Random

While I was gone Sean got some balloons for the kids. Benny latched onto this one and held it through dinner. I guess he didn't let go once all night.

So then Sean let him sleep with it. He assumed he would just let it go, but that little monkey tucked it under his belly so it would stay while he slept. I'm quite impressed actually. :)

G and T are up to the usual madness. Loving and fighting, singing and dancing, giggling together a lot, which I love to see.

Before I left I got a pedicure and they were blown away by colors on my toes. It was hilarious, Gracie kept licking her finger and touching my big toe to see if it would come off. This, of course, led to their toes getting painted. To be fair,Tate did want blue, but that's not a color I keep on hand.

MIA for SAGA

I have been so busy with preparing for and taking a fabulous trip with some amazing MoMs that my poor little blog has been sorely neglected. I will try to get her up and running tomorrow with some uber cute children.

For now here's some eye candy:

About 60 of us went to Savannah this year and I know what you're thinking-but not one of them turned out to be axe murderers. Turns out there are some fabulous communtities on the internet after all. ;)

Did my kids miss me? Not so much. They seemed to on my nightly phone call home, but when I actually saw them Gracie wouldn't speak to me, Benny said "NO! Daddy!" when I tried to kiss him, and Tate agreed he missed me, but wanted me to change his poop.

Business as usual.

1st Haircut!

We finally got Benny's hair cut. I have some mom guilt that we didn't take him to the fancy place we took Tate to get it cut, but $25 is a lot and I can just as easily take pictures and save the hair myself...sigh.

So his hair has been walking that line between baby curls and mullet for a few months now. It was time.


We did it at Grammy's house with my aunt as the hair stylist



He had a lot of moral support and distractions

We must have had him find his belly button a dozen times so she could cut a straight line...

We also needed to address this emo/ side sweep bang he developed.


He only got a little grumpy at the end.

Before:


After:



Not too drastic, but enough that people don't start calling him Benny Ray Cyrus.

Congrats on your 1st haircut big boy!

Dinner conversation

Conversations have hit a new low point at our house. I swear you shouldn't even come over unless you want to talk about poop, pee or snot.

During Dinner Tonight

Tate runs to the bathroom: "I have to go potty!"

I go with him and we sit while he gets to it.

Enter Gracie in the doorway with a mouth full of dinner.
G: "Going potty?"
T: "No, poopy."
G: "Oh, Big, giant?"
T: "No, little, tiny poopy"
G: "Oh okay. Be quiet you guys while I'm eating my dinner."
Leaves.

Long gone are the days of discussing current events and romance over dinner. With children, we are reduced to discussing the exact size and volume of our bowel movements.


Now, don't send all your dinner party invitations to us at once. We'd hate to have to turn anyone down.

Food, Inc.

Sean has been on an organic/whole foods kick for months now and I have sort of half-heartedly been along for the ride. I fully agreed that the kids don't need to eat all that processed food/sugar that is out there, so we have been making healthier choices. This weekend we checked out Food, Inc. from the library and now I am so annoyed. Watching how so much of our food is made (if you can even call that meat food?) is so disturbing. Not only will I have to give up fast food, but our whole way of eating is about to get a major overhaul. I'm astonished that it is so much more expensive to eat real food and that our country has built a system that rewards cutting costs and poisoning our bodies. I can't in good conscience feed my kids those burgers or chicken anymore. Why did I let him talk me into seeing that movie, ugh. I'm not a doctor obviously but I can understand enough to see we have to protect our kids and ourselves from what's out there. Just hearing about Kevin's law was enough to make me sick.

How backwards is it that fruit and veggies are so much more expensive for families to keep in their homes than to drive-thru for a big mac?

Please look into what you are eating and feeding your families! There is little that is more important!

You can watch Food, Inc in bits for yourself here

Farmer Boy

The other night as we were tucking G and T into bed she made a request for a toy to join her (as they often do).

Gracie: "I need my farmer boy!"
Daddy: : "Huh?"
Gracie: "I want my farmer boy to sleep in my bed with me"
Daddy: (rolling his eyes at mommy's snickering) "Fine, but this is the ONLY time I will ever say yes to this!"


Watch yourself, Farmer Boy, Daddy's got his eye on you.

Benny Cleans the House

Benny cleans up after dinner. Missed some food on the floor there..



Benny scrubs the floor


Benny cleans the cabinets


Benny washes off appliances. Go Benny, go!


Benny is happy while he works!


Benny cleans off his toys.


Benny cleans the stairs, too!


He even tries to clean Mommy! Thanks, but I'll take it from here...


I'm thinking I can turn this into a simple book, ala Dick and Jane, for when the kids are teenagers and don't want to help with chores anymore. I can sit them down and show them how simple they are and how they have loved helping me since they were very small. Genius, no?