Another day, another fight

Oh how entertaining it is to have a house full of boys.  Yesterday was no exception.  After an afternoon of swimming, the two older boys were upstairs in their bedroom changing their clothes.  I was down in the kitchen cleaning up when Jay came down sobbing hysterically.  

I (thinking Jay was the one who was hurt) asked with a sigh, "What happened this time?"

Jay was able to curb his tears long enough to tell me that he had hurt Matthew really badly.  He said that he whipped Matthew in the back with his wet swimsuit and he was really hurt.

I start into my regular spiel...."Why do you two always have to hit each other?  You know you can really injure someone....yadda, yadda, yadda...."

Jay snapped back at me, "But Mom!  I thought Matthew was tougher!  And now I think I have weakened his powers!"

I guess that will be one less superhero in our home.

(By the way....Matthew is absolutely fine.  He had a red mark on his back that quickly disappeared.  Maybe his "powers" will be restored.)

I'm Back

This blog has been pathetic (to say the least).  Life kind of got away from me in the spring and early summer!  Here's a little taste of what we've been up to the past few months (in no particular order):

Keeping this little man out of trouble:

Learning to ride one of these:

Celebrating four birthdays in February and March:

Losing lots of teeth!

Spending LOTS of time here:

and here:

Now we are fully immersed in summer vacation and loving every minute of it.  Another post will be coming soon showing some of our summer adventures!

Love letters???

I was looking through Matthew's backpack after school yesterday...going through his piles of papers....when I saw a cute little handmade card among his things.

This card was obviously made with some effort. There were cute little flowers and hearts on the front and my first thought was, "Oh, how cute. Matthew got his first little love letter from a girl."

Then I opened it up and this is what it said....

"Dear Mathyou
I can tell sum times you tadil. Can you plees stop. Love Shelby
SP hope you have a grate day!"

Translation (with a little help from Matt):

"Dear Matthew, I can tell sometimes you tattle. Can you please stop? Love Shelby P.S. Hope you have a great day!"

Looks like we need to have a little chat about how to impress the ladies.

11 Months

Yikes! Where is the time going?! Ethan is growing too fast. He's taking lots of steps now....but not fully walking. He continues to be a joy to have around. He giggles and laughs, splashes like crazy in the bath, eats too many strawberries, makes huge messes and tackles his brothers. We are truly blessed to have him in our family.

Ethan's Path of Destruction

Ethan is at that fabulous stage right now.....the one where he methodically makes his way around the house and empties every cabinet and drawer in sight. Even Matthew is getting a little annoyed by it. He told me...."Mom! You have got to get some locks for our kitchen cupboards and drawers! Ethan is getting into EVERYTHING!" Jay just thinks it is funny and actually helps put everything back in its place. Except he wouldn't fish the TV remote out of the toilet. I guess I should be grateful for that. :)

Backwards Logic

A Conversation:



Jay: "Mom, can I have a brownie?"

Mom: "No, Jay. Not right now. It's breakfast time."

Jay: "But I already had breakfast!"

Mom: "You can't have a brownie at 7:30 in the morning. If you are still hungry, I'll make you something else."

Jay: "Aargh......"


15 minutes later

Jay: "Mom, can I have a brownie?"

Mom: "No. Maybe after lunch you can have one."


Another 15 minutes later

Jay: "Mom, can I have a brownie now?"

Mom: "Jay....if you ask me again we won't make brownies at all anymore!"


30 minutes later (after I got out of the shower).....Matthew comes into my bedroom

Mom: "Matthew! What is that on your face?"

Matthew: "Br..... I mean apple."

Mom: "Oh really. Looks like chocolate to me."

Matthew: "Ok. It's brownie! Jay said if we ask you again for a brownie we won't ever get to make them again. So we didn't ask. We just ate one."


Gotta love their logic!

Winter in SoCal

January 2008-Connecticut

January 2009-Huntington Beach, CA

We are having some unbelievable January weather here in Southern California! As much as I miss our dear friends in Connecticut, I am loving the sunshine here! We spent the day at the beach yesterday and had a fabulous time. Matthew loved the boogie board. Jay took a turn on the board, but was done when he flipped over and got a mouthful of saltwater. He stuck to digging in the sand after that. Ethan was trying to figure out if he liked the sand at all!