Thanksgiving...and all that stuff

So I am apparently quite the slacker mom who even though I have a fantastic camera I took not one picture during our Thanksgiving celebration. Fortunately Kevin took a couple with my camera which I am now sharing. We had a great time visiting family and enjoying Thanksgiving day with wonderful food and many things to be thankful for.

Of course one of the best parts of the weekend was watching UF beat the snot out of FSU. Wooo Hoooo...a great blowout. Has not happened in awhile and I got to watch the whole thing from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium! Kevin was not so happy but he is a good sport.

The next picture of the boys is at home that I just thought was so cute. We have been having quite the time trying to get the boys to go to sleep. As you can see from a previous post, we have resorted to locking the boys doors to keep them from playing and being awake until 9pm. So, Monday night we get the kids to bed and are shocked when there is total silence less than 10 minutes later. I went to check on them and this is what I found:

Both are in Kyle's bed and the sweetest thing of all is that Kyle had his arms around Todd. So cute!

This last picture is the boys coloring. Just thought it was too cute.

Little Gators

Each year I try to take the boys to at least one Gator game. This past Saturday Mama, me and the boys went to the UF/Vandy game. We all had a blast. The boys loved the game and Todd even got mad at me when we got ready to leave before the game was over. He kept telling me, "no mama, not OVER." I eventually convinced him that it was okay to leave.

Walking into the game....

Swaying at the end of the third quarter....

Happy Halloween!!!

We all got dressed up last night and went trick-or-treating. We had a blast. Kyle kept wanting to to go to "just one more house." We went to the houses on our street, just like 6 total, but because our boys are the only ones who go down our street everyone was giving them hand fulls of candy. We then went over to "auntie's" house and went around her neighborhood. Lots of kids were there and the boys really got into it. There were even a couple of houses that were all decked out and super spooky...

Plus side, even with all the candy the boys are still too young to really remember what all they have and do not miss the stuff mama and daddy eat. YUM! And what will inevitably get thrown away....

Kyle dressed as a Storm Trooper, Kevin was Darth Vader. Todd was a pirate and I was a devil.

Glubs

This is just funny. I have no idea why Todd does this or where he even got it from but his latest thing is to put socks on his hands and walk around doing everything (including eating!) with his "glubs"...translation...GLOVES....

Fall Festival

So, since I have been slacking of late...I am going to put up three posts is a row! I know, I know, just what everyone has been waiting for...

Anyway....here is the first one. Saturday was the kids school's annual family fall festival. We all trucked over for the first part of the day and had a GREAT time. The boys got to run, run and run and bounce on lots of different bounce houses. They also got to go down two different inflatable slides. One was pretty big and I had to go down with Todd. I got a pretty bad skinned elbow to boot. ME, not the kids. Go figure. Enjoy the pics! (I was going to put more from the festival but cannot get them to upload to blogger...argh....)

We Finally Did It

Tonight is the first night of the down slide. Tonight we had to lock Todd's bedroom door so he will stay in this room. SOOO horrible. Kevin and I feel like the worst parents ever. However in order to have some peace in our house at night and in the morning when we all get up early we had to do something.

A few weeks ago we changed Todd's crib to a toddler bed. He was climbing out of it and we were afraid he would fall and hurt himself. Anyway, Todd has found out that he can just get out of bed anytime he wants to. Great. That did not take long at all. AND he has determined this means he can leave his room and go to Kyle's room whenever he feels like it. Fantastic. Bedtime just went from 8pm to 9:30pm. We all get up at 6:30am. My kids go DO NOT like to be woken up in the morning, hence the desperation from Kevin and me.

We started this when Kyle was little. He keep getting out of his room and there was nothing we could do to get him to stay in bed. So we turned his lock around and locked him in his room. He threw a fit. Screaming, yelling, beating on the door....terrible. Of couse Kevin and I felt so bad that we videoed him trying to open the door by sliding his fingers under it and pulling while at the same time screaming "I stuck!...Help, I stuck."

Now, we have locked Todd in his room. ARGH!!!! More screaming and yelling...and of course Todd is yelling for "MOOOOMMMMIIIEEEE." WE are in the midst of total anarchy. Todd's screaming has Kyle getting out of bed unlocking and opening Todd's door to tell him to stop. Go figure. We are being end runned by a 4 year old.

We are finally getting some peace.....at 9:49pm....BOTH boys are locked in their rooms. I think it is time for an adult beverage.....

Whew...

So, the last few weeks have just been ridiculous hence the lack of posting on the website. My own sister has pointed out that I have been neglecting my poor, sad blog.

Short rundown on what has been going on and a couple new pics of the kiddos....

1. I had surgery on my jaw almost 6 weeks ago. Argh! Let me just tell you that I am now quite the soup maker. I have soup recipes for just about EVERYTHING. I figure that once I am cleared to (and can actually) chew...I will not ever eat soup again. At least for the next few years or so. Here is what this all entails. I have had my braces now for about 1 year and instead of spending the next year and a half in all kinds of contraptions to get my bite to line up correctly I had my lower jaw surgically moved forward essentially cutting a year off the time I have to wear braces. Now I am in the healing process. Which is of course taking longer than I like...my bottom lip and chin are still numb. Makes me speak with a little lisp. Kinda like learning to speak again. And I have to retrain my muscles to learn to chew and all. Again, ARGH! But, the upside is that my teeth will be great and I will not have to worry about my teeth moving back and having to repeat this process all over again. Yea!!!!

2. Kyle had his 4 year old check-up. He is perfectly healthy and growing just great! Of course he had to get 4 shots...EWWW! He did great. Cried a little but perked right up when I promised him a treat from the store...ie a candy bar.

3. Todd is also growing like crazy...he has been in a growth spurt and eating like crazy. I can hardly wait to see how much this child eats when he is 16.

4. Getting ready for Halloween. Kyle will be a storm trooper (Kevin is going to be Darth Vader) and Todd will be pirate. I just love Halloween and am looking forward to trick or treating this year as Kyle and Todd will really understand it.

5. I have a new tomato. I am trying hard to get this one ripe and ready to eat. It is still so warm here, feeling like in the 100's today. Of course it is not raining anymore so really no relief in sight.

Now that I actually write it all down it seems quite boring...oh well...here are some new pics of the boys playing around....This is hide and seek

and then they are lizard hunting.....

and finally best buddies.....