Sad little boy week

We had a rough week around the Barsness house. My boy got the stomach flu, lost 3 pounds, and eventually (Thursday night) had to go to the ER and get 750 ml of IV fluids. It was so sad to see my tiny boy so sick. Luckily the fluids did the trick, and he's been eating enough the last couple days to make up for those 5 days he was sick! He even felt well enough for some swimming in his new "mean cars" shorts! Can you tell Lando was saying "cheese!"?
We went to the weight room at Butte High Saturday night. The kids needed to play, and they're really good up there. The wind has been so terrible here that it's impossible to go outside. Here's my big strong guy with some foam weights.

Avery likes to walk around the three rooms and find every Bulldog in the place. She's a silly girl.

Carter really wanted to turn on the treadmill. We did let them walk on it a little bit later. He thought maybe if he lifted Avery up, she could turn it on!

More big strong guy pictures. I'm just so happy he's feeling better. I felt so horrible for him when he was sick.

Avery got pretty worn out up there. She decided to lay down next to Daddy while he did some sit-ups. She's pretty cuddly when she's tired!

This is not the best picture, but this is Reece. She's Geah's little girl who turned 2 on Saturday. She had a great birthday party at Silver Bow. Carter, Avery, and Landon have been spoiled lately. We've gone to the Pizza Parlor 3 times in the last three weeks.

This is so dark, but I thought it was cute. Avery was playing with Grandma's earrings. She's very gentle thank goodness!

My little racecar driving girl. She looks so goofy here with her little pizza face!

She really enjoyed the carousel. She wouldn't let go of her pizza of course so I helped steady her while she ate. She's starting to talk so much. She kept saying "Oooh, pizzi"!

There's my happy little man on the carousel. He had lots of fun at the party - he always does.

Lando-man also had lots of fun on the carousel. He loves these red horses (red for Raphael of course)! He rode some other rides too. He's starting to try more things! Yay!

Friday night was a good one. I was so happy to have my smiling, goofy little man back. I can't even explain how sick he was. He barely spoke or moved for about three days. Anyway, he was being funny with Avery too. He wanted her to follow him and hide from Daddy!

The best place to hide was apparently under the kitchen table. They thought they were really hilarious when they scared Daddy!

I love that they get along so well right now. It's not all the time of course, but it's about 90% of the time. Here they are having some breakfast together Saturday morning. Carter loves a good cup of hot cocoa.
This picture just makes me laugh! Carter was making blue guy "get" Poppa. Those are his knees in the picture.

One night when Carter was taking a little nap, Avery was being very silly with my winter hat. Look at that face! I'm still not sure how she and I didn't get this stomach bug, but I'm knocking on wood that everything stays that way!

She's a beautiful little baby isn't she? I suppose I might be a little biased!

Laney got pretty tired with us being home all last week. Avery tried to throw her toy for her but ended up just laying it on her. She's a good puppy - she loves my babies.

That's a sweet underbite Avers! She makes the silliest faces. Her teachers at daycare told me she has quite the personality. You can always tell what she's thinking!

New Adventures

We had a really fun Saturday. We met up with Nikki (Foley) Edmundson and her little boy Cutler out at the new Jumparoo place. It was hilarious. We followed it up with pizza at Silver Bow or as Carter calls it "my party place". Needless to say, my babies both took three hour naps that afternoon! Here's Jordo and Ave looking very relaxed on the carousel.
We picked Abb and Jord up from dance at noon. I'm glad they were there. They are so good about taking the kids on all the rides. I'm so sorry I cut your forehead off Abb! It's still a cute picture - look at all those smiles!

Nikki and Cutler look a lot alike. She's having another baby in September. He's a little maniac. We hardly saw him he was so busy playing. It was nice to have a visit with them.

This was a big deal! Lando rode the carousel many times on Saturday and loved it! He decided that he liked the red horses the best. Red is his favorite color right now because of Raphael. Once again - poor Abb. She's like Mike in Monster's Inc. - her face just keeps getting obstructed!

My parents' neighbor Marissa was out at the Jumparoo place - Thank God. She took Ave down a couple slides for me. Avery really really wanted to follow the boys! It was a really neat place, but totally packed!

This picture is blurry, but it makes me laugh. They were so timid when we first got there. Then they were insane. They went down the big slide upside down, head first, sideways, together...any way they could!

That little tiny person up there is the Carterman. That was a big slide! He loved it!

A cute picture of the Lando Commando. He also had a great time. We'll definitely have to get out there again.

Marissa - who I need to buy some Dairy Queen - helped Carter go down the slide right when we got there. The boys were a bit leery at first. Carter got Lando to go with him next - they held hands up the stairs. After that it was pandemonium!

When we picked up the kids from daycare on Friday, Landon did not want to leave without this Spiderman costume. Someone had brought it in to donate to the dress-up stuff. He got to take it home for the weekend. He was hilarious in it. He seriously just goes goofy when he has a mask on! Carter decided to wear Buzz along with him. They were heroes!

