What my 3 year old taught me!

At night Adam and I read together and Scott and Shayla read together. About 2 months ago all Adam wanted to to read was a space book. Well evidently it worked. At any time you can ask him to name the planets in order and this is what you hear! Why is it that easy for him to memorize the planets but can't remember not to potty in his pants? Maybe one day we will say goodbye to diapers. Until then I will say- "Oh yeah, he knows all the planets!" Maybe he needs some visitors to help him along. (wink, wink) -You know who you are!

The son NOT in TKD!

I think the video speaks for itself. Do you think kids pick up on things in their environment? I know I couldn't count to 10 in Korean until I was 35! What is interesting is Adam does this with more intensity than Scott does. They really don't wear the headband, I added it for theatrical expression. (Sorry, novice videographer/ IT dude can't figure out why it is sideways!)

Spring break!

How is this for the first day of spring break and Shayla's birthday:
Shayla gets out of the shower to see a large mess all over the upstairs. The kind of mess that belongs in a diaper or potty! Adam picked the worst time ever to decide to start going on the potty, when no adults are around. His pants and diaper lay nicely (and clean) on the ground while the potty, his towel, the bathroom, bedroom, hallway and our bedroom floor were dirty not to mention on his body as well. Adam saw it as look what I did, no poopy in the diaper. It is hard to fault him for trying but maybe we can plan this out better next time. Happy birthday Mommy!

In Sunday school yesterday Scott made a palm branch out of green paper. When we asked him what it was, he told us. Then we asked why did he make it and he said it was because it was PALM TREE SUNDAY! I think I like palm tree Sunday. We need to have more of those!

In the interest of TMI (too much information) we decided to leave the pictures out for today!

We got a green belt in the house!

Scott tested and passed to receive his green belt. I think they went a little easy on him because of his age. He is the youngest and the oldest is around 11 or so, I think. That is a big difference. He did well on his form, sparring and breaking the board (on his first kick). He had a little, well a lot of trouble with the terms. I just don't understand that when we don't practice terms he can't speak Korean! Oh well, we have gone completely obsessive parent and bought a terms CD they sell at the school for him to practice. If he misses one I now swat his knees with a bamboo stick. Toughen up green belt! Now he starts real sparring so we have to get him a helmet, mouth piece, shin guards and a cup. "A cup?" he says, "What is that?" And Shayla, the great mother she is says, "Have daddy tell you". "Well son, Your peepee is on the outside of you , this is a cool piece of equipment that covers that area so if you get hit or kicked there it will not hurt as bad." Scott- "Peepee ha, ha, ha, ha, ha"- moment of silence "Mommy, what do you have?" "Um, yeah, um, watch tv Scott." Boy we are going to be great at the birds and bees talk!

Adam and Scott has been driving us crazy because we are getting rain everyday. They are going a little mental on us. Scott just walks around making noises like he is a radio dialed on a number with no station to it and Adam is learning how to push Scott's buttons to make him angry. His buttons are big and easy to find! I think Shayla is about to pick up a habit of shutting her head in a door over and over. Hopefully this blows over before someone gets hurt, goes insane or leaves and doesn't come back.

ADAM TURNS 3!

Another year down. Adam had his birthday on the 14th. We had a very small party, just us and some sugar! The boys have been spoiled the past 2 weeks with Papa and Gee gee here. The boys would wake them up regularly with band instruments banging and screaming before 7:00 am. I wonder what they would do if that was me doing it to them? Not to mention the boys would just mention something and it magically appeared at our house. Poof! We did have a great visit and hope we made it hard for them to go home because the boys want them to stay for good. The pics are from Adams birthday party and some goofy pics we took the past few weeks. I was forced to make a monkey face with Adam but I think it is my best look.

We could not figure out why the trampoline was not working correctly. My flips were too flat. All Scott wanted to do was eat the snow. If it gets him some water then I say eat away dude.

Who broke the snow cone machine 2?

We are rolling along with a very mild winter, I think we hit almost 70 degrees last week then March gets here and the skies bottom out. What in the world is going on? I think this is punishment for not needing a winter coat all year. The boys are so excited to go out and play in the morning. This picture is after about 2.5 days of rain and 3 hours of snow. A sloppy mess. As it snows throughtout the night we have already gotten at least 4 inches of snow. The forcast has 70 degrees on Friday. No wonder the whole state has been sick since the new year. I guess this is just a primer for GeeGee and Papa coming on Tuesday. We just want you to feel at home!

Scott has been fine tuning his act. He will soon be ready to go on tour but I think we need to do something with his singing. He has the look down! Adam has the dancing down. It is a regular concert around here daily. We are looking for gigs so if you want them to come play any event let us know. Alright, I got to go to the store and get some milk and bread (state law).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANA!

The boys were excited to hear that today was Nana's birthday. So excited we had to make a video for it. We tried emailing it but it was too big to send so it gets blogged. Sorry Nana but everyone now knows you turned 21 today. We would like to say happy birthday and we love you.