SuperBowl Sunday...

Ready for some football??

On Sunday, Sam spent the afternoon at a friend's house, so Jack busied himself with getting ready for the Super Bowl.

He created a big Super Bowl welcome sign for our guests.  He took great care in picking out the correct size of sticks that would be perfect in holding his sign.

Jack was rooting for the Giants, so he whipped himself up a t-shirt with the Giants Helmet.  He also covered the cubs "c" on his hat with the Giants logo.

As you can see, he was busy with other signs...NFL, Fottball (football) and Giants vs. Patriots.

When friends started to show up, they first had to answer 15 questions about the game and then pick a Super Bowl bingo card! Bingo was intense...we had to watch the TV closely to mark off items on our Bingo cards.  None of us left the room during the game or during the commercials the entire first quarter. We didn't want to miss the opportunity of getting Bingo. We didn't even talk much!  Jason was in the other room cooking up some amazing chili during most of the first quarter.  He walks into the room...5 minutes later, he yells , "BINGO!"  Seriously???

Sam did a great job with answering his questions.
Some of the questions were:
Which team would call time out first?
What would the first score be..touchdown or field goal (a safety never came to mind!)
What team would win the Super Bowl?
 Sam actually won with the most answers correct!

A little half time photo of some of our guests!!

Towards the end of the game, Jack was busy on the I-Pad...
"What are you looking up, Jack?"
"Hollywood on google earth."
I think he was trying to check out Tom Brady's house!!

How in the World??

It never seeems to fail...when Sam wears a white t-shirt to school he will spill SoMETHING on it. On this day, he got BBQ sauce on his SLEEVE.  He said, "Mom, I have NO idea how I got this on my sleeve.  The person beside me didn't even HAVE BBQ sauce!" 

When I went to do laundry... I found this note on top of his t-shirt! What a sweet heart for the nice reminder..and I wondered what the second piece of clothing was...he had gotten chocolate on his jeans!

A Birthday Paw-ty!!

Our family was invited to a birthday paw -ty last weekend. Moose's friend Esther turned 10!

Esther got a HUGE peanut butter and chocolate bone from her "mom and dad."

We all got to wear party hats...

Sam's party hat dug into his skin...they were definitely NOT one size fits all!

This is Esther with her parents...aren't they just the cutest couple!!

Esther had had enough with the photos and decided to go ahead and start snacking!

 

Jack gave Esther our gift...

We gave her a cookie that said, "Happy Birthday!"

We never got the chance to take a picture of the cookie!

Of course, Jack wanted to get up close to check out the huge bone...but he never expected that he would have competition!!

A Mom of Boys...

Right now...
These two keep life interesting.
I cherish the "brother" relationship they have with each other.
They are loud and wrestle.
They both wear their hearts on their sleeves.
They both cry at movies.
Jack cries when the commericial for shelter dogs is on TV.
Sam is trying to grow up, but still wants to be a little boy.
They both have a great sense of humor.
They can fight like cats and dogs.
At times, Sam needs to put up"Keep Out" signs on his bedroom door.
At times, Sam needs to read those signs to Jack, because Jack ignores them.
Sam loves to have "sleep-overs" in jack's room.
The last sleep over lasted 4 weeks.
Jack threw him out the other night.
Now Moose sleeps with Sam.
Jack dances during the credits at movies. (at home and in the theaters)
Sam rolls his eyes when he does this.
Sam likes to try new things...and then asks Jack if he wants to try "that" new thing, too.
Jack will say, "YEA!" Then Sam tells Jack to go first!
Jack takes a cold hot dog in his sack lunch everyday. (yuck!)
They both love Legos.
Sam displays his Lego creations.
Jack takes his creations apart and makes new creations.
They both love to read.
They crack each other up.
It's fun to be a mom of these two boys!

I was doing important computer surfing the other night and came across a wonderful post about being a mom of boys.  As the postee explains, there are lots of "lists" about being a mom of girls or a dad of girls, but very few "lists" about being a mom of boys.  That is why the author created this touching list.  You can veiw it here.

