Stuff

These are pictures of Lance entertaining me in his closet while Luke performs another feat of engineering.

When it pays to be the little brother

When you're the little brother, you will never be the pilot when you are playing airplane. Even if it's your idea to play airplane. You can be the passenger. Or, if you're really lucky, you can be the co-pilot...but, you can't use any of the equipment, except for the inferior pair of headphones.


But, sometimes being the passenger is all right. You can put your feet up and enjoy the scenery, or your cute reflection in the hallway mirror as you roll by.

I Did It!

I put them in.
I took them out.
Then I put them in again.
It took 90 minutes.
It was/is very hard and very weird...

but, for the first time in about 4 years I am at the computer without glasses! NICE!

Wish Me Luck

At 10:00 I am getting these...


I am SO nervous about putting them in and taking them out.
Lance is going with me for good luck.
I just want to be able to SEE.
Can I do it?

Lancer

Funny Lance:

The other day he stood up tall and said, "I'm a tower."
I said, "Wow, you're really tall."
Then he grabbed his butt and said, "this diaper is the parking garage."

...hmm, should I take a whiff and see if there are any "cars" parked inside?

Speaking of cars, I asked him what kind of car he was going to drive when he grows up.
He said, "Um...a caboose."

way cool kid

Musical Beds

A trip to Costco (for milk) on Saturday led to the purchase of a mattress for Lance. They were all stacked so nice and neat, and there were only a few left. I couldn't resist. Luke was 2 1/2 when he moved into a bed, so the timing seemed right. Plus, Matt was there to help me hoist it into the car. So, why not?

L&L were SO excited as they rode on top of the mattress while we pushed it through Costco. We got all kinds of comments, like "awww, cute..."

As soon as we got home I got right to work washing all the bedding while Matt dismantled the crib and changing table. We even hung up a Cars poster as part of the "big boy" theme. All was well, and Lance was happy.

Then bedtime came.

Lance wanted to snuggle in Luke's bed. Then he wanted to snuggle in the living room. Then he wanted me to lay down with him in his bed. Then he wanted Luke in his bed. Then he wanted to roam the hallway. We tried all possible scenarios...except for Lance in Lance's bed. Crud. Night 1 was not good.

Sunday night came. Lance was seriously overtired from playing Musical beds the night before. We put him in bed and shut the door. Quiet. Sweet! 30 minutes later I went to check, and there he was:

NOT in the darn bed.

Night 2 was the worst imaginable. No sleep for anyone. At 4:00 Matt headed off into the garage to reassemble our best friend, the crib. While he was at it he noticed that the tire on the van had a nail in it and was flat. Nice.

At 7:30 he left to get the tire repaired. At 9 he came home and hucked the bed into the garage, with Lance sobbing at his side. Luke remarked, "Lance, you can have it when you're a little older. You're not ready." You got that right, Lukie! My apologies to Matt, for wasting an entire Saturday and 2 nights of sleep... all for nothing! No more impulse buys at Costco. Lesson learned.

A Few Christmas

Off to work.

Figured it Out

We got a NEW camera just before Christmas and I am happy to say that today I finally figured out how to upload it to my OLD computer! There are 244 pictures on it, and the resolution was set so high that it is taking forever, but I am halfway there. The new camera has this awesome smile detection setting where it automatically snaps a picture when it detects a smile. I'll never miss out on a smile again (hopefully). Here's Luke putting it to the test:


Yep, it works!

On December 23rd we left to spend Christmas in San Diego. Luke woke up at 4:11 in the morning, pumped and ready to go. Most of the drive was OK, and we kept ourselves busy and happy with things like this:

We were super excited to see my grandpa from Minnesota

Not too shabby for a great grandpa, huh? He still shovels his own (and other people's) snow, too!

...and to meet my dad's newest addition, Kyle

also know as the Mellow Fellow

Christmas blogging to follow...
Happy New Year, everyone!