The Murphy Family: March 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Super-Chef Caden

That's what Wyatt named Caden when he saw him running around in this getup. I guess he hasn't learned about over accessorizing. I think he needs a 'ashion lesson' from Miss Harper

Cheeks! :)

These are a few of the pictures Caden will love when he gets older and I will love showing them to his future wife! :)

This kid hates getting out of bath, so I usually drain all the water out, he gets cold and gets out without a tantrum. Well he has discovered how fun a wet, waterless tub can really be.

He was sliding around, pushing himself up and down...then tonight, he actually was giving the tub zerburts. :)

wweeeeeeee!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

One day last week after preschool, Wyatt informed Collin that he needed to have some 'alone time.' So after putting Caden down for his nap, Collin came out to find Wyatt alone alright! Crashed out in the kitchen cupboard! :)

And hour and a half later...still out

Super Caden to the rescue!

Our Little Train Conductor

'Wink'

Not that Caden needs to learn to flirt any more than he already does, but Collin has been teaching him to wink. He can almost get it, and sure is cute trying!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

A few more...

After our climb we headed to McCormicks and caught the sad ending of the Dawgs game, but had fun anyways! :)

Yeah! We did it

The Big Climb 2011

Hey, there's one of the tallest 3 buildings this side of the Mississippi River...what do you say we take the stairs to the top? 1,311 stairs to be exact...69 flights, 788 feet elevation change. All for a good cause! Our team raised almost $3000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!

Getting ready! Having a 8:45am start time, meant we had to get up SUPER early, but as we started to smell the stairwell get a little stuffy we were glad we weren't heading in after 5,000 other people!

MTS Wolves!
9 teachers from MTS and one mail carrier!

Way to go ladies!!!
Our times ranged from 12:46 to 20 minutes.
I was just under 19! Can't wait to do it next year minus the head cold and see what I can do!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Popsicles!

Well our nasty colds have turned into sinus infections and starting ear infections. We are happy to say both boys are now are antibiotics and on the recovery! They sure have been enjoying all the juice and popsicles they have been getting lately! It is so funny to see the different personalities even affect how they eat their treats.

I gave the boys their popsicles at the same time, and this is Caden less than 5 minutes later

And this is how much Wyatt had eaten. He sure likes to savor his treats!

Mr.Wyatt

Sometimes he is so silly and cracks me up

Other times he just melts my heart

So sweet

Caden loves to bring stuffed animals to us to wrap up for night-night
Brother's Lamb is his favorite right now.

Sharing his juice with Mr. Lamb

Shhhhh....
Time for sleep

Ready to Climb

Here's a picture of Collin right before he did his climb last weekend. If you look closely you can see the sticker of Cole on his face mask.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Go Team Cole!

Collin headed out the door this morning for his big climb! Just got a message from him and he took 90 seconds off of his time from last year! 1,311 steps, (69 flights of stairs) in 17 minutes and 30 seconds. In a full 50 pounds of fire fighter gear!

For those of you that don't know, Collin was on "Team Cole"
One of the fire fighters that Collin works with has a son (Cole -4) who is currently fighting two types of Leukemia. So glad we could be part of these events that help little boys like Cole and his family. All the fire fighters on 'Team Cole' had an applique with Cole's picture on their face mask. Hopefully we will get some pictures that were taken today so we can share them with you!

Beans!

Started out with a simple bowl of beans and some bowls

Got a few on the floor~no biggy they are easy to clean up

More fun to play on the floor than out of the bowl

Well, actually it's more fun to dump the bowl and and play like that!

After a quick trip to Freddies for more beans and a tub and the dollar store for some spoons and plastic frogs to hide and dig for, we had quite the set up!

And an entire morning of entertainment.

Punching Bag

Went to a consignment shop the other day to get rid of some baby stuff, and came home with a great deal. $5 for this punching bag that has provided hours of entertainment! And helps Wyatt burn off some energy!

He really gets into it, if you can't tell. :)

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Lazy Sunday

Fun weekend with Nana and Papa

Nana and Papa came down for the weekend just to hang out. It was so nice to have them here when we didn't have to be anywhere or have any plans. Saturday afternoon we headed to the local Children's Museum.

Wyatt spent most of this time at the Rock Quarry.

Caden was a little under the weather so he wasn't too much into things, but he did have fun at the water and sand tables

Then Papa took us out to eat! And I was reminded why we don't go out to restuarants very often. Caden's sat nicely right until the food came. Between being 1 1/2 and having a bad cold, he was not into dining out. Amazing how fast you can eat while hold a crying toddler.