Ready for summer

We are all ready for summer. The picture of the boys, shows how ready for summer they are. I have been enjoying summer break all this week. I am enjoying not having to wake up to an alarm clock. Although the boys don't sleep super late, it is later than getting up for school.

Outdoor Fun

Here are few pictures of the boys enjoying the outdoors. We love playing outside or doing anything that relates to the outdoor. In the picture with both boys they are trying to catch bubbles. Michael is trying to climb up the slide, as well as just getting up from going down the slide. Thomas is trying to get into the sandbox.

Differences

This weekend we were at the mall and came across a play area. David took the boys in there to play for a bit while I ran to one last store. David said that when they got into the play area Thomas took off right away and began playing, while Michael kind of stood there for a bit looked around taking it all in and making sure it was okay to venture in. By the time I got back to the play area, they were both have having a great time and did not want to leave.

A little later we stopped at a sandwhich shop for lunch. David decided he wanted jalapeno chips with his lunch and that he wanted to shar with the boys. They boy eagerly tried them. Thomas did not flinch at all. In fact he kept eating them all during lunch. Michael kind of make a face, but at a couple. After finishing his sandwhich Michael decided to try another chip and then decided that jalapeno chips are not for him.

As the boys are getting older it is becoming easier to see which is going to be more like his father and which is going to be more like me. Can you tell? Enjoy a few pictures of the boys enjoying Easter egg hunting.

New Respect

I have a new respect for single parents. Yesterday morning David got up very early and left for the airport, to go a short trip to Chicago. He will be returning tonight. It has been a rough couple of days, being the single parent to take care of the boys. I am sure that it doesn't help that last week, I was home on spring break, so we have to get back into our weekday routine. We will be glad to have daddy back home late tonight.

We hope you all had a Blessed Easter. We were able to spend the weekend with David's family. It was so much fun to see Dominic playing with the boys. The boys enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs and digging into their Easter baskets.

My little thugs (see pictures, Thomas has the jacket on) are also enjoying riding forward in the car. At first they seemed a little scared, but it didn't take them long to realize how much better life is when you face forward in the car.

Finally

After a visit to the doctor this morning, the boys have finally surpassed the 20 pound mark and can ride in the car facing forward!

In the pictures above. The boys are in the high chair after dad gave them a hair cut. I think he got a little carried away with Michael's bangs. Michael and Thomas have discovered the wonderful world inside of one of mom's cabinets. They are having a good time on the counter at grandma's. I also put more pictures on face book. Check them out at this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16788&l=5ceda&id=598762182

7th Annual Naismith Championship

It's March Madness again and that can only mean one thing:
the Naismith Championship!

The Dillners would like to invite you to participate in the
7th Annual Naismith Championship! To accept this invitation
and join the group, click the link below (or cut and paste
the link into your browser's address field). You'll be asked
to enter the password before you can join. The group
password is included in this e-mail, but if it's not for
some reason, it is "ku".

As in years past, David Dillner, the Championship Chair has
elected to host this year's Naismith Championship on the CBS
Sportsline web site.

This year we want to once again encourage everyone to invite
at least one other person to play in the championship. The
more the merrier!

According to tradition, the winner will receive the coveted
Naismith Basketball Trophy. (Yes, the winner does receive a
REAL TROPHY!)

Congratulations to two-time champion Kevin McKinney on his
2007 Naismith Championship victory!

2007 Top Five Scores:
1. Kevin McKinney - 118
2. Nikki Spencer - 114
3. Festus Hagan - 107
4. Mark McKinney - 104
5. Megan Laha (Skinner) - 99

Previous Naismith Champions:
2007 - Kevin McKinney
2006 - Amanda Highland
2005 - Kevin McKinney
2004 - Mike Weber
2003 - Gary Havercamp
2002 - Rex Lowe

Good Luck and as always, Go Jayhawks!


http://dillner.mayhem.sportsline.com/e

Our Group password is: ku

It's official

I think we can officially say that the boys are walkers. We rarely see them crawling anymore. They have gotten to the point where it is just as fast to walk than crawl. It won't be long and they will be running.

Busy at the Dillner's

I have to apologize for the lack of posts lately. The Dillner household has been busy lately. The past 3 weekends in a row we have had company. It was wonderful to see all the family that came for a visit. We are looking forward to a quiet weekend.

The boys have made a great adjustment to daycare. They love going to play with their new friends. They are getting to be better walkers everyday and are learning more and more new words. David is trying to get them to say JayHawk, while I am trying to get them to say Huskers. We will see which they can say first. David has also tried to get them to say negative things about K-State.

I am enjoying my new job. I love being able to talk to other adults during the day. Everyone at the school really likes me too. I has been a good decision for me to go back to work. David is keeping busy at City Hall. He is gearing up for the March Madness and the beginning of racing season.

In the pictures above, Thomas appears to be in jail, while Michael is taking it easy in his new ride. You can check out this link for more pictures of the boys. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16788&l=5ceda&id=598762182

More pictures

Check out this link for more pictures of the boys. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16788&l=5ceda&id=598762182

Double Trouble

Some pictures of both the boys. They are helping daddy put something together. They are with their friends Ashton and Isaiah, who are also twins, after a playdate.

Michael

Some pictures of Michael. He is realizing that he can stand by himself. Michael is helping mommy clean out her towel drawer.

