Day 29: Garbage Truck!

 

 Our Friday lunchtime ritual - waiting for the garbage truck. It's picking up our trash and my boys are jumping with excitement.  They then went even crazier because another garbage truck passed by on the other side of the street.  

Double the pleasure!

Day 28: Trains!

We spent a couple hours hanging out at Barnes & Noble this afternoon - reading stories about all different rescue vehicles, trucks, busses, etc and playing with the train table. 

Day 27: Cookie!

ok... this might not be the best pic ever... 

but it is the only one taken today & I took it with my Droid......

They both really enjoyed the big cookie cake at a friend's birthday party today.  (I did too)

Day 26: Twins! (kind of sort of)

They are almost Irish twins.  Hudson is 13 months older than Griffin.  Most every day (maybe 360 days of the year) they dress themselves different from each other.  Last night Hudson picked out clothes for both of them for school this morning.  He's the one who chose for them to look alike.  Aren't they so cute?

Day 25: Discovered!

This is the remains of the dinosaur egg.  My boys received two large (red clay) dinosaur eggs for Christmas with a little chisel and brush.  After about 20 minutes of chiseling one of the eggs, the headless Stegosaurus was released.  Somehow the head was broken off & we couldn't figure out where it was supposed to be.  It didn't look like any parts were sticking out of the last couple of large egg chunks.

Day 24: Artist!

Remember the paints from yesterday?  
Well, my little artist went to work this afternoon in the backyard.  We didn't have much time to paint today, so tomorrow after school we're going to have a lot more fun with it.  
I decided to play with the color in this pic too and I really love how it turned out.

Day 23: Paints!

The last thing my 5yo requested from me before I went to work was to make sure I bought paint before I came home.  I promised him yesterday and earlier today, but I kept forgetting.  I did remember tonight.  He'll be so happy tomorrow morning.  My only issue is that I only bought one color which states it is washable.  I think all temperas are supposed to be washable, but now I'm not sure.  I guess we'll find out.

Day 22: Lunch!

My boys come up with some pretty creative sandwiches at times.  Today's lunch was no exception.  This is actually my 5yo's concoction.  It's buttered toast with mini Nutter Butters and fruit snacks.  My 4yo decided it looked really tasty and he wanted one for himself.  They must have been tasty since they ate all but but one side crust of each sandwich.

Day 21: ZZZZZZZZ!

Our weather was crazy tonight!  We live in the desert and don't have rain too often.  This week was way abnormal.... not just an hour or so of rain.  It's been on and off all week.  Tonight we had tornado warnings and crazy winds & rain.  The howling of the wind outside scared my 5yo.  He ventured into my office & crashed on the floor. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!  I might have to cover him up for the night.  It might be better than trying to get him back up in the top bunk of his bunkbed.  

Day 20: Upgrade!

FINALLY SCHMINALLY!  My husband upgraded my PSE4 to PSE7 for Christmas (PSE8 was out of stock).  When I exchanged it, I upgraded to the one with Premiere since it was on sale for the same price as what he paid for the PSE7.  
Today I finally installed my PSE8.  
YAY!  
PSE4 worked just fine for me, but I can't wait to see how much more wonderful PSE8 is. 

Day 19: Rain!

Pretty unusual for us - we've had rain most all of today and rain is also scheduled for the next couple of days.  Rain sure doesn't stop my guys for playing with trucks in the backyard.  Here's my 5yo with one of his favorite trash trucks with lots of standing water in the corner of our backyard and soooo happy!

Day 18: treat!

I stopped by Target on my way home from work tonight to grab a couple of essentials we needed at home.... and then walked past the ice cream and decided to get myself a special treat for while I stay up late to design.  FYI - The coloring isn't off on the photo of this little pint, most of it is frosted over.

Day 17: Laugh!

All day the excitement was building for the Pump It Up birthday party which was late in the afternoon.  They had a blast on all of the bouncies, enjoyed their pizza... and then had the best belly laughs at their two friends across the table.  The friends were sticking their tummies out showing us that they were full.  Their moms acted a little embarrassed since their sons were being silly and I was loving every bit of it because I was able to grab some fabulous shots of my guys laughing their heads off.

Day 16: King!

Every night before I bed my guys get an option of a story or a quick game.  Usually we play Go Away Monster, but tonight they chose Funny Bunny.   It's such a cute game (and pretty fast too).  It's good with counting and logic, but they don't really think of it that way.  They just get so excited for the chance to be "King of the Carrot".

