week 33

Week 33 and the weather is beautiful. The boys posed for this picture this morning wearing their shorts and t-shirts - no jackets taken to school. They are so handsome!

Yesterday they had Track and Field at school and Kaedo won both his 400 and 800 m races. Sterling said that he left everyone in the dust. He was very proud of his brother. He has qualified to race at regionals so I am excited to see how he does there. We are very proud of him. Of course if it doesn't have wheels, Sterling isn't interested, but he was a good cheering section so I am happy about that.

Today was spent weeding the back garden and doing some work around the house. Laundry always needs to be done, suppers prepared and a call from mom was definitely the bright spot.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a special birthday post and an exciting milestone.

Mother's Day 2011

Me and my guys!

A beautiful card by Kaedo!

A diet coke from Sterling!

Monkey bread for breakfast!

A new pair of Crocs from Craig!

Happy belated Mother's Day to all. We had a nice day. We got up early and had breakfast together and hung out. The boy's had some friends over and then Craig and I headed out to our goddaughter's first Communion. After that Craig and I ran a few errands and picked up a movie and the four of us spent the evening watching 'Bruce Almighty' and being together. It was a nice day and the weather was beautiful so you can't beat that.

Today I am mowing the backyard. Have never mowed the lawn since we have lived here so today is my first time. Craig gave me a crash course in how to start the lawnmower (yikes) and I think I'm good to go. Thank god the neighbor mowed the front lawn yesterday. I'll have to remember to kiss her later!

Have a great day!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to my Beautiful Wife, as well as my wonderful mother, mother-in-law, sister-in-laws and all the other mothers out there. You deserve this special day for all you do.

Selena Gomez

Sterling is a late bloomer. We have always said that. While some of his friends have had girlfriends and more and more of them are seen holding hands or snuggling up with some girl, I am happy to report that Sterling would rather hang out with his buddies than smooch some floozy. Selena Gomez is the exception. She is a cute, spunky 18 year old who has a hit show on Family Channel. Sterling is smitten with her. So much so that he hung up a crinkled picture of her. Of course that prompted us to take it one step further (haha). For Easter Kaedo bought him a giant poster for his room. Ahh, his first crush. Thankfully she's too old for him. And dating Justin Beiber. And lives in the USA. Otherwise we would have a big problem on our hands!

Peanut Butter anyone?

As everyone knows, Sterling is anaphylactic to peanuts, something we have known since he was 2 years old. He has on many occasions commented about how he would just like to "try it" so he would know what it tastes like. Over the years there have been peanut butter substitutes on the market and they have been disgusting. Recently, a team mate of Craig's mentioned WOW Butter, made with soybeans. Craig and I had never heard of it but thought we would have to try it as his friend had said it was terrific. On Sunday afternoon we stopped at Superstore and after some hunting, found the WOW butter in the Natural Foods section. While I try to limit my wheat intake, I had to have a peanut butter and banana sandwich - my absolute favorite thing of all time! Sterling took the leap and tried it as well and while he liked the taste he said it gave him a stomach ache after. I don't know if it is a psychological thing after so many years of never tasting it or if it didn't agree with him. I will say it is AWESOME!!!!! For those of us who cannot have peanut butter in their homes, this stuff is a great substitute.

Week 32

Week 32 and the weather is gloomy. Lots of rain today - all day. Kaedo's practice was even moved indoors. Very happy with that as the munchkin has such a history of chest colds. He was happy to learn that it was a one hour practice instead of two as that is all the field time they could get. Sterling's hair seems to be getting noticeably longer every week. He and I have a bet going to see who is going to cut theirs first. There is five whole dollars resting on it which seems to be a good incentive for Sterling. Would love it if he grew it long again, but I don't think I will be able to convince him.

Easter Money

For Easter, the boys were blessed with money from their grandparents. Thank you. They didn't know what they wanted to buy, so they held onto their money for a whole week - yikes!

Sterling decided mid-week last week that he would like to buy a new wallet. We searched all over the place for one and finally ended up at West49 - a skateboard shop. He found and fell in love with a Fox brand wallet and that ate up all his savings. His comment to me was, "kinda ironic that I bought a wallet and now have no money to put in it".

Kaedo had saved quite a bit of money and so he bought himself a new pair of shoes. These are Adidas ______ Suede, Special Edition, or something like that. We went back twice for him to try them on and he tried to convince me that the shoes he got two months ago needed to be replaced, but I wasn't budging, so he broke down and bought them himself.

So, thanks for the money - it was well spent!