A Witch and a Mummy!

Ben made a mummy mask and Conner made a witch mask tonight!  So Conner is running around here saying, "I'm a witch, tee, hee, hee, hee!"  He is trying really hard to get that witchy cackle perfected!  After Ben made his mummy and put it on, he told me, "Now I'm a mommy, just like you, Mommy!"  I told him that it was pronounced "mummy" but he's still running around saying that he is a "mommy!"

Some School Shots...

Every once in a while, the kids will bring home some photos from school or their teachers will post pictures on their shutterfly classroom sites, so I thought I would put a few on here today.  I love seeing what they do at school when I'm not around!  The first three pictures are of Conner...

Now a few of Ben...

Ben brought these 2 photos of him and Conner home the other day!  They got to play together at school on this day and apparently, they decided to play dress up!!!  I love it! (Especially the shoes!)



Warm Wednesday...

We took full advantage of the warmer weather and Nick's day off today to get a few things done around here.  In my attempt to get some more decor items up in our house, I enlisted Nick to help me with a project today!  It involved spray paint, so he didn't seem to mind!

 

 

After a failed attempt at a good naptime today, we gave up and headed outside to play.  The boys wanted to play soccer.  So while they played, Nick and I tidied up some things in the garage.  Ben eyed the traffic cones that we had used at their birthday party this summer and decided that he wanted to use them as bowling pins.  So they ended up kicking the soccer ball at the traffic cones to see how many they could knock down!  Not a bad game, especially when they thought of it all by themselves!

After dinner, it was back outside.  This time, the desired game was baseball so the boys grabbed their mitts and ball and headed out.  After cleaning up dinner, I went outside to check on everyone and this is what I found...  Nick on his phone, listening to his radar and weather apps...  everyone who knows what a freak Nick is about weather will appreciate this!  The boys were having a blast playing catch with each other!

Go Mama!

Mama ran in the Des Moines marathon this past weekend and this is a picture of her (far right) finishing!  We thought this was a great picture on the Des Moines Register website so I wanted to share it on here too!  Congrats Mama!!!  That is quite an accomplishment! 

Fun Saturday Night!

We were able to make a quick trip to Bettendorf this weekend to see Nana and Gramps!  With the nice weather, all the boys wanted to do was play some baseball outside!

 

After the kids went to bed, we got to enjoy some adult time and, as always, we had a great night!  My little brother even got to show off his corn cob pipe!!!

Thanks Nana and Gramps for a great night and an absolutely wonderful morning where I even got to sleep in until 9:30...  That was priceless!!! 

News of the Week...

It has been a while so I thought I would take a few minutes to give you our weekly news...

My excuse for not blogging for a week is that my creative juices have been flowing and I have been working on some wall art for some of our very white walls!  We will see if anything turns out to be "wall worthy..."

Nick enjoyed a weekend off last weekend and we were able to just stay home and enjoy some relaxation.. at least as much as you can possibly enjoy with 2 very active 5 year olds!

Ben had a great week at school and his teacher showed me several examples of how his writing is getting better.  He amazes his teacher with all of the skills he has and genuinely surprises her with how fast and how much he is learning!  The kid cracks everybody up with all the stuff he says now!  Just today, as we were leaving school, Ben noticed that his handpainting of a spider displayed in the hallway had lost one of his eyes.  Ben informed me (with his bottom lip shaking, like he was trying not to cry) that he had to find a new eye before he could go home.  So one of the very accommodating associates (thank you to Miss Dawn) found Ben a new eye and helped him glue it on. Ben told Miss Dawn that now he was so happy, and now we could go home!

We were afraid that we would have to schedule another ear tube surgery for Conner this week, but after an ear infection last week, his ears look great now so we will see how this all plays out...  After a cold last week he is on top of the world again and he has had a very good week, just as Ben has.  I was able to help in Conner's classroom this week, so that was fun for me to see him at school, doing his thing!  He is a social beast and loves being around his friends, especially the girls!

The biggest news of the week, however, is this...   Nick and I were at Old Navy on Wednesday, while the boys were at school.  They needed another pair of jeans and there was a really good sale.  We also found a couple of shirts for them which we bought from the "BOYS" section... not the "TODDLER" section....  Apparently I need to start shopping the boys' sections at stores from now on...  I am not happy about this change... (Although, given that our boys are still little guys for their age, we will be buying toddler sized pants for a while!) 

Anyway, Happy Weekend!!!

Baby...

I just couldn't resist taking Ben's picture this afternoon as he slept.  He and Conner used to sleep with their butt in the air a lot when they were younger, but don't do it much anymore!  Seeing Ben like this during his naptime made me remember that even though my guys are big 5 year olds who think they can do it all themselves now, there is still a bit of "baby" left in them... thank goodness...