so we just load the boys & towels up in the wagon and walk on up. I love our neighborhood! Oh, and did I mention Griffin is walking now?? He's been working on it for the last 2 weeks but this week decided he meant it for reals and now tries to walk everywhere before crawling!!! Mommy's back is soooooo excited for a little relief. I'll post a video of him walking this weekend! Its pretty darn adorable, not gonna lie:)

SWIM LESSONS

2011-07-22T07:34:00.000-07:00

Kason did 2 weeks of Preschool Level 2 lessons. He LOVES the water and looked forward to lessons everyday! He had the nicest teacher and there was only one other little boy in his class so it was perfect for the one and one attention he needed. The other little boy was 4 so Kason thought he was pretty cool to hangout with:) Kason would ask his teacher if he could go off the diving board at the end of classes this week. So here is the video of that!

KITES

2011-07-17T21:22:00.000-07:00

The other day we had some awesome kite weather so we walked up the our favorite field and flew some kites!Getting the kite up!
Kason holding the line! He was so excited the entire time. He was running around cheering for the kite:)

Running with the kite.

Looking down on our beautiful neighborhood. We are so blessed to live in such a wonderful area and have some super awesome people in our hood!

MORE BIRTHDAY

2011-07-17T21:01:00.001-07:00

The morning after Griffin's party The Goof's took us downtown to Riverfront Park and we did all the rides and attractions! Thanks Goof's! Kason & Nama on the carousel

Kason on his plane ride:)

The Reinke Family:) The boys rode the carousel over and over again:)

Griffin & Grandpa Goof on the train, a few minutes later Griffin was passed on on Grandpa:)

Kason's favorite part of the day, cotton candy!

Opening presents from The Goofs'! Mater made his little heart so happy!

So Griffin has Kason's home depot tools & was helping Daddy put together his new pirate water table from The Goof's. But if you look at Kason you might notice he not only has 2 cake pops from the party in one hand but he is also eating them both at the same time with one bite...

Pepper thought the new water table made for a fancy dog water dish!

After nap drive

First thing Griffers went for the morning after his party? Mater of course!

Griff's 1st Bdat PARTY

2011-07-17T20:47:00.000-07:00

Griffin had a ice cream themed first birthday party! All the kids left with doped up on sugar and exhausted so I think that equals a successful party! Thanks to The Hawk's, The Almond's, The Hawkins, The Logan's, The Kelly's, And The Goof's for coming and making the party so fun! Griffin was so exhausted from the excitement he had to leave the party early for his afternoon nap!

Griffin's new firetruck car with real hose was quite the hit with the kiddos!

He wasn't so sure at first(he was exhausted by this point) but soon realized it was good stuff. He ate most of it with his eyes closed though, such a tired boy!

Jump House=a big hit

Dessert, the ice cream spread. I'm pretty sure each child at the party had at least 4 cake pops...

The birthday oy just about to go down for a nap:) Love you Griffster!

Griffin's Birthday Week

2011-07-16T08:22:00.000-07:00

Griffin basically got to celebrate his 1st birthday all week long! What a life... The night before we went to the Spokane Indian's baseball game with Dave's office. They had a jumpy castle and jumpy slide so you can guess how much of the game Kason watched and how much time he spent in the jumpy castle. Griffin was over checking out the bull pen and one of the pitchers saw him and brought him over a ball. It made Griffin's entire day! Thursday morning Griffer woke up to some balloons that Kason decorated the living room with and presents. I took him downtown to Mobius for some play for his big 1st bday and he invited his best buddy Gentry too. When Daddy got home we had ice cream and more presents and Saturday was his big birthday part! Sunday while the Goof's were visiting they took us all to Riverfront Park on the little amusement park rides. It was such a fun birthday week but totally exhausting too!He's going to be our wild child!

My new fave, open mouth slobber filled kisses. You say "kiss" to Griffers and he opens his mouth wide and comes in for a giant kiss on the lips:) He also loves giving his big brother kisses too:)He had to get the last of it:)

His prized baseball!

Kason was afraid to go down the big jump slide so a big kid up there went down with him. He instantly became Kason's BFF and his other big boy friends come and played with Kason for the next hour. Definite man crush going on here:)

Griffin thought this truck was the best part of turning one and it was only 7am.

Kason & Griffin doing the digger at Mobius

Griff & Gent at Mobius for some birthday morning play:)

CABIN

2011-07-09T20:41:00.000-07:00

A couple weekends ago we headed over to Idaho, dropped the boys off with Nama & Grandpa Goof and headed up to the Hitchcock Cabin for a weekend in the woods. It was a couples weekend, usually the guys go but this trip the wives and girlfriends went as well! Even though Dave goes up with the boys all the time it had been a couple of years since I had gone up too. I forgot how obsolutely beauitful it is up there. My brother refers to it as God's Country and that is the PERFECT way to describe it. It humbles you to be surrounded be the trees, animals and nature and see the beauty that God created. I'm hoping to take the boys up in the next month, Kason would just love it up there. Richie and his girlfriend Erin bought a new toy! This lil guy is amazingly awesome and such a smooth ride. Erin took me for a ride and I'm in love with it. OH! and I should say that Erin is no longer Richie's girlfriend........ She is now his fiance!!!! He popped the question a few days ago and we could not be more excited for them. She is a wonderful gal!!!

Timmy & Felecia brought lil Aubrey up for a visit and I can not believe how much she's grown since last month!

The girls of the weekend

Erin took me for a ride in the new toy. Yup, I wore my helmet:)
But she's actually a really good driver in it!

4TH

2011-07-08T14:01:00.000-07:00

We drove north to Deer Park for their firework show. Deer Park is way closer to our house than downtown and they still put on a pretty fab show! Kason loved it and even though it was 2 hours past Griffer's bedtime he rallied and played hard while we waited for it to get dark . About 8 minutes before the fireworks started he fell asleep and didn't open one eye the whole show:) But he did get to see lots of pre-show fireworks while we waited. Those Deer Park residents know how to do fireworks! Walking up to our spot.

Kason always gets a snowcone:)

Griffin discovered his love for Pringles.....He gets that from Mommy.

And more pringles for the boys:)

Right before the show started! And minutes after this picture was taken Griffer passed out.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRIFFIN

2011-07-06T21:27:00.000-07:00

Today our little Griffin Richard Reinke turns one. Where did the last year go? A year has already happened in our little Griffin's life and it seems like 2 months ago we brought him home from the hospital. Griffin, you have brought so much joy, excitement, cries, craziness, giggles and love to our family its hard to imagine life back when we were just a family of 3. Your first year has been a "doosey" of a year, as Kason would say. You are one fussy little man and let everyone in the room and down the street know when you are unhappy, which is quite often. But just when we think we can't handle one more cry or scream you go and totally break out thee biggest smile ever and give such a big hug its hard to be upset with you. Your smile melts any heart that is near and makes it want to burst. Seriously, that's how sweet your smile is. For all the tears and screams we've gotten from you you have equally given us smiles, giggles, hugs and most recently Mommy's favorite, slobbery kisses. You love your big brother more than anything in the world and it makes me beyond happy to see how much fun you two already have with each other. You have more personality than you know what to do with and everyday I love seeing it develop more and more as you become your own little man. You are your brother are night and day and I love everything that makes you different and unique. I love you to the moon and back and my heart physically aches when you crawl up to me, hand me an "apple", say "Momma" and give me your heart stopping grin followed up with an open mouth slobber filled kiss. I love your giggles and even your cries. You make my days so much more busy, exciting, and exhausting. But you also fill my days with joy, happiness and pure love. Thank you for teaching me what its like to love two little boys more than anything else in the world. There are no words in the dictionary to describe my love for you.

