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Last weekend Jason and I went to see Jerry Seinfeld. It is the second time we have seen him and it is so worth it! If you ever get to opportunity to see him, even if you aren’t a fan of the Seinfeld Show, you are guaranteed to laugh!!

We laughed so hard in parts, that I had tears running down my face! It was THAT good!

Oh! And a little extra bonus was that we got to take our purchased beverages into the show sippy cups that we got to keep!

It was a good date night and good to laugh your make up off…we so need both!

 

Hello!

Jack has had several birthday parties that included sleep overs and those parties really take it out of the little guy!

The first sleep over, they stayed up until 2:00am. Jack layed down to watch TV and he was soon SOUND asleep!

He slept for 2 hours until I woke him up.

The next sleep over I encouraged him to get to bed before 2 am. He did not. The next day he didn’t even try to stay up. I asked Sam where Jack had gone (he was on the couch.) Sam said he went to bed.

This is where I found him. Sound asleep! This day he slept for almost 4 hours until I woke him up! And yes, He did sleep just fine that night!

(I think he takes after his mom!)

My boys love youtube. They love watching top 10 videos and I really try to control and stay on top of their viewing habits.

So the other day, Sam was laying on the couch watching a video and I nonchalantly asked him what he was watching while looking over his shoulder…

Me: So what are you watching? Is it appropriate? (yea…I went straight there.)
Sam: Mom, everything I watch is appropriate.
Me: (frowning) I’m serious Sam. I don’t appreciate you joking about this. (me looking at his paused screen) What are you watching and why is it paused? Start it.
Sam: (Starts Video) See…I am watching the Top 10 Things We Have Learned About Ancient Civilizations.
(and he was..he was on number 6)
Me: Just have to double check. (walk away with a little smile and a giggle)
Sam: Mom the next one I want to watch is the top 10 animals that have existed since prehistoric time. Would you deem that one appropriate?

I just love that 6’2″ little smart-ass nerd of mine!

Hello…

This has been our house lately…

Minus the vitamins…not good.

Sam caught a cold from school.
He then gave it to Jack…who lost his voice with it!Jack then gave it me. UGH! I had it BAD! Lost my voice and the cold is still lingering, just can’t kick it…especially at night with the cough cough cough!! And my light snoring, which has woken ME up (and Jason.) There are times I wake up and think “WHAT WAS THAT NOISE?” oops..just me.
I then gave it to Jason. Who recovered from it fairly quickly,but constantly asked me, “What should I take?” And then he took all of my favorite cold medicine and so I snored to get back at him.

I had to laugh when I saw this video.

This video is actually to my dear son, Sam, who just stated that he thinks HE had the cold the longest and the worst! (Oh really?! Wow!) He would wonder if the lump on his foot was gang-green…seriously, he would.

Hello!

Well, if you live in my community (or in central Iowa), the big talk on Saturday was is you felt the earthquake! What? An earthquake in the middle of Iowa…yep! It happened around 7:05ish Saturday morning and it was the strangest thing!

Jason and I were just waking up and our blinds started to shake back and forth hitting the edge of the windows. Ok. That is super weird.  And we suddenly became pretty freaked out because there was no explanation…we didn’t leave a window opened, the air conditioning didn’t just kick in. Soooo… Jason went straight to the paranormal. “I think a ghost just went through our windows.” I didn’t say anything, but in my mind I did a quick body check to make sure I didn’t feel anything trying to posses my body. (Ugh!) All was good and chalked it up to no explanation.

Shortly after, Jason got on his phone and discovered that our town had actually felt the aftershocks of an earthquake that occurred in Oklahoma! WOW!!

After all that excitement, I went out to mow the lawn. I actually do not mind mowing. It’s time to myself and to think without interruptions. While mowing, I went past a large hole in the ground and thought…”Wow, that’s a big hole. Wonder what’s in it? And why are all those bees flying around it?”

“BAD WORDS BAD WORDS!” because as soon as I realized it was an underground beehive, it was too late and I mowed right over that thing.

Not good.

This isn’t the actual hive in our yard, but this is what it looked like, but with lots of bees around it.

I must have stirred them up as I was mowing closer and closer to them.

