Well, it's been quite a month! We are just getting back to "normal" (whatever that is!) from our month-long "extreme makeover" project on our friends' place. I'm finally catching up on a month of lost sleep, and it's feeling good to have a brain again! I was thinking about cute things the boys have been doing in the last while, and there are just so many... Zack is getting more bossy, Nathan more defiant, but just to eachother which is good. They were emotional but did so well during our big project. We left them with babysitters as often as possible, and they were superstars through the whole ordeal. :) We love them so much.

A family in bed!

Nathan has decided that every stuffed animal that he has is very important. About a month ago, we went to Wendy's for a meal, and the kids toy was a little stuffed puppy. Nathan has always had a weakness for puppies, and he was just so excited! He ran around the house saying "Puppy, puppy, puppy, puppy, puppy, puppy." So since then we've gone back a few times, and so have some other people, to get a puppy from Wendy's for the boys. Nathan has decided that he NEEDS to have ALL of them to sleep with too! So to add to the stuffed dinosaur and the two bigger puppies (that he's named mommy and daddy), he has TEN of these little puppies in black, white, and brown... And he won't go to sleep unless he has them ALL. It reminds me a little of the "lost sheep" parable - we have to look and look until we find the missing puppy, while we make sure the "flock" is safe in his bed. Nathan's heart comes shining through when he carries them all to his bed at night.

More than he's letting on.

We were all grocery shopping at Safeway last week, and as we got to the checkout to pay, Pete was loading the groceries. I was talking to the boys and as I pushed the cart forward, Nathan looks at me and points to the till, proclaiming, "Seven!" And here we were at till seven! That silly little boy is just trying to keep us in the dark.

Bossy, aren't we?

A couple of days ago, Zack was telling Nathan what to do, how to do it, where to go, and bossing him around all day. I was making supper and it was getting to be too much. So I said to Zack,
"Zack, please do NOT tell Nathan what to do."
And he sadly replied, "But Mommy, I LOVE to..."

Zack's Dream

This morning Zack woke up and as he was getting dressed, I asked him if he dreamed about anything. Zack will tell me when he dreams something, and he says he sees something "at his bed". So this morning Zack said, "I saw Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus at my bed."
"Really?" I said.
"And Joseph said, 'baby Jesus, STOP making noise!' That's what he said, mommy."

Some recent conversations

Zack will take two bites of his current meal, and proudly comment, "Look! I'm ALMOST done!!"


Anytime something of Nathan's doesn't work, he runs up to me with it and says, "Baaaa-eeeeees." (Batteries) Whether it requires batteries or not, he thinks that's what will fix it.


This morning, Zack was being very whiny and difficult. In frustration I asked, "Zack, is it going to be one of THOSE days?" And Zack sadly whimpered, "Yeeeah."

Any time Zack thinks someone is silly, he'll comment on their silliness and then call them, "Mister Hee-Who!"

My Favorite

I had a conversation with Zack on the couch and we were talking about our favorite things. I said, "Zack, are you my favorite?"
"Nnnno!" he said.
"Well then who IS my favorite?"
"Daddy is!" he said with a big grin.
He's right!

Memories of 2007...

Well, we had an amazing Christmas holiday! Starting the 24th, we had 4 consecutive days of Christmas, and it was both tiring and absolutely wonderful! The boys are still getting over the excitement and lack of sleep, but they are very much enjoying all of the new things they have to play with, watch, and do!

Nathan got so much Lightning McQueen stuff! Pajamas, markers and coloring books, a lunch box, a PEZ dispenser, books, note pads, and it goes on. He just loves it.

Zack's favorite gift this year was his very own Fisher Price digital camera from Grandma. It's drop-proof and holds about 65 pics. He has taken some great shots, and he loves being able to have a toy that makes him a little more "grown up." Zack has learned over the holidays to play our Nintendo Wii, and he is actually really good at it!! He loves to play bowling on it, and he gets amazing scores. His highest so far is 174! He beats Pete and I sometimes.

Pete's favorite gift this year is his new skateboard. Pete thinks my family is trying to kill him - I gave him a unicycle last year, and my parents got him a skateboard this year. Crazy!

My favorite gift this year is my georgeous Fender acoustic guitar from my parents. Last year they got me a piano, so this seems fitting that the rest of the band come too! :) A close second would definitely be my new blender (I know, I'm a dork - but hey, I really wanted one!).

The boys loved having daddy home during the days for a while. One morning, I heard the boys talking in bed, so I went and told them to go wake up daddy. They ran into our room, and Pete was laying on his back in bed. The boys each cuddled up on either side, and Zack looked up at me with a blissful look and said, "Mommy, go get the camera."