Snowy December

We have had over a foot of snow this weekend. I had beautiful snow on my back deck, with just a few dog footprints going through it. Picture perfect....




Then....boys!!! Goodbye beautiful snow! Every house on our street looks so pretty with their white sparkling lawn. Our yard looks like someone has been driving a John Deere repeatedly across it. Oh well, the boys are having fun and so is Hayley.

V.I.P.

The boys have a VIP each week in their class. Jonathan is next week and Matthew will be the following week. They have to pick pictures of their lives, answer a favorite things sheet, and tell a story and draw a picture to go with it. This is what they did.

The VIP gets to help Mrs. Bauer all week, be the line leader and all kinds of fun things. They are each taking in some 9-1-1 things to give their classmates and I may go in and tell them about 9-1-1 a bit. They also want to bring Hayley in. I'm not sure the class is ready for that one!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We're having a celebration with Grandma Cindy and Papa Terry and the boys are looking forward to their arrival this afternoon.

Class of WHAT????

You see that right, proud members of the class of 2021 for Grand Haven High School!
Wow.

The boys' class has a new senior high mentor from the class of 2009. She will be in their classroom 2 times a week helping out and telling the kids about her experiences in the schools and encouraging them. They are very excited. Even if she is a girl, yuck phoey spit...

The Dinner Conversation

Tonight we had an issue at the table. The boys refuse to get to know any of the girls names in their classroom, they refuse to learn anything about them. They are girls, ewwwww. Apparently, cousins Katy and Lainey are the ONLY cool girls on the planet and all others are not worth even a mention or a fraction of their time. They are seriously idignant about having to even sit next to a girl in school.

The boys are going to live with me, never get married, and not have kids. I'm ok with that, Jeff is not so much. Matthew says he is going to marry me. I did point out that I am already married and Matthew said he will wait until Jeff dies. Poor Jeff.

Jeff's ego is bruised. He's also a bit worried that Matthew is THRILLED with the color of the primer of his bedroom. Matthew was furious with us when we painted over it today. He wanted a hot pink room!!

I can't help it I have corrupted the children...

The Caped Crusaders Ride Again

The boys couldn't come to an agreement on what they wanted to be for Halloween this year. After much debate, delay and frustration I ruled that they would be Batman and Robin again and we would try for new outfits next year. They were happy.

Grammy came to spend a few days with them. They had beautiful weather (we walked with them on Halloween in short sleeved shirts!). After their party at school they talked Grammy into taking them to Crazy Bounce to play Thursday afternoon. On Halloween they had no school so they took advantage of the 60 degree plus weather and Grammy took them to the zoo but they were scared by yellow jackets and retreated to the safety of a McDonalds playland (a scam by the boys if I ever heard one). They did a bit of trick or treating downtown and then we hurried off to hit the neighborhood while Grammy passed out candy at our house.

We stopped to visit their friend and former daycare provider Missy and they posed for one picture with Grammy but there was loot to be had and no time for posing for pictures!!

Making creepy cupcakes with Grammy

The boys were all too happy to help lick the bowl and beaters. I think they liked that part best of all.

We had a fun weekend in Grosse Pointe visiting Grammy. We hit all the highlights including coney island, the Farms pier to play, church, visiting Grammy's neighbors, etc. Jeff and I got to head to the Wings game and dinner at the Roma, yummy!!

New school pictures

These are just the proofs but you get the idea.

Jonathan funnies

He's been cracking us up lately.

Yesterday he looked in the mirror while he was brushing his hair and told us that he "looks like one of those good looking guys who does weather on tv"!

Then, tonight, Grandma is reading him a construction book and it asked him what a man made sound was, without pause the kid farts and says, "THAT is Grandma!!".

Kelley Christmas #1

No, you didn't miss something. Grandma Kris and Papa Mark are heading off to Arizona for the winter tomorrow so we celebrated early with them and had Christmas last night.

First, the boys beat me and great grandma quickly at Go Fish. They have minds like little traps and are really good at remembering who easked about which card. Then, we had a yummy steak dinner and have decided the boys are going through another growing spurt. I haven't seen Matthew eat that much ever and they have finally each gained a couple of pounds after NO weight gain at all in two years but growing nearly 5 inches! (Don't you wish you could say the same?)

Then, we had presents and the above all surprise was a Wii system for all of us. We had a ball bowling and driving Mario Cart for a couple hours and it wasn't easy to get them to settle down for bed but they did.

Do you think the neighbors saw me bowling all by myself this morning in my jammies???

A New Pirate Adventure!

The Pirate made another visit to see the boys this weekend. They went out for breakfast with Daddy, Grandma and Papa and then on a hunt to find treasure following clues their favorite mystery friend had left behind. At the end of the trail they found boxes loaded with goodies and treasures. Notice Jonathan on the cell phone to tell Mom of his good fortune!

We've had such fun with the pirate adventures and he's been leaving constant treats and treasures for the boys to find for several years now. Every little boy should have the fun of experiencing a special friend.