Sunday, December 27, 2009
Sledding
The kids had a great time at their grandparents house all last week. One of the highlights was sledding in the backyard.
We decided to take the kids a few days early so we could sled before all the snow melted. I'm really glad we did. The conditions were perfect: packed down snow with a layer of ice on top.
The kids had a blast. Caleb screamed the whole time. I'm sure the neighbors were thrilled with all the noise at 8 am. Beth liked sledding on the disc the best. She said it was "wild and crazy."
Jacob attempted to make snow angels in the ice. Even though he couldn't manage to leave much of a print, he smiled so big the entire time. It was adorable. I took some video of our sledding adventure and I'll post it later this week. Until then, enjoy some photos.
We decided to take the kids a few days early so we could sled before all the snow melted. I'm really glad we did. The conditions were perfect: packed down snow with a layer of ice on top.
The kids had a blast. Caleb screamed the whole time. I'm sure the neighbors were thrilled with all the noise at 8 am. Beth liked sledding on the disc the best. She said it was "wild and crazy."
Jacob attempted to make snow angels in the ice. Even though he couldn't manage to leave much of a print, he smiled so big the entire time. It was adorable. I took some video of our sledding adventure and I'll post it later this week. Until then, enjoy some photos.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Easy Bake Ovens, Potions and Two Boys
This afternoon we have had another incident involving our usually two suspects. The two perps, Caleb and Jacob, decided that it was high time that they participated in the world of potion making.
Ingredients
Two boys
A bike
The kitchen floor
Flour
A Gallon of Milk
4 eggs (all that were left in the container)
Rice
Instructions:
Dump the said objects into a few cups, stir with spoons and throw the rest on the floor. Proceed to take the extra flour and spread it all over yourself and your brother.
Then take the bike and ride it through the pile of flour and into every other room in the house.
Then track the flour up the stairs and into the bathroom.
Tell your mom that you need a bath, get in and splash enough water that it starts dripping on her head while she is cleaning up after you.
That is the potion for crazy mom.
Have a good day!
(No pictures because I'm too mad and worried that the flour/milk/egg combination will dry into some type of cement type paste.)
Ingredients
Two boys
A bike
The kitchen floor
Flour
A Gallon of Milk
4 eggs (all that were left in the container)
Rice
Instructions:
Dump the said objects into a few cups, stir with spoons and throw the rest on the floor. Proceed to take the extra flour and spread it all over yourself and your brother.
Then take the bike and ride it through the pile of flour and into every other room in the house.
Then track the flour up the stairs and into the bathroom.
Tell your mom that you need a bath, get in and splash enough water that it starts dripping on her head while she is cleaning up after you.
That is the potion for crazy mom.
Have a good day!
(No pictures because I'm too mad and worried that the flour/milk/egg combination will dry into some type of cement type paste.)
Beth's Birthday Party
As you know from the last post, Beth recently turned eight. I wanted to share some photos from her Harry Potter party. The apartment was a spitting image of Hogwarts. Okay, well, maybe not so much. But there were colored streamers and a Gryffindor coat of arms decorating the room.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The Past Eight Years
I can't believe that Beth is turning eight this week. Quite frankly it blows my mind. Our lives sure changed when we had her, and in a good way. The day we brought her home from the hospital there were carolers right outside our door. I've really enjoyed all that Beth has brought to my life. She had her birthday party yesterday. It was a Harry Potter party that got a little bit crazy, but we managed to pull everything off. I'm just relieved that it is over. She also had her baptism interview. She's very excited to be getting baptized and I'm very proud of her. She is a good girl.
Caleb has been one for messes lately. I don't know exactly why, but he woke me up by asking me if I wanted to see his tattoos. He had drawn on himself (with some help from Beth) all up his arms and across his belly. The primary president told me today that he was sitting there in Sharing Time and pulled up his shirt for a second and everybody in Primary got to see his beautiful artwork. Caleb also gave the closing prayer in Primary, and I must say he did a totally awesome job, and only needed on nudge from Rob to finish the prayer.
Jacob has matching tattoos. He also slept through most of church today. And then came home with lots and lots and lots of energy. He is growing up and some of his words are just so clear. I mean you can really understand them. At tithing settlement today (which is another nightmare of a story you don't need to hear about -oh the horror- the bishop was very understanding and cut the meeting short) Jacob was walking around with his hands in front of him and moaning--"Brains, Brains, Brains." Yes my two year old knows what a zombie is and what a zombie eats. This is mainly due to the song "Re: Your Brains" by Jonathan Coulton. We are actually big Jonathan Coulton fans.
On a side note, I had a lovely conversation with my sister Ruthann, and mentioned Glee to her. My sister was in Madrigals in high school, which is the equivalent of Glee. And she hadn't seen the show at all, and she hadn't heard of it. Well only the last five episodes are up, and you really need to watch from episode one since the entire show builds on the preceding episode. But they come out on DVD just after Christmas. So you can buy it if you think you will like it. I'm going to embed one of my favorite musical numbers so you can watch and see, but there is lots of cool stuff on that show.
But as an aside, Ruthann and I were talking about how atypical our high school experience was. Really I don't think we went to a normal high school. I always thought it was because it was so big. My graduating class was over 600. But my sophomore year the principal told us that we had more than 900 kids there. The high school was split my senior year and I know that we had people drop out. The thing is that the Madrigals weren't on the bottom of the social pyramid. It was pretty much live and let live unless you were a goth. I was friends with some goths and they had crazy stories of getting beat up, but other than that I think it was pretty peaceful. Maybe I was in my own little bubble, but I was definitely happy there. My point is that it was okay to be what you wanted at school for the most part. I'm sure there were exceptions, but I wasn't really aware of them. I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast either. Nicely in the middle of the road.
