I promised some pics of my boys...

Mission completed

Mason successfully lost his first tooth. He is a toothy gummy monster now. He was so proud. There was a little bit of blood, but he stayed strong. We had the nicest day today. We went to the park with some friends, then got Max's glasses fixed because they kept slipping down his nose. Then we went for ice cream and to the pet store to look at all the pets. We love the chinchillas and guinea pigs. I want one, but Michael has vetoed the idea. He wants a dog, a shepherd, but those kinds of dogs make BIG poops and I will be the one to clean all of it up, so no thanks. Then we went to see some RVs and trailers. We are thinking of buying a trailer to go camping this summer. If you would've asked me if I'd see myself camping in this lifetime, the answer would be an emphatic, "hell no". Flash forward to life with 2 boys and a Canadian husband. Camping is apparently what we do in the great white north. So, hey everybody, "let's go camping". Yeehaw!

So....where have you been all my life????

Ok, not that anyone really cares or reads this thing anyway, we are back. M4 is here representing. I totally figured it out. Spring is here. Let me explain something to my southern peeps...you have no clue what it is to have "spring fever" until you have lived in the great white north. We are on spring break right now and the weather is beginning to get agreeable, meaning very little snow on the ground, and we are all itchin' to get outside. I'm organizing the house, spring cleaning, painting, even coming downstairs to the basement to work on the computer! I have missed you blog. I will try not to stray for too long ever again.

The boys are great. Mason is almost done with kindergarten, we have 2 months left which is approaching crazily. Max is in 2 programs right now. Loves the Kindergym, hates "the college" (as he calls it). I work at the Kindergym most mornings now as a substitute teacher at the preschool. I never knew how much I would enjoy it and I get to use gymnastics equipment. You should totally see my fat ass jumping on the trampoline, it brings out the kid in you. I'm petrified of "the pit". It's made of cubes of foam, millions of cubes in a literal hole. You are supposed to have gobs of upper body strength to get out, so I try to NEVER, I repeat NEVER get in. I have lost my socks and have almost lost my drawers too. Trust me, if you don't mind being embarressed in front of 3 and 4 year olds, then by all means, jump in. Otherwise, play it safe, like me, and sit this one out. I digress...

Mason has his first loose tooth. He's pretty proud and tells anyone who stands still long enough. Easter was good, he got some good loot, he gave an amazing performance at the Holy Thursday celebration. FYI, Catholic school, is very....well...churchy. Who knew? He sang the "Our Father" and then an amazing rendition of "Jesus loves me" that almost made me shed a tear. I still can't believe I have a kid in Catholic school. Refer back to the FYI. At least I am learning a thing or two.

Max is still his adorable, difficult self. The kid's got spunk, I gotta give him that. I must have been just like him and now my mother is getting her wish....payback. He's just so impulsive. I always have to tell him to "slow down". He leads with his head and I'm convinced he should be fitted for a personal helmet that he could wear as a hat or something.

I'm gonna upload some pics from Easter. Max obliged me and wore a decent shirt for about 30 minutes. He boycotts alot of fabrics and makes up ALOT of "rules" for himself. Like...."today, I can't use my arms, sooooo you have to brush my teeth" OR my personal favorite, "I don't wear jeans anymore because they are too soft". What does that even mean????

Thanks Aunt Jennie!

Jennie Lynn has given me Jack Johnson. I would've never known about Jack Johnson if it hadn't been for Jennie Lynn. One of his songs is her wedding song and I listen to the CD she gave from her Playa del Carmen wedding all the time. Whenever I listen to JJ I think of Jennie! Miss you JLy.

Just looking back at my boys...

Here is Max way back when he was just a little baby! Mason is barely a year older. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by. Who could resist these faces??? Tell me, who?

Just a day at the river...

Well, we decided to drive up to O'Brien Park the other night and played around in the river and threw rocks too. The boys climbed all over these huge fallen logs and had a really good time exploring the whole area. It's gorgeous with huge pine trees and it is really sheltered on the river bank. You have to walk down the little hill to get to the river but then you are welcomed by all these beautiful rocks. It's weird to think how pretty the rocks are here. We typically have to pay for rocks this pretty. The boys, basically Max, got totally soaked, but didn't care one bit and had the best time splashing and throwing rocks. Growing up in a house full of women, throwing rocks or hanging out with nature would've appealed to me, but when you have boys, this is what you do.

No matter where we go, Max always has to have a stick. Usually it is used for a weapon but sometimes he just likes to throw them at things. (Usually a weapon). Mason was content throwing rocks, but then he starting getting too close to Max and we were convinced we were going to have an "incident" on our hands that requires another emergency room visit. Luckily, we were ok.

Our boy is 5!

We can hardly believe it! Mason turned 5! I can still remember going to the doctor for a check up and then discovering I had to go to the hospital because my blood pressure was up. I was so pissed because I had planned a FULL day of shopping. That put a wrench in my plans. LOL. At 8:46 pm our gorgeous baby boy was born. He weighed 8 lbs 3 1/2 ozs and was 21 inches long. He was perfect since he was a C-section and was ready for action! All of our wonderful friends and family were there to help us welcome our baby boy into this world.

Mason had a pretty good birthday, I think. Nothing too fancy. I think once he is in kindergarten we will invite his friends from school and have a little party or something, we typically just keep it low key with the family. He got some great stuff a Superman lunchbox for next year, a cool race track. We are so proud of our boy!