This is me as a baby, and I just thought I'd prove that one of my kids looks something like me. Wyatt has my nose, and chins.

What's Goin' On Up There?!

I love Wyatt's surprised look. When he looks up you can see his little skinny neck under his big jowls.

Here I Am!

This was just another incident where Ezra was demonstrating my lack of skill with power tools. I put child locks on a while back, and they are 100% inefective. As seen here.

Loving them to death. I think she ws wishing for death at this point....

Can I Help?

Again, this is another reason it takes longer to do stuff. This is nosy Sniff.

Lights, Camera, Action!

You wouldn't believe the trouble I actually went to for this picture. My camera was on the other side of the counter from me, and I would have had to walk past Ezra to get it, in which case he would have seen me, and left the cat alone. So, I crawled over the counter, and then laid on the floor peeking around the corner to get this picture.
I hope you all appreciate the picture, because I've got bruises on my knees!

Check Please!!!

Ezra almost always gets a healthy breakfast, and I figure that he's probably a little tired of scrambled eggs. So, this morning I decided to give him a treat. Banana and Lucky Charms. The banana was to make me feel like I wasn't feeding him straight sugar and he ate it like he always does. The Lucky Charms were an entirely different story. He ate the cereal part, and then licked the marshmallows and stuck them to his face. He's not a wimpy kid at all, but he hates to have his hands sticky, so you can see where this was going. I couldn't wash him quick enough, and for once he wasn't thrilled to have his picture taken.

This right here, Ezra clinging to my legs, and tripping over cats, is why I don't get anything done. My phone was ringing, and I couldn't take a step! As much as I like having pets, they don't speed anything up.

It's been quite a while since I just posted some random thoughts and a little bit of an update on our day-to-day life.
I think it's actually been since before our Spokane trip. So, here goes.
We are pretty much doing the same things that we were a while back. The boys are settling into the house pretty well, although I just moved Wyatt to his own room today, so we'll see how the night goes. I'm not too worried, he's a trooper.
We got two cats, Scratch and Sniff. Sorry, there was no prize for picking the names. It kinda fit them, because Scratch, the little yellow one is feisty, and Sniff is VERY nosy. I told Ben on our way home from picking them up that I felt like a normal person again, and he looked at me like I was just some crazy cat lady. Later, after he'd been watching them he said that he understood what I meant. It's been two years since either one of us has had a pet (the fish I killed don't count). We are both pet people, and it just seems to complete the picture. Now all we've got to do is acquire a couple thousand dollars in credit card debt and we'll be living the American dream..........
We are hoping to get to Spokane for New Years to see everyone, but at the moment it looks a little iffy. My dear old car is sick. Really, 247,889 miles and now it's gonna quit? I love my car. It was my first car, and it's been good to me. I'll put a picture of my beloved car on one of these days.
We are excited for Christmas, but a little sad too. It will be hard not to be with our families, but hopefully this is the last year it will be this way. Lots of pictures and phone calls are in the near future.....
I hope this caught everyone up a little, and that you could follow my scattered train of thought. I'm sure I'll post again soon.......... The Big Red Mama

This is Scratch. She is a little stand-offish, but really pretty. I guess pretty girls really do get away with being mean....

This is one of my favorite parts of having cats.... Having them snuggle with you when you're watching T.V.

Life On The Edge

This is the friendly kitty, Sniff. She's not so smart, and got very wet just moments after I took this picture.

Ezra is loving them. He wants to hold them all the time, and now has decided that he wants to hold everything smaller than him, including Wyatt. I'll get pictures of that pretty soon....

Aint Nothin Like The Real Thing Baby

This was Wyatt's first taste of solid food. He wasn't such a huge fan, but hopefully it will convince him that he's full.

These are the two new kids in the house.

They don't have names yet, so if anyone has suggestions leave a comment!! They are both females, and I'm horrible with girl names.

Crazy Cat Lady...

I am the official "Cat Lady" in the neighborhood.

My sister put it very well, Ezra might actually love them to death.

Melt Down....

I never thought I'd be one of those moms who locked their kids out side. Turns out, I am. I understand it now too, some times you just need a few less obstacles in the kitchen. We had plenty with out kids yesterday. For example, there wasn't enough oil to fry the turkey, so Ben had to go to the store. We wound up not eating until three hours later than we'd planned. Both boys were getting cranky by then end of the day, and voicing what everyone else was feeling, but too polite to say out loud. We had very gracious company who never complained or cried, or threatened to leave.

All in all it was a pretty good day, and a definite learning experience. I learned, I need my mom to help me. Or at least remind me to thaw the turkey.....

A Watched Turkey Never Cooks.....

Well, I said I'd post to let everyone know how it went. We're still waiting to find out. Yea, an hour and half after we were supposed to have been eating, we're still waiting on the bird. Not because this one was frozen, but because there wasn't enough oil, and Ben had to go to the store... Thankfully everyone is being very patient, and not crying, or yelling, or even drinking heavily.

Again, I'll post later to let ya know how it actually turns out.

Forgetful Me

This is how we spent our day-before-Thanksgiving. Climbing insane amounts of stairs. We went to Mt. Rushmore with Tim and Ashley, and Tim's parents. You can't see it in this picture, but there are LOTS of stairs. A little over a half mile of them actually. That might not seem that bad, but strap a couple kids to your body and you've got yourself a heck of a workout.

Most people would probably be home, cleaning, getting food ready, but not me. I was out hiking and forgetting that you can't thaw a turkey overnight. Yeah, I forgot the turkey. I know I know, TURKEY DAY!!!!!!!!!! Who forgets the turkey?! It all worked out, because the turkey that I'd bought to begin with turned out to be much too big for the frier (I'd like to point out that this was not actually my fault) and we had to get a smaller one anyway. So, as they say, all's well that ends well. I'll post soon and let you know if it ends well.

Dress Up

This is what Ezra would look like if I let him dress himself. This is actually a car-seat cover for Wyatt, but don't try to tell Ezra that.

I let him get a little frustrated trying to figure it out on his own, and it's kinda cute.

House Keeping

Ezra loves to help me with whatever I'm doing, and being my Swiffer man is a good job for him. He is very interested in the vacuum, but it makes that job REALLY slow when he helps.

The swiffer breaks down and I can make it a perfect size for him, and he loves it.

I'm sure there are plenty of comments I could make about him going to work for the government someday, but I'll leave those to your imaginations....

Typical.....