it's so funny. i'm so tired when the boys are awake, but bam! once they are asleep, i usually get second wind and i get this sudden surge of energy! so weird, right?

just wanted to write down some stuff that i don't want to forget.

- on this one particular day, i was praying out loud for tyler before school. chase told me to pray for him too. i asked him what for and he said, "for my yellow teeth." haha...

- chase put a smile on my face when he said to me the other day, "mommy, i'm a big boy now. why do i still have chubby cheeks?" :)

- we were in the car listening to some sad song on the radio and tyler said, "mommy, is this taylor swift?" i said no, and he said, "oh, i thought she was singing it to jake." and then i realized that he had seen some old covers of my us magazines!

- i was hugging tyler on his 6th birthday and he said, "mom, you are a good mommy."i asked why and he said, "cause you always give me hugs and kisses."

- tyler said to me the other day that he was "sorry about your stomach." i said why and he said that he kicked me so much when he was in my tummy and that made my tummy "ugly." then he continued, "i told daddy to fix it and he said he would later, but i think he was just tricking me and he thinks that we will just forget about it."

- chase ran out of his room with his underwear outside his pants and said he was superman. you know how superman kind of looks like he is wearing underwear outside his tights? then chase told me that i needed to buy him red underwear.

- chase and i do this "cheek to cheek." we touch cheek to cheek and then we kiss and then we touch cheek to cheek on the other side. we just rock our faces back and forth! :)

- chase is reading fairly well now! i am so proud of the little booger!

- tyler says his favorite thing to do right now is soccer.

-i'm telling myself that the next 6 months is ALL about swimming. i am putting most of our activities to the side and concentrating all my efforts in taking them to the pool. i hope tyler is completely swimming by the end of the summer!

- i told tyler the other day that i can't wait till he can do everything by himself. i listed some things he'll be doing when he is older. then, he thought and said, "but you need to tuck me in forever. even when i am married, you have to tuck me in every night." i thought that was so cute that i made him repeat it while i recorded him. i'm going to have to show his wife one day!

- chase's favorite song is "hush little baby."

- i love watching chase eat. something about the way his chews his food reminds me of a little bear cub.

- tyler's current obsession- horses! he LOVES horses. he wants coloring pages of horses, reads only books about horses, wanted a horse theme birthday party. man, when tyler likes something, he is kind of obsessive about it!

- tyler was sick on his 6th birthday. poor guy. promised him a big 7th birthday party. tyler, did you like your two presents from mommy and daddy??  remember what they were? a responsibility chart and a collection of horses!

they are just the cutest. tyler's smile melts my heart and the way chasey talks always makes me happy.

MY favorite thing to do in the whole world is to hold them and touch their beautiful cheeks to mine. will they really grow so big one day that they will cringe at my hugs? oh, i'll be so sad when that day comes. boys, please don't let that day ever come.