Your Daddy likes to joke that you have been a "drama-queen" since before you were born. With all the last second tests and urgency to get you out of Mommy and your quick little visit to the NICU for breathing issues, you came into the world demanding attention that's for sure. I use to worry you would be that second child that was often forgotten about because your big brother would outshine everyone in the room. That is so not the case with you! You never ever let us forget you about you for one second and I just love that about you. You give your big brother a run for his money daily and you always keep Mommy & Daddy on our toes. You are unbelievably sweet and adorable when you turn your charm on and want to do everything and anything your Kason does. I can't imagine life without you and love you more than you could ever possibly know. You are our Griff, Griffer, Griffster, Griffmiester, Griffinator, Griffers, Griff Griff, The Griff, Griffory, Griffindor. You are so wonderfully you and I could not ask for more. Thank you God for blessing us with one amazing little boy. Happy First Birthday Griffin, we love you!

POOL

2011-07-05T09:29:00.000-07:00

It has finally been pool weather here in our hood for the pool up the street but I haven't been brave enough to take both boys there by myself. (I envision Kason diving into the deep end while I'm holding Griffin in the toddler pool with no one to hold him while I dive in after Kason) So it was finally nice over a weekend when Daddy was home to come with us! Griffin hadn't really been in a pool since he's been mobile so I was worried he wouldn't like it. Um he LOVED it. Except it was a good thing I didn't take the boys by myself on a week day. GRIFFIN has no fear when it comes to the water. In fact he would continue to crawl deeper and deeper into the water until his face was underwater and Mommy or Daddy grabbed him. He even tried pushing our hands off of him while we were swimming in the deep end and throwing himself off the edge while sitting with Mommy numerous times. Griffin is gonna be our wild child, I just know it. After 2 hours of water play and one visit to the snack wagon we walked home with two totally exhausted children. Mission accomplished. The boys start swim lessons next week!!!! Eeek!

Griffin lovedddddd the kiddie area and spent most the 2 hours splashing the water and crawling under all things that squirt water.

Kason's legs were soooo boogered up from crawling around and kicking the bottom. No one else's legs and feet were (its surprising smooth on the bottom) We have no idea how his legs now look like he was attacked by a scissor carrying octopus?

Crawl race threw the water:) We crawled under a water sprayer. (still, Kason was the only one with scratches.

Cones

2011-07-05T09:24:00.000-07:00

The boys were nice enough to go grocery shopping with Mommy so I treated them to some ice cream cones at McD's. Have I mentioned Griffin "kinda" likes ice cream.

M&M's

2011-07-01T22:06:00.001-07:00

Grandpa Doug sent the boys a package from his trip to Vegas!! We can always count on an M&M Factory delivery after Grandpa Doug spends a little time in Sin City. One time I got a text from him at a little after midnight saying he just got a few POUNDS of M's for Kason. I told my mother in law she was lucky that her husband finds his way to the M&M store during late nights in Vegas, it could be wayyyy worse! (I'm hoping one of these business trips he stumbles into Tiffany's after a few cocktails but I suppose the free chocolate will do too!) Thanks for the shirst Grandpa!!!! They wore them with pride all around town today:)
Kason: "my shirt is the yellow M! He has peanuts in his tummy!

And she's done

2011-06-24T14:10:00.000-07:00

And she's done! Over the weekend Dave helped me make this frame for the mirror and I love how finished it made the bathroom look:)

Mobius

2011-06-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

The boys and I have been busy lately. We get so stir crazy hanging out at home all day everyday so we've bee doing some fun outings depending on what the weathers been doing. I took the boys to Mobius the other morning. (I am only brave enough to take them to Mobius by myself if we go first thing in the morning when they open and is less crowded!) Griffin on the bongos

This is kinda the first time Griffin really got into all the exhibits and fun. He LOVED it!

Kason kept cooking us more great dishes in the grass hut. Griffer was quite impressed with Kason's culinary skills and I was impressed that he swept up while his"potatoes were boiling".

I don't know what it is about Mobius and their lighting but my pictures alwayssss turn out blurry there?!

Water Table Fun

2011-06-22T14:26:00.000-07:00

I filled the water table up for the first time this summer yesterday now that it looks like Summer might be showing up on Colbert, WA after all. Kason immediately shoveled sand into it of course making for some dirty water table fun! Do you know how hard it is to get 2 busy boys to look at the camera at the same time? Cuz I do.

Griffin is SMITTEN with the water table.

He even giggled as Kason decided it would be awesome to dump dirty water all over Griffin's head.

Taking Turns

2011-06-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

Its just heart warming to see Kason taking turns with Griffin! But Kason fully expects Griffin to push him in return and bless Griffin's lil heart does he try:)

Ok thanks for helping out Dad:) (*Safety disclaimer:don't worry there is a safety tray in the bottom of the car so The Griffer can't fall under it when he's inside*)

Playtime

2011-06-17T08:41:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went to the valley and met some friends and Chuck E Cheese for some playtime. We were suppose to meet at the awesome Discovery Park but June has been horrible here and we were rained out. And actually, I dropped/dumped Dave and the boys off at Chuck E Cheese with our friends daughter and Daddy and us girls went shopping while the Daddy's watched the chillins. Best idea EVER. Dave has NEVER been out in public alone with BOTH boys. EVER. So an hour by himself with BOTH boys at Chuck E Cheese was a great experience for him:)

Look out excited they were when I brought home decorating for Griffin's birthday party?!

So CUTE!

Bathroom Vanity

2011-06-17T08:23:00.000-07:00

I've been wanting to paint our ugly ugly kitchen cabinets since we moved in over 4 years ago and thanks to some handy new products I've begun! BUT The Mr. wasn't too trusting of the outcome so he made me "prove" it one our bathroom vanity before he would let me start the kitchen! (probably a good idea but still.. how untrusting?!) So here is my weekend project!

Here is the BEFORE pictures. I started taking the doors of the hinges and realized I very much needed to get a before picture! Goodbye ugly oak!

And how did the boys entertain themselves while Mommy worked???With toilet paper stacking of course! They were busy stacking while I deglossed the cabinets and took the hinges off . (I actually did most of the work during naptime. Even though its very low fume paint I still didn't want them around it and I also prefer my cabinets without little finger prints forever embedded into them. Call me crazy...) And the AFTER! The Mr. lovessssss it and gave me the thumbs up to start on the kitchen cabinets. And this weekend Dave will be making me a frame for the mirror to give it a more finished look. Its a lot darker than I had thought I wanted but its looking great! The kitchen is definitely not a weekend project though! I've given myself the deadline of Griffin's first bday party to have it done next month, HOPEFULLY its before that though!

5 Years Later...

2011-06-10T07:15:00.000-07:00

5 Year's ago today Dave & I said I do. 5 years ago we started our family. We added two kitties, Tyke & Hurley and then two adorable little boys, Kason & Griffin. I can't believe he's put up with me for 5 whole years of marriage, what a good guy:) June 10th, 2006

5 years later:)

CUTE ALERT

2011-06-08T20:20:00.000-07:00

Seriously, could Kason & Griffin be any cuter?! I think not. They have several matching outfits but I rarely dress them in them on the same day. Today I was feeling like some adorably matching boys though so right down the the red Crocs I did! Seriously, they are so cute it makes me think I need another baby BOY to love on. Did that just come out of my mouth? (or keyboard)

11 Months

2011-06-06T11:57:00.000-07:00

Griffin is 11 months old! Can you believe that in one month we will be celebrating his 1st birthday? I cannot even begin to tell you how crazy it will be to say Griffin is one. Where did the year go?! He still has his moments (a lot of moments according to Daddy)but he is usually pretty happy (when Mommy is holding him anyway) and his personality grows everyday and he is becoming such a little mini-Kason wanting to do everything big brother does! Every day he seems to be more and more like a little boy and less and less like a baby. Griffer still isn't walking (Kason walked at 10 months so I thought every baby was like that...) But he is a speed crawler and cruises"walks while holding onto something" all over the living room and anywhere he can get his hands onto something so he's into everything just the same! I thought I was ready for him to walk but then I realized once he walked then he'd really be a toddler and not my baby anymore and I don't think I'm quite ready for that yet! Griffin and Kason are just the best of buddies and I just couldn't imagine life without these brothers:)

One of Griffin's FAVE toys in the house is the school bus. He goes back behind this thing and will move the steering wheel and shift the gears forever. He loves it when Kason and I "get in" and pretend to be his passengers. Kason loves pretending Griffin is going over a bumpy road too:)

Griffin is starting to eat more and more real food and less and less baby food. Sometimes he actually gets the food in his mouth too...... This was the first time we let him feed himself squash!

