Playing with the Baby Tiger

This was a traveling exhibit that we couldn't resist. They had baby tigers and lions. Aren't they just adorable! It is so hard to believe they will grow up to be huge dangerous animals.  If I remember right they were about 8 weeks old and by 12 weeks they can't allow people in to play with them anymore.  We didn't get very good pictures because they were mostly asleep while we were there. They sleep 23 hours a day! There were also a lot of rules (which we followed so Kyler wasn't confused for a snack). But we could pet and touch them which the boys loved. Especially, Kaden our animal lover.

You know you have BOYS when...

1) EVERY pair of children's jeans in the house look like this:

2) In nearly every room of the house (and outside too) you can find a car lot.

3) Your baby really likes to be rough housed a little bit.

4) There are rocks everywhere (pockets, in the car, in the house, in the dryer). Jack picks up "rock men" whenever he sees them. They drive the above mentioned cars.

5) You have various jars on the kitchen counter filled with bugs, snails, worms, and a legless grasshopper.

6) You have to check the mail everyday right when it comes

 to see if the tadpoles have arrived yet.  Which isn't anything too new - last year we were waiting on the ants so we could start our ant farm.

7) You know you will be making trips to the pet store to buy crickets when those tadpoles become frogs. 

8) You know "A Day Out with Thomas" is not a play date with a boy from your child's class. It is actually  an overpriced trip to see a little blue engine. But, worth it to see your little train maniacs eyes light up.

9) You dream you where the Duggars so you could have an indoor playground in your house. Oh the energy it would burn!

10) Your 1 year old had to have stitches from jumping on the furniture. 

11) You know a good way to burn off energy is to make them run to the fence and back and they will do it if you time them.

12) If you hear something that sounds like rain on a tin roof you know someone is peeing on the toilet lid  or in the bath tub. 

13) On the same note #12. You have been embarrassed when your child peed in the park or the front yard or (gasp) on the church lawn. 

14) You have asked one of your children to slice the butter and when you

 looked up they had created a butter fort out of the pieces. 

15) It really doesn't work out not to allow play weapons in your house. 1) Boys dig them. 2) If you don't have any they will turn sticks and anything else into swords, guns, and lightsabers. So if you don't want your blind turning thingys pulled down buy swords. 

115) Everyday there are many moments that you (as a girl) will never understand but they melt your mama heart.

What are your favorite boy moments?

Happy Easter!

A few days before this picture was taken the boys and I saw the Easter Bunny. I was really excited pointing it out to the boys. Kaden looks at me and said: "Mom, thats not the Easter bunny. That is just a man in a suit." I laughed trying to think of how to respond to that. He then said: "The real Easter bunny is a real bunny and is much too busy to be out walking around." Whew!  So we can still believe in the real Easter Bunny at our house.  

New look

My blog got a much needed new look! Cherie (CJ's Corner) made me this new background for me as part of the pay it forward challenge. I LOVE It! She even took the time to find pics I had posted on my blog of the boys for it. How sweet is that!  Anyway, it has made me excited about blogging again so there will be updates soon. 

Elena, Diane, & Heather your gifts will hopefully be done soon! I have an idea and the supplies. Now I just need a free moment or two to get it done. 

Anyone up for a challenge?

I got this off my friend Cherie's blog.

Here is how it works. I will send the first 3 people who leave a comment a homemade gift. But the catch is you have to do the same thing on your blog & send 3 people a homemade gift. You have a year to complete the challenge. I hope to send out my homeade gifts much much faster then that though. :)

SO do I have any takers?

A Sweet Holiday

I picked the boys up from their Valentine's party and we went home. We had been home about 20 minutes and I realized it was very peaceful and very quiet. No one was asking about snacks or drinks or wanting the TV turned on. No one was fighting or whining. Sound wonderful? Well, those of you who are parents know this is NOT a good sign.  I started looking for the boys and well this is what I found.

I hadn't realized they had come in with their stuff and ran off with their valentine sacks. They were hiding with every piece of candy opened in our bedroom on the floor on the side of the

 bed I couldn't see from the door. Kaden discovered his new favorite candy: pixie sticks. I found about 3 wrappers of them. It should be a fun night when the sugar crash hits.

Jack's Heaven (Yes, that is 3 suckers!)

I was picking Jack up from his class and another mother was there picking up her daughter (Kennedy). She heard me say something to Jack. And the mother said "Oh this is Jack".  Kennedy said "Yes, Jack is so sweet." Her mom then told me Kennedy had named her favorite baby doll and all her animals Jack. Awwww. What a cute story - as long as she knows that sweet Jack's heart belongs to me - at least for now.