Of Mice and Men (or Boys)

Yet another example of why it's nice to have boys around:

My dear friend Jenna was over the other evening and as we were sitting in the floor doing our nails, she screams "IT'S A MOUSE!" Having never experienced a mouse in my house, I was literally up on the couch within seconds. In confirmation of Murphy's Law, Kevin was of course out of town on business. What do I do? Jenna said it "scurried back downstairs". So I did the only thing I could think of--stuff towels around the basement door so that it couldn't "scurry back up" in the night and gnaw my eyeballs out while I sleep. I tried to go to sleep knowing that there was an unwanted intruder in our home. Stuart Little I kept thinking...Mickey Mouse... Rattatoui----It didn't work.

So the next day my mother-in -law, whom I have deemed our one-woman mouse-hunting CSI team--came by and we set traps. The sticky ones that have food etc. The next morning:
I was a bit freaked out by this as he was still squirming and trying to get out so I thought I would just close the door- pretend it wasn't happening- and just wait for Kevin to "take care of it" when he got home.

Good Plan.

Phone rings. Realtor wanting to show our house in 1 hour. !*!*!*!*!**!

So that's when I shamelessly convinced my 4 1/2 year old that he would get to be "part of my team" and put the mouse in the trash for me as I held the bag. He did it - no problem-didn't even flinch.

I really LOVE having boys.

Father's Day 2008

We had a fun day celebrating Kevin this Father's Day- the guys are so blessed to have him for a father and I make sure that I remind them of that fact often. It's not every Dad that comes home after long days at work ready to play and ready to listen to every little detail of their day. I realize more and more how important a father is in a child's life---especially with boys. I mean, they probably wouldn't get near as much playing ball and wrestling if it were all up to me. Happpy Father's Day Kev- we all love you!

Cool Dude

OK, so Andrew is really into hats these days. He wants to wear every one he sees. Here are some cute shots of him wearing my hat around the house and doing a little reading in his "free time". Funny that I don't have much of that these days....

Go, Diego Go!

Ethan and I had a date downtown to see Go, Diego Go Live at the Fox last week. What a fun afternoon! It was a beautiful day and Ethan really enjoyed the show. It was pretty action packed, and during the finale, Ethan leaned over and said "Mommy- this is like chaos, chaos!" It was pretty funny. I love taking him to performances- I guess I'm partial to that kind of thing, but living here it's neat to have so many cool things to see just a short drive away. He was thrilled to see Diego swing in on a vine---

Backyard Fun

We had some fun in the backyard yesterday- turned on the sprinklers and let the guys burn off some energy!


Here's Andrew practicing his Tai Chi.....

Here's him taking a stab at his first popcicle----it was quite a mess by the end.

Fun in Florida

Sorry about the lack of posting- we have been so busy over the past few weeks. Here are a few pictures from our Florida vacation - we had a great time. We were blessed to have both sets of our parents vacationing with us- it was great for everyone and really helped having on-call babysitters for me and Kevin. We actually got to have a few evenings out!



Here is a picture of the savannah outside our room- Ethan was thrilled to wake up every morning to see real giraffes and zebras!

Indiana Jones stunt show- need I say more??????

Here is our little walker with a little help from Papaw and Grampa- he did great on the trip!