He's much better now:)

Awhhh spaghetti:)

10 Year Reunion

2011-06-02T14:36:00.000-07:00

Last week we headed down to Juliaetta for Memorial Weekend which also happend to be Loust Blossom, and my 10 year high school reunion! 10 years already?! We all looked the same so I still don't believe its been 10 years... It was really fun to see everyone and catch up:) Kason spent most of the weekend in Grandpa Goof's Garden:)

Pepper & Kason live to dig in dirt.

He works so hard in the garden:)

Griffin loves his garden time too!

We also were able to see one of my best friends from high school, Timmy Tim, and his adorable new baby girl Aubrey!!

She was totally out while I was holding her. I tried convincing Tim & Felecia she was too comfy and shouldn't be moved so Aubrey should just stay with me. It didn't work they eventually left and too their baby with them... but I'm smitten with her:)

I graduated with 11 girls and 11 boys... seriously, I'm not even joking. Here are the girls who came!

Dinner the first night!

BOISE

2011-05-30T16:36:00.000-07:00

We flew down to Boise 2 weekends ago to our niece, Campbell's, baptism!!! She is 5 months old and just the most beautiful little girl. It was so hard to say goodbye to her because she is such a little sweetie and so alert and sweet. I can only imagine how hard it will be to say goodbye as she gets bigger and bigger. Of course what would a trip to Boise be without a stop at the Zoo! Kason & Griffin loved the animals. Kason's favorite was the prairie dogs and penguins and Griffin's fave was the meercats! We had a great and exhausting weekend!!! Seriously, look at that face! I want to steal her!!!!!!
How handsome are my boys?!?!

The kids and momma's before church

The whole fam before Campbell's baptism!!

Oh goodness look at her dress!!!!!!!!!!
I seriously died when I saw her.

Grandpa & Kason at the zoo!

Aunty Katy was nice enough to ride the carasouel with Kason:)

Kason loveddddd the penguins and one was pretty infatuated with him. He kept coming over to him over and over again.

Ugh she is so adorable. I'm trying to figure out how I can steal her and convince people her and Griffin are twins...

Griffin & GG

Roasting some marshmellows:)

Campbell was more into her binkie than the zoo:) But she did loveeeeee the penguins!

My boys are the BEST!

A BIG part of our weekend in Boise was Kason's first time fishing!! Here is Dave & Kason checking out the tackle box:) He was so cited!

Kason with his BIG CATCH!

He was just beaming when he brought the fish in to show Mommy:)

COSTA RICA

2011-05-17T10:28:00.001-07:00

OK So I'm finally sitting down to post our Costa Rica trip!! (I'm still trying to get the hosue recovered from our trip as well and we weren't even here?! go figure) Dave was offered a trip from work for us to go to Costa Rica for a 6 days! A television station his company buys commericial time from took us, and about 80 other people from across the country who also buy commerial slots from them, to the Guanacaste area of Costa Rica to an all inclusive resort, (which means we didn't pay for food or drinks, cooking classes, leasisure sporsts the entire stay. How awesome is that?!) Because it was a paid for trip we didn't pick the dates or time or flights or any of that but gesh how nice is it to go to a tropical place for a week and not have to stress about any of the planning of getting there?! Our group was really nice and we met some reall awesome people! We were the babies of the group as most of the other invited guests were heads of televsion stations, Ad Agencies etc. but we only had 2 group dinners so we were on our own for most everyday. At the welcome dinner the first night fo rour group we sat with 2 couples, 1 that was the head of the IOWA Sinclair broadcast group and the other couple owned 12 car dealerships....Yeah and here I am a stay at home mom who coupon clips to help get the bills paid:) (The car dealership gal was trying to convince me I really needed to trade in for a mercedes when I got the chance and I assured her that as soon as my monthly budget allowed for a mercedes she would be the first person I called for sure. She was very very nice though. Just ridiculously rich:)) We had such a great relaxing week. It was definitely what Dave & I both needed. Just a break from the hectic day to day life of work (for Dave) and running around after 2 crazy boys (for me). We didn't really want to do much other than relax by the beach and pool and partake in those free pina coladas (I think I ate my weight in pina coladas and chips & salsa). We were so thrilled to no have to pack snacks for kids, worry about bottles, feedings, or naptimes everyday when we set out for the beach. Of course we both got burnt the very first hour we were in the sun.... 10 degrees from the equator is like being in a microwave FYI. But we loved loved loved it. The boys had a GREAT time @ Nama's & Grandpa Goof's House. Well, they were totally exhausted for about 2 days when we got home so I think that means they had a great time there anyway:)

A cool little bar right on the beach in a little village a few minutes away from our hotel.
The owner said he bought it for about $1,000. Dave now wants to move to Costa Rica & buy a bar...

Me & Bob. I named him Pedro and then the ranch hand informed me his name was Bob...
On Sunday we were away from the boys on Mother's Day :( But we spent the day horse back riding up a mountain by a rainforest. Ziplining down, and then hanging out in a volanic mud bath and hot springs.

Dave on the zipline! The trees make it looks like it wasn't that high up but it was alonggggggg way down!!

The food was awesome!

You can't really tell in the picture but this was a black beach. We thought it was more like a grey beach:)

Dave & I with the Vegas group:)

We enjoyed the free drinks:)

I can't remember what these are called but they are in the racoon family and so cute! They travel in families and live all over the 2,000 acre resort.

We hung out by the pool a LOT. Dave by the pool bar:)

These guys were everywhere on the Resort grounds! they ranged from 1 foot to 4 feet long!

1st morning is Costa Rica

This is the front of our suite. Our little patio area where I fed the animals:)

The beach was a beauty!

There are a ton of more pics but I've been working on this post for about a week now and I'm giving up. So at least this gives you an idea of our awesome trip:)

COFFEE BREAK

2011-05-16T20:14:00.000-07:00

Well we finally figured out why Griffin was having a caffeine crash at 3 o'clock every afternoon...Someone's been slipping him coffee.... (*I swear they come up with this all on their own, never did I once show Griffin how to raise his cup up to the coffee pot for Kason to pour)

Awhhh double shot, just how I like it big brother:)

CIRCUS

2011-05-16T19:54:00.001-07:00

Ok so I realllllyyyy have a lot of posts I need to do. We were in COSTA RICA last week so the week before that was prep for the trip and this last week I've been doing laundry galore.... I really want to post Costa Rica pics but I thought I'd start in order. So here are Circus pictures! We surprised Kason with some front row tickets and he was soooooooooo cited driving out to the Valley for the show! Our seats were the first row and so seriously close we could have reached an arm up and touched the elephants. Kinda scary! Kason loved the performers and the routines but the ringmaster scared the BEJESUS OUT OF HIM. With his loud deep voice and yelling into the microphone. Kason started crying and I thought we were going to have to leave. But the second he was done and the performance started Kason was happy, clapping, cheering and enjoying it. Then the ring master would come on to annouce the next act and Kason would go back to crying until he was done.... I felt awful but its been like 3 weeks now and he still talks daily about how much fun the circus was so I guess he had a good time:) Griffin LOVED the circus, everything about it. He sat threw the entire 2 and half hour show! I think he liked it more than Kason!
I know this picture is blurry but this shows how stinking close we were in our seats!

