3 more sleeps – this is what we keep telling the boys (and ourselves) until we are on vacation!  Fun, Family & Fireworks…We can’t wait!!

I met my friends for Margaritas tonight…fun catching up.  It was also nice to get home right before the boys went to bed (kids in jammys – little snuggle muffins!).

We are also trying to break Nate of his binky before we leave – wish us luck!

So we try to be good parents…play with our children, give them baths, get them ready for bed, reador play a game and then it is prayers and nu-night at 8…as I said, we try.

So tonight, we put the boys to bed.  I am still in the middle of piles of laundry (these days my dryer just isn’t up to snuff), and Brian is cleaning the kitchen and making muffins for breakfast tomorrow.  Around 9:30, I decide to go and check on the kids…while Nate is sleeping peacefully, Nicholas is laying in bed with this flashlight pen that I had told him he needed to put away at 8 o’clock!  I take the pen away, telling him that he can have it tomorrow when he gets up.  I tell him I love him and that he needs to go to sleep so he is ready to play tomorrow at Tinas. 

I leave the room, and within 15 minutes, he is lurking in the hallway.  Brian by this time is angry and tells him to come into the living room…of course, Nick runs straight to me…and says “Oooohhhh Mommy look, cupcakes!” as he looks beyond me into the kitchen.  Of course I start laughing right away as I was going to scold him and now I’m laughing…even more so after Brian says “I thought I was good buddy!”

So after the laughter of course I tell my son that he does need to go to bed and stay in bed – as I’m walking him down the hall to his room.  At his door I say, “Nicholas, you are so funny…I love you.”

And his response?

“Yeah…I love cupcakes.”

My Nicker…

My Tator…

My beautiful boys.

Not much going on here today…

Went to church this morning.  This will be the second time we have ever attended our church on Sunday morning (which when I think about it, is kind of crazy since we ALWAYS went to church on Sunday when I was a kid – but, since we have moved, had Nate etc etc, Sat. evening always worked out better)…anyway, back to my point.  Now that we have been going on Sunday morning, Nicholas has been going with us as there is no Kid-Zone for his age group at this time.  And I have to say that I really like this!  I like the fact that he can be apart of our worship, and that he can be apart of adults and children alike, praising God and worshiping Him.  While I also love that he gets this on his level at Kids-Zone, it is just kind of nice that he can be apart of this!

So, ANYWAY…

The kids are taking a nap (WooHoo) and I am blogging, doing laundry, drinking coffee (yummy!) having just finished the dishes and moving on to the insane amount of toys all over our house…this is the life! 

–Brian meanwhile was having fun playing in the newly cleaned garage, having just come in the house telling me about the many items he has found in his messy and untouched tool chest (“It’s like Christmas out there!” he said) ((read below post on messy garage)) HA!

So, while my bathroom is water-logged…these two little guys had a really good time!

I really believe that one (of many) things that spouses should NOT do together is clean the garage.  Nuff said.

No really…it isn’t even 9am and we are already frustrated with each other…and I realize that why am I even out in ‘his domain’, however w/o me, it would probably never get cleaned/organized.  Yes, he would sweep out the dog hair every once in a while…but the kids’ toys would continue to pile up and not get put away, and the shelves would get stashed with things that would eventually be forgotten (IE lost). 

So this is what we are doing with our Saturday morning…and as neither of us has totally blown our cool yet…however, there is so much day left for that to happen.

UPDATE:  We are done!  The garage has now been purged and cleaned and we are just waiting for it to dry so we can load everything back into it…AND we are still happy with each other. =)  Now, what next…

UPDATE #2: The garage is clean and put back in order.  The cars are now clean too!  People…we are on a roll!

  Tonight Nicker and I had some bonding time…we went to the movie WALL.E  Nick loved it, and I thought it was pretty cute too.  I think I loved even more the fact that I got to be all eyes and ears and lap and arms for him…doesn’t happen too often anymore and I loved it tonight (Brian also said he had a good one-on-one time with Tator while we were away).

So I am home on lunch right now…all by myself as the boys are at daycare, and Brian is taking out a customer for lunch (at the ‘Country Club’ – lucky guy gets to have Plantation Salad…my mouth is watering) meanwhile I am at home having just eaten a sandwich and telling myself that I just saved about $10 by not going out to eat for lunch…and this is a very good thing.

So I’m sitting here thinking of my babies and how thankful I am for them. 

Nicholas seems to be going through a phase here that I am just eating up, since I’m sure that when it ends, I will have only the memories.  I digress…  He is always, constantly, and at random saying “Mom?”, “Yes Nick?”, “I love you Mom.”  I will then of course have the biggest smile on my face and respond “I love you too Nick, so very much” after which, he will just sigh contentedly.  This happens so often, and I just can’t get enough of it.  My son, I love how you are so much like your Father…sensitive and thoughtful and always knowing how to put a smile on my face.  Some day you will make some girl so very lucky…but for now, you make your mothers heart so very full.

And then there is Tator…You my little man are so much like me…and for this I apologize and yet am so thankful for.  You are a tough little guy who has no problem stating what is on your mind, how you are feeling and how we all should fix it – and all of this before you even know the words (When Nate ‘talks’ it sound like he is a little German boy).  You are a roller coaster of emotions…flying by the seat of your pants between black and white, angry and happy.  In growing up you will really have to work on this as this will affect so many others – in both good and bad ways – but I will always be thankful for my baby boy.  You are Mr. Affectionate.  So full of kisses and snuggles and hugs.  I love your will, your strength and your voice, and am looking forward to seeing you grow.

My boys.  I love you.

Cheesy smile Becker!

Look how quickly this little man goes from being peeved (I’m not getting what I want!) to happy!  Your such a turkey Tator!!