Carter was begging to try it on, and eventually Lando relented. They are so silly.
It was a pretty nice evening, so we made a stop at Father Sheehan park after daycare also. A lot of people must have had the same idea, because it was packed. Mostly our kids just wanted to swing though. There's my handsome fella.

Lando didn't want to smile for me, so he pretended to be sleeping. It's very convincing!

My little Boo Boo had a fabulous time on the swings. She also really likes to walk in the sand too.

Happy Earth Day birthday Terri! We celebrated with some delicious cupcakes!

Avery really enjoyed hers! Cupcakes are so fun for the kids to chow down on. I'm not sure what my brother is doing in the background!

This is Carter's happy soup face. What can I say - the boy loves soup! He kept asking me to add more noodles to it. He's so funny. He was also looking quite handsome in his new shirt from Grandma and Grandpa Barsness. He made a special request for purple clothes for his birthday - I think because of Donatello!

It was so nice last Monday that the kids actually got to wear some summer clothes. Who knows when that might happen again! Carter showed his dinosaur polo to all his daycare teachers. He's very into dinosaurs right now.

Avery got to wear this super cute watermelon dress that Mom found for her. Those cute little legs made me laugh!

I love this picture! I actually got a good one of them being silly together. They were hiding from me on the couch behind a pillow. I found them!

Last but not least, the babies reading books together. Carter reads her the Brown Bear, Polar Bear, and Panda Bear books sometimes. It's so cute. I'm glad they get along so well right now (knock on wood!).

Spring weather - Yay!

Sorry this is late. We had a sick day Monday - just icky colds. Anyway, here's a pretty big post. Mom and Dad got the kids a mud pie making machine. It is hilarious! Sunday was the perfect day to try it out too. They thought it was awesome.
I love Kyle's face in this. He's showing off the finished product. Landon is adding a last minute sprinkle of dry dirt on top!
After a hard day of playing and playing outside, there is nothing better than watching Ninja turtles and eating pizza. Yum!

I love watching the boys ride their bikes to the park. They just look so funny. I wish I had their energy - it's amazing how fast those little legs can go!

We dug out the rockgarden on Sunday also. Erica did some rose bush cutting, and Carter kept us entertained. He liked to climb to the top level and sing some song of his own making. He was a good boy all day.

Kelsie officially bought Carter the coolest toy ever...the stomp rocket. It's pretty self explanatory, and it's awesome. We played with it for two hours each on Saturday and Sunday! I'll put up a video soon. Landon is watching his foam rocket fly. He looks so happy!

There's Carter watching his, and Avery is just ready for her turn.

Kyle and Grandpa can make the rockets really fly - up to 100 feet the box said! Everyone played with it - seriously the whole fam!

I love this swinging picture of Landon. He loves the swings! He's getting to be a daredevil too. He wants to go really high!

Grandma pushed Ave down to the park on her new bike. She thinks she's pretty cool on a bike like the boys.

This picture is out of order. Yesterday it was 72 degrees (fantastic!), and Avers got to wear some capris. She looked so cute. I can't wait for summer!

My little princess! She was looking lovely Sunday morning in her ballet pajamas and gold shoes.

Good throw Ave! Carter had a blast with Jordan's yellow ball at Emerson last week. That ball is really thick and super bouncy. Avery liked to say "lellow!" when she saw it. She likes to say yellow and purple all the time now.

All the kids love to drive with this wheel. I don't know why, but it's always been a favorite.

I asked for a kids cherry cone - this one is bigger than her head! DQ is open down by my parents' house, and everyone is happy!

She is such a clean little girl! I don't where she learned this, but if there is food in a bowl...this is what happens.

The boys were opening the back door at my parents' house, and Poppa was pretending they were bonking him in the head. As you can see, Carter and Landon were laughing so hard!

Here's some little cheeseballs eating cheeseballs. Last week had a couple of chilly days, so we dug out the sweaters (hopefully) one last time. They looked awfully cute though!

Oops. Out of order again. Here's another one of the out-of-control laughing boys. Their giggles were making the rest of us laugh!

I love this picture. Avery is so nice to her puppy. She gives the best pets to Lane.

It actually turned out not to be a terrible day. The boys thought it was perfect for throwing snowballs at Poppa. They chased him all over the yard that day!

Here's my big boy showing how old he is now. He's pretty excited about being 3. He really liked this new turtle shirt that Grandma found too.

We had the Swansons over on Monday night for cake. They couldn't make it to Carter's birthday party on Sunday so it was a nice visit. Here's Madisyn, Carter, Mason, and Avery chowing down on some leftover Lightning McQueen cake.

Mason gave Avery a nice hug right when he got there. They are such cute kids. I still can't believe how blond they both are!

Last but not least, all the kids playing with Carter's CARS color changing set. He absolutely loves that thing. He looks very proud that everyone else likes it too!