(number 15 brought tears to my eyes.  Sam is number 55 in football and the boy in the picture reminds me of Sam! *sniff*)

Project Life title Page...

My Project Life album has been going very well and I am proud to say that I am currently caught up! I had forgotten how much fun it is to put an album like this together!

This is the title page for my album.  I am going about scrappin' this project a bit different from last year.  Last year, i stuck to the "rules" or guidelines. This year, I am trying to look at each square as a mini scrapbook page.  Mini, so not much is needed for each square. Notice, I have used my "Polaroid" camera a bit! Love the photos it takes. I may go back and add a few more embellishment as I seee needed! (maybe some twine!)

 

I ordered the journaling cards through amazon.  The other embellishments are from Amy Tangerine.  I must say the gray Thickers (the letters) are my favorite at this time!  I am loving gray right now...in scrapbooking!!

Look what we got.

Look what got delivered to our house the other day. yea.

Sam loves this thing.  He got on it and RAN a mile. 
Then he got on it the next day and RAN another mile. 
He said, "Mom, I just ran a mile on the treadmill."
Me:" Oh. Does that include your warm-up and cool-down. (which I know are very important to any workout.)"
Sam" Nope, I just got on and RAN a mile!
Me: Seriously?
Sam: Yep!  I've done that three days in a row now and my time just keeps getting better.
Me: that is AWESOME buddy!
(Inside I am really saying, how rude.)

Jack enjoys the thing, too (how rude).  Someone needs to be right beside him though..he likes to stop and stand on the thing and get thrown into the wall.  Or we put the emergency strap on him and he will just pull it for the hell of it.


At the time I wrote this post this is how often the treadmill had been used:
Sam - three times
Jack - three times
Jason - 0 times, but has gone to the gym the last three days
Me - 0 and no gym visits.


What's a big bummer is that this large black work-out item is right across from my scrapbooking desk...just looming over me.  This just MIGHT cut into some of my important scrap work.  OR i will have to bring my scrap work upstairs...

Scrappin" and the Family..

 I have been working on some of my scrap projects that i need to get caught up on. One of the "biggies" was to get the boys school books for THIS year, caught up.  We had a crop at the store the other day and I was able to complete this mission.

I worked on Sam's fourth grade book. It has all the papers and projects he has done or created this year.  He really enjoyed looking through it. *sigh* I now have second grade completed and 4th grade caught up.  Still need to do his kindergarten, first grade and third grade...hmmmm...OH! and add 4th grade photos to this one!

I also was able to get Jack's kindergarten book caught up. Jack loved looking at his book, too. His needs photos added throughout the book and I need to figure out a way to store his larger art work.  I did make photo copies of some of his art, which worked out quite well.  He does have his 3 year old preschool book completed and half of his 4 year old preschool. (uh oh.  I just remembered that I don't have those books done for Sam...UGH!!) 

and Moosie May...when I am busy at my desk "creating" she lays on her blanket by me and naps.  *sigh* I plan on doing a mini book for her with all her different casts from her surgery. I think she will enjoy looking back at that time. :)
I have big plans for lots of books!!

I Like This...

Some Snow Fun...

With "all this snow" the boys have been able to head out after school and blow off some steam!

How can Jack be tan in the middle of the winter?

Moose is lovin' the snow and cold, too.  When the boys head out...so does she!

I am not a fan of the cold or snow...so I am taking these photos from inside the house.  Jack is waving at me.

 

 

"OK, i have had enough snow.  Can i come in now. Please."

The "pain" of snow is that I have to wipe off Moose's feet each time she comes in. 
Boy that girl can pack some snow in her paws!! She is so good about it though...she come in, sits down and put up her paw.
Now if the boys could be trained that easily!!

Italy Smash Book...

If you are not familiar with the Smash book, watch this video. If you are familiar with the smash book, you can still watch the video because it does have a catchy tune and is super fun to watch!!