The bagel maker

Tonight Brody learned a very important life skill. How to make a bagel in the toaster!!!! Can you believe it? And, I'm proud to say...he nailed it! First try ladies and gentlemen. I helped him put the toaster on #4 setting. He grabbed the bagels out of the frig, pulled it apart, put it in the slot, and pushed down the button.
And then anticipation.....waiting for the circle of carbs to pop up. When his snack was finished he grabbed a plate, some honey nut cream cheese, and waited for the toaster to cool so he could grab his snack. I'd watch your back Emeril.

Elf on the Shelf

My in-laws have one of those "Elf on the Shelf" things. For those of you that don't know what they are, they are little elf dolls that you hide in different spots around the house. The kids have to find the elf, and of course, the elf reports any bad behavior to the big guy. In this case, Santa, not God. So, I should say the other big guy.
Well....Hankie was wound up last night. After dinner I had to ask him 8,349,763,092,538 times to put his p.j's on. For real. I counted. It was that many times. While he was getting on his p.j's (over a 40 minute time frame) he was also singing Christmas Carols. And, to make the Christmas Carols even more fun he was substituting words like "Holly" and "Jolly" with words like "backfire" and "poop". How festive!
As he is singing he takes off his batman unders and throws them at my Mother-in-law. Hank in hysterical laughter (and me as well) then says "hey Grammie.....I just backfired in those!" How adorable!
At this point, the craziness has gone on long enough and I say "Hank, "Alvin" (the elf) is watching you." Hank walk up to Alvin, picks him up off the stool, and punches him in the face. Take that message to Santa.
I love that kid. LOVE. THAT. KID.

For B.Herb's b-day this year, the big 5, he wanted a lizard. Never, ever tell your kids "if that's what you want next year, that's what you can get" while trying to get them out of Petco. As I did in November of 2010. Or, you also will end up with 2 leopard spotted geckos. Look at his little face. Isn't it just the cutest thing?! So excited!
C'mon Mom....stop taking pics and get in the store.

Which one.....?

I have to say, they are cute little guys. Or girls.

Best....day....ever!

Getting ready for the lizard release. Thank you Aunt SueEllen for letting the lizard spend a night at your house!

Brody named his Hollow and Hank named his Sponge Bob Square Pants Popcorn. The boys are thrilled and this is where I remind myself...they are kids, they are only kids once...and there are much worse pets then some harmless (non-smelly, I checked) leopard geckos. Did I mention they can live for 20 years?

Shrektastic

Grammie treated the boys to a night out at Shrek the musical at the Grand theater in Wausau. It was AMAZING!! They were in awe. The costumes were incredible! We loved, loved, loved it. As Brody said " thank you 530 times over Grammie!"
Waiting for the show to start.

C'mon Shrek

Have you seen cuter ogers? Didn't think so.

He's 5!

On November 19,2006 at 10:50 a.m. I became something I'd always wanted to be. A mother. B. Herb turned 5 today. Don't ya just love the streamer "car wash"?
Hankie giving B his Wizard of Oz music card

I just woke up mom stop taking my pic.

Cheesecake birthday cake

This is one of those Hallmark moments where I'm saying through gritted teeth "get in the picture Hank. I want a picture with you and your brother. It's your brother's birthday. GET IN THE PICTURE!" Notice any pics of the brothers? Didn't think so.

What 5 years of cuteness looks like.

I love birthday hats!

This is what he wanted for his birthday. Hunters orange. And a chameleon. Lizard details coming up soon. Stay posted.

God bless you B.Herb. Lover of baseball, golf, Star Wars, playing "Gunsmoke" dress-up, the White Stag, hair "jelly", guitar playing, singing, night time snuggles with snorter, and the best deer hunter in all of Wisconsin.

Hank "made" his own breakfast. Donut and Special K bar. What? It's made with cereal.
Nice cooperation boys. Thank you.

Having kids is like having an exotic pet. It's cool. They're beautiful. When you take them out places people oooggle over them. You get to pick really cool names for them. But. But. At any moment they can turn on you and bite your face off. Welcome to my day.

Ok, so as most of you know I now have the super stressful work week of Tues. and Wed. First of all.....let me clear something up. Being a stay at home mom is hard. Wanna know what's harder? Being a working mom. I'm gonna give a big ol' "You Rock" to working moms. If I had to do this s#&$ 5 days a week it wouldn't be pretty people.

The Kowboys go to school on the days that I work. My niece picks them up at 2:30, so really they don't have it that rough. But to them...tragic. They like their life of luxury. Wake up, mom makes some coffee, the 3 of us snuggle in the chair and catch up on Nick Jr. cartoons or read some library books. Then start our day around 9:00. They just aint havin' this out the door by 7:30 nonsense. So, here's how my morning went:

6:40 Brody walks into living room "momma do I have school today?"

Me "yes"

Brody "whahahahahahhawwhahaha" (that's screaming/crying) followed by kicking me in the shins and punching me in the stomach.

Hank "we do have school"

Me "Yes, it's Wed. today"

So, at this point they are both doing a run/scream combo move around the living room. Kind of like blowing up 2 balloons and then letting them go and at the same time pushing an air horn. I think naps are in order for tomorrow.

Why I'm cooler than you

Wanna know why I'm cooler than you? 'Cause I took AcroYoga with Chip and Laura tonight. That's correct ladies and gentlemen. ACROyoga!! See that lady in the cool pose on chips feet. THAT'S ME!!!
And this is me doing the really cool hold on to Chip's ankles and put my knee on his foot move. Impressed???

Smile if you like Yoga with Misel.

Any day now I'm going to tour with Cirque du Soleil.

I had fun. In case you couldn't tell.

3 hours of AcroYoga makes this momma sleeeepppyy.
Gotta love Hottie Eric. (That's his birth name.)