CRAZY night out!

It is always interesting trying out new activities with the boys. We decided to tackle rollerskating tonight. Now, the boys have never tried rollerskating nor have they ever tried on a pair of skates. After eating some typical skating rink pizza (you know exactly what I am talking about) we strapped the Fisher Price skates on the boys. I was scared to death at first. And the boys you ask? Not even a question in their mind as to what they were about to do.

Taylor did great. He took off on his own from the very beginning. No matter how many times he fell, he just kept laughing. Isaac was a bit skeptical at first, but with some help from his dad, he caught on quickly. By the end of the night, the falls were less frequent! It was awesome watching the boys learn on their own.

We also received free passes to let the boys try out a few of the other activities. Needless to say, after 4 hours of constant running we were all tired!

(Sorry the quality of the video isn't that great..also, note that Taylor who is in brown keeps squatting!)

YAY!

I passed my final exam!

Ten Year Reunion

If any of you need or want information on this, I received an e-mail today from Natalie Taylor (Jenkins) that had details about the event. Just let me know if you would like me to forward it to you.

Week in Review (sort of)

I have been in a "blog block" the last few weeks. I guess call us boring, but I haven't had anything EXCITING happen to us that would be worth blogging about! So, in place of something super exciting I will show you pictures from a few days this week just to fill you in....

MONDAY....
The boys love goldfish crackers. In fact, that is all they will eat for snacks lately. Want to know the kicker? They will not eat them unless they have names. So, unfortunately I had to name all of these little fish before the boys would eat them. I never knew how hard it would be to come up with 20 different names for fish!

Tuesday.....
I tried to get a picture of me and one of the boys (due to the blanket, I have no idea which one), but as you can see..that was not going to happen. Whenever I tried to take the picture he would throw this blanket over his head.




Wednesday....
I'm not sure how this ended as I was working, but I thought it was a cool picture!

Thursday....
(I have no pictures for this day, hence the sort of in the title)




Friday....
We decided to cook dinner on the grill. Taylor decided hot dogs were OK to eat with the bun. It took him about 35 minutes to get this down, but it was sure funny to watch him eat it! Way to big for his little mouth. We ended the night with the movie Juno. Very good movie!

Saturday....
I took my last final for the semester! If I pass, I will be receiving my Associates Degree in May. I can't wait to go back and finish my Bachelors Degree..




Sunday....
I can't believe that I am putting this picture on here. I'm sure most of you will think we are huge slobs! We really aren't..only when it comes to laundry. I am great at washing it..it is the folding part that always makes me lose interest. I washed all of these clothes over the course of the week only to find them in a huge pile on the floor of our bedroom. I always start with a pile of them in front of the TV with good intentions of folding them while watching TV at night. Why I never actually do it is beyond me. Call me lazy I guess?! Anyways..I didn't realize how bad the pile had gotten until I tried to find something earlier today. Is it just me that has a hard time keeping up with folding clean clothes?! Probably....

As Isaac would say..This is FREAKING AWESOME!

A few days ago I was running around like a crazy person trying to clean my house and finish up some last minute homework. I think the boys felt ignored, so they decided to drag out their Thomas the Train water mat and color. Normally the end result is a bunch of scribbles and occasionally a circle.

After ten minutes or so Isaac asks me to come look at what he had drawn. I ran over there expecting to take a quick glance and head back to the laundry room. Here is a picture of what I saw!!

Now, I have not sat down with the boys to teach them how to write letters just yet. They are still trying to master the order of the alphabet. I am not sure where this came from, but he kept going!

(In case you can't tell, this is was his version of an I..not bad!)



(May I present the letter B...)

Now, for Taylor. Lately the boys have been really competitive with each other. So when Taylor saw how excited I was about Isaac, he decided to join in. I asked him to write the letter T. Without fail or help...this is what I saw.

(I love this picture...and the T, not bad at all!)

What did you do Thursday night?

We sat around and took pictures of each other! I know..doesn't sound exciting, but we actually laughed the whole time. The boys were jumping off of the chair on to the floor. I think they were trying to see who could jump higher! I think Taylor was the winner..

Isaac sure tried, though......

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Here are a few others that we took..enjoy

Today is The Day

Ok..so today is a day I have been dreading for two weeks. The boys are going to the dentist to get their cavities fixed. Normally it wouldn't be that big of deal, but when it is your kids..it is kind of scary!

What is the damage?
Taylor - 6 cavities
Isaac - 1 cavity

It makes me sad that they have them so young, but their teeth are so soft! They will be filling all of them today..here is hoping the kids will do OK! I will post later with a follow up.

Update of the Aftermath

The drugs that the boys took are controlled substances that required me to show my ID to prove I was old enough, I guess, to purchase them. That really does not make a lot of sense to me considering they are not for me, but I played along because I didn't have a choice. It was interesting seeing the medications kick in. We were at Tony's work when we gave the boys' the medication, because Tony works close to the dentist and there was a specific timeline we had to follow...to bad the dentist didn't follow quite the same strict schedule! We were walking out to get in the car when it hit Taylor. He made it about 10 of his steps, then fell forward onto the floor. From then on it was like watching someone that is really drunk trying to talk and walk. Not that I ever want to see my kids' drunk, but it was a preview. Since I knew it was because of the drugs from the dentist, it was actually quite comical to watch!

Taylor did really well considering he had six caveties to be filled. He was completely, or at least mostly, still for the drilling of all of them and the filling of half of them. It was the actual filling of the second half that he finally decided he had had enough of the dentist. It was at that point that myself, the dental assistant, and the receptionist had to hold him down and in place so that the dentist could fill the holes he had already drilled in Taylor's teeth. This, unlike watching them "drunk" was NOT fun in the least bit! He can be quite strong when he wants to be!

While Taylor was getting drilled on, Isaac was finally giving in to the medication. By the time it was his turn, he had been asleep snoring for a good 20 minutes. He did great, but only had one cavity to be filled so his ordeal was not nearly as bad as Taylor's was. After about 90 minutes we were out of the office and on the way home...after dropping Tony off at work. The boys slept all the way home, and continued to sleep once I got them home until about 6:00. Just for reference, we left the dentist around 3:30...that's a really long nap for them. By the time they woke up it seemed that the majority of the narcotic had worn off, and they were their cute selves again. It is now time to triple our efforts to keep their teeth clean and protected so that we don't have to go through that again...at least not until they are old enough to hate the dentist like a normal kid!