Sad but true

I took the boys to get haircuts on Monday. On the way there Noah said he wanted to play with the toy dinosaurs.

Me: "That's fine. You will have plenty of time because we are early."

N: "What's early?"

Me: Dead silence followed up by an explanation of being early to an appointment.

He, of course, knows what early in the morning is, etc. but it is very likely that I have never said we are early to somewhere. Gasp! It is true, we are usually late or on time by the skin of our teeth.

On a different note. We were at a stop light on the way to the above appointment when I looked over to the car next to us. I stared and stared trying to figure out what was going on. A couple was having a serious make out session. It took me far too long to figure out what was happening. Obviously not the kind of action going on for a 9 month pregnant lady with two kids in the back of a minivan. Ha!

Shh...

Don't tell Noah but when he is at preschool Micah has the freedom to play with whatever he wants. The best part is that it means no fighting with big brother. When we get home I ask him if he wants to play and he says, "Noah's room. Toys." He has so much fun. Usually I'm sneaky and pick up everything so he can't tell and the secret is safe with Micah and me.

Quiet

Things have been a little quiet around here and by here I mean on the blog - not our house. :) Never a dull moment around here.

On Saturday we went to Pump It Up to celebrate our friend, Sam's 4th birthday. It is a warehouse that they have filled with giant inflatable slides and bouncy castles for the kids to jump in. We had never been to one of these so I wasn't sure how it would go. It took the boys about 10 minutes to warm up and then they had a blast. It was a really fun spot for a birthday party.

It makes me laugh when Micah falls down after Noah. He copies absolutely everything his big brother does. Shawn calls him our parrot because he also repeats everything we say.

Snow Storm

Last week had me looking to Spring weather and then this morning snow, snow, snow. Boo! We are expecting 10-15" by tomorrow afternoon.

Keeping it real

I never expected all my parenting days to be warm, fuzzy and full of sunshine but boy oh boy some days are harder than others. Today is one of them.

Our Valentine's Day

We got a great present for Valentine's Day, 39 degrees. Woo hoo. One of Shawn's co-workers saw someone driving with their convertible top down. Shawn and I got some laughs out of that. The boys were thrilled to head outside in the nice weather and get into the mud puddles. They were soaked and dirty!

We finally had to go in because Micah had fallen in that puddle one too many times for his liking with no help from big bro.

Go Army! Hee hee, Micah has taken to wearing Shawn's hats.

Noah spray painting the snow.

We made treats.

We have a special visitor in town too. Grandpa Dennis is here for work and the boys have been overjoyed to have him here each night.

Identity

We frequently change lyrics to songs to be about our family. This morning the boys were singing with Shawn during breakfast while I was upstairs. I heard:

"I know a boy who likes to play with dinos, hey Noah Noah No."

"I know a boy who likes T-Rexes, hey Micah Micah Mo."

"I know a girl who likes to grocery shop, hey Mama Mama Mo."

I'm still cracking up about it because let me say that I just love grocery shopping. Ha! This goes along perfectly with the fact that every time Micah sees a laundry basket or a kitchen utensil he says "Mama's".