Thanks to bearing 2 fun loving little boys...

I now need to wear on of these

When I get on one of these.

Thanks boys.

A gift straight from the heavens

Did you know that if you boil a can of Sweetened Condensed milk for 3 hours it turns into the most wonderful caramel you have ever tasted?!

I do not kid about serious things like caramel that has been kissed by angels.


Your Welcome.



We were going to make caramel apples with our neighbors, but smart me accedently put my phone on vibrate and didn't hear the call to join them.


Since I am a mother that doesn't want to disappoint my boys. ;)


We made some here and they LOVED it.

Wild Man looks like he's about to do a rap over how happy he is.

 

So tonight I got a call from the director of a christian preschool here that I have been wanting to get Conner into.

They have an opening!!!!!!

He can start on Monday!

Praise be to God, Hallelujah!

I do not have to homeschool anymore!

All you homeschooling moms out there with younger kids. I tip my hat to you.

Wild Man LOVED me teaching him. Romeo had trouble with Wild Man getting more attention then him. I tried all sorts of things, but anything I did it would distract Wild Man and I would have to work on getting him refocused which in return get Romeo frusterated, then so on and so on.

Plus I think Wild Man needs to take direction from someone else besides me. 

Here's go to hoping we don't scare the teacher away on Monday!

Little Dude's new do

I thought it was about time for Wild Man's hair to match his personality.

I wanted it to be a little longer on top and have the messy/spikey look. But I live and learn over boy haircuts.

Wild Man loves his new do, he thinks he looks like Diego.

I will break it to him when he is older that he isn't of Spanish decent.

My praying Romeo

We had some good college friends come to visit us this weekend.

We had a great time with Nate and Morgan. Which we forgot to take any pictures of them. Sorry guys. Morgan is a great singer and had some gigs here is our great city. 

On Saturday we meet up with them downtown to eat some pizza, then some cheesecake, and of course some shopping.

We totally wore the boys out.

On the drive home sweet Romeo fell asleep.

Isn't that just precious, he fell asleep doing his night time prayers.

Thank you Lord for children, they make you smile at any occasion.

Bananas over Halloween

Around here trick or treating starts at 3 and ends at 7pm city wide. We really enjoyed the early trick or treating time. It was still light outside so we could see everyone. Plus since we got to start about 2 hours early kept me from answering the question "Is it time yet to go trick or treating" 246 times.

This year my boys were a monkey and a banana.

It was also freezing.

We went trick or treating with our neighbors.

 

 

 

Wild Man has repeatedly stated that he loves Halloween.

After trick or treating we went over to our neighbors house and waited to hand out the candy to the rest of the neighborhood.

Every time the doorbell rang, Wild Man would drop what ever he was doing and yell. "Another customer is here!"

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This Halloween was a little bittersweet for me.

Exactly 2 years ago today, Wild Man wore the same monkey costume.

He was also sick.

I am sad because on this day 2 years ago was the last day Wild Man was an only child.

Tomorrow my sweet little Romeo turns 2.

It's payback time

As early as I could remember my mom would remind me about a time that I embarrassed her to no end.

I was 4 and my mom was preggers with my first sibling.

I saw a man that had a big belly.

In the mind of a 4 year old, I thought he was pregnant.

So I then said in my not so quiet voice, "Mom, look that man has a baby in his belly too!"

When Wild Man first started talking I knew the day would come where it would be my turn to get embarrassed by the comments that were said by my children.

So mom, you will be happy to hear that my payback has begun.

On Tuesdays we go to our church for Bible Study. This study that we are doing we study James for about an hour and then we join other groups and then have an aerobics class together.

Because I know that there will be sweating involved I do not where my best clothes. I usually wear some knit pants and a t-shirt. Coincidently I also wear a t-shirt to bed... and knit pants.

I am sure you see where this is going.

I went to pick Wild Man up from his class and he was so happy to see me and in his not so quiet 3 year old excited voice, he said, "Mom, you are wearing you pajamas to church. You are so silly."and just in case no one heard him he kept repeating it while also asking, "Why are you still wearing your pajamas?"

Lovely.

Then lets move on the sweet little Romeo.

As we were walking into the very quiet library my sweet and loving little Romeo... passed gas.

Very loudly.

Then my sweet boy looked up at me and also in his not so quiet sweet voice that was so proud announced his deed to anyone that was around, "TOOT!"

He was smiling so big when he said it to.

And this is only the beginning of the strange situations my boys will put me in. Lord help me!

Our new den...hopefully

The Lettered Cottage is a blog that I have been reading for a while.

She is a genius when it comes to decorating on a budget and make it look like a million bucks. Just be prepared to be addicted to her blog.

Don't believe me check out this link to her kitchen before and after. well really during. She is always working on it. Just when I think it is done, she does something else and it looks like it should have always been there.

Anyways, I got a consultation from her that I am really pleased with... Mr. Genius is not so pleased with it because it means another project is in the works.

So would you like to see what another project will be?

Here is what she proposed for the den above the mantel.

I can say that I am not a fan of the bird pictures. But the idea of the pictures on the side of the mantel is great. She thinks to put beadboard over the mantel with decorative molding around it. Along with crown molding...but to me that is a given. We were already planning on doing that.

Then for the crazy shelves in the room she thinks we should paint it all white except for the counter top and we would keep that the brown that it is. But we should also put beadboard wallpaper on the back of the cabinets. Just to do something a little different I may paint the beadboard the same color of the walls. But we see how ambicious I am that day. Also we will be adding two more shelves above the TV. Why didn't I think of that? She is so good.

Yes I sent her pictures with Wild Man in them. Because, I am weak and he is strong. In Wild Man's defense any time other then this time that a camera has been out it was usually to take a picture of him and I decided not to have a fight with a 3 year old. I was too tired just trying to clean up for the pictures, and simultaneously teaching about the letter F.  So I either sent a picture of a messy house or one with my son in it. You can see which one I chose.

She also suggested I change around my pictures on this wall. What do you guys think?

Another project that we are wanting to do is a board and batton in the entry way, the staircase, and the dining room. I really like this:

Poor Mr. Genius.