Anyway, as soon as i ran over it, I took off as fast as i could on my mower because bees were all over me! I think I was lucky because I had on sweats and a sweatshirt so I was pretty covered up EXCEPT, for my feet which had on flip flops.

OH GOLLY! A bee stung me right between my toes! It tucked it’s little body between my toes and stung me. Oh. My. Word. I have not been stung before and that hurts! Hurts WAY more than I thought it would.

I finally had to kill the bee by hitting my toes repeatedly with my hand and then pulling the bee out from between my toes once I got the mower stopped. Oh the pain!!

I hobbled inside and pulled out the stinger…gross. I have not been stung before, so I don’t know if I was allergic…now I know that I am not.

Now for some pictures of my nasty toes!

You can see where the little guy stung me to the right of my pinky toe. You can see it because those “little” toes are starting to swell…which is a normal side effect of a bee sting.

About an hour later.

You can see the redness had spread and oh boy…it hurt! It actually hurt for the rest of the day and into the night! I took Advil and Benadryl to help with the pain and swelling. Finally, the next morning everything was back to “normal.” My foot no longer hurt and I wasn’t awoken by strange tremors. How was your weekend?

 The boys have had such high expectations for the Vikings this year. A great new stadium, AP back full force and an amazing QB…Teddy Two Gloves AKA Jack’s favorite player.

That all came to a screeching halt before we even got the season on the way. Yesterday in practice Teddy Bridgewater (our QB) tore is ACL. Usually when there’s an injury in practice, they move the practice to another part of the field. This was so devastating to the players, that the Vikings actually cancelled practice.

Jason was working from home yesterday. He walked into the room and buried his face head first into the pillows and just laid there. I figured it was a work thing. He then looked up and said, “I am so sick to my stomach. Have you been on twitter?” My first thought was that someone broke their leg or an appendage in a terrible manner and he saw it on twitter. But no. He then said, “TB tore his ACL. Out for rest of season.” And he left the room.

I told Jack when he got home from school. I thought he was going to cry.

This is the text I got from Sam when he heard the news.

So, if we seem a little down. Please excuse us. It’s already been a tough football season. But at least we have the new stadium!

 

A Question or Two for You to Ponder…

1. Do you floss and then brush or bush and then floss?
2.  Do you wet your hands and then add soap or put soap in your hands and then water?
3. And a third question: How many days does a boy walk right past his hamper before he takes it to his room?

To be honest, I don’t’ know the answer to any of these questions, but I have high hopes to have an answer to number 3 soon.

Welcome!

Tonight I am off to Sam’s first football game as a Freshman (ugh, sniff) and I am super excited (insert smile with a slight grimace) to see what this football season brings!

Last week Sam’s school had an all sports Fall Kick Off…essentially, it is a big pep rally. I actually enjoyed seeing all the different sports and players (and parents to chit chat with!)

Here are the Freshman football players walking onto the field. Each players name was read over the loud speaker…pretty cool! Sam is second in line. #59

Sam was right beside his good friend. I waved to them both, Sam just smiled and his friend, which I didn’t catch on film (darn), actually waved back!! And then probably said to Sam, “I’m so glad that is your mom and not mine!”

Earlier that afternoon, the boys had gotten their football uniforms and I just had to get a picture! It took awhile for Sam to get on his game face!

The “bigs” both have younger brothers and the four of them can be found hanging out together.

Don’t let the pictures fool you. It’s not always peaches and cream by any means. Right after this picture, the bigs grabbed Jack to trap him under their sweaty smelling armpits.

That so has to be a guy thing. Gross.

Happy football season!

 

Hello!

The first day of school was today and I must admit, this gets a little harder each year when I thought it would get a easier.

This year Sam is a Freshman (ugh!!) and Jack is in 5th grade. As you can see, Sam spent his summer growing out his hair and Jack fits nicely into Sam’s armpit.

I can’t believe that this picture was taken just a year ago! At that time I thought they were so grown up…and look at them now!

Happy first day of school to all the kiddos in your life!

 

Um…

So we went clothes shopping the other day. I stepped into the dressing room with Jack to see how things were fitting. He said, “I need a smaller shirt. I need a smaller short. And how about a smaller sock!”
Giggle giggle giggle!!

Jack! Are those really the socks you wore today!?
Sometimes this kid really worries me!