Gross!

Matt and T1 found a pellet of owl barf the other day and brought it home so we could dissect it. I found an article online that listed the top 10 reasons an owl shouldn't be kept as a pet. Reason number 4 was: "Feathers and pellets show up in the darndest places." It explained that owls throw up a pellet of undigested fur and bones once a day. So, when we dissected our pile of puke, we found tons of fur, 12 jaw bones, many leg bones, and even a little skull. Check out the pictures below and give thought to how much fun it is to live in a house full of boys!

T1's Safety Patrol Application

T1 brought home an application for safety patrol tonight. In the space that asked "Why I would like to join safety patrol", T1 wrote:

"I would like to join safety patrol because I would like to help the school and so in college they will look back on my report and see that I must be a good kid."

I'm so impressed that he's making connections between the decisions he makes now and the impact those decisions might have on his future. He's more than a good kid in my book! :)

Our Weekend: From "Oh Baby!" to "Opa!'

Let's start with "Oh baby!"... I'm taking a risk and revealing my inner dork here, so take it easy on me after you read this. Guess where I was Friday night? Sitting front and center in the 14th row of the NKOTB concert! Yep, I finally got to see these fantastically scrumptious men after more then 20 years of adoration. Yes, I still remember all of my friends going to the concert when we were little while I sat at home watching MTV because my family didn't have the financial means for such splurges. Now, before you laugh at me, I know many of you also loved them. I even heard that one of you skipped school and tried to stalk them at their hotel when they were here in 1990! (I won't call you out, but you know who you are!) :) Friday was a fun and nostalgic day. Believe it or not, I even wore a NKOTB vintage t-shirt to work. There were plenty of laughs, but it was all worth it!

Now, onto the "Opa!" part of our weekend... Saturday night we went to a Greek Funstival with one of my all-time favorite families. We enjoyed Greek shopping, Greek food, Greek beer, Greek music, and best of all Greek dancing. It was a ton of fun! T1 was spoiled by my BFF and her parents-they bought him a Greek hat and t-shirt and a Greek flag. He wore the hat all day today (check out the picture below with T1 and a friend's son) and he hung the Greek flag on his wall last night before he laid his Greek-wannabe head on his pillow to go to sleep. The food was delicious, although I didn't quite appreciate the red hand print Trevor left on my white shirt (yep, on my boob) after he had stuffed his face with marinara covered green beans (I think that's what they were). True to form T2 didn't eat a darned thing, but he was happy because he found a small patch of grass and a couple of older kids to chase around. All 3 of my kiddos loved the music, but T1 learned two Greek dances and he danced on stage with my friend for quite a while while the rest of us watched and wondered how they had the energy to keep going - it seemed they were up there forever! Matt got brave at one point and let T2 and T3 dance on stage. They had a blast trying to dance in circles and stomp like the adults, but you better believe they were ticked when we had to take them off stage so we could go home. Overall, we had a lot of fun and I hope we make an annual pilgrimage to the Funstival. T1 taught me the Greek dances this afternoon while we were playing in the backyard, so maybe I'll be brave next year and get on stage.

Have you missed us?

Work has been demanding lately, so I've either been too tired or preoccupied to blog. Sorry. So much time has passed since my last blog that I don't even know what to write about now. Drat.

I guess I'll start with T3. He got his first haircut yesterday. He looks different now - older and more like T2. It's sort of sad because my baby doesn't really look like a baby anymore. What do you think?

Although he looks pretty cute with his new hairdo, T3 has been a terror lately! He's been climbing on absolutely everything. Our bar stools are now laying on their sides in the dining room because T3 was scaling them to get on top of the kitchen counter. He's climbing on the kitchen chairs and table, on top of toys, people, and animals. He's also climbing into things, and by "things" I mean the toilet. Yep, T1 found T3 sitting with his body fully immersed in the toilet. He was sitting in it the same way T2 used to sit in the bucket we use to wash the car. Remember this?



Now switch babies and place T3 in a toilet instead of a bucket. Totally gross, right?

T2 has been acting like a normal 2-year old. He only eats macaroni and cheese, cheese crisps, and bread. Any other food you try to give him either gets passed on to the dogs, inconspicuously pitched over his shoulder, or hidden on top of his head under his cowboy hat. When he's not not eating (yes, the double negative was purposeful), he's struggling to decide whether to be nice or feisty to his little brother. It's generally a crap shoot depending on his mood, but I think we're making progress in his understanding of how we expect him to treat T3 (as evidenced by the recent absence of bite marks on T3).

T1 is doing great in school. We had our first parent/teacher conference, but we didn't learn anything we didn't already know. Basically, he's really smart, but he talks too much. Surprised? Didn't think so. Matt and I took T1 and a couple of his friends to Fiesta Texas this weekend (thank you Grandma Sara and Marcus for watching T2 and T3!). We all had a fun time! T1 has had 3 or 4 soccer games since my last blog and he continues to excel. In one game, he even scored 4 goals within the first couple minutes of the game. I guess the coach could see where that was headed, so he quickly pulled the team aside and made them agree to pass to every player before taking a shot on goal. T1's performance aside, his team doesn't seem to perform consistently, but he's enjoying himself so I'm happy. In addition to playing soccer, he wants to try out for swim team soon. I'll keep you posted.

Hmmm...what else? I'm tired, so I think that's it for now. I'll try not to let so much time pass before posting another blog. Take care.