last week's low down

The sweetest kid in town finally turned 4! It had been a l-o-n-g waiting process, he was so done with 3. Had a fantastic bash with 4 of his buddies. Played an action packed game of "drop the marshmallow into the jar" ( big hit) received cool stuff ie: Ninja turtle bad guys, a spiderman flippy car thingy, Nerf turbo gun, rocket launcher thingy, and a new Batman action figyo! SWEET!

Went to the beach with our buddies to: Collect shells and 84 heavy rocks, eat sand, pick barnacles off the piers and place in mouth (o.k. only Brody did that) , touch random wet dogs who were roaming a little too freely (against his mother's better judgement-but felt silly and "anti dog" when owner returned and wanted to let the baby "touch the doggie"...uck!)

And to : learn the ways of the force with our new bubble wands. Which do by the way, each contain a very pleasant fragrance...surprise :) Oh, and they do make cool bubbles as well.

-lawn got mowed

-cars got washed

-family bike/walk to the park

-made Jack's "citizen of the week" posters

-all male members of the family got haircuts

-went to Costco, purchased too much chicken and now I have it coming out of my ears

-had our first official bbq in the backyard

-only left sac.mtg. twice with Brody...improvement

-my own personal dog-n-pony show otherwise known as "singing time" in primary went off w/out a hitch

-FHE at the in-laws, such a nice way to end a Sunday

Overall, a pretty darn good week. Now if I could just think of something else to do with chicken?? Ideas?

Need a ladle?

I just had to laugh the other morning when I came downstairs and saw this:


In my quest to encourage self sufficiency with my boys, I've taught them how to get the proper tools needed for breakfast....ya know, in case I don't feel like joining them at say, 6:45 ish.
*Milk-check
*bowls-check
*cups-check
*cereal-obvious check
*juice-check
*giant MONSTER spoons-check

The CUTEST 4 year old I know

This is my Cole. He is 4 years old today..hard to believe. I can't begin to express how much I love this little guy. He's one of those "sweet souls" that I simply adore. I take him with me wherever I go (not simply cause he's only 4 and that would be neglectful and foolish to leave him unattended,) but because he is such an easy going doll head that's fun to be around. He's the ultimate errand runner wither. He even lets me try on things IN THE DRESSING room...I kid you not. He is just a joy to be around, 98.3% of the time and I dread when he goes to Kindergarten next year...all day :(

He puts up with a lot-Always has(dealing with

# 1 and # 3.....especially #1!

He has excellent listening skills.

He's a SuPeR sleuth and crime fighter.

He adores Jack!

And Brody for that matter!

He's just my super sweet, obedient, hilarious, handsome, little buddyand brother who can't say his R's but that's o.k. for now...cause it sounds so cute with his high pitched voice. Happy Birthday Cole Henry...You are LoVed!!

Note: Another dear soul was born on this day a mere 32 years ago..my sweet friend Emily Louise, Happy Birthday to you!

Week/end review

We start off with 2 seriously skilled brothers earning their 2nd yellow stripe in their quest for a "black belt on a cool white suit" at Tae Kwon Do. Cole has a killer...toe point that he's forming into a killer kick! This month: orange stripe!

Watched a slew of movies. I'd only recommend "Enchanted." I loved the music and it was just cute, even in a house full of boys. The other 2 were let downs: August Rush, just slow and weird-

I am Legend, eeeuuuwwww, I just didn't enjoy it. Will Smith was very easy on the eyes and is such a great actor but I just don't get into plots that aren't plausible. How is that for deep?

It rained a lot this weekend (shocker) so there wasn't much playing outside or doing much of anything. We took the boys to the Rain Forest Cafe to get the most bang for our buck...food and the zoo in one. We even got a front row seat next to the giant aquarium. Food was way to spendy (1st and only visit) and quite mediocre (another shocker) but the atmosphere was fun and the boys loved it. I'm sure the other patrons appreciated me as I "Oh, excuse me, sorry, can we just squeeze by you, oh sorry about that, hi there, neat gorilla huh?" .... my way through the place with Jack and Cole looking at the animals...just gettin my moneys worth!

And finally, with our oodles of down time we thought we'd just show some brotherly love. Brody is very partial to the "open mouth" sign of affection. We're working on that!
Cute boys, fun week!

Quick quote

Cole- "Mom, on this day, you get to button AND zip my pants!"

Cause it's Spring!

I know it's March 27th and all but I've been just itchin' for yet another good snow blast....especially cause it's SPRING. So you could imagine my complete and utter delight to wake up to THIS, this grand SPRING morning. I do enjoy a good 2 hour school delay but that 2 hour window of time does require a lot of inside prep so the fellas can go outside. I for one had proudly packed all snow gear away...good bye till next winter, cause...it's SPRING. Anyhoo, being the fantastic mother that I am I found the rubbermaid bins, dispensed all appropriate snow gear and sent the boys on their merry way.

After Jack went to school, the fun really began!

Cole got marshmallow eyes!

I used to love the indoor smores as a kid. I think the fact that I ate the amount of mallows called for IN the recipe BEFORE they made it INTO the bowl....kind of changed my thoughts on the whole matter.
Is that not the biggest bag of chocolate chips you have ever seen? It's bigger than his cute little head. "Mom it's so heavy foe me!!"

For the Goffs :)

Just some sneek peeks from the Pixar parade! Can't wait to watch it together!