Another Trip from the Tooth Fairy

Today Will lost tooth #2. It had been barely hanging on for a while, but of course he wouldn't let us touch it. Today it popped out with a big bite of pizza!

Food seems to be the way to get these teeth out for Will!

Four Day Weekend

The boys were off for a 4 day weekend for President's Day. We started the weekend Thursday night with our "family night". Matt decided we should check out Cleveland's Asia Town. Who knew Cleveland even had an Asia Town? The boys and I were skeptical, but it turned out to be such a fun night and the food was terrific!

The boys tried their hand at chopsticks.

Will kept calling them his "pork chops".
We ate at Korean House. I can't even pronounce what we ate but halfway thru the meal, Will said, "Dad, you were right. This food really is good!"

The weather was beautiful for the first part of the weekend so we met some good friends at the Museum of National History. It was so fun to get to run around outside without snow gear!
Will even broke out his bike for a little while.

Saturday morning, Will concluded a 4 week basketball session with a game. He played a great game. He was pretty aggressive and took a lot of shots. He really enjoyed it and is looking forward to playing again next year.

Sunday night, snow started falling again and covered our yard again. We expect to get several inches tonight too. Please hurry up Spring! We are ready for you!

WHAT Have We Been Doing All Winter?

As the snow keeps piling up, and the temperature keeps dropping, I have to be very creative to keep my active little boys busy!

If the weather is not too cold, the neighborhood boys will still get together for a game of football.

And follow it up with hot chocolate.

This is how Andrew and I go pick up Will from school every day!

Luckily, my little Lego Maniac has been content to spend hours in the basement building the many creations that he received for Christmas.

The boys say they are riding Supercross Motorcycles and scooter all around (although I try to contain them to the basement).

In the winter, I actually look forward to birthday parties because it means an indoor activity to burn a lot of energy! We've been to parties at Little Gym, Playground World (a new winter FAVORITE!)...

(Andrew at a party for one of his classmates)

...and Saturday we went to a party at the Science Museum. The party was for one of Will's friends, but he specifically asked if Andrew could come too. Andrew was SO excited to join all the "big" boys at a party. As we walked in, he kept saying, "This is so awesome!" and "Cool!". I guess he was trying to keep up with the older kid lingo. :)

16 crazy boys ready for cupcakes...

...and then there was just 1 crazy boy savoring every last crumb of his cupcake while the other boys took off to play!

Last week, we were all a sick with a terrible cold (and ear infection for Andrew). Will missed 2 days of school, which actually turned out to be helpful to me because he helped entertain Andrew while I wasn't feeling so well myself.

Andrew needs lot of entertainment. One day this week when I was resting on the couch trying to get rid of this stupid cold, Andrew decided to occupy himself with my entire container of SALT.

When I walked in, he said, "Don't worry Mom. I will clean it ALL up 'cause I'm a really hard worker!"

One of the many TV shows we watched last week while feeling bad was old reruns of "Dennis the Menace". The boys think it's hilarious! And Andrew has asked me a 100 times why it's called "Dennis the Menace". Maybe I should have named him Dennis.... sigh...

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Kids Say...Andrew

This morning I went in to check on Andrew. He was awake and I told him to try to go back to sleep because school was cancelled because it was too snowy outside.
Andrew: "It's OK. we don't have to go outside at school."
Me: "No, the school is closed because it's too icy to drive on the roads."
Andrew: "But Dad can take me. He's REALLY strong and he's a REALLY good driver!"

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