I know two blogs in one day...

This is mostly pictures though. We had a cooking class and I wanted to share the pics with you all.

Making some dough

Sticky dough

Mixing

Cracking some eggs

Look what we made

The payoff

Hard work equals yummy, not from a box, pasta!

Everything

First off I would just like to say that my children are the worlds best mispronouncers! Instead of directions they say erections! Since there are a lot of directions in boxes this Christmas they walked around talking all day about the erections...
"Where are the erections?"

"Mommy do you see the erections?"

I should be trying to correct them, but I am way to immature and am too busy laughing my butt off.

Christmas week started out a little eventful for us. A water pipe decided to spring a leak in our wall and as observant as we (meaning Jason) are, the water on the carpet was mistaken for wet boots that were had been set on the carpet. So naturally the next day when I woke up and it looked like someone (again, Jason) had been walking on the carpet with wet boots I called to yell, oops I mean nicely mention, at him he told me that he thought the kids had stepped on the carpet. I guess I shouldn't tease him so much, because I thought it was wet boots too. So I called our friendly maintenance men, who spent the rest of Tuesday trying to find the cut off valve and then calling in a plumber to fix the pipe and then the carpet people to suck the water out and make the carpet dry. Jason and I decided however much fun it would be to spend Christmas Eve redirecting our children away from the blowy, fun thing that makes the carpet look like a bubble, we would instead just move up our plans to spend the night Christmas Eve at my parents house. Mom and Dad to the rescue again! What would we ever do without them.

The boys had a great Christmas. Their Christmas wish of replacing all the old toys in their room with new ones came true. Imagine that and I told them there wasn't a chance of that happening. They really are the luckiest kids ever. Lily, as I predicted was not all that into the whole material possessions thing this year and instead preferred an old toy and wrapping paper to brand new toys. She will come to appreciate the girly things that I bought her. I am holding out hope : )

This is before Santa

Getting ready to open presents


These are not all of the presents they got and it still a ton! Spoiled Rotten!

Lily opening one of her presents

I hope that everyone had a Very Merry Christmas and that you all have a safe, fantastic New Year! Lets hope that 2009 brings a more stable economy and blessings for everyone!

Miracle in the dark...

Jason and I were in the kitchen Friday night when I heard Ethan talking to Matt. Not that they aren't constantly talking about nothing, but something sparked my attention.

Ethan, "Matt, when it gets dark your penis gets bigger and the more dark it gets the bigger your penis gets"

(Getting it yet...yeah me either, so I probed-no pun intended)

Me, "Ethan, What on earth are you talking about?" (Slightly worried)
Ethan, "When it gets dark your penis gets really big."

(Don't men wish)

Me, "Your WHAT???" (Starting to think he might be talking about eww gross I can't even say it)
Ethan, "Your penis, in your eyes"

(Are you getting it yet, cause this is about when I realized what he was saying)

Me, "Ethan do you mean your pupils???"
Ethan, "Yeah the dark things in your eyes"

(I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants)

Me, "Ethan those are called pupils." (Hanging head still laughing hysterically)
Ethan, "Okay"

Movie Star Sick

This last week everyone, but Jason and Ethan has been sick with croup. We had to take Lillian to the ER and Matt was out of school for most of the week. Of course I managed to get this. I was really hoping that one day I could be that cute, movie star sick. You know the one were they answer they door and they are like no don't look at me I look awful I am sick and the door opens wider and you see messy, but cute hair and rosy cheeks with a cute flush appearance. Yeah if I opened the door last week you would have run the other way screaming! Instead of rosy cheeks I get adolescent acne and my hair resembles a birds nest, except less cuter. Add that with taking care of a couple of sick kids and no time for a shower and I get a great smell too.... Oh to be a airbrushed sick : ( Movies gives us unrealistic expectations of life.

On another note...

Lily has her first tooth. I'd take a picture and put it up here but she keeps biting me and it hurts more now. She woke up with it this morning on her 10 month birthday! She really is getting way to big for her own good.

Matt is feeling much better and back to his destructive self. I think he will be a demolition man when he grow up. As bad as I felt for him last week when he was sick it was a nice reprieve from his hyperactive self (someday he is going to make me feel bad for that statement!).

Ethan managed not to get ill. Good for him. I guess being to big for lots of kisses is benefit. He did have his first kindergarden conferences this last week (I just applied make-up with a paintbrush to not scare the kids). He is doing great. A model student. Doesn't sound like my conferences at all! I should just count my blessings.

Here is a pic of them being beavers.