My sister and I were excited for our Friday night out with the boys. Grandma came too, which was nice because it gave me time to snap some awesome pics. These boys are a hoot!

Will loved to sit on the contraption where the balls come back up. According to my calculations, he sat there 87% of the time ;)

James didn’t quite get the whole ‘turn’ thing. If he didn’t want to bowl, we’d go for him, but then out of the blue he’d grab a ball (a 7 pound ball, mind you). He’d start walking to top of the lane saying ‘heavy, heavy.’ James was thrilled every time he threw the ball down — he’d jump and cheer, never looking back at the ball :)

Will beat us all.

Ok, I know I’m a week late on this one….

James (the younger nephew) has been feeling sick lately. He wouldn’t sleep through the night. One minute he’d be fine, and the next one he was doubled over on the floor crying. James hardly ate, even if candy or sweets were offered. He was only fine when he was held and cuddled, especially when his grandma (my mom) rubbed his tummy.

When he came to my Studio Opening this weekend he still wasn’t back to his usual self, but he was doing better. In fact, he was excited to eat one of the cookies I had out for my guests. I had some special M&Ms I bought down at the M&M Store in Vegas that were in my colors. I got James’ attention, pointed to the M&Ms and he immediately jumped out of his daddy’s lap. I thought he’d race to the bowl straight away. But first, he ran over to where the cookies were, reached up, and carefully placed his cookie back (don’t worry, we took it off the plate) and then he ran over to the candy bowl. It was so cute!

Will (the older nephew) is simply darling and is the sweetest boy I know. He has been such a good brother when James would cry non-stop last week. I truly admire his love and patience. He was so excited when he came to my studio on Saturday because he had his own pack of bubble gum. I shared in his enthusiasm and then forgot about it. At one point, he left with his dad to go check out some of the other art and when he came back, he had in his hand a piece of Bubblicious gum he grabbed from the car. He began unwrapping it for me. It melted my heart!

Turns out that James crying at some point during egg decorating is becoming a tradition.

This is James trying out the easter egg dye, which was made with vinegar. He thought it was funny how we were laughing at him, so even though it tasted gross, he loved it!

Last Friday, I had my nephews come over to build a snowman with me. James was so excited — after he had his snow clothes on, he tried running around, but kept tripping and running into things (picture the younger brother on A Christmas Story, but not as bad).

Will and James were so stinkin’ cute! They kept throwing snowballs at me while I was rolling our snowman together. And they were eating snow like it was candy. We made snow angels and caught snowflakes on our tongues. Playing in the snow is the best!