Deer outside my door

I so tried to get a pic of this, but nothing came out right since it was getting dark out :(
When I was putting clothes in the hamper on our back porch/laundry room, I heard something at our gate, so I opened the back door, and saw a family of deer right outside our fence. I immediately got Travis and Mace (Lex was already asleep), and we watched for a few seconds. I couldn't figure out why one of the deer was trying very hard to get into our yard until I looked over to my left at our apple trees. Eureka! They were looking for something to eat. Travis quietly walked to the trees and threw several apples over the the deers (Mace even got one good throw in). We quietly went back inside and peeked out the window at the deers munching away. Sometimes, it really is cool to live up in the "wilderness."

Wednesday is "Dusty Baker" Day

For those of you haven't been out for a visit yet, thought I'd let you know what goes on every Wednesday morning: "Dusty Baker" day; translation: dusting and chores day!

In order to do a good dusting, I've chosen to let the boys take part, and remove the cushions from the couch for them to play on while I dust (plus I get to clean out the crumbs in the couch)!

We put on 80's music and dance and jump around while cleaning; why not make cleaning a little less tedious, right?

Just like Papa

Can you tell Mace wants to be just like his Papa?

Birthday Party invitations

Okay, here is a picture of the birthday party invitations I made for Mace's party (the actual invites look better irl)! Mace loved the light sabers being used as birthday candles, but now, naturally, he's hoping for "real" light saber birthday candles on his birthday cake (guess I'll be surfing the net in search of).

Oh yeah, in case you haven't figured it out, Mace wanted a Star Wars birthday this year (think he's being influenced by his Papa at all)!

Saturday evening at the "Museum"

After a very difficult day of working on getting Lex down to one nap a day (can you say crabby?), Mace and I headed to our sandbox for some "fossil digging." We "dug up" dinosaurs, frog, snakes, lizards, and bugs. Then we displayed them in our "museum." Mace was so proud of our "museum" display that he even tried to take a picture of it himself (a little blurring, but a decent picture all the same).

Who says parents of young children miss out on exciting evenings out?

Friday morning fun!

I'm so excited! Mace and Lex FINALLY played together this morning (and I mean together, not side-by-side)!

Travis brought this big box home from work the other day, and Mace started playing with it right away. He's been playing a game called "Back from MI." Basically, he lays down in the box and I close the lid. The I say something like, "I wonder what's in this big package?" Then Mace pops out and says, "It's me, back from Michigan!"

Well this morning, Lex decided to join him in the box. They both got inside and laid down. Then I closed the flaps and said my part. Both boys popped out on cue! It was so cute!

Made my heart full of happiness!

Got Milk?

This is the reason I've been avoiding putting much milk in Lex's cereal!

Lex and baths

Lex has moved from the cramped bathroom sink to the bigger kitchen sink and he's much happier about bath time now!

Mace's first Day of School

Honeymoon's Over, Grocery SHopping, and other Thursday events

Okay, so the honeymoon period of a new school year is OVER for Mace. He started part-time preschool last week, and both Monday and today, he didn't want to go to school. He cried on the way there, and cried when I left, but when I picked him up, he was contently listening to a story being read aloud; just the beginning of the joys of schooling I suppose!

And while Mace was at school, Lex and I did the dreaded grocery shopping. When I was a young adult, I SWORE that I would not do the type of grocery shopping my mom did when I was little (buying huge amounts all at once). But the distance to the grocery store and finances have dictated, that I have once again become my mom. I don't know who i feel worse for during these excursions: the store employees, Lex, me, the other shoppers; let's just say that at least I'm happy it's done!

What will I do without a "Think You Can Dance" results show tonight???

And that's a wrap for the day folks...