Don't put all your eggs in one basket!

You know those dang grocery carts that your kids always want to ride in at the store? They are huge and they are shaped like a sports car or the carts THAT have a section where two kids can buckle up? You need a CDL to drive those things and they are a big pain in the butt especially when you just wanted to get some yogurt and maybe a carton of eggs. Well, yesterday I ran to the grocery store and Buster wanted one of those big carts and I just needed to get a few items. So, thinking I was real smart I talked him into getting his own "little" grocery cart. You know the carts, the ones that are the perfect size for a little kids to push? This one needed to have the wheels oiled because it had a really high pitched squeaking sound the whole time he was pushing it. For some strange reason, kids feel the need to run really fast when they have one of those carts. So, Buster started running with the cart and then he needed to turn his cart well, of course it wouldn't make sense to slow down ?!?!?! So, he takes the corner at full speed and he had the little cart on 2 wheels then it was laying on it's side with the grocery rolling all over the store floor. You guessed it, my carton of eggs were on the floor also, I had super sized my eggs and was getting the 18 pack that day, bad choice on my part. Anyway, Buster felt really bad and we proceeded to pick up the items and when I picked up the egg carton and opened it up, there were a few casualties. I was honest and I purchased that carton of eggs and ran home and boiled them before the slightly damaged ones went bad. All in the day of a life with a little boy!

We love the Olympics!

Carter and I have been enjoying the 2010 Winter Olympics. We have watched quite a few of the competitions, I think Carter enjoys them because that means he gets to stay up later at night. I have loved watching figure skating ever since I was a child. My sisters and I would try to copy the moves in our living room. We would wear our slippers that had slippery bottoms and we would slide around on the carpet. So Carter and I watched the pairs "ice dancing" and then the next night it was men's figure staking. When we were watching it all of a sudden Carter says " Mom, this is very disturbing to me." , then a minute later "I don't think I can keep watching this, it is very disturbing to me" I was thinking, "What is so disturbing about this?" Then when I really looked I noticed men wearing feathers on their hand and puffy sleeved outfits. They way they were dancing on the ice all by themselves. Then I realized that I was glad that Carter found it to be disturbing.

Super Buster to the rescue!

For Christmas Buster received a foam padded hockey stick (p.s. it still hurts when you get hit with a padded hockey stick) and roller blades that are especially made for kids. The roller blades start out with one wheel in the front and two in the back, then when they get better you can move the wheels in a straight line like roller blades. Anyway, he loves to put them on and play hockey in the house. Then he added the blanket so it looks like a cape! He is so funny because he love to pretend, that kid can play all day in dress ups and pretend he is 100 different people ( robot boy, army guy, hockey star, spider man, ninja.......) you get my drift!

Andrea the Slacker

I haven't posted anything for quite a while, probably because I am really bad at taking photos and I feel that when I post I need something to show everyone. I am grateful that the inversion is gone and I can see what the blue sky looks like again. I am grateful for the snow that we received these past couple of days, I especially love to look at the trees when there is snow outlining every single twig and branch. How can we not know that there is a Heavenly Father that created all of this???

I have realized lately that since I have younger kids I really need to embrace everything that comes with that. So, I have discovered a couple of things that I don't want to give up since I am OLD! First of all I realized that I love to put together Lego's!! I know, weird! All of those little pieces fit together, that is how they are made and I just think that is amazing. The other night Paul and I went out and I told the boys if they were good I would buy them a Lego set. Well, the Lego's weren't really for them (shhhhh) they were for me! I didn't them that, but I spent most of the next day putting them together. I am so pleased with my quaint little villa! It is so cool, it has a sliding glass (in Lego world they are plastic) door and you can remove the roof and there are little stairs that lead to the up stairs so you can play with your little Lego people. I let my kids do that, I just like to build them.

The other thing I realized I enjoy it the Chipmunks. Carter got the Chipmunks movie for Christmas and we watched that I thought that it was cute. I know some people find their little voices annoying, but I think they are cute and they make me smile. We went and saw "Chipmunks- The Squeakquel" and I thought that it was cute also. I find myself tapping my foot and singing the words to the songs in my head.

One day Carter decided that he wanted to build a snow fort so he could have snowball fights. So, he got a 5 gallon bucket and filled it with snow and build the "Great wall of Carter" as I have named it. This picture was taken about 2 weeks after he build it so it was getting a little sluggish and falling down, it was a little taller in it's prime.

Kids say the darndest things part III

Once again Buster takes the cake with his quick whit! The kid just comes up with some of the most creative things. Tonight I was helping him get dressed for bed and he didn't want to go to bed. So he was letting me know that in his own 4 year-0ld way and he decided to stick his tongue out at me. I let him know that it isn't a nice thing to do especially to your mom! He said "Mom, I was trying to stick my tongue out at the door and you got in the way". Once again, I had to turn my head because I started laughing.

Family pictures.... and a whole lot of threats

Man, I thought that since our kids were getting older it would be easier to have family pictures taken. So we prepped the kids about the pictures and promised rewards if they were good. I had quite a few talks with Buster about smiling good and listening to Nathan and Denise (photographers/ aunt & uncle). Carter had a soccer a 8:00 am so he wasn't excited about getting up so early. Then we went to change clothes and get ready for pictures he decided he didn't want to have pictures, not Buster the 4 year old, but Carter the 9 year old!!! By the time we were done with pictures I wanted to hug Buster and spank Carter! Well, despite Carter's efforts of boycotting the pictures, we did manage to get some good ones. Let me know what you think.

Kids say the darndnest things part II

Yesterday Buster decided to take my church bag and dump it out all over his bedroom. When I saw this I told him to pick it all up. Well, he threw everything in the bag including all the crayons that were once in the crayon box. I said that this isn't the way you found the bag, so I dumped it back out and told him (yes I was being mean) to put the crayons back in the box. He was just sitting on the floor crying and I started feeling a little guilty, so I said I would help him. Through his sad little voice he said " Mom, Jesus said love everyone, treat them kindly too, why aren't you obeying Jesus's commandments?" I had to start laughing, because this kid can make the biggest mess and wonder why I get so angry. He always say's he is to little to pick up his messes and he needs help. What is a mom to do with such an innocent question??