Silly boys...

I know as their mommy I have a very biased opinion. But they really are good little boys. 3 1/2 is definitely a challenging age, Quinten is learning and testing limits all the time, but he is probably the sweetest little boy in the world. Nothing melts my heart more then when he grabs my chin with his little hand and says, "I love you so much mommy." And I forgot how much fun 1 1/2 is. Hudson keeps us laughing daily and is talking up a storm.  He is quite the little dare devil. Hudson has no problem climbing up on something and jumping or at least trying to jump off. I'm sure it won't be long, unfortunately, before we are visiting the ER for his first of many castes. Both boys seem to have had early language skills. Quinten has always spoken very clearly and sometimes it feels like your talking to an old man with some of the phrases he uses. Some of the things he says that I secretly wish he doesn't correct are mad mecs for magnets and he makes the "f" sound for "th" most commonly used for Dorthy, because of his new found love for the Wizard of Oz. As for Hudson, he already has such a vocabulary. Some of his everyday words are: Mommy, Daddy, Deenen, Cawee, Treasure, shsihy (fishy), Dickey (Mickey), Goofy, and Minnie. He calls Grandpa Bopa, just like Quinten did, and is obsessed with him. Hudson often picks up his pretend phone and says, "Hello Bopa." He also calls a bottle, a bobby, and will ask for "bobby peas" or say "bobby seat" meaning he wants to sit in his seat (nap nanny recliner) and drink a bottle...this kid knows how to relax! Water is wawa, and tells us "all done" when he wants to be finished eating. Hudson is already putting a few words together and has no problem communicating. He tries to repeat everything Quinten says and does. The boys are in love with each other. It is an amazing feeling to know they are always going to have each other to love, play, and hang out with.

School Days!

We are SHOCKED!!!

Quinten's school pictures came back and our first thought was were they photoshopped?!?

He hasn't posed like this for a picture since her was a baby.

So handsome, although it did bring tears to my eyes because he looks like he is about 5 not 3.

My baby is getting so big!!!

 And as for Hudson, he enjoys some TV time in his favorite spot, while Q is at school!

 Posing for another picture with his best bud Callie Girl!

A Spook-tacular Halloween!

The boys had SO much fun this year with Halloween! Hudson picked up the word "Spooky" somewhere and seem to be able to point out every halloween decoration saying spooky ghost every time!

After months of trying to convince Quinten that he could not dress up as Princess Elsa, he settled for Kristoff, of course his little sidekick had to be Olaf!

GM and GP cam down for the weekend to see the boys and help pass out treats!

Grandma was especially scary in her witch costume!

 Both boys made it walking all the way around our block!

This was huge compared to the couple of houses we hit last year.

Quinten had a Halloween parade at school and was delighted that his classmate Avery was dressed as Princess Elsa. Of course the two walked together!

 Here is Kristoff walking up to a neighbor to trick or treat!

Although the boys dumped their bags and were very excited that night with all of their loot, we are lucky that they aren't too crazy when it comes to asking for candy!

Hope everyone had a wonderfully fun holiday!

Fall fun!

Although we are clearly a summer beach family, I do enjoy the change of season. The smell of crisp leaves, fall decorations, and pumpkin everything are all welcome. We try to take an outing once a week to different farms and orchards. Here are some pictures from some recent visits to Coverdale Farm, Milburn and Linvilla Orchards.

 Playing in the pumpkins!

My boys!!!

(Only 2 more months until baby sister comes!)

Silly Boys!

 We spent Coverdale Farms Harvest Festival and between looking at the animals and creating crafts

we were all exhausted!

 The boys favorite part of Milburn is the tire mountain.

Milking the cow

  Quinten is currently OBSESSED with the movie Frozen right now. Obviously he is not afraid to show his feminine side:)

 Old McDonald's farm animals

We have also kept busy with lots of play dates and having friends over for dinner!

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather!

Beginning a New School Year!

This is a big year for the Kusheba Family. Actually the past few have been quite busy with major events! This September I prepared to go back to work in a new teaching position and Quinten prepared to start school as well!

We enrolled him in Nazarene's 3 year old program, three mornings a week.

