The best helpers in all the land

Since I had my foot surgery these two little boys have been my huge helpers. They make sure my ice packs are cold, my pillows fluffy, my water bottle full and that I get enough kisses so my foot will heal quickly. And they haven't complained once. They are such wonderful little men and I love them so very much! They're pretty cute too.

My Dad by Nathan

My Dad

Have you ever met my dad, Brian? My dad is really fun, he plays with me. My dad is funny, he acts goofy sometimes like Thing One and Thing Two and he also tells jokes. My dad also listens when I ask questions and he loves me and I love him.                                                                                        

In school this week Nathan had to write about someone who makes him feel important. 

...it made me cry. The greatest feeling in the world is knowing that you child knows and feels that you love them more than anything else is this world.  

                                                                      

                

wow...

Since the last time I wrote we have celebrated a birthday, Christmas, New Years, went back to school and I had foot surgery.
Nathan turned 9 yrs old and couldn't be happier. We had some family over, ate pizza, played video games and teased Nathan with those magic candles that are really hard to blow out. That was so funny, he got so frustrated. Then Christmas rolled around a couple of days later. We got to spend a lot of time with family and the boys once again got way to many toys! They were pretty happy though. On New Years we spent the day counting down the hours until the ball dropped. We let the kids stay up and watch Dick Clark count down until the New Year arrived. Brandon thought that was pretty cool but two minutes later was ready to go to bed.
Nathan is back in school now. My little smarty pants got his report card the other day and is getting straight A's! He is really loving school this year. He has an amazing teacher and just soaks up everything like a sponge.
Friday I had foot surgery to have part of a bone removed. The boys have been taking great care of me. Brian has dish pan hands though and isn't liking that too much! :)
Next on our list to celebrate is Brandon's birthday. He'll be 5 yrs old later this month which means he'll be old enough to start school this fall. He cannot wait!

Are you ready?

Are you ready for Christmas? The boys sure are. They decorated our tree, made snow globes, put the lights on our ceramic tree my grandma gave me and helped set up their stockings. They've written letters to Santa and made sure we have all the ingredients for cookies and reindeer treats. Now we just have to wait. Dang, that's a hard thing to do when you're little and full of excitement.

Word Thief

Brandon has a hard time remembering his manners. He's four, he's loud, he wants everything his way and now! But for the most part he does really well remembering his please and thank you's and now raising his hand during story time at the library. Story time is his absolute favorite week day activity. What's not to love, stories told by wonderfully funny ladies, a movie, a craft and usually a little treat. It's heaven for my little man.

Last night was a special story time about Thanksgiving and the Berenstain Bears. During the story the librarian would ask questions "what do you think is making that noise? what is papa bears shirt color? who do you think won the contest?" And every time Brandon would raise his little hand as high as it could reach. Some times he knew the answer, some times he just wanted to comment on something totally not related to the story. It's always a little scary when he gets called on because you just never know what is going to come out of his mouth. Well, some of the other kids started blurting out the answers without raising their hands and waiting to be called on. This frustrated Brandon beyond belief. He wrinkled up his little nose, pushed out his lips and came stomping to the back of the room to me. "Mommy! Those kids are stealing my words!" And you know he wasn't quiet. Most of the other moms started laughing with me, a few (I'm assuming the mom's of the kids that were not raising their hands) looked the other way and pretended not to hear him even though I know it's not possible to not hear my son when he's frustrated!

I love that little guy. He cracks me up!

Crap the kids say...

Mommy...I'm eating bubba's nuts.

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

Do I move like Jagger?

Liar, liar, fire pants.

Why is my poop green?

Mom, where did I put my handcuffs and bullet? (FYI they're toys)

I'm a worm today.

Did you hear dat funder?

There's never a dull moment in our house. The boys make sure of that!

Candy overload

I'm a few days late, but here's our Halloween pictures. The boys had a great time of course. Brandon decided at the last minute to be a police officer like daddy. It's a good thing we have extra handcuffs and holsters just laying around the house! : )

Nathan was a punk rocker of some sort. The make up and ear rings were just a little too much for me to handle, but for one night I let it slide. Now they are enjoying all their candy. Suckers, chocolate, bubblegum, taffy. Sweet success!

They are already coming up with new costume ideas for next year in the hopes of getting even more candy.