finally

Max has been peeing in the potty like a champ since he turned 3 last month but he refused to poop in the toilet. So finally yesterday at grandma and grandpa's house he did it. I really hope he continues to do this because I'm really tired of cleaning up poopy underwear!

Ice Lays

Since I have met Jason I have been hearing stories of infamous ice lays. Jason and his friends would be playing cards and want to make the betting interesting so they would bet things like laying out in the snow for 30 seconds without your shirt if you lost. I even heard about them chopping holes in the Nelson's pool and the loser would have to jump in. These things seems a little childish but when you're playing cards until 2 a.m. and there are 4 empty bottles of wine sitting in front you, it apparently is still a good idea. I would have nothing to do with this so Jason said he would do my time. Boys. Anyway, Jason bet Sharpie and Mitch that the loser of euchre would have to lay in the snow for 30 seconds without their shirt on. Well, I'm not bragging about my euchre skills but we won. So with a lot of crying and pouting, Sharpie and Mitch headed out in the 5 degree weather with their shirts off. They laid in the snow for 30 seconds, while Jay kicked snow of them and I laughed my butt off, and then they had enough and ran inside like girls. What I thought was a childish bet turned out to be the most amusing thing I've seen in quite some time. Thanks for losing guys!

Frog mating season

These are not our frogs. Ours our a lot smaller that this and ours were laying on their backs. I just thought you should have a visual of this.

So I walked into Max's room the other night to feed the fish and frogs and to my surprise, the frogs were......ugh.....mating. I guess I bought a girl and boy frog and they like each other. I am curious to see what happens in the next couple of weeks or how ever long a frog's gestational period is. Jason thinks the fish will eat the eggs and we will never see baby frogs. I kind of hope that happens because I wasn't really looking for a frog infestation in our fish tank.

Happy New Year

We hope everyone has a very happy new year. May your year be blessed with health, happiness and prosperity.

I can not believe that just happened!

So I just had the boys outside playing. Max had on his brand new, never before worn winter coat. We were having fun in the snow when we spotted a neighborhood cat in our yard. Max and Micah went to investigate. I assumed the cat would run away like they usually do but instead it attacked Max. It completely ruined his new coat and broke the skin on his arm. It ran off and its lucky it did because if not, it would be dead right now. We came into the house and I called animal control. They told me all I could do is live trap it and bring it in. Well, I will live trap it but I can guarantee you it would make into animal control.

Frogs and Fish

Santa brought the boys a fish tank for Christmas. We got it set up on Saturday and went and got our marine life on Sunday. We ended up with 2 frogs named Ocean and Oscar. Max named them after his two friends at daycare. We also got 3 goldfish. They have yet to be named but I'm thinking about the orange one, the white one and the black one. Now lets just see how long they all live.

pics.

fun with baby Blake.

How stinking cute is this!

Nap time!

Micah doesn't really like anyone but Sharpie. He just crawled right into Sharpie's lap and snuggled in. It was really adorable.