Spring has Sprung??!

I pretend to use my cell as an alarm clock.  Usually, the kids digging in the cupboards for some grub wake me up first.

One morning recently, I was awoken by a text message.

From my son.

In his bed upstairs.

"Mom, I'm wicked sick. Can I stay home today?"

From my bed, I texted back:  "Ash, it's a snow day."

And just like that, he was cured.

Miracles do happen.

Now for some I-wish-Spring-would-hurry-the-F-up-and-get-sprung-already-pics...

Icy treetops

Spring mud + 4wheeler = Muddy Boy

"Super"moon

Ready for baseball to start!

Such a good big bro

Come'on bud, let's go inside and warm up

<3

"The Fish Say..."

I found a video from the summer when we were looking at an aquarium in a mall when we in Ohio.  Gradster wanted to show me what the fish say...notice his lips <3

EASIEST Kid-friendly Lunch EVERRR! Cheap, too!

Like corn dogs?  Try Corndog Muffins!! (I got this recipe from a group on Cafemom)

All you need is a pack of your favorite hotdogs and 2-3 boxes of Jiffy corn muffin mix.

Prepare mix as directed (add milk and egg) and stir in sliced hotdogs (note: cheese dogs might add some more flavor).  Fill greased muffin tins 1/2 full.  Bake 10-15 min.  Add a veggie to the plate.  Voila.  Lunch!!

I was thinking maybe next time, I'd try adding the green beans INTO the mix.  Then a friend said she always puts a can of corn in her cornbread every time she makes it as a sidedish.

Genius!  Meat + veg + cornmeal = a whole meal in a muffin :)

My boys were VERY excited to eat lunch in the form of a "cuppycake."  And even though Gradster was a little disappointed with the lack of sprinkles on his, I think he's on his fourth muffin.

These will be GREAT when baseball and soccer seasons kick in and we have to eat quickly on the run!!

What would you add to it?

Home OMG I'M IN LOVE WITH HER!!!

"One day I'm gonna whistle?"

*gush* *gush* *swoon*

She makes my ovaries hurt lol

*slaps forehead*

{Scene: A mother and her two sons, aged 8 & 10 are finishing up their lunch at a quiet restaurant on a snowy day. The only other patrons are a pair of elderly friends meeting for lunch}

     OLDEST SON: "O.M.G. I'm soooooooooooooooo full!" *moaning*

     MOTHER:  "Shhhhhhhh!  Please don't be rude, there are other customers!" *nodding in direction of the elderly ladies in the booth right behind him*

     YOUNGER SON:  *scolds his older brother loudly* "Yeah!  Those old ladies are trying to enjoy their lunch! Geez."

     MOTHER:  *slaps forehead*  "Check, please!"

WW-11 for my 10 on 1-11-11

MY FIRST BABY...

THIS BABY...

TURNED 10 TODAY! 

HE BECAME A BIG BROTHER AT 19 MONTHS

AND TOOK ON HIS ROLE AS THE BEST BIG BROTHER IN THE WORLD

HE'S A LOVER OF FUN, AND SILLINESS

AND A PLAYFUL SOUL WITH A CACKLE THAT COULD MELT THE HEART OF ANY

HE MELTS MINE EVERYDAY

HE'S MOM'S HELPER AND LOVES HIS LITTLE BROTHERS

HE'S GOT A MATURE SENSE OF HUMOR AND IS WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS

SCHOOL SUBJECTS CAME EASY TO HIM EARLY ON

SO EASY IN FACT THAT HE SKIPPED 2ND GRADE (Mama's gotta brag a bit)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!

YOU CHANGED OUR LIVES FOREVER

AND EVERYDAY IS A GREAT ONE WITH YOU

WE LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH

<3

What, you were expecting Santa??!?!

My 4yr old had a doctor's appointment recently. We were at a specialist that he'd never met before, so the doctor was trying to make smalltalk.

DOCTOR: "How was your Thanksgiving?"

JAKESTER: "Good."

DOCTOR: "Did you eat lots of turkey?"

JAKESTER: "Mmhmm."

DOCTOR: "Do you know what's coming up?"

JAKESTER: shrugged

DOCTOR: "You don't know?! Who's the big guy coming to your house dressed in a red suit?"

JAKESTER: "Ummmmmmm...a lobster?"

(In his defense, he did have lobster on Thanksgiving...so maybe that's where that came from LOL)

We were 2 hours from home for the appointment, so we decided to make it a Mom & Jakester day.

He requested lunch at "Friendly-Fire." HUH?! Took me a minute to figure out Friendly's.

Then my sweet little innocent baby boy told our waitress that she talks like Lois from "Family Guy." Ummm, yeah...I don't think the older boys are watching Nickelodeon before bed anymore...naughties.

A couple weeks later, I had his first Parent/Teacher Conference. The teachers showed me a poster that they made the previous morning during circle time, in which they asked each child, "What makes you happy?" and wrote their replies on the poster.

Jakester's reply: Going to lunch at Friendly-Fire with my mom, she had buffalo chicken salad and I had chocolate milk.

(DISCLAIMER: He had hotdogs and macaroni, too, but I'm thinking chocolate milk was the highlight.)