Who broke the snow cone machine?

Man we had a bad one last night! I could not believe it when I woke up. No one here is even close to being prepared for this. How much water, milk and bread does it take to get through this mess? This would really help our drought problem though.

NO, Just kiddin'. Weirdos in Ohio putting up with this junk. How fast does a carbon frame bike move in that? It is cold here though, a high of 55 yesterday! Buurrrrr!

Scott tested for his green stipe belt Wednesday. I missed it but Shayla said he did OK. He probably passed but had a hard time breaking the board. I think we need to teach him the: paint the fence, wax the car and catch the fly moves. It works in the movies anyway!

Adam is about 50/50 with remembering to use the potty and not the diaper. Still a long way out though. I will be throwing a no diaper buying party one day. I gave him the option still buy diapers or save for college. Looks like school of cosmotology for him.

Shotgun, Bousquet out!

Happy New Year!

OK, OK, I know nothing works on a 1 month interval but I will get better at posting more. Gegee and Papa probably think the kids are all grown up now. In the last month not much has happened! If you don't count Christmas with Nana and Papa Gerry, many presents, New Years, a trip to the horse farm, school starting back or the normal boys being boys stuff!

It has been only 3 weeks and the boys don't even play with toys they got for Christmas! Not the tent and sleeping bags, the Leapster, the fish, the robot, the remote control cars, the videos, the lightsabers, the Transformers, the walkie talkies, Mator or Flash or even the computer games. Well they do play with the computer games.

I think starting back to school for Adam was hard. He wants to nap every day and goes to bed pretty easy at night. As you can tell from the picture he will fall asleep anywhere. Check back soon to see if i can keep up my New Years Resolution of blogging more.

Adam singing

We have been trying to catch this on video for sometime now. I finally got it---No it is not Big Foot. Is it bad of parents to seek enjoyment out of their child's weirdness? Well Adam has a few things that just cracks us up--so I thought we would share them with you. He is singing for the Christmas concert at school and here is one of his songs. I also got a few of our favorite words of his on there as well. Not only is it how it sounds but also the facial expression he makes when saying them. I hope you all enjoy. Bousquet out!

Scotty turned 5!

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Man am I getting old. On Sunday Scott turned 5 years old. Where has the time gone? I suppose the same place my sleep has gone, I don't know but I miss it! I missed his party on Saturday night because I was in Ohio. Just picture Adam trying to throw a bowling ball down the lane and after pushing it he lays on his stomach with his hands under his chin, knees bent watching and watching and watching as the ball slowly rolls down the lane and smiling the whole time. But don't picture Scott getting a ball dropped on his foot or Charlie (Adams buddy) getting hit in the head by a ball. Luckily no ER visits due to Charlie being tough as nails. One of my boys would have cried about it for 2 months. After bowling was pizza and straight IV sugar. I think it was cupcakes but it looks like the little people circus was auditioning for some clowns. I got back on Sunday and we did a family thing with Aunt Stephanie and Francis as well as Nana and Papa Gerry. The boys were very happy to see them and not just because they brought toys. The best gift Scott got on Sunday was the Rubiks cube. Man I am tearing that thing up! He would say his favorite toy is the skateboard. He put on a show for us after only having it maybe 20 minutes. The kid is good... in his mind.

We'll miss you Grandpa

Well, This is the second time this year I have to put a shout out to a loved one. After a long struggle with his health the last year or so, Grandpa has passed away today and is now in a better place. My heart hurts for Mom and Dad, especially Mom. Even though we knew this was coming it doesn't make it easier. I want you all to reflect on how important your family is. Then give them a hug and tell them you love em. I will post later about some fond memories I have of Granpa, until then say a prayer for him and be thankful for what you got!

Don't put Daddy in charge!

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What do you get when you mix one so called adult, two eager to please boys, a little hair gel and some down time? Fun for the whole family. I think we could do anything to these two boys and they would still look cute. I don't know what was better watching the boys run around all excited about the new hairdo or the reaction from mom when she got home. Both were priceless. Maybe I am just living out my hair fantasy through them! If I only had some hair. I think that sounds like a song. Anyway, it could have been worse. I didn't use the clippers! The boys stayed that way the rest of the night. Scott said he wanted it to be like that for his Thanksgiving program (which he was an Indian). Shayla said Indians didn't have hair like that but I was first to remind her that yes they did.

Trick or Treat

We had plans for the boys to each be a Lego. Then Scott's plan trumped our plan. after hearing the boys in his class was ging to be a Ninja, Army man and Darth Vader, I guess a Lego is not cool enough. He decided to be a Tae Kwon Do man. That was an easy switch for us. We made Adam's costume with ease in mind. It was very simple and easy, right up my alley. They had a good time trick or treating but I think they had more fun passing out candy after getting home. Shayla, her parents and the boys stayed outside and passed candy out until people stopped coming. I was busy inside looking for razorbaldes, tampered candy and pencils in the candy. (Really I was looking for the chocolate and good stuff to hide from the boys.) 1 holiday down 2 to go. I almost forgot Scott's birthday as well on Dec 7th. Wake me up at the begining of '09.