Cotton Candy makes the world a better place:)

I had a spray on tan the night before. Can you tell? Maybe just a little?

The "animals" were out greeting guest before the show started and Kason wanted a picture with each one. He ran up, gave high 5's and hugs and tried talking to them too:) "Hi, I'm Kason!"

This is when Kason was upset about the ringmaster:)

This is how Griffin drank his bottle, his head still glued to the action going on:)

Egg Hunting

2011-05-03T12:10:00.000-07:00

PLAY

2011-05-01T21:24:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures of the boys at play:) Last weekend Kason spent at least 30 minutes making this thing with wood scraps.... He said it was a "station". He was so proud of it! (it was scraps of wood he drug over from a pile and he stuck them very strategically one by one into a pile of dirt.)
Griffer lovesssssss driving the school bus! He just giggles and grins and talks to himself as he stands behind the wheel driving!

A RARE moment of Kason & Hurley laying on the couch together. You can see by the look on Hurley's face hes not too thrilled about it but doesn't have the energy to get up and leave quite yet...

Hurley, Kason & Griffin cuddling on the couch watching cartoons. Tyke was asleep on the other loveseat. (no I don't leave Griff alone on the couch. it was just got the quick picture don't worry!)

They follow each other all around the house.....

I give them their magnets and turn them loose when I need to make a meal. I think Kason was trying to teach Griffin how to spell MOM in this picture:)

The boys spend lots of time in the bus!

NEW COMPUTER

2011-04-27T20:02:00.000-07:00

I GOT MY NEWWWWWWW COMPUTER!!!!!! The birthday was a success and I picked out my new computer. Shanks to my parents, my inlaws and my hubby I now have a purdy new computer that doesn't freeze every 3 minutes or if I have more than one window open. And no cooling fan that stays on permantly leavning me no choice but to turn the tv up really load! Its awesome and so fast!!!!!!!!!! And best of all ITS PINK!!!!!!! Yup, I basically insured that my hubby will NEVER ask to borrow it for his business trips again, yes! Happy 28th to Mommy. Kason and Griffer seriously wanted those candles.

BROS

2011-04-27T19:45:00.000-07:00

This is how Mommy gets ready in the morning.... I hand the boys some bath toys and hangers and let their creativity run wild while I apply my mascara:) (And I later return during nap time to clean up the mess...)

Yup, we all wake up with some crazy hair in the mornings here at the Reinke House.

Kason has sadly outgrown his 4wheeler from his 1st birthday. He rides it all over the backyard and his little knees are up against the handle bars and his feet don't fit on the stands. But he loves it and says "bye! I'm cruising away!" as you drives past you at the whopping speed of .023 miles an hour:)

Brothers enjoying some sun:)

We were talking to Dave's parents on the computer and lost sight of Griff. Don't worry we eventually found him.. Under our dining table of course. He was so tickled with himself he just beamed:)

EASTER

2011-04-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

We had a very very relaxed Easter. Saturday morning we had an egg hunt at our church that Nama got to watch Kason do. Sunday we had planned on going to church but Griff's teethies hurt so he was up all night and Kason woke up at 5:45 and then put himself back to bed on our bedroom floor next to me side of the bed (I'm really not mean I did try to put him in our bed ad he refused... I promise I covered him with a blanket and he had 3 pillows too!) So we were all a little out of it in the morning. Griff continued to be a little teething bear cub all morning and then passed out right before it was time to go to church so we didn't make it. I'm sure Griffin would have spent most the service yelling at Pastor Jim like he did at his own baptism too... So we played in the backyard all day and Kason hunted Easter eggs. The Easter Bunny was nice enough to leave all yellow eggs for Griffin to find and they had baby treats in them. It was a very low key Easter but we enjoyed the Sunshine with our boys:) Saturday at our church's egg hunt:)

Showing off his loot! Our church doesn't have a big grass area so they divided the gym into age groups and laid out eggs full of candy and then just candy in the wrappers on the floor too. Kason very carefully walked threw the eggs and candy and was carefully choosing which candy he wanted to pick up and put in his basket. We told him there was candy in the eggs too and when the other kids got close and started grabbing eggs he finally started being less choosy and grabbed eggs:)

Griff grabbed a couple eggs too:)

"carefully" deciding which candy he wanted. He takes his candy seriously!

The gym floor!

Victory!

Grif openeing up the yellow eggs the Easter Bunny left him full of baby puff treats:)

E. Bunny left the boys new swim suits. After I took this picture I looked at them a little closer and noticed Kason was wearing Griff's and Griff was wearing Kason's..

Candy!!! That's alllllll he ate Sunday...

So I'm the worst Mom EVER. Saturday night we finished up the boys bath and put them in their jammies about to go to bed and I realized we didn't dye our eggs yet! Dave was annoyed and said let's do it tomorrow. You can't dye eggs on Easter! So I was frantically searching for the glitter dye kit Kason picked out by himself at Walmart. I tore the house apart and we realized we never unloaded it so I think somewhere on our shopping trip in Walmart Kason may have dropped it (he insisted on holding it the whole time) and I had no food coloring so Nama suggested we have him paint the eggs. Good idea Nama! Kason loved it and didn't know any difference and he put stickers on them too. But I still feel awful about it....:(

So I kinda have a weird obsession with family pictures and bunny ears... I not so nicely INSISTED we take a family pic with our bunny ears every year. Of course Griffin wanted no part in anyway with the bunny ears during this photo. But the 2 weeks leading up to this picture he LOVED the bunny ears and would giggle every time I put the things on him...

And OF COURSE 5 minutes AFTER we took the family picture he loved wearing the ears again... Thanks Griffer:)

Kason, however, loved wearing the ears. Especially when he wore Mommy's pink ears:)

Eating their goodies:)

So cited and proud:)

HANDY MAN

2011-04-17T21:52:00.001-07:00

Kason loves getting his tools out and helping Daddy... What's his secret to repairs?

He doesn't wear any pants...

9 MONTHS & RECENTS

2011-04-17T21:34:00.000-07:00

Last week Griffin turned 9 MONTHS OLD! Where did the last 9 months go? I swear I'm gonna wake up tomorrow and we will be celebrating his First birthday...Griffin is crawling all over the place (yes he FINALLY started crawling a few weeks ago, we were beginning to wonder.....) and now he is pulling himself up on everything and standing. Griffin thinks he is hot HOT stuff now and is into everything but Mommy is actually happy about this because he entertains himself a lot more now and my back is getting a little break from lugging him all over the house 24/7! I would loveeeee to post a cute video of him crawling, especially since my inlaws gave us an awesome FLIP camera for Christmas, but once again I have to use my "computer sucks" excuse. So just take my word, Griff's crawling, pulling himself up and all over the place and he's still adorable while doing it:) *******GREAT NEWS!!!! Even though my birthday is not until Friday everyone gave me my presents early so tomorrow the Mr. and I will meet at Best Buy so I can pick out a NEW COMPUTER!!!! (apparently I can't be trusted to pick one out by myself). So the posts will be happening a lot more often with my pretty new computer!!!Here's some pics of our adorable little 9 month old:) In this house we have a lot of toys... so we also like to swap them out and rotate them so they get plenty of use. When we bring something back out a few weeks later its like a new toy all over again! The train table from Santa was starting to loose its appeal so it was swapped out with the bus activity center. The BUS is the new fave toy of the month for sure!!!!!! KAson & Griffin play with it all day long since we brought it back upstairs. Love me some Reinke boys:)

GOOD MORNING! The boys like to cuddle on the couch in the morning and Griff usually insists on being in control of the remote:)

Griffer scored a new shelving unit at IKEA on our trip to Seattle a few weeks ago! This thing olds soooooo many toys. Its even got EMPTY spaces, can you believe it?!

