Three Men and Me...: February 2009

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Obviously this is an old picture. Taken this summer at the Monon Center in Carmel. It was warm, sunny, beautiful weather. Aah... We can hardly wait for summer to roll around again! This 20* weather is awful!

Friday, February 13, 2009

Valentines Day!

Mark took us out to for dinner and to see the symphony for Valentine's Day. How romantic!

Here's a pic of the stage from our outing on Friday the 13th. What a lovely day to celebrate Valentine's Day! Mark took us to see the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Michael Feinstein sang and played the piano wonderfully. Though we were horribly outnumbered by people twice our age, we really had fun. 4th row seats, too! Thanks for a great night, honey!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Baby J's Birthday Bike

Tomorrow is my baby boy's 8th birthday. Eight! Already! How does this happen? He picked out a new bike for his present from Mark and me. It's red and black and has a kickstand. He was hilarious to watch when picking out his bike.

The two of us headed to Wal-Mart after mass, and we looked at their bike selection. We started looking at the 16" size, and realized that was the same as the size he has now, and had training wheels. Yikes!

He moved up to the 18" bikes, but there was only one he liked there. It still had training wheels, and it didn't have a kickstand.

No kickstand? No problem, I said. We'll buy one and Daddy can attach it. Seemed reasonable to me. But, a bike with no kickstand wouldn't do for J. He had three very specific things he wanted in his new bike. One: no training wheels. Two: a water bottle. Three: a kickstand.

We kept looking and found a cool red bike that was 20" and had a kickstand and a water bottle holder with a matching water bottle! He rode it up and down the aisle of the store, trying it out and swerving all over the place. That's when I decided to get him a helmet, too. We found one that matched and came with a visor and had 3 stars. Apparently, the 3 stars made it official enough for J, so even though he initially insisted that he did not need a helmet, he allowed me to purchase it anyway. Now if I can just be sure he'll wear it when I'm not looking!

Happy Birthday, J!

Boys are so weird.

Being the mom of boys is so weird.

Here's a close-up of J's foot. He wanted me to post a pic of his toenails before we cut them. I thought I'd show off his nicely-trimmed toenails instead.

Now, I know I have to take some blame and be the "bad mommy" because J's only 8 (tomorrow!) and he doesn't quite cut his own toenails yet. I understand that, but his toenails were ridiculously long. Disgustingly long. Like, "might as well keep growing them and see if they can get longer than that guy's in China" long. But, ultimately, the nails had to go.

J was so proud, he and R tried talking me into putting the clippings in a neat little row on the bathroom counter and posting a picture of them. They thought that was the greatest idea ever. *slaps forehead*

Boys are so weird.