Lights 2009

Well it's that time of year again. We got out the lights and decorated the house yesterday. We have "upgraded" since last year. We have added some feeding deer, candy canes, presents and a Mickey Mouse character (just for the boys).

Archer Tidbits

There must be a few things I say too often when my two year starts asking things like, "what's going on in here?" or "Are you begging me?" The other day I asked him to be good and his response was, "are you begging me?" It's hard not to laugh at him when he asks that.

We went to the park this morning. It is warm outside but it is super windy. The boys always love stick hunting :)


After we got home, I lost William and Harrison. I couldn't find them anywhere. Could you? Life is so nice when the littlest things can make them laugh so hard :)

Woke up to an earthquake this morning. I am used to the little "shakes" we get often but it sucks when one wakes you up. The good thing is the boys slept right through it. That's about it. Just hanging out. I'm super tired today and my neck hurts (have a cyst laying deep on my muscle- it hurts to even swallow today) so I really am hoping for a nap.

Mr. Klutzy and Mr. Serious

Yes I am the mom who takes 94 pictures in the matter on an hour. So because I had such fun pictures I have another post. Check out Mr. Serious as he plays Harrison in air hockey. I would give anything to know what he is thinking. My guess: "You are not going to score on me again Harry!" Oh and the Klutz. It's a wonder we haven't made more trips to the emergency room. He is always falling down and always has a bruise on his forehead. Here are some examples of Mr. Klutzy.

Where's Mr. Klutzy? Oh there are his legs!

And his feet.

Down again

The Jump Around

Oh oh oh oh boy. William has been, how do I say this nicely, a monster the last two days. He is normally a very well behaved child. The last two days have been wearing on me. He is beating his brother up by punching, slapping, body slamming, head locking and kicking him. And when I told him not to spit on my floor, he came over and spit on me. And if I tell him not to hit his brother, he hits Miss Belle. I really have no idea what has gotten into this kid and I am PRAYING this phase will pass ASAP because it is too darn hard. Well call me a bad parent if you will but I completely believe in negotiating and bribing when I am at a loss like this. So where do I take them...The Jump Around. My goal is that William has so much fun that I can remind him that we can go back if he behaves. Lets just see if it works.

Look how cute they are playing air hockey. I never taught them how but they got it.

Harrison and Addi hugging at the bottom of the slide :) xoxo

Harrison loved the slide but it was cute that every time I took him up there, he would just plop down on my lap to go with him.

Check out Air Jordan while Harrison and Addison raced each other! William made a ton of baskets too. The boxing ring was more of a jumping house for us.

There was a toddler room to play in, an Arcade and tons of jumperoos. It was a lot of fun and a great playdate especially for the price. Oh please William, lets remember this as so much fun. We need to behave all of the time and not let mommy pull her hair out!

That's how

Miss Belle keeps making her way inside without me letting her in. I assumed it was the boys letting her in. Well I caught her this morning. Sleek little genius can open the door herself!

Monsters...

New haircuts and such

Because Harry's "surfer" hair was so long that I could put him in ponytails AND because he was being mistaken for a girl lately, I decided to get the boys haircuts. They were so good today. They sat very still while they got their haircuts resulting in suckers. Then at the grocery store, the clerk thought they were so good that they got more suckers and balloons. Talk about happy boys!

My picture of Harrison.

William's new hair.

William takes a much better picture than me :)

Cuddle bugs at the store. They are in love lately. Always hugging and kissing each other.

And here is Harrison talking.