Both boys up from their nap (Hurley just woke up from his nap too) and enjoying some hot milk on the couch:)

SEATTLE

2011-04-06T14:18:00.000-07:00

We had a great weekend trip to Seattle 2 weeks ago (yes I am wayyy behind on posts because as I've stated many times before my computer is seriously in bad shape, like life support ICU bad shape. April 22nd cannot come soon enough) The boys were AWESOME, AMAZING, INCREDIBLE in the car. Kason is the best little road tripper as long as we pack plenty of snacks, books & DVD's of course. Griffin slept almost the entire time so we would just keep driving and hand Kason some more snacks to hold him out on a meal stop. It was really great to see my Grandma & Grandpa. Their house is so nice and PERFECT so it makes Mommy a little stressed the whole time constantly keeping a close eye on the boys for fear they might break something or even worse STAIN something. But I'm pretty sure we left their house the way we found it:) We also went to Dave's fraternity brother's wedding. It was a beautifulllll wedding and was really fun seeing some of the old crew from college. It was also a bit weird.... Dave was the ONLY one with kids and only one other guy was married besides the groom. And here we show up with our little family and most the guys there didn't even have dates. I asked Dave on the way home if it made him think of the "what-if's" in life and he said no I love my family and where we are at. Awhhhh I love him:)On the drive home we stopped in Ellensburg at Dairy Queen for lunch. Our family kinda likes ice cream... Griffin do you like ice cream?!

YES!

Oh good, you fit right in with this family:)

Great Grandpa Richard and Great Grandson Griffin Richard

Great Grandma Dixie & Griffin and Great Great Auntie Kam & Kason

Great Grandpa & his only great grandsons:)

Yeah... Kason was the only one dancing so the bride came to dance with him. Shortly followed by a bridesmaid. Yup, he's the man. Dave's frat brothers were impressed:)

I have the most handsome boys!!!

Griffin is such a HAM. When he sees the camera he stops and smiles and posses.

The party animal passed out. He later rallied.

The favors at the wedding were little gift boxes at the table filled with chocolates. Kason sat down and said "look presents for me!" opened it up "Look they gave me candy" then the wanted the other "presents" at the table and Dave's frat brothers happily handed theirs over because Kason woudl open another box and all suprised say "its more candy!" like he had no idea each time he opened a box what would be inside.

Kason lovessss a good glass of lemon water.

Griff stop being so cute:)

Kason loved Molly Mae. I think Molly got more exercise this weekend than the last year total. Kason played fetch with her all weekend.

Baptism

2011-03-31T20:40:00.001-07:00

Wow, I could have sworn I posted Griffin's baptism photos weeks ago....

G.G. Grandpa Doug, Aunty Katy & Campbell flew up for the big day and Kason and Griffin were THRILLED to have them here:) Griffin's baptism was pretty darn eventful and one for the books. During the service we were suppose to sit and wait until after Pastor Jim's sermon. Then a song would play and that song was our cue to walk up to the front for the baptism ceremony. Sounded pretty simple...5 minutes into Pastor Jim's sermon Griffin starts shouting at him. Basically telling the pastor his opinion on the matter and getting pretty vocal about it. I decide to take Griffin out in the hall where his shouting wouldn't compete with Pastor Jim's message and he quickly quieted down. About 5 minutes later Katy walks out with Campbell (did I mention that during the opening prayer Katy whispered to me her hand was wet and she couldn't figure out where the wetness was coming from?). Yeah, Campbell pooped. Not only did she poop, she exploded blowout-style, up to her shoulders. So while we were in the bathroom trying to change Campbell Kason looks over at Dave (still in church listening to Pastor Jim) and informs Daddy he needs to go potty. So Dave brings Kason out to the bathroom to go potty and wouldn't you know, the sermon ends, the music begins and yes thats our cue to go to the front of the church for Griffin's baptism...We all rushed back into the church. Let's do this. Campbell didn't have a backup outfit in the diaper bag so she was wrapped in a blanket and handed to G.G. for the duration of the baptism. 2 minutes into the baptism Griffin becomes obsessed with Pastor Jim's white robe and won't stop grabbing his huge white sleeve and pulling on it. After the Pastor's speech about being baptised he looks down at the bowl of holy water and asks the congregation if someone could run and get him some water.... apparently there was no water in the bowl and its kinda hard to do a baptism without water:) Griff thought it was pretty fun having water poured on his head and right at the end when Pastor Jim said, "I'd like to introduce to to your brother in Christ, Griffin." and everyone was done clapping for him while the pastor carried him up the aisle Kason announces in the silent church "He got baptized!". It was pretty darn cute. Of course all of this excitement totally wiped Griffin out and he passed on on Mommy before we could snap one group picture of all of us afterwards. Campbell's blowout literally pooped her out too so she was passed out on Katy as well for the after pictures. the 3 cousins the morning after:)

They are so darn cute!!!

Thanks for coming up GG & Grandpa!!!!!!

Campbell & Griffin were pooped out:) And Campbell is naked under that blanket, hehe:)

Griffin wouldn't stop pulling on Pastor Jim's robe... no manners. We can't take this kid anywhere.

Look at this handsome guy!!!!

CONFESSION

2011-03-14T10:08:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a big post of Griffin's baptism last week and GG, Gpa & Aunty Katy's visit. Things here are busy busy like usual and we have a very busy week this week. But a post of Griff's big day is coming SOON! In the mean time here is a confession of what our house looks like on a typical day....maybe it will give you insight on why the Baptism pics are taking me awhile to get posted:)

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I confess... this is what my living room looks like after hurricane Kason has blown over it...

And this is usually what my kitchen island usually looks like on any given day... Art projects, breakfast, Eczema cream, coupons.... it holds it all:)

Very brave of me to post pics of my nut house... but its all worth the craziness because of these two adorable and happy boys right?!:)

Appliance Fairy

2011-03-04T14:36:00.000-08:00

This is Dave's sad face, can you tell??? A few weeks ago our garbage disposal went Kapooie. Then 2 weeks ago our microwave started making such an awful noise that I cleared the boys out of the room thinking it was going to explode whenever I attempted to use it. It didn't explode but it did stop warming any food up and then started smelling like burning rubber in our house. (this is when we unplugged it!)
Here is the new beauty that doesn't match anything but hey "eventually" we'll upgrade the other stuff to stainless for resale value right?!.....We lived a whole week with NO microwave and then it was delivered while Dave was in Tulsa so then another 4 days with it on the floor. UGH!

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And last night my magic bullet food processor died while making a fresh batch of baby food for Griffin. (He lived a long life from making up daiquiris in college to batch after batch of baby food for Kason & Griffin. I feel like he lived a very fulfilling life, RIP Magic Bullet, tear) What could go next?! So I keep waking up every morning hoping the Appliance Fairy has delivered a matching stainless steel oven & frig but no such luck..... I bet she's on some beach drinking daiquiris with the Cleaning Fairy, Laundry Fairy & Money Fairy I've been waiting on too...damn fairies.

THANKFUL THURSDAY

2011-03-03T13:34:00.000-08:00

Griffin's asleep on my lap so I thought I'd post a Thankful Thursday! Today I'm thankful for Dora The Explorer because look how adorably cute it is to see Kason & Griffin both playing with their Dora "action figures" in the tub:) When they tub together they each have to have their Dora and they giggle, giggle, giggle. *I call the Dora tub toy an action figure to make Daddy feel better. She's plastic and comes with weapons (flippers & a life vest...) so that makes her an action figure not a doll, right Dave? :) Kason lovessss the show Dora The Explorer so of course a year ago Nama gave him this bath toy. Griffin always stares at Dora in the tub and wants it so badly, you can see it in his eyes how badly he would want to hold Dora. Kason would be mean and get upset if Griff touched his precious Dora. Whenever Griffin tubbed alone I would sneak him Dora and he would shake with excitement. Santa was kind enough to bring Griffin his very own Dora so now they both have one to play with in the tub. Oh, and you can bet Kason can tell the difference between the two Dora's and knows exactly which Dora is his and which is Griffin's! Griff is laughing at Kason because Kason's Dora was swimming and saying "come on Dora follow me Dora!" I swear Griffin already tries to mimic Kason and tries to make her swim like Kason does to his!

