No one has really fought with his brother.
No one has really pouted.
No one has really talked back.
No one has stepped on a Lego.
This is good.
Will it last all day???
by: Jessica at 6/30/2009 12:35:00 PM 2 Words to brighten my day
by: Jessica at 6/29/2009 11:43:00 AM 3 Words to brighten my day
Well, the LSU Tigers did it again...They are the National Champions of BASEBALL! They rocked the College World Series this year. Bart got to go to TWO games, would have been three but some things came up and he and Brennan missed the final game (even though they had free tickets waiting for them at Will Call!!!!)
It was a lot of fun to be surrounded by baseball. We went to Fun Fest the Friday before it started and the boys still talk about meeting the LSU players (even if they were less then enthusiastic in signing autographs and we now have a Michael Jordan #23 ball, not a Ranaundo ball).
I'd have to say the one good thing about living in Omaha is the CWS. Some people's lives come to a standstill for the games, and if I could afford it, my family would go to every game. I think it would be a blast.
Now, here is a recipe I recieved from Bart's LSU crazed cousin, Kyra, though she didn't make it up (cause it was a forward). You know those cajuns, so creative in their cooking.
RECIPE FOR LONGHORN GUMBO
1. Start with some Super-Regional seasoned RICE.
2. Carefully move from the back burner in Baton Rouge to the hot stove in Omaha.
3. Add some VIRGINIA country ham—do so quickly because it doesn’t stay fresh long.
4. Season with a double dose of pig fat—RAZORBACK fat, that is.
5. Slowly bring to a boil in a heat index of 107.
6. Then slowly add LONGHORN meat—make sure meat comes from Austin, TX.
7. Cook for 11 innings on the first day.
8. Let cool for a day.
9. Then bring to a boil and blow the lid off on day 3!!
This is a tried and true recipe and one that’s sure to tantalize the taste buds of Tiger fans everywhere.
by: Jessica at 6/26/2009 02:32:00 PM 2 Words to brighten my day
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by: Jessica at 6/16/2009 02:57:00 PM 4 Words to brighten my day
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by: Jessica at 6/11/2009 03:14:00 PM 2 Words to brighten my day
Out of 153 total entries (including the zillion and one comments left by Megan :), the winner of the BabyLegs is Lauren, #92. Lauren picked the jellybean baby legs.
Thanks to everybody who entered. I really love these BabyLegs and hope that if you are ever in the market for something to keep your baby warm, protect his knees while crawling, or if you want a pair for yourself to use under a teeshirt in the fall, I hope you go order a pair.
Lauren has 48 hours to respond to my email and then another winner will be chosen.
by: Jessica at 6/11/2009 09:14:00 AM 1 Words to brighten my day
For this giveaway, I will be picking the winner by taking the total number of comments on the BabyLegs post, then taking those who left comments today and are sitting in my in box, giving them the #'s after the BL post ones, and then giving the final talley to random.org to pick the winner. If the # is past the BL post, I will just look at my list from my inbox of names and find the winner. Easy, peasy, right?
by: Jessica at 6/10/2009 02:43:00 PM 3 Words to brighten my day
The BabyLegs giveaway ends today at midnight.
The boys have loved wearing the BabyLegs (Ethan esp. b/c he likes to chew on fabric and he can chew on this and not have us freak out he is going to suffocate himself). I think I might have to order a few pairs for the winter!
For extra entries, today only, leave a comment that actually relates to any blog post (don't forget those email addresses if you don't have it listed in your blogger profile or somewhere easy to fine) on this or my other blogs, and get extra entries. Find the other blogs listed in my profile. If you already left a comment on a post, just leave another one. I get all comments emailed to me, so it will be easy to keep track of!
You MUST have entered the initial contest, first, with the "what is the pair you want to (and will) win part first to be eligible!!!!
by: Jessica at 6/10/2009 07:44:00 AM 3 Words to brighten my day
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by: Jessica at 6/08/2009 07:00:00 AM 4 Words to brighten my day
Our neighbor across the street is having a garage sale. Yeah for a bunch of deal seeking folks from all walks of life trampsing down my nice, quiet street. He suggested the boys set up a lemonade stand and sell sodas.
Of course my money loving (they play with change like it is a toy) boys were excited to do this.
