For those of you w/ kids you may know the hours between 4ish & 6ish pm are known as arsenic hour... although I prefer to call it "cosmopolitain hour" or "white wine coctail hour".
Here are two videos taken today during our "cosmo hour".
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Hair Cut Day
Today was hair cut day. Oscar has so much fast growing beautiful hair that we go every 4 weeks. Calvin we do every other time. Calvin is still unsure of the whole experience but Oscar is a seasoned expert!!
Friday, May 23, 2008
If you give a Mom a muffin...
A friend of mine emailed this to me recently. So funny. (especially if you read "if you give a pig a pancake" to your kids regularly.
If You Give a Mom a Muffin
If you give a Mom a muffin,
She'll want a cup of coffee to go with it.
She'll pour herself some.
The coffee will get spilled by her three year old.
She'll wipe it up.
Wiping the floor, she will find some dirty socks.
She'll remember she has to do some laundry.
When she puts the laundry in the washer,
She'll trip over some snow boots and bump into the freezer.
Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan dinner for tonight.
She will get out a package of chicken.
She will look for her cookbook (101 Things to Make Chicken).
The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail.
She will see the phone bill which is due tomorrow.
She will look for her checkbook.
The checkbook is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two year old.
She'll smell something funny.
She'll change the two year old.
While she is changing the two year old the phone will ring.
Her three year old will answer it and hang up.
She remembers that she wants to phone a friend to come for coffee on Friday.
Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup.
She will pour herself some.
And chances are......
If she has a cup of coffee......
Her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it
If You Give a Mom a Muffin
If you give a Mom a muffin,
She'll want a cup of coffee to go with it.
She'll pour herself some.
The coffee will get spilled by her three year old.
She'll wipe it up.
Wiping the floor, she will find some dirty socks.
She'll remember she has to do some laundry.
When she puts the laundry in the washer,
She'll trip over some snow boots and bump into the freezer.
Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan dinner for tonight.
She will get out a package of chicken.
She will look for her cookbook (101 Things to Make Chicken).
The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail.
She will see the phone bill which is due tomorrow.
She will look for her checkbook.
The checkbook is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two year old.
She'll smell something funny.
She'll change the two year old.
While she is changing the two year old the phone will ring.
Her three year old will answer it and hang up.
She remembers that she wants to phone a friend to come for coffee on Friday.
Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup.
She will pour herself some.
And chances are......
If she has a cup of coffee......
Her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Calvin walks!!!
Yes he is almost 15 months. Yes he has been ABLE to walk for weeks now. But as some of you have seen he has "chosen" not to - until last night. Here is some footage of our newly mobile Lewis... go Calvin!!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Mothers Day
Mothers Day was wonderful!! We hosted a Mother's Day brunch for my mom & mother in law. We feel so lucky to be able to share holidays w/ both Darren's mom & my family.
Here is my table setting! Notice the new blue dishes (I had to buy them to fit my vision for how the table would look). 
Darren got me a pair of earings & this porch swing!! So excited about both.
Grandpa & Oscar planted me some lavender plants on the south side of the house. 
It was a fantastic day. Happy Mothers Day!!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Saturday Pizza Night
Every Saturday we make pizza for dinner. Today was the first day Calvin and Oscar had side by side ladders in the kitchen & BOTH helped. It was a total success!!
Friday, May 2, 2008
So many questions...
Someone should send a memo out to all parents of kids about to turn 3. Get ready. Get a set of encyclopedias. I am amazed at the questions that come out of Oscar. I heard that kids were supposed to ask a lot of "why" questions.... and Oscar does. However, he also has many many more specific questions. Here are a few from yesterday & today:
Do birds turn?
Do crabs walk?
Explain to me how concrete is made.
What is the difference between a grain elevator & a grain silo?
Can airplanes go backward?
For real!! The 3 year old mind is amazing. I love it. I wish we could look at the world with such innocent curiosity. On the flip side - I am pretty sure Oscar will tap my knowledge base before he is 5. We'll have to learn together after that.
Do birds turn?
Do crabs walk?
Explain to me how concrete is made.
What is the difference between a grain elevator & a grain silo?
Can airplanes go backward?
For real!! The 3 year old mind is amazing. I love it. I wish we could look at the world with such innocent curiosity. On the flip side - I am pretty sure Oscar will tap my knowledge base before he is 5. We'll have to learn together after that.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
May Day Fun
We had a fun filled day today. Probably too full - as the 5:30 melt down ultimately proved. However, it was fun while it lasted!!
And this is the view that everyone else at the zoo saw....
Then after lunch & naps we hit the park. It was an awsome day for playtime!!
This was a few days ago but I thought I'd share anyway.... give boys a pile of dirt & they are happy for hours!!
Here is us at the zoo this am. This was my view the entire time - the back of the boys heads w/ the animals in the distance. That is a mountain goat back there in white.
And this is the view that everyone else at the zoo saw....Then after lunch & naps we hit the park. It was an awsome day for playtime!!
This was a few days ago but I thought I'd share anyway.... give boys a pile of dirt & they are happy for hours!!
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