A day in the life...

My days with the boys are fairly routine. Get up, get fed - feeding my face is alway priority numero uno when I wake up, get dressed, get morning chores done, nap time, then the afternoon is usually when the boys and I do the playing.

Thanks to a great suggestion from my cousin, Lyndsay, (thanks, btw) I took the boys outside, sat B-rox down with a bucket of water and let him "paint" the driveway. With Kieran in the jumparoo, I was free to take care of organizing the garage and attacking one of the ginormous bushes lining our stoop. I cut it in half. It felt great to hack the crap out of it, and it looks much better too!

This was before I straightened up the garage. I promise, it looks much better now.
Aren't his little "gyuvs" cute? He was such a big helper! He helped put all those trimmings in the garbage!

And I hepped!

I spent the day pureeing various fruits and vegetables. I'm going to hide these purees in stuff like pancakes, brownies and chicken nuggets. I'm embarking on a "healthier" Braxton campaign. This is the first step.

Anyway Kieran was my little "hepper" today. By helper I mean I'd put a blob of the goo on his tray and let him smush his hands in it then lick it off. He thought it was great fun 'til I splooshed some zucchini down for him. That was the only flavor he didn't gobble up.

Obviously, it was bathtime after this!

Low Ri-der.

If you haven't figured it out by now, alot of my post titles are song titles. Or lines from movies. Its one of my wierdisms.

Anyway, Pa Hat and Gramma came to visit and brought surprises!

This is Braxton's new bike. He almost reaches the pedals. The best part about it? I do the steering. Great idea right?

Apparently he doesn't like his picture taken when he's gone without a nap.

gotta love that new car taste!

Tax Free Weekend!

(This post is mainly for bob. We've always done post-shop fashion shows of our purchases. Its kinda hard now that we're 3000 miles away from eachother.) This weekend is Virginia's annual tax free weekend. No sales tax on school supply purchases. This includes clothes people!!! I'm not returning to school, but Mark let me take advantage of the great sales that go along with this fabulous event and bought me some new duds.

These are the adorable new shoes I got. Fabulous eh?

Oh, and bob here is a link to the sweater I got.

An Abomination...

... to the shoe world. I love shoes. Adore them, would have their babies etc. etc. Its my addiction. I'm ok with that. I go through a 12 step program every time I put them on. (get it? get it?) However, there is a company out to destroy the civilized shoe world as we know it. Now, if you wear these I'm sorry. 1. For offending you with my next comment 2. And for your apparent lack of taste in footwear. This abomination is Crocs. Its as bad as mini skirts and ugg boots only instead of only infecting college aged coeds this disease spans all people; male, female, old, young - you get the idea. Anyway I read an article in Newsweek today about these shoes. The author of the article shares my opinion on them and the link is featured here. If you don't share my opinion thats ok. You probably shouldn't read it. If you do share my opinion, read it and laugh. Its great! Here is a funny youtube video that parodies this fashion disaster.

New trick

I learned a new trick in photoshop today. Look below...
I know you've already seen this shot. But I had to redo it after I learned this awesome trick! People are always commenting on how beautiful my boys' eyes are. I happen to agree. This picture shows just how blue they really are!

Laundry Day

Ok, today marked laundry day. It starts as soon as I wake up, and doesn't end until I go to bed. Thats if I get it all done in one day. It sucks. But I really would rather do laundry all day than do the dishes. Thats just the way I am.

Anyway... back to the point of this post. On one of my trips down stairs (I get my exercise for the day just from hauling laundry up and down two flights of stairs - I have a three story house...) I heard the stirrings of Kieran waking up from his nap. So I figured I would grab him and haul the next load down the stairs. However, that is a bit trickier than it sounds so after a bit of contemplating I put Kieran in the basket and hauled them both down the stairs.

That gave me an idea...

This one is my super duper favorite. I love the expression.

This kid definitely ties for first in the cutest boy ever contest!