Funny stuff that just begs to be shared...

Conversation after school with Alex...

Alex: "Mom, can I use your laptop to google something really quick?"
Me: "Sure, go for it."
Alex opens Google and begins typing... speaking out loud while he types.
Alex: "Testicle."
Me: "Excuse me????"
Alex: "Testicle."
Me: "Why are you googling that?"
Alex: "Because we talked about it today in Science class."
Me: "You did?"
Alex: "Yeah. It's a rod that sends out electric shock waves."
I finally look at the laptop to see that he has googled "TESLA COIL" and not "TESTICLE".
Me: "Ohhhhhhhhh! I thought you were googling testicle."
Alex: "Seriously, Mom."

Pictures of the Week -- Week 4

Mattea decided she needed a foot soak. I have no idea what prompted it, but it was pretty funny. Once she added the soap to the water and made bubbles, she soaked her fingers, too. I don't blame her, though... I'm looking forward to my next pedicure (and you can bet it won't be in the bathroom sink!!!).


I did some more decluttering and came across my St. Thomas tote. What perfect timing... I will be using this next month when I take it to the beach!!!


Josh came home from school wearing a tank top. Our conversation began...

Me: "Is that really what you had on all day today?"
Josh: "Yeah, why wouldn't I?".
Me: "Ummmmm... it's WINTER!!!"
Josh: "So?"
Me: "Where's my camera? I'm taking a picture of this."
Josh shrugs and I ask him to stand by the wall.
Josh: "If you think it's such a big deal, why don't we take the picture outside?"
Me: "Genius. Let's go."

He cracks me up. If he would have had it his way, he would have had shorts on today, too!


We took the kiddos to Denver Big Air on Wednesday for the snowboarding competition. It was pretty cool to see the action up close.


We left the snowboarding show before the finals and decided to take the kids bowling since we don't spend a lot of time downtown. The kids bowled two games while Jeff & I had dinner. It was great dinner entertainment!!! (I have no explanation for this pose, but it makes me laugh every time I look at it!)


I ran across these two cookbooks in my decluttering efforts and just couldn't bear to get rid of them. One is my Mom & Dad's cookbook all the way from when Mom was only cooking for TWO people! The other one was given to me as a wedding gift from Maggie and it contains a personal message from her that is very special. I may not ever cook a recipe out of either one, but I refuse to get rid of them for sentimental purposes.

Back On Track

Josh & Mattea went back to school after being off for FIVE weeks. Wow! It seemed like a lot longer than that. I have to say that I was quite delighted to kick... er, I mean... escort them out the door to catch the bus this morning.


Mattea was excited to see her friends again. I am hoping her teacher will be impressed with her reading skills because I think she has gotten a LOT better since they tracked off.

Josh was not thrilled to be heading back to school today. He was getting all worked up about it last night and couldn't fall asleep. Maybe he was trying to prolong his time off... tee hee hee! I think he will miss his afternoon play dates playing video games with Anders.

Alex was secretly jazzed that his brother and sister FINALLY had to go back to school. : )

Pictures of the Week -- Week 3

The kids enjoyed playing outside in the field while it was snowing. They dug holes, made snow angels and goofed around. I love seeing their rosy red cheeks!


Mattea got a hula hoop and she LOVES it! She is quite good at it, too. She begrudgingly let us all take a turn. It was HILARIOUS watching Jeff try it and I wasn't much better. I was amazed at Alex's hula hooping skills. He currently holds the house record at over 4 minutes!!!


My poor little Alex got sick this week. It was heartbreaking to hear him asking me to make him feel better when there was nothing I could do. He started throwing up around 8:00pm on Thursday night. It was a LONG night.

Pictures of the Week -- Week 2

The kids can be very creative during the winter months since there aren't as many opportunities to play outside. This is a HUGE tower that they built out of Alex's contraption set. I can't even take credit for this totally cool picture. Alex grabbed my camera and snapped some pictures. I LOVE the perspective on this one! Maybe there is a budding photographer in the family!!!


Tara, Kevin, Noah, Avery and Ellie came for a visit this weekend. It is always so great to spend time with them. The kids play together so well that the adults actually get a chance to have uninterrupted conversations! It's a win-win for everyone!


Cody was chillin' on his chicken and it just cracks me up how much he loves that thing.

Picture of the Week -- Week 1

Mattea joined Girl Scouts this year and she is a Daisy. Friday, January 7th was the first day of cookie sales! She was extremely excited. We headed out at 4pm and came back home at 6pm. She sold 55 boxes of cookies. Not bad for her first time out. She is quite the little sales girl. Also, she lost tooth #2 this week!!!

Disappearing act

So, I went in to peek on my little Joshie and I found him sleeping with his hat on. I thought that was odd and also a little crazy that he had the covers pulled up so high.


I decided to uncover his face a little bit and when I went to tuck the covers down under his chin, this is what I found...