Boys oh Boys

I'm not sure if I am ready for 2 boys. I felt so blessed when we welcomed first lil man and then when we had lil guy. I was so happy to have 2 girls and 2 boys. Well, I don't know if this mother is really ready for 2 boys. I have had the tears, arguments, drama and all that goes along with being a mother of girls and I thought it would be nice to have a change of scenery, well I wasn't ready for these 2 boys. My oldest is 3 and the youngest is 10 mos and they are the best of friends. If lil man does something silly lil guy laughs and laughs until everyone else is laughing because of his cute laugh. The other day we were driving in the car and lil man starts hitting himself w/his flip flop. Well, lil guy thought that was hilarious so it continued on and on. Now, we have to remind lil man that although lil guy is getting bigger he still is small and we have to be careful. Lil man often forgets and decides tackling is much more fun, and lil guy will laugh so lil man thinks it is ok.

My boys are rough, tough and fearless. The other day I caught lil guy climbing the bucket shelves in the boys room. He thought he was king of the world. Then I catch lil man jumping from the porch to the hose container outside. This is going to cause me gray hair I know it. If they can climb it, jump over it or to it they are going to do it. I love their willingness to try just about anything but it also makes this mommy nervous for when they start riding bikes and decide to jump who knows what.

My boys are also very vocal and not shy about it. I know most kids say exactly what they are thinking. It is the youth in them and they just don't seem to have that filter. In the last couple of weeks my oldest son has done it in public where I want to crawl in hole and hide. The first was when his Wed night Bible class teacher told me that he told her that she wasn't as good as the Sun morn Bible class teacher and he liked her better. Then just yesterday we were in Payless and I am trying to exchange shoes when my oldest announces he needs to go "poopy potty". Great so as I juggle both boys in the not so clean bathroom my oldest announces loud enough for all to hear, "this bathroom is really dirty." Then when I ask him to be a lil bit quieter he says "why, it is." Ahh their honesty.

Although they might give me more gray hair than I am ready for at an early age, I feel so blessed to have these 2 girls and 2 boys! My kids are a great joy and even on the toughest days I couldn't imagine my life without my girls and boys!

Here are some pics from the other day when lil man took lil guy on a ride.

Look at lil man's tongue and check out the concentration :)

Brothers the best of friends.

Driving off together.

New do!

Well I haven't had blonde in my hair since shortly after we got married. I needed a change and blonde was just what I needed. My good friend who just moved back from Tulsa did it and I LOVE it! The hubby and kids love it too which is a bonus. I asked my lil man if he liked it and he said, "I love it but not when you had the wrappers in your hair, that was silly." He got home when I still had the foil in my hair and he thought it was pretty silly. I think my hubby likes it because that is how my hair was when we were dating. So, I am a blonde again and loving it!

Character Shoes

So, I am one of those moms and my hubby is one of those dads who always said that our kids would never own character shoes that light up. Well of course since the word never was used we should have known we were going to end up inserting our foot in our mouth.

Yesterday I took our soon to be preschooler shopping for tennis shoes. As we entered the store we were greeted by a very nice sales associate. She asked if we needed help and I told her I needed to have lil man's feet measured. So, she measured his feet and then showed us to the asile with his shoes. Up until this point she was being very helpful, then the words came out of her mouth that I wish I could have stopped, "You like Buzz Lightyear don't you? We have these cute Buzz Lightyear shoes that light up!" As my son eagerly tried them on I tried to control myself from slapping her silly. After trying on the Buzz shoes I found some plain blue, white and gray shoes. I got him to try them on and walk, even run in them. I tried talking them up, "wow those really make you run fast, they look great, I really like those." Then I asked the question which shoes do you want? Dumb question I know. Well of course he picks the Buzz shoes. So, then I tried to make a deal. If you buy the shoes mommy likes I will buy you these Buzz socks. His response: "No, but can I have the Buzz socks and shoes?" Ha! No way I did put my foot down and only bought him the shoes, haha. So, now my son is the proud owner of Buzz Lightyear shoes that light up. But hey at least he is wearing them so I can't complain. Here is a a picture of those wonderful shoes :)

The Results are in...

I will keep posting :) I am so glad to know that I am not just posting to myself. I am going to try and get better at posting more often to give you all something to read.

While I am coming up with a post go over and check out Deep South Sweets. A good friend of mine is blogging there and has a giveaway going on right now! Check it out, enter to win and let her know I sent you over :)

I will leave you with a lil man moment, as he is looking at a picture from a year ago he says, "back in the day", haha I guess for him that was back in the day :) Kids say the cutest things.

A Test...

It has been a long time since I have posted and I am thinking I want to start posting again, the problem is, I am not sure if there is anybody out there to read it. Now I could just write for myself and I might but I decided to have a test. If you read this and would like to see posts please comment. That way if I decide to start posting again I will know if I have readers or I am just posting for myself :)