Our Little Idols

A Smilebox Made by Poppy and Grammy

April Showers

For some reason, I don't think these kind of showers will be bringing us flowers! Spring has not sprung in Missoula. We are STILL getting snow. It usually melts by the end of the day or maybe the next, but it's certainly not gardening weather!

Peepers Peeking at PEEPS

The experiment:
What happens to a PEEP when placed in the microwave.

Hypothesis:
It blows up.

Results:
It grew and grew and grew....Mom stopped the microwave before the PEEP blew up. When it came out, he deflated.

Ring in Spring!

(To view our 1st Day of Spring Celebration up closer, you can click on the picture collage to enlarge.)
You'd never guess that March 20th was the first day of Spring, but we lucked out! We actually had a sunny and some-what warm 1st day of spring to celebrate! It all started with a jump on the trampoline in their undies. THAT wasn't my idea. The boys came up with that all by themselves! Then, they did a large A, B, C puzzle on the back porch. I brought them in for a little spring/summer like dinner that they chose...hot dogs, potato chips, lemonade with the works....After dinner, we baked Bunny Sugar Cookies and decorated our Bunny Hut. Since we've loved the tradition of gingerbread houses at Christmas, the boys and I couldn't pass up the sugar cookie bunny hut to make and decorate (the favorite part being the taste testing of course.) Then, we finished off the eating with infamous peeps. I'll show you our "Peeps" experiment in the next blog! The boys challenged their dad to a wrestling match on the trampline while I cleaned up the spring celebration. Anything and everything is worth celebrating!

Eye Spy a Tired Guy!

Drew's eyes are very sensitive. I've heard that blue eyed people tend to be more sensitive to light. I don't know if it's true or not, but it's true in this case. Our little blue eyed munchkin has a hard time adjusting to light in the morning and the bright light of the sun. These costume type glasses are his favorite sunglasses. They are actually UV protected. We keep them close by so when we have bright moments and a fussy boy, we can put on the glasses and he seems to be much better. This picture was taken after a drive home from the gym on a sunny day. The warmth through the window and the shades from his glasses allowed for peaceful rest. Too cute.

My LIttle Leprechans

While I admit that I love themey things, it wasn't for this reason that I created a "green" St. Pat's dinner. I actually had to go back to work that night and Eric was working a late shift. Earlier that morning, when I woke up, I actually didn't feel like dressing in green and going with the whole "theme" of the day. I knew I had to work and wouldn't have time to do much anyway. But Ethan reminded me saying, "Today is St. Patrick's Day, Mom. You are supposed to wear green." And then, after he saw me in something non-green, he said this in disappointment, "You don't have to if you don't want to."
I've been told so many times that the years fly by with children. They grow up so fast. I try to keep this on the forefront of my mind. Sometimes, when I get caught up in day-to-day responsibility and routine, I forget to really cherish the moment and be present in the moment. I mean, what was I thinking? I have 2 little boys that LOVE themes! Now's my chance. So I went back into my closet and put on green and put together whatever I had that was green for dinner. I made green egg salad sandwiches, died their yogurt green and put green cereal on top. I cut up pears and they dipped them in caramel and then I died their water green and they drank it out of green straws. Simple, maybe even stupid, but the boys thought it was great! It won't be forever that I'll have these chances. I need to remember how lucky I am to
have my little leprechans at 3 years old and 6 years old and cherish these pot-of-gold
moments for what they are. They certainly are the rainbows in my rainy day
routines!

Slumber Party

Ethan's first official slumber party and it was celebrated with the Moser boys. Complete with a Wal-mart trip (mom with 4 boys! Wow!), pizza making, cupcake making, game playing, trampoline, movie watching, and flashlight games...everything that makes up a good slumber party!

Rocky: Every Little Boys Hero

I think Eric was reliving some good memories when I showed him the pictures of boys activities for the afternoon. A few weeks ago, Ethan watched Rocky III and was completely inspired (sounds just like his dad.) He put on a wrestling singlet (Drew decided to be Buzz) and they headed out to the trampoline for their "training". The weather was 40 degrees, but Ethan faired the weather and boxed, kicked, exercised and dodged balls. He then watched Karate Kid online and the next day was wearing a bandana to school and taking "karate lessons" from his friend Brayton during recess. He told me that they use one recess for exercises and other recesses for drills. He even told me he needed more brocolli at dinner to make him strong! Way to go Brayton. I am thinking Karate might be good for Ethan!

Spring Fever!

At the beginning of March, we had a day that was such a tease! 60 degrees and bright sunshine! The boys had spring fever and pulled out the sidewalk chalk. They decorated the whole back porch including coloring our back steps in solid chalk. Note to self: Don't sit in chalk art. The boys were COVERED in chalk due to their decision to cover the entire set of steps. I had them strip down outside before coming in. It was fun!

Scooby Drew!

When Drew was home sick, he and I watched a lot of Scooby Doo. He wanted me to "do his hair" like the characters in the show. We did them all, Daphne, Velma, Fred, Shaggy and even Scooby! We liked Scooby the best so we sprayed it to keep it that way. Here is his Scooby Drew ears! He was quite pleased.