More happy 'ROAR'day!!!

Zeke wanted a 'Dinosaur cake with spikes!'....we'll I tried. What do you think?

I think he liked helping me make it more than anything! Although when the candles were blown out he sure did run off with his plate and sit down and chow for a while.
When I gave him the batter to lick and the spoon to lick he finished it off then said, 'Mom, this one needs more chocolate!' Then I caught him just before he was about to scoop the spoon right into the unbaked cake! He is so funny!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

It is the big number 3! I can't believe it has been three years! So much has happened in the 3 years since you have been around! I can't even begin to tell you. So much has changed. I have changed so much! You have taught me so much and have been such a fun member of our family. I would say you have taught and changed all of us!

You are so fun to have around....most of the time! :D I love that you will daily, hourly come up to me and say do you want to play with me?! How can I say no? So I have had more Thomas, racing trucks, fighting bad guys than I have ever had in my life! If the time arises I have to do 'Mom stuff' you are all over helping me with that too! I love how you love to help me make EVERYTHING! You are quite the little chef I must say. You have now added 'Snickerdoodles' to your resume of baking/cooking items! What a good mixer of the sugar and cinnamon and the rolling of the cookie dough balls....I think you are one of the best! I love how you always prefer me to ANYONE! And I cherish that because I know one day you will not want that so much! You are such a boy and love to seek and destroy everything. But if it so happens that you accidentally break something, you still feel really sad and sorry for breaking it. AWE so sweet! I love how you play so fun with your brothers. I know you pick daily who is your buddy and it makes the other one sad (I think you know it too and love to play on that!). But you still give both of them your time and by doing that you make each person in the family feel special!

I love you little 'Monkey'!

And on this day I can't skip over another birthday that each year for the three years we have celebrated Zeke's I have thought all day about Tyson!

I still think to myself, what are the odds? Why did Zeke come on the same day 13 years after Tyson? What two very handsome and good boys I have! Tyson is now 16! 16! HOLY COW! He has such a great family and I couldn't have asked for a better family for him to be a part of! On his 16th birthday we stopped by to see him and drop off some balloons and a cupcake and wouldn't you know it, that good 16 year old boy was at YM?! I can't say as I would have been there on my 16th birthday. I know that comes from his great example of a family he belongs to! I hope he had a great birthday and has a much better 16th year driving than I did! [Did I mention during the first year I had my license I wrecked all 3 vehicles we owned?] However, thanks to my great friend and some other very friendly Polynesians one of those three were never discovered until years later !!! wwwheeewww! A very funny story for some other time. Anyway....Happy Birthday Tyson too!

LOVE

It's all about love this month. So naturally I needed to share a few of my loves! [obviously not my only!] but definately some fun ones! Seriously, aren't they just making your mouth water looking at them. I think in High School it was either one of these [only the really big ones you get in the vending machines] and a drink for lunch or Wendy's kids meal [those just don't have the appeal to me as they used to] for lunch! Oh the days....I could never eat like that anymore!
When she stopped by to pick up her brother I just had to snap a few. How adorable is this? She is so cute. Her good mom made her skirt. And don't you just love the shoes!? [I think Yoda did too!] She was headed to a daddy daughter date that night! How cute!

Boys will be boys!

I am now in Webelos! And yesterday we went on a Field trip. My den assistant and I took the boys to Harmon's for a lesson on Nutrition [or so we thought!]. We walked around the whole store and the sweet little worker pointed out the boxes left out to be stocked. We talked for a moment about healthy frozen food. Moving on to the milk and cheeses. There shortly after to be brought to a halt by the boys and one of the most important things that caught their eyes.

Yes, you see it....it is the 'Boston Butt Roast'. Oh the laughter that ensued!

Then we went on to the fruits and vegetables [by this time the other leader and I were almost embarrassed at the fact this tour was so informative we could have taken the boys by ourselves. However we quickly walked through the produce section and stopped at the bakery. The boys were enamored at the thought of a delicious m & m cookie they got to have for free! We finished up the tour and walked over to the lounge section [well we did have a little bit of groceries to pick up!]. The boys ate their cookies [oh and they got an apple too] and we bought them a donut from said bakery. Well the next thing that caught thier eyes...... yes, 'Naked Juice'!

So lesson to all cub scouts teaches your boys where they can find 'butts' and 'naked' in the same place that is totally legal!

FINALLY

Okay so thumbing through some of my favorite blogs and websites I came across my most recent goal for the year.....I am not the best at 'resolutions' so I am going to try something a lot more general this time around. This inspiration has made my day and I hope it makes yours too!


Isn't he so so cute!

Keeping me safe

Oh there are some days I am so so thankful to have my trusty little 'spy guy'! He is working so hard everyday with his 'py gasses' and his 'mean cheen' gun saving me from the bad guys. I think he is too cute to be a meany!

But how lucky I am to have him saving me from the bad guys!

So behind on the times.....

So this weekend was a really weird one....not that anyone cares. But Gregg and I along with Jaxon came down with stomach flu! I spent Friday cleaning like a mad woman, only later Friday night to work my tail off and get sick! Not too much fun! So what do you do? Well I certainly did not feel very excited about going to far from home so we ran to get a movie from the red box! Red Box what a great invention. I love it. Order it from home drive less than .2 miles and it is yours for the night....

We got 'Knowing'. Yes I know it came out like forever ago. But what a thought provoking movie. Man, it was really intense and yet such a movie that it made me think about something that no one has concrete evidence as to how, when, why and what exactly will take place. What an interesting portrayal. And I love the underlying message of the whole movie that 'Families are Forever'.

Saturday was spent running kids to basketball again only long enough to run home and sit sit sit being sick! Our Red Box run on Saturday consisted of my choice (and Gregg picked up another one of his choices!). My choice 'Julie & Julia'. Gregg was not so excited about it.
Can I just tell you I love this movie. I think Julie's thoughts about life, friends and goals are me?! Yes, I get a little crazy sometimes, doesn't everyone. But isn't it so important for everyone to fulfill a lifetime goal or challenge too? Oh, I just love it. Gregg even liked it! I always have thought Julia Childs was pretty rediculous and to be honest I have not ever eaten too much french food but honestly I love to cook. I love to be able to make a great meal and have people rave over it! I don't think I would go so far as to cook every recipe (especially over 500 recipes in 365 days!) I do like to take some time away from it every now and then. I do love butter though and agree that everything tastes so much better with butter.....(too bad I have high cholesterol!)
Meryl Streep can I tell you was so good in it! She sounded just like her! And I think the way they portrayed her so awkwardly tall made me laugh. I am sure I would feel some of that in a European country myself!

Ah, definately one to pick up on a rainy/snowy/sick weekend!

I am going to have to figure out something this year that I am good at, or at least want to be really good at and make a challenge to myself to practice, practice, practice to perfect one of my passions. That is the thing I always complain to Gregg about. I love to do so many things. The problem is, I am not great at any of them! I think I have ADHD when it comes to interests. I cannot concentrate on just one thing. There is so much I want to do. Seriously, what is my problem? They say, 'the jack of all trades, master at none!' YUP THAT'S ME!!!