Happy Christmas Dance

This is for those excited for Christmas. Bug wanted to share his feelings!

Something to Make you Smile

I thought I might make up for the lack of posting by giving you an early Christmas present. I know it's not very Christmasy, but I promise it will make you smile.

Watch this one first (sorry it's kinda pixely):



Now this:

Meet our Animals Monday

Lemonade Kitty


Bird

"Meet the Animals" Monday

Little Man would like to introduce you to his animals! We are hoping this will be a weekly installment, but he's 3 and has no concept of time. As you are enjoying a little peek into his world, pay attention to Bug sitting next to him (and I apologize for the shaking camera, I was laughing too hard).

Snowball

Bug also wanted to contribute...

Penny Kitty

Breakfast of Champions

Wil had to leave for work early this morning and while I was trying to finish getting ready for the day, the boys were off on their own. It was kinda quiet, so I was a little worried about what I would find if I headed downstairs. Before I could find out, they came up to see me. This was the end result:

Breakfast in the bathroom... at least it was yogurt, right? And they're sharing?

The House is Ours!

Well, today was a bit stressful we had an 11AM settlement time that changed to 3PM, then 1PM, and then 2PM! I was really stressed out about the changing times and then we didn't know what our closing costs would be. We were provided with a good faith estimate and then our costs ended up being 1/2 of what we expected!!

We then unloaded the trailer, got dinner, picked up some things from Wal-Mart (like a 6' ladder), and headed back to OUR house for dinner and preparation for my trip to the apartment with the boys. Yes, I have the boys for 2 days . . . okay, sit down please, I don't want youse to hurt yourself. I am nervous because I have a short temper and sometimes the Monkey is able to get that match close to the powder.

Needless to say that our only excitement on the way home was finding a bank to make a deposit. It took longer than I expected, but we found it & hit the road. The boys got a double feature tonight on the trip back to our old apartment. I am excited. a 1.5 hour commute [1 way] will turn into a 5 to 10 minute commute!!! I am looking forward to this happening. I think that Lauren is even more excited about it than I am, she has a house & it will have a fenced in back yard [by Spring] and a deck [later on].

So, we open another chapter in our lives and move forward again with vigor and anticipation for the future.

w.

p.s. I will post new pics on in the usual places when the painting is done.

Oh Boy, Those Boys!

Well, if you haven't talked with Lauren or myself you wouldn't know that they are both stressing about the move to WV. If you know our two Young Princes then you know that they are generally really good kids and that they are pretty amicable most of the time. The last 2 weeks have been driving me crazy and I only see the boys on evenings and weekends.

I have to admit that I don't know how my wife does it. She is amazing!!! I know every will agree with me on that statement, it is a fact. Still, I can only marvel at her ability to manage 3 cranky men at the end of a long day. I am grateful for her patience and finesse.

They did go to bed tonight pretty easily, considering they usually give Lauren h3ll when she is here. I wonder if Mommy goes to 'work' in the evenings if that will help them settle down and go to bed easier? Hmmm . . . well, it's just an idea wifey.

Big changes are coming to our little household, speaking of house pictures can be seen here.

w.

Lazy Sunday . . .

NOT!

So, this morning started like any other, Bug waking up in the middle of the night. Me getting him & Lauren taking care of him so that I could sleep. The 2nd or 3rd time he woke up, I got up for the day. The next time he work up, I took him for the morning. We played and talked and then Little Man work up some time later. He then helped me make pancakes while Bug snacked on Sweet Potato Puffs.

Lauren got up when she smelled breakfast. Bug ate the majority of 4 silver dollar sized-pancakes. Little Man ate 2 and we enjoyed breakfast! Then, I was going to get ready for church . . . until the power went out. Yeah, so, we decided that if it took to long we would make it a family day. So, back into bed for tickling, steamrolling, and cuddles.

Then, with plenty of time for me to get ready . . . the power came back on. So, with a flurry of activity Little Man & I got ready for church. There went the nice fun family day.

At this point, the day has been a good one.

More Food Please!

Sunday, we had some friends over for dinner and they brought dessert. Lauren was very happy because it was chocolate fondue.

Little Man and their kids were going to town on the Strawberries and Bananas. Bug wanted in on the action. So, we decided to let him try a small piece. He went to town, he ate it really quickly and we gave him a second piece of fruit.

Bug and his mesh feeder bag of bananas

He constantly reaches for our food and so we are waiting for him to learn to eat cereal so that we can start introducing him to additional foods. For now, he still makes a huge mess that is best followed with a bath.

w.