Sock Monkeys

I was never really sure whether these things were cute or strange. The verdict is still out on that one, but the boys have decided they were finally interested in sock monkeys. This past Christmas they each received a sock monkey (sorry, can't remember if it was from Nana, Katy 89 or Aunt Nancy). There were so many other things flying around the house during Christmas Morning, that the boys did not really concern themselves with these creatures. So we decided to let them live at Nana's house until the boys would like them.

The time has come for their arrival to our home. After shopping for a friend's birthday present, I picked up a sock monkey from the shelf. Brandon took it from me and refused to let it go. After walking around the store for another 10 minutes, I finally convinced him we could call Nana and ask her to send their own sock monkeys. Once out of the store, without a purchased sock monkey, both boys began reminding me to call Nana about their monkeys. Luckily, they were distracted by the party at Chuck E Cheese, but that only lasted for a few hours. As soon as we were on our way, they continued asking for me to make the phone call. We were unable to get ahold of Nana, so the pestering continued on until the following morning at the bus stop. Since we always need a good distraction for Logan before getting on the bus, we decided to call Nana and tell her how excited they were to remember she had the Christmas Sock Monkeys.

With the efficiency of Nana and the Post Office, the boys received their sock monkeys within 2 days. Wow, that was FAST. They could barely get the paper tissue off of the monkeys, they were so excited.

Sassy New Hair

Any one who knows me, knows I can decide on the drop of a hat to do something drastic to my hair. True, this does not happen often, but when it does, it is drastic. To tell you the truth, this is the third time in my life I have cut off more than 12 inches of my hair at one time. I am happy to be able to donate something to such a worthy cause, but wow, imagine how much shampoo I am going to waste when I try to wash my hair in the morning. Once again, I woke up this morning with no thought about what I was going to do, only to be typing this moments before going to bed, with a totally new look.

I am still going to need sometime to get used to it, but since I am officially done with my triathlons for this season, I don't have to worry about the short hair getting in my way. I have a few months to let it grow back to a manageable length for training. Well, I hope you all like my new style, would love to hear your thoughts, unless they are bad and then don't share because I will probably still be crying after my shower when the reality sets in about my hair.

Excited about Laundry

Really? Who gets excited about doing laundry? ME. I know, I never thought I would be saying that. But when you have such a pretty new washer and dryer, you would be thrilled about it. I might wash all the clothes in the house, because I am not sure how long the excitement will last. But they are absolutely fantastic. If Brian only knew I would be excited about housework with new machines, he would have done this a long time ago. I wonder how I can get him to buy me a new dyson vacuum cleaner. Hmmm...that will be another one. Here are my brand new appliances:

Our very own Cub Scout

It is official, Logan is a Tiger Scout. We had a first Den meeting this afternoon. At this time he learned to salut the flag during the pledge of allegiance. He learned the boy scout sign when they are saying the boy scout promise. He also learned the Boy Scout handshake. I am so excited for him.

At the very end of the meeting, they did a little ceremony where they actually received their hankerchief and slide. He looks so cute in his uniform. He only likes the hat because he can wear one like Daddy when he wears his uniform. Do you think we have a lifetime of uniforms ahead of us with Logan too? We will see, no matter what he is always going to make us proud.

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Yes, Today is my birthday, I don't really care about the age itself, but since so many other people are usually so protective of their age, I won't make anyone feel too old or too young around me, so let's just say I am 30-something. Yes I am in my 30s, that is all you need to know.

So if you have been around me the last few weeks, I was very excited since school would be beginning on my birthday. Yes I am very glad that the boys are returning to school, but so you don't think I am the meanest mom in the world, it was a little sad to come home to a quiet house without Logan. I still have Brandon next me to, but he has barely left my side, I think he misses having Logan around, even if they just fight over everything.

Seeing as how it is the first day of school, I was hoping to jump right into all my projects with both feet. However my birthday takes precedence over any projects. Sorry Brian, NOTHING will be done around the house. I may have to share Mother's Day with you on your birthday, but today is MY day. I don't really have anything special planned except I will not be making dinner tonight, we will be dining at Red Robin, since it is one location that everyone will be able to find something to eat and there will be no fighting to get food into their stomachs.

So after swim lessons, which also start today, we will be having a nice evening out to celebrate my birthday. Can you tell I like birthdays? I love them. I enjoy making them special for the birthday girl/boy. After having two children, and knowing how difficult it is to sometimes enter this world, there is plenty of reasons to celebrate.

So When it is your birthday, Celebrate any way you WANT to.

Happy Birthday, Me!

Our First Grader

Can you believe it is the First Day of School? Last night we attended the Back to School night for Logan. We were given the opportunity to meet his teacher and find where he would sit in the classroom. We got to walk down to the cafeteria where Logan would eat lunch, since he would be at school all day long. I thought we were both excited, well ok, I know I was more excited about it than he was, but I was hoping he would be excited to see his friends.

Well, this morning, he woke up worried about the day, we tried to walk him through the routine, but since I am not sure about the everything I kind of had to make it up, hopefully I will be close. Since I wanted to make it a nice morning, I made cinnamon rolls for the boys, Logan helped make his own lunch. We packed his backpack together, so he knew where everything was when he needed it. After quite a few cinnamon rolls, (at least I know he won't be starving at school) we took some first day pictures.

Then we drove over to the bus stop, I know that probably does not make sense, to actually drive to the bus stop, when I can just drive him straight to school. But trust me this is the best thing we could do for him. This way he is able to get himself calm before getting to school and entering the classroom. Once he is done thinking about missing us at home he will be ready to have fun at school.

This was Brandon's excellant photography skills as Logan was getting on the bus. We look forward to hearing all about Logan's first day when he gets home from school.