Helper For Hire

We had a party at our home tonight & when it was over, we gave our kids a choice: help clean up or go to bed. I know, they are both really appealing choices to little kids. Anyway K.B was the only one that was willing to stay up & help. I was so amazed & impressed by him! So much that I may rent him out for parties. The poor boy could only carry one thing at a time so after 10 trips or so he had managed to take everything upstairs.
He then proceeded to clean up the mess him & his brothers had made in the upstairs living room. I guess he really didn't want to go to bed! After all that hard work I said,

"Cade, I think I'm going to have to give you 2 quarters for being such a good helper"
"Why? Because I'm 2?"
"You're not 2"
"Then give me 3."

When he was done with all of that he offered to clean the play room which was a disaster. (Just know he HATES to clean up)

"Cade, I think I'm going to give you $1"
"you said 2 quarters"
"I know but you're doing such a good job I think I'll have to give you $1"
"Whateva" as he returns to his cleaning.

It's amazing what little people will do to avoid going to bed.

1st Timers

So there are many things I never did as a child. I never carved pumpkins, I never believed in Santa Claus & I never decorated gingerbread houses. Luckily, I have 3 sweet little boys that I get to live through vicariously.

Here are the artistic works of:

Combi, Ja-Ja & K.B

Enjoy! I know I did.

Christmas Came Early

Imagine me at Legoland & Culligula says, "Get the video camera & film the kids!"
"Oh, what for?" I reply, hoping he doesn't see through my embarrassment.
"Just get it!"
"You do it!"
I'm sure this has been a real conversation numerous times. It's not that I didn't want to video tape our sweet boys but it had more to do with our camera.
See, we bought this the year Ja-Ja was born (2001). It's not too old but it's more like 30yrs old in technology years. Just when you think you have the latest piece of technology, they come out with something better & flashier. (Jerks!)
Alright so what's my point with all of this? Well I didn't want to use my 8mm camcorder cause it's considered a behemoth these days. You know, like when your parents had that giant video camera that used VHS tapes & the rest of the world was using 8mm. It's kind of like that. Lame, I know.

Anyway, after complaining about our ginormous camera long enough, my sweet husband surprised me with an early Christmas gift. A new video camera. No 8mm tapes in this bad boy. So to make up for all my whining, I'm suppose to record every second of our lives & transfer all our 8mm to DVD. Yeah, I probably should've kept my mouth shut.