We LOVE Dora! These 2 our soooooo stinking CUTE:)

Single Parent

2011-03-01T10:10:00.000-08:00

Dave flew to Tulsa last week to meet some new clients. He was gone 3 nights and 4 days. A total of 78 hours, not that I was counting or anything... On a typical day I have the boys for 10 hours all by myself. But when Dave gets home from work at night I very much enjoy the help during those last 2 hours of the boys day. So having no help all weekend was pretty exhausting. Not to mention my "bottle washer" was gone (I fill the bottles up and Dave's job is to wash them.) and our microwave was broken. The first 2 days flew by with the daily outings we did but by Saturday afternoon both boys only napped for an hour and woke up in 'tudes so Mom was ready for Daddy to come home! Let's just say Daddy definitely has job security after Mommy experiencing what its like to be a single parent:) We won't be getting rid of him anytime soon!

Griffin cut his 2nd tooth over the week!

One evening we went to Chuck E Cheese for play and McD's for dinner! Chuck E. Cheese got in some new games since last time we were there. Call Kason and ask him about it and he'll talk your ear off about the scary dog game thats new...

Griff thinks playing with the games at Chuck E. is going to be more fun than watching Kason play with the games at Chuck E... (He actually is quite mesmerized when we go there by all the kids and games!)

Whats under the bowl Kason? Daddy! Kason decided while talking to Daddy on the cell phone that the phone should be in the bowl.... I don't know?

Playing in Griff's crib together. Yup, Kason picked out his own clothes this day. A camo shirt with a purple striped shirt and Woody socks... he's that cool kid in class:) But its better than the original out fit he picked out, see below picture..I told Kason to pick out his outfit. This is what he came up with. Yup, I guess camo pants and purple stripped shirt isn't so bad afterall:)

My cheeseballs helping make cookies:)

Griffin still isn't crawling. Mommy is ready for this to happen any day now because he is getting quite heavy to lug around all over the house plus he gets so frustrated about it too. He gets up all all 4's like this and rocks and throws himself forward and face plants and then cries... He has mastered going backwards however.

Griffin will entertain himself with some cooking items while Kason and I cook for about 10-15 minutes. Isn't he adorable:)

BROTHERS

2011-02-21T22:08:00.000-08:00

Kason & Griffin are quickly becoming best buddies. They are starting to play together so much already. Kason sits with Griff on the floor and they play with Griffin's baby toys together. It melts my heart seeing them play so much already:) Kason's fave thing is crawling up on the dinning chair after I feed Griffin in his high chair and Kason gives Griffin his sippy cup and they giggle, giggle, giggle together as Kason feeds Griff water and they play with the high chair toys. GIGGLES. is all I hear from both of them as I wash dishes:) Griff just worships his big brother already and you can just see his eyes LIGHT up when Kason is around. They now have a new game where Kason hits the table, then Griff giggles and hit his high chair tray... Its pretty funny but I can only imagine what Kason will soon teach Griffin....:) THANK GOD FOR BROTHERS! I can't imagine not having 2 little boys to light our house up:)Kason said "I hold Griffin in this chair Mommy." So I set him up there with Kason. "Take our picture Mommy!" Griff was pretty excited to ride Lenny The Lion the other night:)

Then Kason wanted to push Griff. Mommy was right by to "catch" should I need too.

"Um Mommy, I'm not one to question your parenting skills.. but is letting the 2 year old push me really the best judgement?!"

Then Kason wanted to ride "Push me Griff!" he said.

Awhhh I love this boy!

Kason put this swim ring around Griff. Griff then fell backwards landing on the ring. Kason thought this was the funniest thing ever I guess...

Valentine's Day

2011-02-17T14:21:00.000-08:00

A little late to post a Valentine's Day post but I every time I tried to post pictures on the blog my computer froze... I finally figured out that if I post one picture at a time my computer won't freeze so finally here are some Vday pics:) Kason & Griffin like always are a bit spoiled... Kason enjoyed a special Valentine's dinner. Heart plates and a heart champagne flute to drink his milk out of. "Wow, thats nice!" Kason said:)

Kason got a Valentine card in the mail with DOLLARS in it. FYI: Kason loves dollars in cards:) This is his "Dollar Box" as he calls it. He prefers to buy popcorn at the movies and candy at stores with his dollars rather than toys... bless his heart.

Kason got a Word Whammer from Mommy & Daddy. We have been having fun making new words together.

So cute! Some new fleeces from Mommy & Daddy for Vday. Dave wouldn't let me get matching ones so "coordinating" ones it is:)

Griff loves his new hat from GG & Gpa!

A packaged was delivered from GG Vday morning. Kason was so excited! "GG send me a Vantine box!!!! She send me candy I know. Let's open it!"

Kason cracked me up. the card GG & Gpa sent was Toy Story and it was 3D when you put the glasses on. Kason did this all morning:)

Nama & Grandpa's box... Kason knew for sure Nama got him the Dinosaur he wanted for weeks... I kept telling him it was socks.

But of course it was the dinosaur he wanted. Except..... it was a little bigger in person than Kason thought! He was a little scared of Monty at first. Actually kinda freaked out... but he soon warmed up and now he enjoys feeding Monty his cereal in the morning, putting it on the floor for Monty to walk across and making Monty knock toys over when he wags his tail:)

Its raining puke at our house...

2011-02-17T13:49:00.000-08:00

Alright, we're back from the land of flu! The Reinke House had a giant Q on its door for quarantined...So 2 weeks ago Kason walked over to me while I was pumping on the couch and said "Mommy I need you" BURP. I knew what was coming next. It was either Kason and I or the precious lovies sitting on the couch. I instinctively put a hand up to block the lovies as projectile puke came out of Kason covering the floor, myself and of course poor Kason. The puke hit my hand and basically covered Kason in a shower of his own vomit. NOT even kidding a little bit. I sat there with one arm out covered in vomit & the other hand still holding onto my breastpump looking at Kason in shock like "that really just came out of you and happened?!" Kason looked down at the floor and mommy and his body and was speechless too. Then he took a deep breathe, touched his ear, that was caked in vomit, and started bawlingggggggggggg. What was Griff doing at this moment? Oh he was in his jumperoo 2 feet away watching in horror. He was like "Its like a bad really gross puked covered car wreck, I just can't look away guys..." Kason and I looked so ridiculous I seriously thought about taking a picture and probably would have had Kason not been bawling because he realized he was covered in his own puke.... So I ran Kason to the bathtub threw him in while it started filling up and started stripping the clothes off and scrubbing puke off his head. He calmed down real fast and was happily playing within minutes. He looked up at me and said "I puked mommy. It happens...." Yes, yes it does bubbie.