Day 15: The Crooked Tree

Here is our fabulous crooked tree again.  After a nice long walk on our beautiful January Friday, they had a blast climbing this fun tree, then we played ball in the greenbelt before we headed home.

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I would've opted for a different picture for today.... IF... my phone wasn't dead or if I had my camera with me .............. get this crazy night of mine......

I was 1 of 3 cars that hit big metal crates on a little highway - ripped my sidestep off my car, along with a couple big scrapes...... wish I could've taken some pics there.............took a neighbor to the airport & only about a mile away when it happened.... everyone was ok, but the car behind me ended up with a huge huge dent in his driver's door and shattered window, somehow he only had one very minor cut.........over 2 hours with the cops while they wrote up 3 collision reports- and luckily my boys were angels in the backseat the whole time and nobody at all got hurt

Day 14: b'bye gray!

Today I colored my hair myself with the help of L'Oreal Couleur Experte Express.  It was the first time I've done it myself in 2 or 3 years.  I just haven't taken the time to go to the salon for a few hours in probably over 3 months and my gray was really coming through.  I botched my highlights a little bit, but it didn't turn out too shabby... and the best part - most of my grays are gone!  YAY!

Day 13: Tackle!

a fun afternoon at the park today.... 

some scootering on their Razors, some soccer time... 

and then tackle!  

my guys jumped on one of their favorite 8 yo friends 

- luckily Alec is always such a great sport with them

Day 12: MIZ-ZOU!

On Black Friday I was the lucky winner of a fabulous Wallcrashers item because of Twitter.  I love contests on there, especially when I win something cool!  Wallcrashers are life sized removable wall decals.  I was able to choose any item I wanted so I went with the large 5 foot tall Mizzou Football player (U of Missouri),  It arrived shortly before Christmas.  It was a gift for all three of my sons and I put it up in the playroom a couple days ago.  Dontcha just love it? 

Day 11: Emergency!

My youngest two spent most of the afternoon in their bedroom cleaning their room (and playing).  As soon as it was done, they brought out their rescue vehicles from their playroom and took them into the game room.  Emergency!  Emergency!  A fire (pretend fire) was happening and the firetrucks and other rescue vehicles were not allowed to leave.  They were supposed to put them away before I came home from work.  Well, after a few hours the boys were in bed & the trucks are still out.  I guess that emergency is really disastrous since they will be working on it all night long. LOL

Day 10: Ready, Set, Go!

This afternoon we hung out on the playground at school, played basketball, and "sled" with the wagon on a small hill with dry grass.  

When it was time to go back home my lefty and righty decided to race on their Razors. So it was Ready, Set, Go and off they went with me pulling the wagon behind.

Day 9: Reward!

Reward! 

Grif (on the right) scored his first 2 (soccer) goals ever and they won their game 2-0.  Usually big brother Hudson is the main scorer in their games.

Reward - any ice cream he wanted.  He chose blue ice cream (possibly bubble gum flavor) with colored sprinkles, M&Ms, and gummy bears mixed in.

Day 8: Our sunny afternoon

Our sunny afternoon today. It was in the upper 60s/low 70s.  My boys had their scooters, trikes, a wagon, a dumptruck, and a go-cart in the front yard. For some reason the bikes stayed in the garage.  We enjoyed a very beautiful day, unlike half of the country in sub-zero temps & windchills.

Day Seven: The Crooked Tree

 the crooked tree ..... during our walk this afternoon

 we love this tree ... it's just a funky crooked tree growing sideways out of the ground and very easy to climb

Day 6 - Hey!

Hey!  The bath letters are attacking!  LOL!

Day 5 - Topsy's

Topsy's Popcorn - Caramel with a few pieces of Cinnamon mixed in.  The Cheese is soooo delicious and it's my favorite, but this pic just turned out better than the yummy orange cheese flavor. 

Day 4: clean-up

it's time to clean-up and remove all of the festive signs of Christmas 

Jan 3 - Tooth Fairy

Can you say cheesy?????? Boy does this look funny! Hudson's hair looks way goofy and he just has the goofiest look on his face while he is showing off the big gap in his mouth. The Tooth Fairy will be visiting since he lost his 2nd tooth today.

Jan 2 - Gollywog & Brownie

Jan 2, 2010: My husband's 40+ year old gollywog (made by his mom) with the arms falling off..... and my 40+ year old teddy bear, Brownie (it's decapitated, so the head is just resting on the body)

My first pic of the year

Griffin's little toes.