Official Mom of Boys

I think I earned my "mom of boys"
 merit badge today.  It started out like any other normal day, a dirty house,  food everywhere and the kids still wanting more food.  I came home about 1:30 pm, did a few things and then I heard the in pain cry.  I went into the room to find Coral and Ian at the door waiting for me to open it.  Ian had a big bite mark on his cheek.  (That is a whole blog story in it's self.  So tired of the biting.)  We get everyone calmed down and they start playing with the straws.  Somehow Ian poked himself in the eye with the straw.  I usually am pretty casual about injuries but this one didn't seat well in the the stomach.  So after calling around I realized that we needed go to the doctor's, all five of us in the pooring, thundering, lightning rain.  Fortunately we were able to get into see our ever  so understanding dr.  Ian had a scratch on his eye and we are going for another dr. apt. today.  He is walking around with a patch on his eye.  And he took his treatment like a champ.  There were no tears or complaining.  And of course the other two monkeys were poking their eyes wanting a patch, too.  I love how they are so concerned with the well being of each other.  Of course there was Drew, who couldn't help but to talk to the dr and let him know everything.  I had to remind him that it is not polite to point out to everyone that we are having another child in just a short three months.

Our First Hair Cuts

I have been struggling with the boys' hair.  I love their beautiful curls and blonde highlights.  Despite their cute curls they did look a little unloved and unkept.  I knew I had to do something with them even though I was having a hard time with the mile stones.  There is a very good possiblity that they are my last babies.  I took them to Angela knowing she would have a great idea on what to do with their hair.  I was trying to make it a little easier for every one to tell them apart so I told her to leave Eli's hair a little  longer.  I went shopping and came back to my cute angels and their new hair cuts.  I decided that Ian looked so cute that I had her cut Eli's hair.  Now that their hair is cut it is harder for me to tell them apart so I can only imagine how hard it will be for others.

Coral just got a trim.  It is still cute.  It is hard for her to look anything but cute. 

A Little Misunderstanding

Every Friday Keith's mom picks Drew up from school.  He loves the special treatment.  He gets to stay and play with his friends, go to McDonalds and get a happy meal and sometimes play at McDonalds.  So last Friday he got his happy meal.  He was seating in the back of Shirley's car and asked, "How do you spell foo?"
Shirley responds, "FOO".
Drew comments back, "It can also be spelled 'FU." 
So of course there was a five minute conversation headed by Keith on how to spell "Kung Fu."  Can't wait to see the sequal.

An Old Fashioned Mudbath

With week of rain we get a pond.  Since we have been rearranging the yard and moving dirt we have moved the pond under the play yard.  We have dug a drain so this doesn't happen again.  This might be the last pond in our yard. 

Drew was having great fun playing in the mud. And it didn't stop the boys from joining in with Drew. Coral on the other hand was happy to climb the play yard and slide down the slide and not land in the mud. She is a little girl when it comes to keeping clean. I wish I could say the same for the boys.

My Sweet, Charming Drew

A few days ago Drew decided that he wanted his sister to wear something besides pajamas.  We went to the closet and picked out an outfit.  Coral came out of her room.  Drew was acting a little koi and said something.  I asked him what he said and he said, "nothing."  Then he wispered in my ear, "Coral looks beautiful."  Only Drew could have such feelings of his sister.  He is an amazing little guy.  We love him so much.

L.A. The Natural History Museum

We were suppose to spend the night with a friend that lived in the L.A. area but were unable do to family in town.  I had already told Drew that we would go to the museum so on we went.  I have to say that the babies were amazing.  They slept and talked to us on the two hour drive.  When we got to the museum they loved looking at all of the different displays.  They were all to happy when I would get close enough for them to touch something, anything.  I loved the architecture of the museum.  There is something about all the stone and molding that is amazing.  I also loved the stain glass skylight.  We got the VIP treatment after lunch.  Drew was able to meet his biological aunt Courtney.  She works at the museum and showed us the butterfly exhibit that hadn't opened yet.  The babies loved trying to touch the butterflies.  Drew got to hold one and it landed on his shoulder.

Spring Break at the Aquarium.

I have been pretty much a hermit since the babies were born.  We have gone out here and there with the babies but it has always been to go shopping.  So I decided to be adventurous and let Drew have a somewhat exciting spring break.  So on Tuesday we went to the Stephen Birch Aquarium.  Drew was super excited in only a way that Drew can do.  I wish I could be more like him and get a little more excited about life.  The boys were amazing and loved looking at the fish.  Coral decided that we were going to run on her schedule.  We lasted about an hour and a half. 

Drew took this picture and likes it.  He says that it looks like all the other fish are going to eat the white on in the middle.