Shaving

Today Sterling learned to shave, with the razor Craig's mom and dad gave him when he started shaving (he was 30 - just kidding!). His face is now as soft as a baby's butt. Craig took NO pictures. Can you believe that? None. Not a one.

Needless to say, Sterling is thrilled with himself. As a bonus, he doesn't have toilet paper stuck to his face. Thank god for electric razors.

Sterling was teasing me that I could keep all the stubble for his baby book. I scoffed at that. Between you and me though, I just might. Ha!

Glamour Shoot

Having a blind dog has its perks. Say for instance you want to do a photo shoot. In the past when Kaedo has tried to take pictures of Ketchup, he has been less than successful. Now, he can get right up to him and take some great shots. I thought I would share some with you. Kaedo even took a few 'selfies' of him and Ketch.

We've put him on some new food, and while he still sleeps more, he is a little more barky - which we are happy for. He did take a massive header into a recycling bin yesterday which was sad but I must admit a little funny. As it was full, he kind of bounced off it then looked up as if to say, "what the hell?"

In my defense, I would have laughed if it was the kids too.

hmmm - volume 152236

Our new neighbors have decorated their home with Halloween decorations. Including headstones and skeletons. I keep wondering if I should tell them they may only get 2 kids the whole night.  hmmm

I watch more tv between 4:30am and 6:30am than I do the rest of the day combined. hmmm

As a non-music listener it's amazing how many records I listen to. Speaking of that, I am proud to say that Sterling's favorite song is "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond. hmmm

I have a painting hanging in my downstairs landing that was painted in 1963. I got it off the side of the road. And I love it. hmmm

Craig came home early yesterday and was immediately put to work doing chores. We worked until 9pm. He probably wishes he stayed at work. hmmm

Kaedo was mad at me yesterday when I started hanging up at the pictures he had taken down in the 'mancave'. He said it wasn't manly any more and wouldn't help clean it out. I sent him to clean up the basement and not come up until it was done to my standards. I need to get that kid mad more often, it looks great! hmmm

We're working on changing the 'mancave' to the 'mansuite', making a guest bedroom/mancave. Kaedo says 'ManSuite' doesn't sound cool so he won't be using it anymore. This is good for guests. He smells. lol

That's it for today. T-13 days til mom and dad arrive. yay!

Week 2

A busy Sunday for the boys. They volunteered all afternoon at at KOS dualathon (run/bike/run) and had a lot of fun. They helped cheer on the kids that were participating and even ran with one of the competitors that was behind the pack. They helped with teardown and came home in time to work on homework and eat supper. Sterling headed off to his weekly Sunday volunteering gig and Kaedo opted to stay home and complete a school project (I don't even recognize that kid).

Needless to say, when they headed to bed they crashed hard.

Start of the week and a bit of a rough one but tomorrow is a better day. Have a good one everyone!

While Manning a Tupperware Booth

The sheer gorgeousness of our son brought on the following text conversation with Craig yesterday:

ME: Sitting down having lunch and the two girls sitting next to me point to Kaedo and one says "I so want to do him". I said  "He's my son". They left.

ME: I threw up in my mouth.

CRAIG: Wow, did he hear it?

ME: Nope it was gross. I hate girls.

CRAIG: Did you tell him?

ME: No, should I?

CRAIG: Umm I don't think so. He already knows girls love him.

Did I mention that we were in the middle of a mall? Selling Tupperware. We had more 14 year girls flock that booth than H.&M has sleazy tops.

Did I mention I hate girls?

The Breakfast of Champions?

The boys love that their breakfast is made for them in the morning. What kid doesn't, I suppose. After years of having to make it themselves, they are thrilled that now they don't have to. We have it down to a science and they eat the same thing every morning (by their choice). Our morning routine also includes "the LP of the Day". Today it was Neil Diamond. I thought it was fitting as it was a running theme in last nights Big.Bang.Theory.

I took some pictures of their breakfast so that you could see what they eat. Do you care? Probably not, but it's proof they don't eat Froot Loops. They would, but I don't buy them. Because then I would. haha

Kaedo has a smoothie and half a blueberry muffin. I have a wonderful non-electric smoothie maker (Tupperware) and just use frozen strawberries, yogurt and milk. He picks the straw of choice based on mood or color he's wearing. Yes, those are store bought muffins. While I make damn good muffins, we have recently learned that Cost.co has changed their baking processes and that there is no longer a 'may contain peanuts' warning. There are still 'tree nut' warnings, but we (the three of us) felt it was time for Sterling to open his horizons a bit. He is not allergic to tree nuts, so we thought we'd give it a shot. The first day I stood over him making sure he was ok and he was fine. Now they are hooked and only want those, so for now I am giving in. I cut them in half because they don't need a whole one each. When I get them I cut them all in half and store them in a ziplog bag and put them in the fridge. In the morning I put the two halves on a plate, heat them up and they are good to go.

Sterling has half a muffin, a glass ramekin of yogurt (strawberry or vanilla) and a cup of coffee. People may say "coffee will stunt his growth", well we can only hope! At least in the feet department. With size 14 and still growing - I figure he'll end us with 16 or 17s by the time he's done, a little stunting would be good. As to his size - at 6'1 and 200lbs, I'm not concerned about my kid shrinking.

Anyway, that's breakfast and I think it gets them off to a good start.

Now the popcorn in their lunches may be another story!

Printer's Tray

This Spring, my aunt gave us two printer's trays. One for Kaedo and his knife collection (yes, I know - knives - no comments necessary), and one for Sterling. Sterling didn't know what he would do with it, so he gave it to me. After seeing what we have created, I'm sure he regrets that decision.

Since coming home from their holidays we have scoured flea markets, antique expos and our own stuff for cool things to add. Our goal is to fill it up. I am saddened that we are well on our way. We may have to find another tray and start again.

This is the bottom half of the tray. Kaedo loves to fish, so a lure was a great addition. The elephant in the second row was a souvenir from one of Craig's staff from a visit to Thailand? The pin on the right hand side that is kind of blurred out is the Superman symbol - Craig's first tattoo. The skull with the red hat is a pin from our trip to DisneyWorld. The skeleton keys Kaedo and I have been collecting for months. The cream matchbook on the bottom says 'Shirleys'.

The elephant in this one is from an antique fair I went to with my aunt. An old Aspirin tin - simply 'cause it's cool, a compass, a coke bottle cap, a matchbook that says "Cocktails til curfew" (Kaedo loves that - yikes), a metal motorbike (Sterling's first 100% his contribution), a Disco Sucks pin (which isn't true - Disco RULES), and some more skeleton keys.

Our travelling gnome holds court on top, making sure all these little treasures are safe.

It has been a fun adventure finding pieces with the kids and adding them. I would recommend this to anyone. It's a little bit of this, a little bit of that and 100% all us!