So skip to that Saturday night. I put the boys to bed and told Dave I didn't fee so hot. an hour later mommy was puking. I'm pretty sure 15 times has gotta be some kind of record. Do they keep records of that kind of stuff? Cuz next to it would be the name Stefanie Reinke. Just saying. I felt so awful for Dave having to watch the kids alone while I was in bed on Super Bowl Sunday! BUT Nama showed up at half time just as Dave needed to hand the boys off and start puking himself. Not even kidding, dave was in the bathroom the entire second half of the super bowl. Wednesday Nama started throwing up (did I mention it was my work week of the month?!) and then on Thursday, over a week after Kason first became sick, poor little Griffer started puking. He was puking for 3 days, talk about scary watching your presh little baby not be able to keep down any liquids for days:( Oh, and on top of all of that Griff cut his first tooth, what a champ. He was actually thee most amazing little guy during his illness. He was such a trooper I could not believe how happy and calm he was even though he was projectile vomiting any and all things you put down him. He was the toughest out of all of us I must say:)

I doubt Nama will ever want to come back to our house after that experience and Griff is no longer puking but still on the mend and slowly getting some appetite back. We survived. Griffin's Dr. told me today that what we had was the stomach flu not the respiratory flu that the shot prevents. He explained it to me and it makes sense now why Kason got the flu even though he had a flu shot. There is no shot for that type of flu so he definitely eased Mommy's huge guilt I felt for this being the first year in 10 years I haven't gotten the flu shot (I know I know with a newborn in the house and everything. Worst Mommy of the year right here)....

* I'm happy to report no LOVIES were harmed in the week of puke at our house.
** And if you were wondering, yes I used the word Puke or Vomit 16 times in this post.

And then there was puke...

2011-02-02T08:12:00.000-08:00

Alright I tried to post this a few days ago but got distracted by a sick Kason and his projectile vomit. I just got the nasty smell of it out of the carpet after shampooing it for 2 days and wouldn't you know it Hurley decided to puke in the exact same spot today as the carpet was drying during the boys nap... OK more on that great story later but for now here are some pics from last week! A few months ago it was decided in the Reinke House that Kason could not be "trusted" with the soap in his bathroom. He enjoys washing his hands by himself like a big boy and gets upset if you come watch him.... so that led to him pumping handsoap allllllllllllll over the sink and playing in it. So we started keeping the handsoap on the shelf out of little hands reach.He decided 2 weeks ago that he could once again "handle" having the soap on the sink countertop. That was until Dave walked back to the bathroom a few nights ago because Kason was being awfully quiet. And when you live with Kason you know that quiet is never a good thing.... If you look closely next to Kason's hands you can see the soap alllllll over the counter top. Its kinda hard to give your child the "stern talking too" that is necessary when you are fighting back the laughter with your husband in the hall wall trying to conceal the giggles from your child:) Especially since he was giving us this "ummm I think I'm in big trouble now that I stop and think about what I just did" look on his face. "Am I in trouble guys?"

Kason & Kannon. Best buddies:)

Kason & Kannon decorating cookies:)

I thought it would be fun to make cookies for Kason & Kannon's playdate! They each frosted and sprinkled their names:)

Snuggles in bed with my boys:)

Kason often decides he needs to look at every single book he owns. Did I mention he has over 100 books in his library? Thanks Kason!

Brobee needed some bouncer time.

Griffin is just adorable:)

Grandpa Goof Babysits

2011-01-30T21:09:00.001-08:00

So we needed a babysit last weekend so we could go to our friend's surprise birthday party.... and Grandpa Goof was our man. Hey he's free sitter right?! Mommy was a litte teeny nervous about leaving the children with Grandpa. Mostly because a month ago Grandpa asked "Do I lay him on his stomach or back?" when he was about to put Griffin down for a nap at Christmas. Its questions like those that make Mommy a teeny nervous...plus while I was going over the bedtime routine and supply list of jammies, crack cream, diapers, bottles, and times he was making faces at Griffin in the mirror and I kinda had the weird feeling he wasn't listening to a thing I said....... but he did a great job! We took it easy on him, he only had Griffer all to himself for an hour before it was time to put him to bed. And Kason an hour later so we like to think we eased him into this babysitting gig. Kason loved having Grandpa here for the weekend. And yesterday (Saturday) he woke up and overheard me say it was Saturday he said, "Yeah, Grandpa Goof coming today. It Saturday!" So I had to crush his little spirit and tell him not this Saturday:( Thanks for watching the boys Grandpa Goof! And for putting Griffin to sleep on his back:)

Ok Grandpa Goof, its playdough time!

They made a snowman from Kason's book Snowmen All Year Long

Popcorn Party! Kason kinda has a popcorn party at least 3 times a week... Give Kason a bowl of popcorn and pop in movie and he thinks its a national holiday practically. I can already tell that Kason's gonna be that kid in 1s grade that will do ANYTHING to earn class points for a popcorn party. He's totally gonna be that kid that's all "you guys, you guys, shhhhhh come on be quiet we're loosing points for our popcorn party Friday!"

Elefun! Kason & Gpa played a quick game before dinner.

Dance party! You can't tell but we were listening to Yo Gabba Gabba on the MP3 player. Griffin & Gpa were dancing on the couch. At this same time I was talking to our friend to get directions for the birthday party and after hearing the music she said, "where are you guys???!!!!" I told her the club pre-funkin for the birthday party of course...

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Catch Up

2011-01-30T20:33:00.000-08:00

OK so I've been slacking big time on uploading new pics. My computer is seriously on its last leg, it sometimes starts gagging, gives me a little cough and then a look like "seriously? You want me to hold how many more pictures of your children?!" I"m hoping the computer fairy makes a stop at the Reinke House on my birthday in April but don't tell my poor over abused computer that. She may just decide to quite on me early if she knows she's getting replaced by a younger slimmer model.

Anywho..... here are some pics of the happenings. I'll be "trying" to make a few new posts in the next 24 hours so check back for more pictures of our adorable children soon:) They just seem to do cuter and cuter things everyday....Kason loves nothing more than a hot bubble bath after a long day of play.

This is Kason's Little People collection. I asked Dave if we could get the farm (like one of the only sets we don't have) I bet you can guess what he told me.... NO!

Helping Mommy make the bed

"AWhhh you caught me! I was just about to go for a jog in my pink Nike's...."

Kason and I were making cookies while Griffin napped. He wouldn't listen to me when I told him to stop eating the dough. Soooo of course I threw a handful of flour at him to get his attention. This broke into a flour fight. I threw flour at Kason, and Kason threw flour at.... Kason. So Kason ended up needing to be hosed off in the sink and Mommy remained unharmed:)

Family Craft Time! Making some Valentine decorations:)

The finished product. "Those lovely" Kason said:)

Kason & his buddy Pepper playing in the snow:)

Don't they play sweet together?! Sometimes....

Griffin has quickly learned that he's suppose to cry and throw a fit when his big brother takes something from him:)

VIDS

2011-01-23T14:15:00.000-08:00

Uncle Ryan decided to play army man with Griffin. Griff thought it was so funny, he giggled every time he got to shoot the guns!

Just the boys playing:)

SILVER MOUNTAIN

2011-01-16T13:43:00.001-08:00

So we made it home from Boise, unloaded the suitcases straight into the washing machine, scooped 5 pounds of cat poop, folded the clean laundry and repacked it for Silver Mountain! Now most people would go to a Ski Resort to ski or snowboard, not the Reinke's! We go to enjoy the 84 degree indoor water park! Kason loved it last year and Griffin enjoys water too so we have decided to make it an annual winter tradition. AND! This year our great friends, The Hawkins family, came too! Carter is one year older then Kason and Cohen is 5 months younger than Kason. So they always have a ton of fun when they are together! Instead of getting 2 separate hotel room we decided the boys would have more fun if we got one giant condo. The boys totally entertained each other, it was heaven:) The boys were totally exhausted by day 2 afternoon so that makes me believe it was a successful trip! The best news is that the Hawkins will be living in Spokane this summer for internships so there will be lots of play times this summer too! Thanks for going with us Katie, John, Carter & Cohen!!!!!!!!! I didn't get a lot of pics because 1. waterparks plus cameras don't equal a good time and 2. the humidity in this place was nuts and my camera kept fogging up most the time I tried.

