Fiesta Bunco

Bunco was at Jenna's house this month. She did a Fiesta theme and treated us to wonderful mexican food. After we played our game she told us that we were going to take turns with the pinata, except that there was one thing we had to wear. She proceeded to pull out fake mustaches for everyone. Let me tell you......I have not laughed that hard in a LONG time. Each of us felt so weird wearing them but we couldn't keep from laughing when looking around the room. Then when you started to laugh, the edges of the stach would peel up and that would make it even funnier. Watching these girls take a swing at the pinata was hilarious! To top it off, Jenna called her sweet neighbor to come and take some pictures for us. You should have seen his face when he walked into a living room full of girls acting silly. It was priceless!!

When she first handed them out

Tammie taking a swing

Part of our group. We had several gone and a couple of subs that night.

Before we were finished, we decided to put them in funny places.

Thanks Jenna for a great night and a TON of laughs!!!!

Happy V-Day and Anniversary to Me

February 11 marked my year anniversary as a blogger. Yeah, I know .........I razzed the girls at Bunco for the longest time about how they were able to just throw their lives out there for all to read. Well, I finally decided to jump on board and I'm really glad I did. It's been such a great outlet for me and has really kept me wanting to journal and take more pictures of the boys. On the 11th, I sat down and wrote a great post and just as I was about to hit "publish" the entire thing disappeared, pictures and all. I was so emotionally ticked and drained that I didn't have it in me to start over. I figured I'd be posting about V-Day so I just waited until now to get back on. I spent some time on the 11th looking back at last February and it was so neat (and a bit sad) to see how much the boys have grown- especially Cooper.

Valentine's Day did not turn out quite as planned. It was a super busy day for me, running errands and getting things ready for the evening. H had school, Rudy went to the groomer and I felt like I spent my day in the car. Last weekend Hudson was sick and I was confident that he was getting better. He still felt under the weather today and this evening he didn't feel like participating in anything I had planned. I was a bit disappointed since Cooper is still so small and really didn't "get it" this year. I bought our second annual heart shaped pizza this year and Hudson didn't even feel like eating it. He sat at the table for about a minute, asked to be excused, and then fell asleep on the couch.

This year I added some Valentine plates/cups to our collection and each year I'll pull them out on this day. A little corny I know but these are the things that kids remember.My little "future heartbreaker"

Hudson managed to go to school and have a good time today. (he really didn't start feeling bad again until later this afternoon) When we got back home, I looked in his backpack so that I could get his lunch box out and go through his folder. Inside, he had a Valentine's Day card for me that they had made. I braced myself for something really sweet as I opened it up.

I read the front and got really excited...........my mind was racing through all the reasons he loves me.......but I never expected to see this:

WHAT???? I was thinking more along the lines of.......she plays with me, gives me good hugs and kisses, bakes cookies with me, etc.......... Little did I know that just by drying my hair I'm making a good impression!

Luckily on Monday night, Hudson and I decided to make our VDay cookies. I'm glad we did because we would of had to skip on that this year since he didn't feel good tonight.I also had to skip giving the boys their books- a tradition we started last year. Guess I'll just wait until tomorrow and try to get a picture of them together then.

On a positive note, a new episode of Lost was on tonight and that made my day! Pretty sad, huh? Jason and I plan to have a date night on Saturday night so that should be fun...as long as my punk starts to feel better.

Tales from the Tooth Fairy

So I spent some of yesterday talking to Hudson about the Tooth Fairy and what her role is. We kept the Tooth Fairy pillow in the kitchen most of the day so that we knew it was safe and out of arms reach of the little monkey. On a side note, I wish you could have seen Cooper's face when we went to get him out of bed. Hudson's tooth came out before Cooper woke up. So, when Hudson and I heard Cooper squawking in his bed we went to get him. Hudson smiled a really big, cheesy smile and Cooper set his eyes on the gap in Hudson's mouth. He looked at me for a split second, then back to Hudson. He started laughing and giggling so hard. It was priceless. So, the rest of the day we ran errands, got haircuts, etc........and at each place Hudson would tell the person working that he had lost his tooth. Last night before bed, I once again told Hudson the plan for the tooth- put it under his pillow, the tooth fairy comes and leaves money.....yadda-yadda-yadda......but for some reason he decided that he wanted his pillow to stay in the kitchen. I immediately felt the air release from my "balloon" because once again my serious child wants no part of the regular-kid type events. After much persuasion and convincing that the Tooth Fairy doesn't make stops in the kitchen, Hudson finally agreed that the pillow could sit on his dresser in his bedroom. So, I'm excited again and am retelling the story that the Tooth Fairy will come and take his tooth and leave money in its place. In a serious tone he says "so, when is she bringing it back?" That one kind of threw me and I quickly told him that she gets to keep it. He said "she's not obeying......" as he cocked his head in his daddy/parent kind of way. By this point, I'm tired of playing the Tooth Fairy game and I'm relieved once we tuck the kids into bed. I smile as I tell Jason that he has the honor of sneaking into H's room to make the swap. It only makes sense since he stays up later than I do. This morning Hudson came into our room with two $1 bills in his hand. He was bummed because the Tooth Fairy brought him "bills" instead of coins (we have a huge coin jar that Hudson puts change into and that is his saving jar for our cruise this summer) I then had to explain to him that bills are worth more than coins but I guess in the mind of a 4 year old, coins are much cooler. Yippee! Next time I can save myself a buck and give him 2 quarters and call it a day!

A few hours after his tooth fell out he went to look at it. He held it in his hand and squeezed it (not sure why) He said "when you pinch this, it doesn't hurt your feelings." I thought it was pretty smart that he made the connection that once it was no longer a part of his body, that it no longer hurt.

I've had many of you call or email to see how I've handled this tooth loss. Everyone asked if I cried and the answer is "of course!!" This is a new phase for us with Hudson and one more thing to remind us that he's getting so big! However, I'm thankful that I was here and that I get to experience these things with him.

It's Outta There

Hudson pulled his tooth out this morning. It was barely hanging on by a thread when he woke up. I could tell that it was really getting on his nerves. He asked me to get it out and I tried but it's so small and I just couldn't get a good grip on it. I got a paper towel but had no luck. I told him to pull it since he could stop when it began to hurt. He sat at the kitchen table and pulled, pushed it forward and backwards until it finally came out. I think he was nervous when he held it and he realized that it was no longer in his mouth. In a nervous voice he said "now, it's just like Colton" (my nephew) I think in an attempt to tell himself that it was okay. Of course, I began taking some pictures and I came to hook my camera up so that I could email Jason and our parents. I wish I had the camera when he went into the bathroom to look at his hole in his mouth. He had the biggest grin ever!! He's so proud and wanted to call his daddy and Mimi and Grammy to let them know. He said, "Dad, I lost my tooth on this Monday!" It was precious. I'm so thankful that God let me see this moment and that he didn't lose it while I was gone.

Now I've just got to figure out how I'm going to sneak into his room tonight to slip him a dollar!!