Thomas

Here are some pictures of Thomas. Thomas is helping mom with the laundary, sitting on Great-Grandpa Andy's lap, trying to stand up on his own and upset about something.

Back to work

Life has changed at the Dillner household. Last Thursday I went back to work full time. I am really enjoying my job. I'm at a great school with wonderful kids. I am working with 5th and 6th graders. I definitely enjoy working with them more than I did the 8th graders I worked with in VA. The boys are adjusting well. They like going to daycare. They have a great time playing with their new friends all day long. I think they are starting to really miss mom, but it will take time for them to get adjusted. Just since Thursday Thomas has really started saying a lot more words. I think he hears his friends talking and he is trying to do the same. One of his newest words is 'no'. Michael is talking less, but it won't be long and he will have the 'no' word down. The boys are also taking a few steps between mom and dad. I am hoping that seeing other kids at daycare walking, will speed up the walking process. Well I have a few things I need to finish up before tomorrow, so this is all for now. I will try to put current pictures up soon!

Happy New Year!

We hope all of you had a Merry Christmas. Our Christmas seemed a little crazy and is not yet finished. Last weekend we took a shortened trip, due to sickness and weather, to Beloit for Christmas with the Dillners. We had a quiet Christmas at home with the boys and are heading to Omaha for Christmas with the Krehers this weekend. Besides all the traveling the boys are working on getting over a bout with croup. They are both feeling much better. They are also enjoying playing with all their new toys. Well I suppose I should go and finish packing. I just wanted to post a couple of pictures from Christmas morning. Michael is wearing the yellow and Thomas the blue. We hope you all have a safe and happy New Year!

Changes

There will be some big changes in the Dillner household in the near future. I will be returning to work full time after the new year. Sorry to disappoint all of those who thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I know lots of you were thinking that, but not at this time. Starting January 3rd I will be teaching 5th and 6th grade Special Education at Wheatridge Middle School is Gardner. The local school district does not offer contracts in the middle of the year, so I will be working as a long term sub. I have an understanding with the Special Education Administration that if they like me and I like them, then I will be offered a contract for next school year. I am excited to begin working again. I am saddened at not being able to spend the days with my boys, but I am thankful for the time I was able to spend at home with them. I will be working to find daycare for the boys between now and Jan. 3rd. We have met with one person and I have a couple more interviews lined up.

The boys got tubes in their ears on Thursday. By Friday they were back to normal. We got the boys' picture taken with Santa on Friday night. This picture was taken a few seconds before Thomas started crying.

Catching up

The last couple of weeks have been busy around here. I thought it would be a good time to sit down and catch you up on all the things going on around here. Early in November we took the boys to see and Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. At that appointment it was decided that the boys needed tubes in their ears. So on Thursday, assuming the boys don't get sick between now and then, the boys will have tubes put in their ears. It is a simple surgery that takes 5-10 minutes per ear. We are hoping that this might help with their weight gain. Also regarding the issue of weight gain, we went to see a GI doctor last week. We finally saw a doctor that had some common sense. He pretty much ruled out any GI problems for the boys. He took a look at them and said, they aren't skinny. Their weight is proportional to their heights and he was not concerned. Although he did want to make sure the boys were in taking enough calories. So I have been spending the last three days tracking how much they have eaten so a calorie count can be done.

We enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving with David's family. The twins and Dominic had a good time playing together. Since we were getting a family picture taken after Thanksgiving, we decided it was time for the boy's first hair cut. I have posted pictures of the event along with this post, Michael is the one looking to the side. It was more of a trim than an actual haircut. The boys did good, they sat on David's lap and looked around, Heidi our hair dresser cut their hair while they were looking around.

That pretty much brings you up to speed on life at the Dillner household. We are getting ready for Christmas. We are slowly pulling the decorations out of the basement. The tree is not up yet, and I'm not looking forward to putting it up. I wonder how many times it will get pulled down???

Making new friends

The boys have been busy making new friends. There was a cat sitting at our back door. The boys spend quite awhile trying to play with the cat, through the glass. The cat stayed around for a while, probably because it thought we were going to open the door. It was probably a good thing that there was glass between the cad and the boys, I don't know what they would have done to the cat if they could have gotten to it. David found a fuzzy caterpillar on our front step and brought it in for the boys to see. The boys were very interested in it. They wanted to feel it. We were afraid the feel would turn into a crushing of the caterpillar. So after a couple of minutes the caterpillar was taken back outside before the boys could terrorize it.

Pictures of Michael!

Pictures of Thomas!

My little pumpkins

The boys were pumpkins for Halloween this year. They are ready to go in their costumes. I had to work until 7:00, so David took the boys to the Halloween Party that the City of Edgerton hosts and then they came home to answer the door for trick or treators. While I was at work, the boys did get to share a piece of candy. They enjoyed it so much that Michael was using his sign ( I have been working on teaching them a few basic sign language signs and more is the only one he knows) for more. He wanted more, but daddy would not give him anymore. When I got home from work, we took the boys to a couple of our neighbors houses to trick or treat. Michael thought he figured out a way to get more candy. He put one of his pieces of candy in his mouth, wrapper and all. It just hung out of his mouth while we went to a couple more houses. I wish we had our camera with us. All in all, the boys enjoyed their Halloween and David and I will enjoy the little bit of candy we got from trick or treating!