I spent about $20 on Mr. Pibb, Diet Coke, Coke, Country Time Lemonade, Kool-aid pouches and some treats (M&M's, KitKats, Little Debbies) I told the boys they had to pay me back for the investment before they earned any money.
Who am I kidding? I am not making my adorable babies pay for the soda. Their happiness and excitement are payment enough. (That and every time Brennan has been naughty I have taken some of his money) Also, they have eaten about half the treats and drank about six Kool Aid pouches, so they'd owe themselves more money then they made.
Day one (the first picture with jackets and the handwritten signs) brought in $8.25...not bad considering Brennan snuck across the street about ten times buying random small trinkets. Mostly bells. That broke. Because they were glass. And not toys. Especially not toys for little boys. Good thing they were a quarter each.
Thursday was cold...as in 61 degrees at 9:30! Not too many people out for sales that morning (though they really do come on Thursdays, weird, hm?) but that afternoon warmed up and Brennan sat outside all afternoon (after a nice 2 hour trip to the park with friends) and made some cash. He listened to my I-pod, played LEGOS and made money. Good times.
Last night I remade their sign because A) I don't know if people could read it B) Jackson spilled some Kool-Aid all over the first one.
Today they have made $5 so far...maybe a few more to come? Probably not because we are closing shop at 4 to get ready to go to the circus tonight. (The sale goes until 5 and yesterday evening a lot of neighbors stopped by) Today Jackson made his first independent sale and it was so cute. Today Jackson got $1.50 and ran to find Brennan and brag the second the he said "Thank you." Today is warmer then yesterday so no jackets needed to be dug out of the winter clothes bins. Today we had fun (after I baked an adorable birtday cake that I actually got PAID to make...so far for cakes I've earned a t.v. for the basement {score!} and $25...the lady thought it was $35, but I still feel like my cakes are sub-par...I hope she likes it. Strawberry with cream cheese frosting, but I digress)
I wonder if the boys learned anything from this experience...They will learn what paying 10% in tithing is like (that's good, get them used to it now). They learned patience as they sit/sat and waited. They learned about working together as one ran inside to get a drink they did not have in the ice chest...maybe they even learned a little bit about kindness to others. They defintely learned if you keep going across the street and buying Mommy "presents" of purses for a quarter, you will lose the power to hold the money jar.
That's what I think they will learn...I will have to ask them later.
Oh, and one cute story about the POP SHOP: Today Brennan was sitting inside watching t.v. when we noticed someone outside. He ran out the door yelling, "I'm the owner of this shop!" It was so funny that the lady gave him an extra dollar.
by: Jessica at 6/05/2009 12:43:00 PM 8 Words to brighten my day
We got a package today...with not one but TWO pairs of BabyLegs. How cool and fun is that?
We were on our way to the park and tested out the "Cool" kind, which are UPF protection of 50+ feature a lightweight single-ply mesh design.
Both boys really loved them...poor little Ethan didn't get to wear them, but he was in the shade the whole time, so that is okay.
At the end of our almost three hour park date, I asked Jackson if he was hot in them and he said he was not.
I'll leave it to you if you want to believe him or not.
When we got home, Brennan put his back on (he'd taken them off during sand tunneling time) and is outside at his Soda Shop right now...more on that tomorrow.
Enter HERE to win some. You've got until June 10th.
I really liked that they were not girlie looking. Lots of stuff is mostly girlie looking and I want to scream, "HELLO! SOME OF US HAVE BOYS!" so they will start to make boy stuff, too.
In other news...why can't my kids figure out how to CLOSE the door when they go outside? I am staring at an open door right now. Argh.
Also, the circus is tomorrow and we are all excited about that. Then the next weekend the College World Series begins. I have a whole post forming about it...for now, I will tell you that we are probably going to go to the family day stuff the first day. Free baseball related activities equals fun in my book. AND it is the last year at Rosenblatt, so you just CAN'T miss that. Really. I even knew what Rosenblatt was when we lived in Baton Rouge b/c of LSU. I remember Ms. Glenda was SOOOOO sick and the CWS was on t.v. in her room. Ms. Glenda was a forever fan of LSU, as are we. I realllllllly hope they whip butt these last few games and get out here to bring it all home!
by: Jessica at 6/04/2009 03:29:00 PM 2 Words to brighten my day
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