1. I am very excited because I discovered the app printicular which prints pictures directly from instagram to walgreens. It is so flipping awesome. It automatically logs into my instagram account (which i use extremely frequently) and lets me pick the pictures I want to send to my friendly neighborhood walgreens. It prints them on 4x4 photos in less than an hour for $0.39 each. That is sort of expensive for photo prints, but whatever. I am a very happy customer. There is just something about having printed pictures in your hand that is very awesome.
2. The boys are taking swimming lessons right now at Chesterfield Family Center, they are both doing so well! They love it! We spend a lot of time near water during the summer, and we really wanted to make sure the boys were comfortable around water and that they had basic swimming skills in case one of them fell in accidentally. Total success.
3. Benny is obsessed with candy. He thinks he deserves to eat candy after every meal, and when I told him no the other day, he said "You're not my best friend anymore...people NEED candy!" I guess I can't argue with him there. If I dont get chocolate when I need it...WATCH OUT PEOPLE!
4. After swimming lessons last night, I told the boys we would get them an ice cream treat, to which Hunter responded "I need ice cream in a cone, that has a triangle on the bottom and a circle on the top....I do NOT want it to be in the trapezoid shape" I took them to Andy's and got them little sample cones (perfect size for a little kid, by the way) and i got a little scoop in a cup. He said "See, mommy, yours is a trapezoid, and mine is a triangle with a circle on top!"
5. Back to Benny...if you read my facebook updates, you already know this, but Benny totally potty trained himself. My general approach to potty training is to not stress about it at all, and not push it. Well, Benny has been having some issues with diaper rash so I was really trying to encourage him to start using the potty so he didnt have that problem anymore. Well, Sunday morning, he looked at me and said "mommy, i am going to poop in the potty, then I am going to wear underwear" he then proceeded to go to the bathroom, do his business and request underwear. He has not had an accident since (and it is Friday now). I guess he is potty trained, as he hasn't even been wearing diapers at night or anything. The only time he had an accident was when his brother locked him in a closet the other day. I am not totally sure, but I think that was not really his fault. I guess his strong-will is good for something. We went to Nakato to celebrate that day, and Hunter told everybody that we were there because his brother pooped in the potty...I am not an expert, but I dont think people really want to hear about that at lunch, right?
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| So proud of him! |
6. Another Benny story...last Saturday we went to the circus, and it was very long (3 hours). By the end, Benny was getting very sleepy and started his normal (adorable) thumb sucking, playing with my hair thing he does before he falls asleep. Then, the BMX bikers came out...then the motorcycles...that child perked right up. At one point, a motorcycle came out on this ramp and jumped super-high into the air, and did a back flip. It was incredible. Benny was mesmerized, then he looked at me and said "Mommy, I want to be the guy that does that!" Anybody surprised?
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| When we got home from the circus, Benny did this. |
7. Hunter is really into pirates right now, and has been giving me all kinds of facts about them. For example "mommy, did you know that captain hook is a bad pirate? i am not a bad pirate, I am a good pirate."
8. Last night, we were driving and saw a few deer in a field eating grass. Hunter said "are we gonna shoot those deers?" I said "maybe with your daddy, mommy doesnt shoot animals" Hunter said "Ok, we need to find a wild hog to shoot, that would be awesome" I guess he is living up to his name.
9. On another note, I have been suffering from some very severe back pain this week. I went to the doctor and he thought it was kidney stones, but it wasn't, then he thought shingles, which i doubt (but am taking the antivirals anyway). There isn't really a test for shingles, and apparently some people never get a rash, and since i am on the antivirals, i will probably never know for sure. I think somehow i just pulled a muscle or ligament or something and it has caused extreme pain. I have been working from home and trying to rest it as much as possible this week. very thankful for a job that makes that possible. Also thankful for pain killers.
10. People do this thing on Instagram called TBT, "throw back Thursday" so i was looking through pictures last night to post, and got a little sentimental. My babies are growing up so fast. Just a couple of pics I found last night.
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| July 2010 - Bennys first time at the pool (2 months old) |
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| Easter 2010. Hunter in a suit. (18 months old-ish) |
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| January 2009 - Hunters first snow. (4 months old) |
OK, that is all I got right now.
