A New Blog...

Memory Bound, the store I work at, now has a blog...you have to check it out!

http://memorybound.blogspot.com/

Leaky Prayers...

Unfortunately, we have several leaks in our house. We have had terrible ice dams and Jason has spent several hours on the roof, trying to get rid of snow and ice. This winter has been brutal and it is bound to happen! The other day, we discovered a new leak, then later on I heard the boys talking to the "head guy" in the hopes of getting a break with all the snow...

Dear God,
Please make it rain and rain and rain every day so the snow will get ushy and gushy. And then the sun will come out and all the ushy and gushy stuff will go away.
Amen
(Jack)

God,
This is Sam again. Can you please make it sunny for awhile because there is too much snow. There is so much snow that we have leaks in our house. And if it keeps snowing, then our house will be all wet. So please make the sun come out and make all the snow melt.
Amen.
Thanks, God.

Hope they work...not sure if I want to get rain for days, but Jack's heart was in the right place! :)

Hello Copic Cards...

I have been teaching classes at Memory Bound using the "new" Copic markers. The markers are alcohol based, so you can blend the colors. When I first started using the markers, I really didn't like them. But, now that I have played around with them, I really enjoy "coloring" with the markers. These are a few of my cards from the class I will be teaching in may...

From moms to their little ones...

Thought this video was very cool...why a mother must love and does love their little ones so furiously...

http://www.becreative-everyday.com/2010/02/what-you-domatters.html

Loved the part, "I love you this furiously so you can carry it in your body and pass it on..."

Forts...

We have had to think of all sorts of things that the boys can do or be doing, just due to the fact that they have not been able to get outside. So, this weekend, we built a fort in Jack's room that the boys could hang out and sleep in. We drug Sam's mattress into Jack's room and hung two big blankets from the top bunk to some chairs (from the kitchen.)

Sam, otherwise known as Gray Man, and Jack hanging out in their fort.

Jack showing us where he slept. (much more comfortable than Sam's closet~ which lasted 1 1/2 nights.)

Oh, there is also a fort in the sun room. It includes a plant, for that true jungle feeling, and some books on which to hang your hat. I am sure another fort will pop up in somewhere!

A Perfect Bed...

This is Jacks bed. A perfect bed for him...he could sleep on the top or on the bottom, depending on his mood. (haven't picked out a color for Jack's walls yet.)

This is Sam's bed. Perfect for Sam. Notice Sam's closet to the right.

This is a close up of Sam's closet. And yes, Jack's bedding is in Sam's closet. For some reason, Jack insists on sleeping in Sam's closet!!

When Jack fell asleep the first night, Jason pulled him out and had him sleeping on Sam's floor. Jack woke up in the middle of the night and crawled back into the closet!! I don't know why he insists on sleeping in the closet..but, has slept thre for FOUR nights - that was his plan. My mom told me with kids, you just have to go with it sometimes...I have to just go with the flow a lot with this little guy!

More Snow...

This is a picture of the first snow...way back on December 7, 2009. The boys were so excited that Jack ate snow off the chair (gross!)

This is a picture of the same table at the beginning of January. The spots are the Christmas tree reflecting off the windows.

And this is from Saturday morning. It snowed 4 inches on Friday and it is suppose to snow 6-12 inches today. We have not seen the bottom of these chairs for over TWO MONTHS!!

We are now at the 4th snowiest winter! I hope that we get the record. I would hate to come up 2 or 3 inches short. All that snow and no pay off ~that just would not be fair!

Update on today's (Sunday) winter storm:

Yesterday morning, we were already under a winter storm watch with the expectation that it would change into a winter storm warning. Snow was to start at 12:00am Sunday morning and go through 6 am Monday morning. 6-12 inches was forecast.

Then this am, Sunday, we woke up and the weather had changed to a winter weather advisory with 2-5 inches excepted through the day.

Well, nothing has happened (thank goodness)...there is no warnings, advisories or anything, for anywhere in Iowa! Guess they missed that one...again!

Racoon Proof...

The raccoon FINALLY left Thursday night. It stayed in there for 2 days! Those things must eat ANYTHING, because I am NOT a good cook and it liked my leftovers for 48 hours! On Friday night, Jason went out to Raccoon proof our garbage can. But, first he had to make sure the little fur ball had not climbed back into the can. (it did snow 5 inches on Friday and he might have gotten cold.) So, Jason took a pitch fork out with him and slowly and carefully opened the lid of the can. He had a pitchfork in case the raccoon would try to attack him. Then he slowly and carefully peered into the garbage can to see if there was a visitor. There wasn't, so the last "test" was picking up a few of the garbage sacks. All clear, so he was good to go and bungee cord our garbage shut. Garbage is picked up on Monday. With our luck, we will unbungee the can for the garbage collectors and the little guy will get back in!!

Going to the Resort...

What could 3 boys possibly be looking at so intently...

...a new video game!! We got the boys (and Jason) Wii Resort for Valentine's day. It is a lot like Wii sports, but includes all sorts of water sports and games. The three of them spent a majority of the day checking out the different events, while I got caught up on important computer work! It was a good day!

Jason did some water skiing...

Sam and Jack played a laser game...the person that was hit the most, fell off the platform and into the water....

what great fun for boys....