4th Birthday Party

This past Sunday we started the birthday week celebration for Lucas and Austin's 4th birthday. We had Grandpa & Grandma Geerlings and Grandma Van Dam over for a party. (Grandpa Van Dam was sick. We hope you feel better soon!!!)


Austin wanted to have Mouse Cupcakes for his birthday....not a cake.

The twins got Diego and Dora games, Dr Seuss books and stuffed animals, games for the trip to Florida and bikes. Mommy also made them capes....or as Lucas and Austin say 'Super Bunny' I have no clue where they came up with that.

Brendan's quote of the Day

Tonight at supper we had baked spaghetti. It was a night that none of the boys wanted to eat supper and we need to keep on them to keep eating. I told Brendan that he needed to eat the pepperoni that I had put on the spaghetti. This is what happened next....

Me: "Brendan, eat."

Brendan: " I don't like pepperoni."

Me: "Brendan, you need to eat the pepperoni."

Brendan: "but mommy, the pepperoni is giving me goose bumps." (as he pushes his sleeve up to double check.)

Me: "Goose Bumps???"

Brendan: "Yes, mommy it's under the fur on my arms."

24 Hour Vacation

We spent a night at Great Wolf lodge on this past Tuesday night. The boys had a ton of fun playing in the water park. They have the greatest pool for the kids. I would highly recommend it for any one with a family.

Cat Fight

This is what happens when two kids of the same age fight over the same toy...but I thought usually this happens with girls, and not boys. Really since when do boys claw each other.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Connor - 18 months old

This was not a easy task...having a 18 month old sitting still long enough for pictures.

Trying to make things fair

So I was going through old posts and I noticed that haven't had many posts about Lucas. I don't know think that's because he's a pretty laid back kid and doesn't get into much trouble or what. So today as I had the camera out, Lucas actually wanted to be in front of the camera without crying.

Hugs and Giggles

This morning, I asked the twins to give each other a hug, so I could try and get a picture. I didn't realize that if I asked for one hug, I would get hundreds. And I think they were having tons of fun. I love the photos!!!!!

Snow Day Boredom

Okay so the continuous snow days are starting to drive me up the wall. The boys are definitely in need of some activities away from home....maybe Grandma's house??? Here's a list of things we have done while being forced to stay home by the snow.

1. watch tv. the tv seems like it is always on, I think the boys have just about every espiode of Go Diego Go and Dora the Explorer memorized. Even Connor walks around the house saying "GO GO GO"

2. fight. I can't tell you how many fight I have had to break up. It always seems that everyone wants the same toy at the same time. Sometimes I wish I had four of every toys so that everyone had their own. Or we fight about what tv program we are watching. One wants to watch Curious George, other Handy Mandy and still another Diego. All at the same time, it's NOT possible!!!

3. coloring. The twins had gotten into coloring later, which is great!!! They were so excited when I bought them new coloring pads. BUT the coloring didn't start and finish on the paper...it's on their bedroom walls, the toyroom walls, windows and even my kitchen floor. All it takes is one crayon and the house is complete redecorated. Maybe I should just give them each a paint brush....on second thought, no.

4. more tv. Mike and I want to know why our oldest, age 6 loves to watch BabyFirst TV. It's a channel that you need to pay an extra $5.00/month to get, but this past weekend it was a free preview weekend. According to Directv "BabyFirstTV is America's first and only channel dedicated to babies and designed to nurture important skills from language to math to music." It's for babies not 6 year olds.

5. run. I think the boys only have one speed: running. Run here, Run there, Run upstairs, Run down the stairs. And when they are running upstairs, it sounds like a herd of elephants had invaded our house.

5. eat. Okay I must confess I am sick of making lunches. Every day at noon I open the fridge door and stare into the fridge trying to come up with something different for lunch. I can't. You may say 'lunches are easy, it's PB & J or ham and cheese.' My kids don't like either. And if I ask them it would be pizza for every meal.

6. take pictures. getting my camera out can mean one of two things. Either I will have kids that are crying because mom wants to take pictures and they don't or I will get a few great pics. Today Austin was walking around the house with sunglasses on and for some reason I picked out a Carribean themed shirt for Connor. Wishful thinking I guess, hoping that maybe it would bring some sunshine and warmer temperatures.

Please let there be school tomorrow!!!!!

Growing too fast!!!!

This is what happens when my kids get dressed by themselves.

These are actually a pair of jeans, not shorts!!!

Now I have a new use for the pants that are too short for Connor...have Austin wear them as shorts!!!! (or do they look more like capris??)