Well here's the clip. Hope you all enjoy. Have a great week!
Caleb has been one for messes lately. I don't know exactly why, but he woke me up by asking me if I wanted to see his tattoos. He had drawn on himself (with some help from Beth) all up his arms and across his belly. The primary president told me today that he was sitting there in Sharing Time and pulled up his shirt for a second and everybody in Primary got to see his beautiful artwork. Caleb also gave the closing prayer in Primary, and I must say he did a totally awesome job, and only needed on nudge from Rob to finish the prayer.
Jacob has matching tattoos. He also slept through most of church today. And then came home with lots and lots and lots of energy. He is growing up and some of his words are just so clear. I mean you can really understand them. At tithing settlement today (which is another nightmare of a story you don't need to hear about -oh the horror- the bishop was very understanding and cut the meeting short) Jacob was walking around with his hands in front of him and moaning--"Brains, Brains, Brains." Yes my two year old knows what a zombie is and what a zombie eats. This is mainly due to the song "Re: Your Brains" by Jonathan Coulton. We are actually big Jonathan Coulton fans.
On a side note, I had a lovely conversation with my sister Ruthann, and mentioned Glee to her. My sister was in Madrigals in high school, which is the equivalent of Glee. And she hadn't seen the show at all, and she hadn't heard of it. Well only the last five episodes are up, and you really need to watch from episode one since the entire show builds on the preceding episode. But they come out on DVD just after Christmas. So you can buy it if you think you will like it. I'm going to embed one of my favorite musical numbers so you can watch and see, but there is lots of cool stuff on that show.
But as an aside, Ruthann and I were talking about how atypical our high school experience was. Really I don't think we went to a normal high school. I always thought it was because it was so big. My graduating class was over 600. But my sophomore year the principal told us that we had more than 900 kids there. The high school was split my senior year and I know that we had people drop out. The thing is that the Madrigals weren't on the bottom of the social pyramid. It was pretty much live and let live unless you were a goth. I was friends with some goths and they had crazy stories of getting beat up, but other than that I think it was pretty peaceful. Maybe I was in my own little bubble, but I was definitely happy there. My point is that it was okay to be what you wanted at school for the most part. I'm sure there were exceptions, but I wasn't really aware of them. I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast either. Nicely in the middle of the road.
Well here's the clip. Hope you all enjoy. Have a great week!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
I Am Slowly Going Crazy
I am sharing this video because I feel as though others should truly understand what I am going through. Watch it. Please.
Unfortunately, I have had to watch this clip about ten times (and that is not an exaggeration) in the last two days. It tickles Rob's funny bone. I mean really tickles it. He will come up and sing to me the clips while I'm downstairs.
When I told him that it just wasn't that funny to me, he insisted that it was because I hadn't truly watched the facial expressions the first seven times he made me watch it. No he is not happy that I simply hear it each time he plays it again, I actually have to watch it.
I told him that the reason it spoke to him so strongly is because of his roles at Marvel's. There is a tape of him that would fit in perfectly with this clip. The simple truth is that Rob could do this. He could have an alternate life as a sketch person. If I had that clip I'd post it online. I think Greg has a tape of it somewhere. Otherwise it is lost to posterity.
I hope you all enjoy or at least not go crazy!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
In Approximately 10 Minutes . . .
Today while I was in the shower the boys managed to accomplish all of this in approximately 10 Minutes
Dumped a Huge Glass of Water in the Toy Box
Pull all of the sheets off of my bed and take them downstairs
Caleb got dressed for school
Dumped a big bowl of cheerios in front of the television
Dumped all of the books from a shelf on the floor
and give each other haircuts
(That's the kicker. I'm not sure if Caleb got one too, when I found them after my shower his hair looked like it was intact, but I found so much hair, that I don't think it all came from Jacob, but it might have. Caleb's at preschool, I hope he doesn't have tons missing in the back. I'll post a picture of Jacob after he is done with speech therapy.)
What I did in the ten minutes after dropping Caleb off for preschool and before Jacob's speech therapist showed up
Cleaned up the bowl of cheerios
Repacked the blanket box downstairs
Put the books all back on the shelves
Picked up the shoes that were scattered around the room
Got Jacob dressed and changed his diaper
Wiped down the tables
and wondered how on earth we were going to fix Jacob's hair.
Have a great day!
Dumped a Huge Glass of Water in the Toy Box
Pull all of the sheets off of my bed and take them downstairs
Caleb got dressed for school
Dumped a big bowl of cheerios in front of the television
Dumped all of the books from a shelf on the floor
and give each other haircuts
(That's the kicker. I'm not sure if Caleb got one too, when I found them after my shower his hair looked like it was intact, but I found so much hair, that I don't think it all came from Jacob, but it might have. Caleb's at preschool, I hope he doesn't have tons missing in the back. I'll post a picture of Jacob after he is done with speech therapy.)
What I did in the ten minutes after dropping Caleb off for preschool and before Jacob's speech therapist showed up
Cleaned up the bowl of cheerios
Repacked the blanket box downstairs
Put the books all back on the shelves
Picked up the shoes that were scattered around the room
Got Jacob dressed and changed his diaper
Wiped down the tables
and wondered how on earth we were going to fix Jacob's hair.
Have a great day!