A lot of our neighbors attend Nazarene and it is only 1/4 mile from our house so we thought it was a great choice for him to start his education there.

Surprisingly enough, the school year kicked off without too much tear shed, from him anyway:)

Jason, Quinten, and I all had the opportunity to go in meet his teachers and some classmates and play in the classroom before his first big day.

He we also had homework right away, we had to decorate his school bag.

Quinn decided he wanted it to have Raffael, his favorite Ninja Turtle on it.

Daddy got right to work drawing and Quinten colored, traced his name, and adorned the other side with his giant "Q."

 Here is Quinn walking in on his first day of school.

It helped that his friend, Bella, was in the parking lot to greet him on his first day.

His teachers gave him "Smarties for the smartie" for a successful first day of school.

It is so strange to be sending our baby to school. He LOVES learning new things and comes home each day extremely excited to show us his "surprises" in his folder.

 While Q spends his days at school, Hudson has been having fun of his own. Although the first morning he seemed kind of lost without his best buddy around.

He put his shoes on and got ready to play, but paced around confused for a bit asking for "Din Din."

Hudson soon found things to keep himself happy and busy. 

He plays independently very good and had some playdates Q's first week, before he started going back to our neighbor's during the day.

 Here he is playing with one of his favorite friends, Domenic.

 Hudson also got his first big boy haircut. He did an excellent job, sitting on my lap smiling the whole time.

 Showing off his hair.

 A little shoe obsessed!

It is quite evident that both boys miss each other when the other is not around.

They usually ask for each other first thing before anyone else in the morning and always kiss each other good night (favorite part of my day is seeing Hudson waddle over to kiss Quinten goodnight).

But they make up for missed time by playing, cuddling, and of course bath time!

 

Brother or Sister???

 The boys had so much fun with their surprise box. 

We explained blue balloons meant baby brother and pink meant a new sister...

We were ALL VERY excited to see PINK!!!!!!

I have been feeling great and patiently awaiting her arrival.

Although she is due on Christmas Day, her big day is scheduled for December 18th!

Beach Fun!

Although I am looking forward to this fall, preparing for the arrival of Baby #3, and the holiday season, I am sad that summer is coming to an end.

We have had so much fun this summer spending lots of time at the beach house.

Because of the long hours Daddy had to work in the winter, he was able to take what seemed like the whole summer off.

Here are pics from some of our summer beach fun days and nights!

 Every Monday they play a movie on the beach, to Quinten and Daddy's 

liking Willie Wonka was playing.

It was pretty awesome, all the kids get a glow in the dark necklace, and a pail and shovel.

 Although he only lasted an hour before falling asleep, Q was very into the movie.

Hudson stayed at home with GM and GP:)

 We also took Q to a play.

We were very excited because we heard Peter Pan (another favorite)

was showing at a nearby church.

Quinten had fun, but was a little confused. The play was acted out in its entirety by only two actors, it was kind of funny:)

 While GM & GP were visiting we feasted on crabs. 

Quinten really liked the shells and even decorated one for GP's garage!

 Our neighbor Christina and her daughters visited us at the beach house for a few days too.

The kids had so much fun playing in the sand and enjoying the boardwalk!

(I can't believe I didn't take one picture of them playing on the beach. Here is one of Q and Bella painting at our house!)

 The boys really are enjoying the park. They both loved the lady bug. 

 Our little monkey loves to climb 

 and will spend the day in a swing if we let him.

 We also took our yearly ferry trip over to Wildwood to visit Andi, Scott, and the kids while they were in from West Palm. Hudson instantly took a liking to GP Phil, Andi's dad (my old principal)!

 We seriously had the BEST summer!

We are so fortunate for so much in life. Being able to have a beach house to spend the summer near the ocean is a dream. We are so lucky our boys are total beach bums, just like their mommy and daddy. We  were able to spend 6 -7 hours out on the beach each day. The boys would play for a few hours take a 3 hour nap and then play some more! It was amazing!!!!

Quinten deciding if he wanted to nap or play...

The boys have gotten very used to being home with Mommy and Daddy. 

We are hoping the transition back to school and work is a smooth one!

Daddy and his mini me!