This makes me laugh.

Really hard.

I love my Indy Bob.

cleaning with the boys

i love to clean. especially when i have the house to myself. when i get to listen to something besides"kids fun 123" or disney music. (although i really do love disney music) when something i clean stays clean. i love the smell of a clean lemon fresh house. love it. my boys however do not. this has been a battle ever since drew was introduced to toys with a million little pieces. i have tried everything to try to get him to clean up. races. i always end up winning. weird. "the gobble monster" resulted in a terrified 3 year old who would not be left alone because a monster was coming in our house to eat his toys. (thanks mom!) threats. many many threats. the only thing that got me was a very upset little boy and an even more upset mommy. some of my ideas i thought were great. others i hope he never remembers and that i'll soon forget. but i found one that works. and it's genius. (yes, my head has gotten very big)

so the other day as i was going about my morning routine, i passed drew's room with toys everywhere. i called for drew to come and clean up. i got the usual response. out of nowhere it came to me.
"ok just clean up the toys you want to keep! "
drew comes running in. "mommy i want to keep ALL my toys!"
"ok well then just put away the ones you're keeping."
"ok mommy."
wait. what? within minutes his room was spotless. not a toy in sight. we haven't had a problem since.
and i fall asleep smiling. at last, i have out smarted a 4 year old.

As promised, here are some pictures. Lots of pictures. I think these pictures really show my kids personalities. It is fun to see how 2 kids from the same parents are sooooo different! If I were to try and describe Drew the first thing that comes to mind is sweet. He is the sweetest little boy! He is so thoughtful and considerate. He is very creative, and artistic. He is cautious in everything he does. I do think he is a little perfectionist. He knows how he likes things. I love him!

Indy, oh Indy. I think the pictures say it all. The first word that comes to mind when i think of Indy is funny. He makes me laugh so hard. He is a crazy little boy. Fearless. He has so much personality in that cute fat little body. He is a walking mess everywhere he goes. We know he is done with dinner when he takes his plate and smears it all over his face and hair. He's a curious little boy. Into EVERYTHING! And i wouldn't change a thing about him. I am one lucky mommy.

Our Drewman

This is our Drewman. I love him.

Our Indy

This is our Indy. I love him.

geez, indy was just a baby the last time i posted. he's not really a baby any more. (and i don't have any pictures to prove it) jason moved all of our pictures on to a hard drive and i don't know where to find them any more. i will figure it out and post pictures!

my boys are getting big. we had such a fun christmas. they were so funny. drew was excited to open up any present and indy was excited to get his hands on anything drew opened (sheets and all. indy HAD to have them). we all got spoiled by the grandparents. i'm still trying to figure out where to put everything.

jason took drew skiing for the first time and drew LOVED it! jas said he was really good. jason told me that on the lift they were talking and out of the blue drew said, "ok daddy, let's have quiet time now." he makes us laugh everyday.

indy is all over the place. he thinks he is one of the big boys and tags along drew and daddy everywhere. he also leaves a trail everywhere he goes. i've never met a messier kid(ok well maybe one....) i have a feeling he can't stand having a clean house! it is alot of fun. people ask me if i want a little girl and of course i would be thrilled to have one (but also scared to death i might get a mini me) but i also love having a house full of boys. i love my boys and am so thankful that i am their mom. i love that jason works so hard so i can stay home with them. this is a boring post, i know, but for some reason i just felt the need to write! i will post pictures soon.

i love this little boy a whole lot, however,

things like this are getting old real fast! and no he doesn't have a diaper on. isn't that a fun little trick he's learned?(to pull his own diaper off) especially since he's been averaging about 5 messy diapers a day which is also getting old very fast.

this little guy is still as sweet as ever. he's such a good boy! (so is indy. he's just going through a stage.................... right???)