Growing takes a lot of work....

Mikey is growing every day and it takes a lot of energy. One pancake down...

Second pancake with a little banana....
All done....

Then a much needed bath....

Natalie is also growing a lot. Her bones hurt because she is growing so fast. For Natalie, growing requires lots of sleep. This is a picture after she rolled out of bed at 9am and she is giving Josh Michael's Fathers day card.
Here are a few highlights from the past couple of weeks. A squirrel in the bird feeder...
Throwing sand in Daddy's face...
Feeding the chickens....

And last of all, Natalie is attempting to ride a wheeley. Needless to say, I did not encourage or acknowledge that she was doing this, however, she did yell to me, "Bing, bang, boom. Momma, I got my front tire off the ground." The scary part is that she really did get her front tire off the ground. Nice...

Hugs and kisses! We hope you are enjoying this wonderful Fathers Day!

New tricks for Natalie

Oh yeah...Natalie's new tricks....
It was quite a morning at the Wiffler household. Natalie asked Josh to pump up the tires on her 2 wheel bike. Once the tires were pumped up and after about 30 minutes of instruction with Josh, here is a video of what she could do. We are simply amazed and the video is only a small snapshot of her skills. Go Natalie!

All dressed up

Natalie's is all dressed up in her new gymnastics leotard...

Natalie's biking outfit....
And yes, it is the parents of the 2 kids you see in this blog. It is a rare appearance, however, Josh and I got dressed up for a nice evening out. The kiddos ran the house while Grandpa and Carol stayed with them. Thank you Jim and Carol for coming up and watching Natalie and Mikey. We had a fabulous night out!

Mikey versus the Backyard

Round 1--> Mikey versus the Tower.

Mikey won, but it was a close match. Mikey managed to climb the bars up to the tower all by himself.

Round 2--> Mikey versus the slide.

The slide won and Mikey got a bloody lip.

Round 3--> Mikey versus the sandbox.

Mikey clearly won this round. He showed the sandbox who was boss. He threw all the sand around and he made sure the sand didn't stay in the sandbox. Nice work Michael!

Stay tuned for future matches featuring Mikey versus the Backyard.

Swinging, swinging

Natalie is a very good big sister. She loves to push Mikey really high.


Swinging, swinging, on our rainbow set.

Some days are hot.

Some days are cold, on our rainbow set.

Tire swing, rope swing, underdog or two.

Don't you wish you had nothing else to do, but.....

Swinging, swinging, on our rainbow set.

Some days...

(these are the new words to the tune, swimming, swimming, in our swimming pool..)

Mikey is trying really hard to make the scooter move, but he hasn't been successful yet.

We are still here! It's been a while

First and foremost, my dear friend, Holly Dary, was diagnosed with Leukemia last weekend. Ever since her diagnosis, she has been in the hospital going through chemo. She has a great outlook on kicking this cancer and I highly encourage you to visit her Caring Bridge site. www.caringbridge.org/visit/hollydary Take a few minutes to sign her guestbook and send some more positive vibes her way.

What have we been up to? Swinging! I don't have a picture, but Natalie loves her new used swingset. She spends most of her waking hours at home on her swing and she wore away the grass within a couple of days. Mikey is also lovin the new swing, but he tends to get too relaxed. We have to stop him from falling asleep in it because it is too early to go to bed (he already gets up at 5:30 every morning). Here are a couple of pictures from the past few weeks.

Mikey got his first black eye after attempting to walk down the porch stairs. Ouch! He is becoming my little bruiser. He also recently knocked his 2 front teeth loose and took a good chunk out of his inner lip. Oh yes, he also has 2 chipped teeth. He keeps us on our toes right now because he has one speed--> as fast as he can possibly go! Mikey might be a little like his Daddy in this regard, but only Grammi Pat would know and I am not sure if she is willing to make that comparison (out loud) (-:

We also celebrated my mom's 60th birthday with a big surprise family dinner in LaCrosse. Thanks to all my relatives for making the trip into LaCrosse and keeping the birthday celebration a surprise. Aunt Debbie, if you send me the pictures I will post a few for everyone to see.

Hugs and kisses! We hope you are enjoying the weather.

Getting so big!

Natalie's 3 year old picture...Michael's 1 year picture...