Birthday DS...

Sam got a Nintendo DS for his birthday (he says he was one of the last kids to get one). At this time, this is a familiar scene at our house...Sam playing his DS and Jack watching. It is amazing how Jack will sit and watch Sam play. My sister came over last night and SHE sat and watched Sam, too. I might have to check out what I am missing! (don't worry, I don't let him play it for hours!!!)

Almost 40...

I decided on my 39th birthday, which was in March, that I was going to write 40 stories about me, by my 40th birthday. Well, I have written a total of 1 1/2 stories! WOW!! So last night, I was doing important computer work and came across a class called "The Challenge of Me." It is offered on Big Picture Scrapbooking. It is a four week, on-line class that focuses on you. Basically, you get assignments (I think) to tell stories about you and your life. By the end of the class, you will have 26 stories about you. So, that just leaves me 14 stories to write, minus the 1 1/2 I have already written...so a grand total of 12 1/2 stories left, that need to be written! My friend, Janet, told me about an on-line class that she had participated in and it sounded like fun. I cross my fingers that I can keep up...

I know my family reads this each day...would you, my family, be willing to write one story about me that you remember? You can then e-mail it to me...mom, I would love to have the story about the day I was born. I have been working on Sam's..which is taking about a week to write about those 18 hours! (Plus I would only have 9 1/2 stories left!)

Blue Eyed Boys..

I love this picture of my dad and Sam. Sam always says that what makes grandpa and him special, is that they are the only ones that have blue eyes in the family...I am amazed on how much their eyes look the same in this picture! Love those blue eyes!!

Farmer's Market...

On Saturday, we went down to the Farmer's Market. I love to buy fresh flowers and Jas likes to buy salsa and different condiments. At different times, the boys needed to hold my flowers...

Not sure what Sam is doing with the flowers here, but I think he didn't want to get wet...the bag was leaking.

Stopped at a really cool balloon booth. Jack got a monkey (the orange) hanging on a palm tree hat. I have no idea why Jack is so serious in the pic.

Sam got a party hat. He wanted to have it for the evening as we were celebrating his b-day with the family. Happy to say, the hats have not yet popped! And notice that serious Vogue look on Jack!!

Camp T-Shirts...

At school, Sam is having Camp Yagattawanna. This means making a tent out of his desk, taking a flashlight, books to read, a favorite stuffed animal, bottle water and a camp t-shirt. The camp t-shirt was a plain white tee and the campers got to draw a camping scene on it with markers. The teacher (or camp counselor) said that the campers can wear their t-shirts to school every day of camp...which is three days. (ew!) So yesterday morning, Sam put on his camp t-shirt for day 2 of camp. Jack saw the t-shirt with the marker drawings that Sam had on it and thought that was pretty cool. On one sleeve, Sam wrote his name and on the other sleeve, Sam put 2009. Well, we continued with our morning routine...thinking nothing of nothing. Then Jack came around the corner....

Jack had taken it upon himself, to get a plain white t-shirt and decorated it with markers. He was so proud. It has very colorful lines all over it and the word "kcaAJ" (Jack spelled backwards and with 2 a's) on one sleeve...I should say the name is more in his armpit because you can't see his name when he puts his arm down. He looked at us and stated, "I have a camp t-shirt now, too." The three of us got a good laugh out of that one...

as for the 3rd day of camp, I am too tired to do the wash and so the camp tee will not get to see the last day of camp. (oh darn.) I will post pictures tomorrow of the camp t-shirts. I am too tired to go and pull them out of the laundry and take pictures...I also want you to see them on the boys, so you get the full effect. Happy Friday and have fun to all of those who are camping this weekend..for real!

Little Bunny...

I have been working on my garden beds and have fought the rabbits eating all the flowers in them, every year...so this year I put up green wire fencing all around my beds. Well, look what a &*%$& baby bunny did to my flowers...

This one isn't too bad, the little bunny at least left one flower. It's tummy must have been full by now...

This flower was pretty large with loads of blooms...not any more!

And this little flower is the same as the top one...notice this one must have been the beginning os the bunny's eating. You may wonder how the little bunny got through my fencing, (notice it in this picture) he was that darn little...he squeezed through the little wire squares.

Well, I am a bit sad, to share that the little bunny is no longer with us. Let me just say, you don't eat my neighbor's new flowers and think you are going to get away with it!!!

He needed me...

Yesterday was suppose to be "my day" where I could do what I needed to do or what I wanted to do. I had flowers to plant, things to organize, errands to run, and dental work to get done. But, he needed me...he needed his mom, so I stayed with him. And that was okay.

A Definition...

Sunday, Sam asked me what it meant to "blow chunks." So I explained to him, that it means to throw up. If you know me, I cannot handle when someone throws up. Well, lucky me...Sam came home yesterday after school and said that he had felt icky all day. I thought maybe he needed to poo...well around 7:00 pm, he got sick, big time, on my feet, because he missed the toilet. He hasn't gotten sick for some time and he was pretty upset (so was I.) Well, to make a long story short, after the incident (boy can a little guy unload A LOT) he was sitting there and said, "I'm sorry I missed the toilet mom. But, I do feel better. I think I just needed to blow chunks." We laughed. Then I went on the deck for some fresh air and gagged.

Family Photos...

We took these photos this weekend while waiting for Sam's guests to arrive for his party....Not very often can we get everyone to look at the camera at the same time...and I am even in a picture!! Way to go boys!!!

Sam's Party

Sam had an awesome time at his Birthday Party at The Playground. It is one of those inflatable places and it rocked! (JB said that the only thing that could make it better was a cool beverage and I added...a book to read, too!) The people there take care of everything and I mean everything...all we had to do was bring the cake...seriously, they had everything else and even ran the entire party. It was fabulous!! When the guests had all arrived, everyone headed to the first inflatable room for 45 min. Talk about a bunch of sweaty heads and red faces! Then is was off to the second room with HUGE inflatable toys and a HUGE playground area, for 45 min. Just enough time...then we ate pizza (which the place orders for you and has delivered), ate cake and opened presents..It was a fun party and the bonus was that the boys went to bed early!! (that might have been due to Sam being up since 5 am!!)