February 18

Mr. Mean still has a thing for putting things over his head. And I'm convinced that I have a sixth sense for this as I always seem to check on him at just the right time!

February 15

What a typical weekday morning in our house looks like before breakfast.......on the couch watching Noggin (Nick Jr.)......slowly waking up. Even Norm likes to take it slow!

February 14

I even bribed them with conversation heart candy and these were the best pictures I could get of them sporting their "Heart Breakers" shirts.

February 13

He worked so hard on his Valentine's for his classmates. I thought he would have been a little put out to sit there and write his name on all of them but oh how I was wrong!

February 8

Thomas Trouble was hanging upside down on the couch late yesterday afternoon. He thought it was "so cool" and bet I couldn't do it. Not one to turn an easy bet down, I went for it! And of course the Mean One got in on it too but quickly decided he didn't like being upside down!

February 4

Seemed like a good night for hot fudge sundaes! They were thoroughly enjoyed :)

February 3

Internet, there was some very serious Lego-ing going on tonight! And poor Mr. Mean.....they just really weren't paying much attention to him which caused him to repeatedly dive off the chair onto Einstein's back and yell "Got you Dada!" over and over and over!

February 2

Mr. Mean LOVES to be wrapped up tight after his tubbies! He asks for this every time and likes to walk to the living room like this.

February 1

I got let out of work early because of..........SNOW!
I stocked up on some goodies and then got the boys early. While Mr. Mean napped, me and Thomas trouble made cookies and then he wanted to color. He was quite proud of the portraits he made of everyone in the family. He thought he was hysterical giving me a HUGE belly in mine. I didn't take a picture of that one!

January 27

We got walloped with snow again and I was on my own with the boys. Thankfully a kind neighbor came to my rescue and cleared the snow for us. Later in the day I took Thomas out to get a picture of him next to the enormous mountain of snow at the end of our driveway! I grabbed the dry wall square I saw in the garage to have Thomas Trouble hold because it is exactly 48 inches long.

January 25

We got our book order today at school and read 2 new books tonight before bed. I love that Mr. Mean enjoys reading with us now.

January 24

Monday, January 24 at 7:03am.Enough said!

January 23

Introducing the "Barkuum" also known as Norman.
We've been dying to get this picture of him to document how he climbs up on the high chair to reach as far as he possibly can to get every last crumb.
And one of a silly little boy that spent another day in his pajamas!

January 22

I felt the house vibrating and then looked out the window to find this!He lugged that bad boy all the way up on the back deck to clear all the snow.

January 21

What? You've never watched tv in a gift bag before? You are SO missing out!

January 20

I love seeing them together. But what I love the most in these pictures, is that Thomas Trouble is wearing a head lamp to bed!

January 19

Tonight Thomas Trouble started swimming lessons.
I really wish I captured him giving me double thumbs up before jumping off the swim platform. This will have to do though........

January 18

Internet, one reason I love 4......It's still totally cool to wear the bug eyes you made when you were 3!

January 17

I got asked recently if little boys like to play dress up like little girls do. My answer..........yes, they most certainly do!Mr. Mean and Abby pretending they were wearing parachutes.Thomas Trouble dressed as.......well, I'm sure you already guessed........Woody!

January 16

This, this just makes me laugh!Einstein in his gear while him and Mikey clean ice off of Nana and Pop's roof!

And no trip to Nana and Pop's would be complete without a turn at the piano!

January 15

What a fun afternoon we had of sledding at our neighbor's house and then having a pizza party!

January 13

Or alternately titled Wrestle Mania!

Internet, their new way of play is to hug each other as tight as possible and then take each other down. They did this over and over and over again until they started getting really sloppy and I feared someone would hit their head on the bricks of the fireplace! The giggles were way too contagious though that Daddy had to join in!

January 12

It was a pajama day, hence the same jammies as the night before!

Mr. Mean watching Daddy clean up all the snow saying "Hi Daddy!" over and over and over again!.Later that day during round two of the clean up..........

January 11

A few of the Mean One...........He wasn't throwing a tantrum. When he gets really tired, he takes these little breaks where he puts his head down. Then he gets back up and at em'!

January 10

Internet, tonight was a first.

While we weren't all able to sit down together to eat, we DID all eat the same meal!

English muffin pizzas.Thomas Trouble loves to help in the kitchen. He had a ball making these ones however wouldn't touch them when they came out. Some how while making them, he forget he doesn't like sauce. So for him, we had a little redo and we made a few sauce-less ones.

Success in my book!

January 7

Quietly watching a movie in "Mama's bed!"