brothers, looking at things together series

 

table for two, please

IKEA, Brooklyn, two Tuesdays ago.

brothers pictures, saturday afternoon

cold

Fact: it is the coldest here it has ever been in their lives.

We're staying inside, walking to school with snow pants on, rushing home, building forts, drinking hot chocolate, and reading on the couch.

And excavating dinosaur bones:

tree is up and stockings are hung...

brothers, then and now

August, 2010: 

July, 2013:

Cade, in 2010 (last picture) kills me.

dreaming.....

......of being with you, on Father's Day, Dada!

Jon, we miss you so much. I hope we never have to spend another Father's Day apart from you!

This is so hard. Clearly, we all miss you so much. Everyday, I feel the pain of your absence and can't wait for the day that our family can be together again. Being without you has shown me just how much we love you, and appreciate you, and cherish you, and need you. I'm sorry you're missing us/me/them, but I am so proud of you. While I struggle with them everyday, I can't imagine how much you must be missing them right now.

Know that we love you every minute of every day or every hour.

Happy Father's Day, Dada! Now make that movie and come back soon!


PS: Past Father's Day love: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,

the difference between Jackson and Cade

Last night's chart for going to bed - (staying in bed, with their heads on the pillows, quiet, with the lights off).

Three x's meant no lollipop the next day.

(First wrote about their personalities here.)

the pond

superheros

We went to a superhero party the other week for Cade's friend Eli. Jackson was Hulk and Cade was Spiderman.

happy birthday, scarlet!

On our way to a special birthday party ~ Happy Birthday, Scarlet!

good times

Over Easter, Jon took the boys to the Danbury Railway Museum, where they met the Easter Bunny, and generally tore all over the place, checked out the trains, and did rockstar poses. There were so many good pics it was hard to choose these few.

we've come a long way, baby

Can't believe this was almost three years ago exactly. Seems like another lifetime, seems like yesterday.

Snowstorm Nemo, 2013

Sledding in Prospect Park.

sleep patterns

Cade's been sleeping in Jackson's room and Jackson wants him to stay there 'forever'.It might be time for bunk beds. Then again, these two don't exactly have the best record for staying in their beds:

This last one is my favorite. We put an extra mattress up against the bed Jackson was sleeping on, to act as a bed rail. Somehow, he ended up sleeping VERTICALLY on it. Really?

a moment

Sharing treats after a birthday party.

swinging

Loving these pictures of Jackson and Cade loving the tire-swing at Uncle David's.

Phelps and Lotke

We've been watching the Olympics a bit, which prompted the need for goggles in the (3-foot - not quite Olympic sized) bathtub last night.

brothers

This may be my very favorite picture of Jackson and Cade together ever, since this one (third picture down).

be mine!