Cohen, Carter & Kason lined up watching all us parents surfing:)

Kason & Carter playing in the toddler area. This place is so awesome!

My fave picture of the whole trip! Kason just went down the toddler slide. His face pretty much sums up how he felt about this trip:)

Katie & I joked, it was us 2 girls with 6 boys:) Here are all our boys, minus Griff who did a lot of napping during the visit. I guess 84 degree & humidity makes him tired...

Griffer the surfing moose! Which just so happens to be the water park's mascot!!

All 4 boys:) Griffin was so excited anytime the big boys talked to him or he got to sit on the floor with them. He just wants to be a big boy too so badly.

WHOA! My boys playing in the condo:)

Katie & I with our boys. Two of the girliest girls you'll ever meet and we each of 2 boys:)

See, totally entertained themselves in the condo. P.S. this place was beautiful. I may have wanted to move in....

Movie Night, the boys enjoyed Toy Story 3 before bed.

NEW YEAR'S IN BOISE

2011-01-16T10:17:00.000-08:00

Yes, we're still here!!! We had a very crazy last 5 weeks but its finally calmed down now. Well our definition of calm anyway... I just finished my week of work for January and woke up sick the next day, ugh. Dave took Kason to a movie today so its just Griffer and me while they're gone. Griffin didn't even know what to do having mommy all to himself, that never happens!! So he got all excited..played hard with me... and then passed out. So I'm curled up with kleenex on the couch catching up on blogging while he naps.

We flew down to Boise the week after Christmas to see Dave's family and meet our niece, Campbell!!!!! Griffin and Kason are such good lil travelers. Someone in the waiting area asked me if this was Kason's first flight. I said um no like his 24th probably? They looked at me crazy and said well its the baby's first flight then? Nope, its his 5th flight...

We had such a nice visit in Caldwell. GG's house was pure chaos. A 2 year old, almost 6 month old and an almost 1 month old. Yah, each contributing their own messes:) Plus all the visitors that tend to show up when you've got a house full of babies to be seen, it was nuts but lots of fun! And Campbell.... oh she's so perfect!

Katy & Campbell and me & the boys!!!

Katy has already learned how exhausting motherhood is!

Kason helped cousin find her binky:)

We opened presents when we arrived. Kason got a mini trampoline! And of course there was naked jumping....

Campbell riding her new pony we got her for Christmas:) I told her to always remember who
bought her her first pony!

Campbell & Santa!!!!!!!! Look how adorable she is!!!!

Santa came to GG's house to visit!
Kason thanked him for the train table he brought at Christmas but when we said go sit on his lap Kason said "I already did!" (translation. I sat on his lap at the mall, you said I had to if I was gonna get a chance to tell him I wanted my train table. I got my train table Christmas morning. Now why do I have to sit on the scary dudes lap again?! Can this please count as next years visit too?!)

Cousins tubbing together:) Griffin & Campbell took their first of probably many baths together. Griffer is 5 months older than Campbell. And yes, Campbell was a twin but Griffin ate the other baby... I know thats what you were thinking.

Grandma & Grandpa took us all out for sushi on New Year's Eve. Kason had noodles and did great with his chopsticks as you can see. It takes talent to use 2 chopsticks. Just imagine how much talent it takes to use only one!

Griff checking out the exersaucer from GG & Grandpa!

HOLDING CAMPBELL FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! She smells so yummy and is just so adorable and beautiful! It was love at first sight. She did sleep an awful lot though. I told her next time we see her I expect her to be more exciting:)

Kason & his new trampoline. I think he lost 3 lbs. at least on this trip. He jumped alllll day long. We all got a "little" tired of the sounds and songs this thing plays while jumping on it:) Unfortunately, it was too big and had to stay at GG's house. Mommy & Daddy were devastated...

Aunty & Unc got Kason BROBEEE for Christmas. (yup, another lovie!) Kason was thrilled and this picture is Kason introducing Brobee to Croaker. So cute!

Dave and his niece! Look at her flower headband, the flower was bigger than her head almost:)

THANKFUL THURSDAY

2011-01-05T21:32:00.001-08:00

Today I am thankful that we are on our way to Silver Mountain Ski Resort! We will be there just for the night with our friends The Hawkins Family!

We made it home from Boise (which was a GREAT AMAZING TRIP seeing our niece, Campbell, for the first time) but I haven't had time to upload those photos and post them here (soon very soon). I had just enough time to unpack 5 days worth of laundry, scoop 5 lbs. of cat poo from the litter box and do load after load of laundry just to pack us up again for Silver Mountain tomorrow. So once the craziness has slowed down around here I promise lots of pictures are coming from our trip to Boise!

Until then..... Tyke & Hurley would like to send some love your way... (They also have been complaining to me about the seriously lack of posts they get on the blog.)Tyke loved the skating village. I don't know who watched the little figurines skate around the pond more, Kason or Tyke?!

Such a rough life.... Hurley lounging with Mommy's robe.

Christmas 2010

2010-12-27T14:22:00.001-08:00

We hope you all had a great Christmas!!! We sure did! Nama, Grandpa, Uncle Richie and his girlfriend Erin came up Christmas Eve and celebrated Christmas with us! Kason was so excited and happy to have them here for the big event:) Santa brought Kason his beloved Train Table so he is the happiest little boy ever now. Kason & Griffin recieved way too many toys and now we are trying to find a place to put them all. We have settled on the middle of the living room floor for now:) Thanks for coming to spend the big day with us Nama, Grandpa Unc, Erin & Pepper!!!! We love you! We fly to Boise in a few days to celebrate a 2nd Christmas with Dave's family and New Year's as well and are so excited. (Yah not quite sure where we will put anymore toys...) The trip will also be our first time meeting Miss Campbell Grace our niece!!!!!

"So this is love, dudodoooo. So this is the true love that I've been waiting for.... ladadooo." (As sung by Cinderella)

Kason's first glimpse of his train table. Yup, it was love at first sight.

Mommy & Buzz Lightyear. Kason has been wearing these around the house all day today saying "look Mom look" then pushing the button to make them talk like Buzz. He also decided he needed to jump off the couch with them on too. I guess waiting outside at the Toys R Us Black Friday Sale in the freezing cold was worth it after all:) Cuddling with Jingle the dog from Great Grandma & Grandpa Hitchcock

Kason made place cards for everyone at Christmas Eve dinner:)

Griffer decided this toy business is pretty exciting!

Griffin playing with Unc & Erin. Griffin has been playing a ton with al lhis new toys:)

Safety first:) Kason and his new toolbench

Griff, Unc & Erin. Kason calls Erin, "Unc's best friend Erin" and I think he has a crush on her too:)

Griffin was really into the family photo attempt but Kason... not so much... apparently he had some new toys that needed played with that exact second.

First attempt. Yup, Griffin couldn't get enough of it look at that smile! Or maybe it was the goofy looking guy taking the pictures (cough cough... Grandpa Rich...)

Even Buzz Lightyear loves trains:)

Griffin thinks he may like this Christmas business

Griffin wanted to check out the new train table too!

Kason & Daddy getting to work on playing with the new train table!!!!

Santa brought Griff a train too!

Kason SO CITED as he woke up Christmas morning!!
He also had a sleepover in his room with Grandma & Grandpa Christmas Eve!!

Santa came!!!

Daddy got to open a present Christmas Eve, Mario Kart for his Wii! Kason was very into it:)

Awhhhhhh my lovies in their coordinating Christmas Eve outfits:) How did we manage to get 2 of the cutest boys ever?!

Elefun!

This is what Kason did with the net from the Elefun game... he's special:)

Kason & Erin. Erin sporting the necklace Kason made for her:)

The beautiful necklace Kason made for Nama:) He was soooo excited to give it to her!

The night before everyone came it was cleaning time. As you can see Kason still perfers to clean in the nude. Thankfully Dave wears clothes though:)