Cock-A-Doo Jammies

I made jammies for the kids today out of some of Grandma's Y's Rooster/Chicken fabric.

Drew ran up to Dudley when he came home and told him about his 'Cock-a-doo' jammies.

He and Douglas have been cluck clucking and cock-a-doodle doo-ing all night now.

Happy happy Cock-a-doo's!

Camping, Spiral Jetty, and Brine Shrimp

We attempted our first camping trip of the summer this past weekend.

We loaded up and headed to the North end of The Great Salt Lake, knowing that we would run into few (if any) other people.

Dude had gone on an overnight motorcycle trip there the weekend before, and had a good time. He wanted to take us back to enjoy it also.

Well, in the week between his trip and the family trip, the mosquitoes and no-seeum's decided to hatch.

We were eaten alive the first night, then again the next day. (See the poor kids scratching their bug bites while trying to play on the beach?)

So we finally called it quits, packed up camp just after lunch and headed to the Spiral Jetty.

As we walked along the jetty, the kids noticed that brine shrimp had hatched and were swimming everywhere.

Once we returned home, the first request out of Douglas was for a Brine Shrimp quilt.

I laughed and said, "I don't think so....", but I did decide that little Brine Shrimp bags would be easy enough, and useful for carrying summer goodies around in.

So I cut out a couple of felt Brine Shrimp,
appliqued them onto some
'water', and used some groovy fabric
for the lining and handles.

The boys are thrilled with them.

Now, for the next camping trip...

Get your motor runnin’….

Dudley got his BMW out and running this weekend.. the boys both enjoyed a ride around the neighborhood. Drew was first…suited up in the harness we bought when Douglas was little and riding to preschool every morning with Dudley. Douglas watched and waited anxiously for his turn, helmet ready.

Drew returns with Dude, and Douglas takes his place… but what? Drew going through withdrawals already? Oh….poor Drew! He finally “man’s” up right before Dudley and Douglas return home.

Do I see more motorcycle rides in the boys future?

Rainey Days and Mondays!

Welcome to Spring Break in Utah...

Douglas is out of school all week, and our Monday started out wet wet wet.

Drew constantly wants "outside!" now, he's even learned how to (mostly) undress himself in the mornings in order to force me into getting him dressed into play clothes suitable for outside. (At least he realizes jammies are not outside clothes!)

So today, as we did the ritual point out the window and yell "ME OUTSIDE!" I tried to explain that it was raining and wet... and mucky.

I lost.

The kids got to use the new IKEA umbrellas I bought last year, and Drew got to wear his froggy boots, (hand me downs from Douglas that are WAYYYY to big for Drew still), and away they went to parade around the house and open and close the umbrellas a million times.

Until Drew started using his umbrella as a Bulldozer, ripping a hole in one of the seams....

Why do I buy umbrellas?

My Pirates of Penzance

I ordered the boys some new PJ's from Crazy 8 the other day..(had to use up my Crazy Cash!)

They arrived today. I don't think the boys like them...


They haven't been wearing them since they arrived around 3:00 this afternoon.


They haven't been holding fake pirate fights, and stomping/swaggering around throwing out pirate words like: "Aaarrggghhh... shibber my fimbers!"


They don't even think they'll watch a pirate movie tonight.

I REALLY need to get a copy of Ray Stevens "The Pirate Song"...."I want to sing and dance like a pirate of Penzance, wear me silver buckled slippers and me tight shiny pants (boom boom), I want to sing and dance!"

Ahhh.. (or Ahhrrggg as the case may be), isn't it cute to see the good ol' pirate buddies?

Wait a minute... what is Drew doing to Douglas? Hey uh, kids......!

Fun in the Spring Snow!

Our next door neighbor Keri invited the kids over to make snowmen this afternoon...

It was sunny when we started, but the gray gloom quickly moved in and the airport started seeding, didn't slow us down though!







I don't think they had any fun...














Yeah, definitely hated it...















Hugs for Keri!













"I'll be back my friend..."















"Mom, can I keep it?"

New Pics of my Boys!

I took my boys to PhotoWorks in University Mall (Orem, UT) today! I do have to say, I'm a baaaadddd mom. I haven't had professional photo's taken of the kids since Drew was about 2 months old. Bad Mom!

So these were long overdue, but they are AWESOME! (Don't you love the 'mean boy'? Douglas wanted to look BAD... I think he accomplished it!)

This is a sampling, I got 26 poses in all. The cool thing about PhotoWorks is that when you buy the sitting it includes a CD with all photos and edits they do for you, and YOU OWN THE COPYRIGHT! So you can get re-prints at Costco, Walmart, where ever!

I have some serious redecorating to do!

I'm thinking of Mod-Podging a couple of more thrift store frames for some of these! Will post if/when I'm done!

Boys new bed!

I exchanged the free King size bed I got for Mom and Dad’s double size spare bed.. I dismantled the kids lower bunk bed, moved that mattress up top (which has never had a mattress on it, just a carpet covered board to play on), and created a full sized bottom bed!

I used the lower bed support as a brace for the bedframe, you can see the metal poles against the wall. I just attached it to the top and bottom back legs. The Ikea shelving got stacked, and now pretty much every surface in the room (excluding the ceiling, but including the walls) is utilized:

I think they like it!

Peek-a-Drew!

Drew and Douglas got Heart balloons for Valentines yesterday, Drew was playing Peek-a-boo with his this morning…cutie pie!

And yes, he is sporting a fat lip…don’t ask me how, all I know is that the kitchen counter and a lot of screaming was involved.