Photo Contest

This is my photo entry for a contest at 5 minutes for mom. You could win $1000!

I love this picture, I love that he is sharing his cherished cotton candy with his sister. It totally melts my heart when my kids are sweet to each other, when they let their guard down and do something nice for the other. Sweeties!!

Haircutting is Better Left to the Professionals!

I must be crazy! I decided to cut the boys' hair. The bulldozer went first, it was not too bad, it went well. So I moved on to the next boy... oh the horror. I think I have ruined the poor kid. You see, I just wanted to trim up the sides and the back, someone thought one of them was a girl, I had to do something, I mean really, I was doing it for their own good, I was saving their little boy masculinity...right?

The munchkin was crying and moving and I had already done one boys' hair, I couldn't just leave his hair long. So I did my best to get him to stop moving, first time the clippers touched his head he moved and the clippers jumped up to a spot where hair SHOULD be...but, no longer is. I had to make it even, so the back is short, not like I shaved his head short, more like I SHOULD shave his head, short. I have pics, I am contemplating posting them. I am so embarrassed, and devastated just because I was:

1. Impatient



2. Cheap, I could NOT see spending $30 at Supercuts for a little trim, yes it is for two kids but really? Why pay someone for something you can do yourself.... Ha Ha Ha



3. Ridiculous, what in the world was I thinking? Did I really think that putting something that was buzzing, on their head was going to just be accepted by them?

Here is the pictures, I will share them, if you see us out in public you won't need to laugh at them because you already got the sneak preview.

Bulldozer before

and afterThis is the way it was supposed to turn out, lucky boy!"Help, my Mom is about to cut my hair!"The Munchkin before
And here is the poor dear, he still is cute though, from the front:)My Husband will be deciding in the morning if they need to have their heads shaved. Only the munchkin would NEED it shaved, but you can't just shave one of them so.....
I will keep you posted.

First Grade

I totally thought that Kindergarten was the cutest grade. I mean seriously, the kids don't know what to expect, they don't know what they are doing, where to go, finally by the end of the year they begin to "catch on" that this is school and we will be doing this for a while. Now that we are in First grade I am amazed at the learning that is taking place. All of a sudden the Prince can read chapter books, without my help. What? Where did that come from, it seems like just last week he was begging me not to read to him and for me to "drop him out of school". Then it just clicked, he raises his hand in class to read in front of the class, Wow, I am so impressed! And I cannot get over the gaping hole in his mouth. It is so stinkin' adorable, I can't take it! Sometimes he whistles when he talks, come on now, how cute can you be??? I love him to pieces, I tell him all the time, I kiss him when he tries to talk to me and I get a glimpse of that very empty mouth. It cracks me up when he takes a bite of his food and the food has definite evidence that he is missing teeth. He is my angel, he is caring and smart and told me one day that "I just want to play Mom!" That is what he wants out of life, to play, he will find a way, I know him! He completely adores his siblings and he has been caught many times reading to his sister. Such a good boy! He puts up with his siblings destroying his "heroes" and his homework. I am proud of him!! I wonder if second-graders are as cute? I will find out soon enough. This picture was the first night we had his new baseball uniform, he insisted that THIS is the way the socks go. I can't wait to show him this when he is older!

A Sweet Side of The Bulldozer

He is being really adorable lately. He has been using the remote as a phone, and he found this swell "tool" to carry his pacifier around in. It is so cute, he just wanders around putting it in the tool and then in his mouth. He sure is getting big. His wild side has calmed down-somewhat and he has actually been listening when we say "NO".

Yeah!!

The rest of Monday was, let's see, really, really hard! I won't bore you with the details so just trust me. However, I did get AMAZING news, my oldest son is Super Student!! We went today to the assembly that honors the super students. It was awesome. I am so proud of him, we have been waiting since kindergarten for this award. He started kinder at age 4, turning 5 at the end of November, so he is much younger than most of his peers. He has always been up to par intellectually, it was just getting him to focus that has been holding him back. Well he has done it. He completes his work now and he is just doing so very well. I am soooooo proud of him (oops, did I say that already?) It was a great morning. After the assembly I raced over to the church for our first day of Mom 2 Mom. We had a great morning. It was a pretty darn good day all in all! We ended the evening with four noisy kids in the bath together. They had so much fun because we don't normally do that. I tried to get a video of them but there were too many naked body parts for me to keep track of, I couldn't keep them out of the picture. They were all cracking up and there was water everywhere. The bathroom is still drying! Right before the Prince was getting in bed and I was saying his prayer with him, the Munchkin kept leaning in to kiss him and kiss him and kiss him. It was really sweet. He makes this sweet noise when he goes in to give kisses and the Prince was loving the sweet attention from his brother. It was a very lovey day, except the part where I had to put the coffee table outside because they kept standing on it. When my Husband got home he said "It feels so spacious in here, you moved the furniture, I like it like this... wait, where is the furniture?" And I said "Oh yeah, can you bring the coffee table back inside for me? It is on the back patio" I don't normally remove furniture but you know sometimes you just gotta do what keeps you from yelling. I am exhausted, I'm going to bed, another full day planned for tomorrow. We are still celebrating the Super Student, because we are so proud of him!!!

Good Morning!

Oh yes it is! I woke up before everyone this morning to have coffee, blog, and have breakfast. Then I am going to get ready, and no one else is awake yet. This is wonderful. Why didn't I ever do this before? Oh yeah, I know, because I was completely sleep deprived and could barely wake up when the kids woke me up. I feel like today should turn out to be marvelous, well, we shall see!

Have a great day!

Garage Pics

I just wanted to write a quick post about the garage organization we did a few weekends ago. It was very successful and I actually can get the van in there, Yeah! Since we took the pictures we did hang bikes up in the corner which free up a lot of space. We never get to ride them, actually never have but one day....

Before:

After:

There is still some things on the left that need to be given to specific people, but it sure is A LOT better.

Also, because I changed my layout again, I have to find all the people I had on my blog roll before. I wrote everyone down but I need to search for them, so if you no longer see your blog on there, it will take me time, I definitely did not decide that I don't love you anymore.

Have a great day!