Snow Day!

We woke up to a beautiful sound this morning, a voice mail from both the Temple and KCD, "school is closed due to icy road conditions".....SNOW DAY!!!!! Even if it was the most unnecessary snow day, I will take it.

It was a busy morning, we went to get an allergy shot, Patrick picked up his next "rock n roll" book club book, we picked up a prescription, and I got new running shoes...whew. I love it when we are out and about around town and Wip points out different locations. For example, when we passed the car wash (which will always and forever be Thomas Car Wash, even though it is now St. Matthews Car Wash), Wip said "look there is the car clean place". 

After a few errands, Patrick wanted to check out a bike race. This was not just any bike race, but the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championship. Apparently, it has never been held outside of Europe, and they picked Louisville, Kentucky of all places to host this weekend. If you don't know this about me already, I hate biking. I hate the fashion, I hate the feel of riding in the street with traffic, I hate the gears, simply put, biking is just not my thing. Going out in freezing weather with my children to watch bikers do some sort of obstacle course with a bike is also not my thing. No offense to those that were out there, but it just was not for me (to participate or spectate).

Great day for a world championship bike race (not!)

D is like "seriously? what in the hell are we doing out here?"

Wip just wanted to have a snow ball fight

We decided to warm up at the library. When we arrived at the St Matthews children's section we ran into another KCD teacher sitting on the floor, reading books to his kids. Great minds think alike:) 

Story Time

Sticking to the St. Matthews beat, we hit up Mellow Mushroom for lunch. Beer at 12:00pm on a Friday? Don't mind if I do!  

Yes, please!

D refused to take off his hat

Wip eating pizza like a New Yorker!

We ended the day at John Speiden's house. Not John, but John Speiden. We had been trying to get together for what seems like forever and today worked. Wip has been talking about seeing John Speiden non stop. I gotta tell ya, it does not get funnier than seeing those two in a pirate and spider-man costume running around playing "dinosaurs". Pretty. Darn. Cute.

Pajama Day

I asked Wip to rank his favorite days and this is what he came up with:

1. Christmas Day
2. Pajama Day
3. Halloween Day
4. Easter
5. Birthday

What can I say...the kid loves his pajamas. Today was pajama day in the Cow Class. Wip was ecstatic.

I mean waking up to a favorite day even if you were taken to the basement in the middle of the night due to tornado sirens going off has got to be awesome.

Ms. Jan sent some pictures from the big day, and it looks like he made the best of it.

This was the "pretend" sleep picture

Movement

Leader of the pack

Boys, Basement, and Books

This post is very random (hence the name).

Monday was yucky outside. It was rainy, gloomy, and the perfect excuse to just hang out at the house. After nap/rest time the boys were playing in the basement and all I could hear was giggles.

When I went to check on them, this is what I found...

Just a couple of brothers playing in the basement. Really playing. Laughing, making a mess, building towers with blocks.  Enjoying each other. I had been waiting for this day to come ever sense Duncan was born. I have seen bits and pieces, but yesterday it was right in front of my face. I feel like they are the kind of boys that are so different but connected through brotherhood (like the real version...not the frat stuff). It was such a tug at the heart strings moment to see. My boys are bros. The real and fist pump kind of bros.

Before bed we had the nightly dance off to Hot Dog! by They Might Be Giants (or the song at the end of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse). Duncan really loves this dance off. He usually wins.

After baths it was time to read some books before bed. We read a favorite "Just a Little Luck" by Mercer Mayer and a new one for me to read "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. Wip is an observant little fella, while reading "Just a Little Luck", he pointed out that the sister in the book had a different ice cream cone in the book than on the cover. Really, who notices things like this?

Then when I was reading "Where the Wild Things Are" I said "and an ocean tumbled with a private boat...", Wip quickly pointed out that "an ocean tumbled by". OK kid, I got it.

Happy 4th Birthday Israel!

Poor Israel. He was supposed to have his birthday party a couple of weeks ago but sadly the stomach bug took over and he ended up in the hospital on the day of his party due to dehydration. His mom rescheduled the party and so last night we were finally able to give our shout outs to the birthday boy.

Wip fell asleep on the way to the 4:45pm party. I guess that is what you get when you wake up at 6:20am on a Sunday morning! Israel was greeting everyone at as they walked in the door. When Wip walked in, it was like they had not seen each other in years....hugs, birthday wishes, ripping open the presents...they were a riot.

Running, jumping, pizza, cupcakes. Kazoing did not disappoint. It was a little sad to think that next year will probably be the last year that all of the children are together at school. Wip has made some great friends.

Needless to say getting Wip to bed last night was a breeze:)  Happy 4th Birthday Israel!!!

You Deserve a Break Today

When I was a little girl, hand clapping games were all the rage. My favorite was the McDonald's hand clap that can be seen here. I had a "you deserve a break today" kinda week thanks to stress and feeling under the weather. Having the best husband in the entire world pays off when you have a "you deserve a break" kinda week. On Friday, Patrick took the boys to the Louisville RV & Boat show at the Expo Center and let me have the afternoon to rest. Let's just say this will be a repeat for next year. Fishing, ice cream, alligators eating otters, hot dogs, oh my!

Wip had questioned the otter...he insisted it was a cat

Bobby and Duncan enjoying some ice cream

Don't mind me...just catching some trout

RV & Boat showed out!

Bribe and Be Kind

Wip helped me try to bribe Duncan to eat his green beans tonight.

Wip: D this cookie is really good, you should eat a green bean

Duncan: Mine cookie

Wip: No this is my cookie

Mommy: Duncan do you want to eat a green bean

Duncan: Yeah (but not really)

After the unsuccessful attempt at bribing his brother we were talking after the bath about being kind to our friends. He looked at me and said "Martin Luther King, Jr. said to always be kind to other people". I asked him where he learned this and he said "we learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. in school". This made every penny we pay in tuition completely worth it. Thank you Temple!

It felt good...

This weekend has just felt good...

It felt good to pile everyone in the car and run errands on Saturday morning (bank, allergy shot, car wash, haircuts).

It felt good to catch up with Kristen and Kathryn on Saturday night.

It felt good to visit with Miranda and sweet Miles and hear all about her trip home to Hong Kong.

It felt good to watch Wip and Duncan play outside with Isabel and Harrison.

It felt good to make s'mores with the boys before dinner.

In fact the only thing that did not feel good about this weekend was the question that I was asked on two separate occasions, "are your boys twins?". While I think it is adorable that they look like brothers, asking me if they are twins just makes it a reality that Duncan is in fact a little boy and no longer a baby....sigh.