Skills you can use in jail

Guess who was the first boy to climb out of his crib? We will post the picture of the offense in action in a few days!

THE ANSWER: WE HAD A TUBBIAK BEAR ON THE LOOSE THAT NIGHT!!!! Poor Donovan was trying to sleep while Hayden went on his screaming rampage!

What a difference a year makes--Valentines Day 2008 and 2009

What's got four thumbs and loves Kalahari?

Should we delist

we have several blogs that we link to, as you can see on the right hand side of the screen. These blogs are updated very rarely, and we are considering delisting them. Please post your comments as to whether we should delist them and whether you know of a good blog that we could link to.

Lovin' Kalahari

The boys went to the Kalahari resort with us for a couple days this week. They had an absolute ball in the water park. Donovan went down one water slide in the kiddie area about 30 times. He just kept going down and then up the stairs and then back down again. Hayden was just thrilled to lounge around in the water. They wore kiddie diapers so they were able to keep some of the p out of the ool.

I am very excited for this summer. I really wish it was May right now. They are going to have a ball in the water this summer.

Special thanks to our neighbors Matt and Lisa for taking care of Hailey and the cats while we were gone!

From your favorite fans

Superbowl Party!

We thought Springsteen was awful.

Sprawl

Hailey is home

She is sore and she will be on meds for a while, but she is home.

Keep Hailey in your Thoughts

Hailey was sick last night on the ride home from Madison. She is normally a great car rider. When we got her home around 10:00 p.m., I took her for a walk and she had some diarrhea. I gave her a bath and she slept in her kennel around 11:00 p.m. Around 1:45, she woke me up and I took her outside. When she came back in, she was bleeding from her backside. We went to the ER Vet and I stayed there with her until 5:30 a.m. They examined her, gave her some medicine and IV fluids (in an uncomfortable way) but couldn't really diagnose her without x rays and blood work, so I took her home. They noted she had an internal infection but could not examine her any further. She slept for a while when I got her home since they gave her a pain medication. They gave us three other medicines to give to her. This morning we put her out around 8:00 a.m. and she had some pretty severe bleeding. We took her to the vet this morning and she is there now and will be there until at least tomorrow. The Vet did call me to let me know the X-Rays showed no blockage or tumor or polyps, so that is good. They will keep her on pain meds and fluids so she won't be in too much pain. Keep Hailey in your thoughts. She is a good dog and we love her very much.

Our DVR just erased itself

Someone is going to pay dearly for this. We lost 12 episodes of Jack's Big Music Show and 20 episodes of Yo Gabba Gabba! And we just lowered our satellite service to a cheaper package without the boys' favorite channels. There will be blood.

Roo's and Tubby's Superbowl Pick

Steelers 30, Arizona 24. We would like to see Arizona win though, cause we like their cheerleaders better than the Steeler cheerleaders.

Just Happy!

Overtaking Mommama's Rocker!

Schwinn

Props to Schwinn for sending us a brand new jogging stroller! We got the same model but since it is newer, it came with a built-in rain and wind shield. Sweet. We can throw out the Hefty trash bag that we would have used which could have also suffocated our children. Now only if Little Tikes would make a Little Tikes molded plastic Food Chopper so we didn't have to let the boys play with our Cuisinart fine chopper in their Little Tikes kitchen. Maybe we should just unplug it and remove the blades . . . .

Time for a complaint session about Kashi

The boys like the Kashi rice pilaf packs (tonight they had Morrocan Curry). Why, I don't know. Kashi is swahili for "tastes like aardvark $#!t" Plus, the boys are not 58-years old and recovering from their first heart attack or some crazed flaxed up health nut who thinks that Kashi is not only healthy, but is also mighty tasty compared to the lettuce leaves they ate for the last 9 years. That said, Kashi rice pilaf is a real pain in the neck for them to eat. The stuff doesn't clot together and stay on a baby fork with ease. Instead, they get a scoopful o' Kashi, and by the time it reaches their mouth, we have Kashi all over. I don't know if you have ever had Kashi all over your house, but I remember some times when my parent's dogs were locked in the laundry room all night when they had the runs and it would resemble that. So tonight, we had Kashi to the left, Kashi to the right, Kashi on the floor, and Kashi all night. But the boys were happy. The other night we had a Kashi pilaf dish that smelled like an ashtray. I have some Kashi granola type cereal to try with them next. If you have ever eaten it before, it is like eating a bowl full of gravel, which for some reason it tastes like gravel. Pretty interesting how Kashi was able to take 7 grains and screw up the mixture and make it taste like gravel. I think there is a Nobel prize for that. That said, we will keep buying Kashi stuff if it makes the two of them eat. Kashi, send us coupons.

Thanks

Thanks to Grandpa Dan, Grandma Sue, and Aunt Laura for helping us clean, paint, and tear off wallpaper in our bathrooms. There is a dark cold place in hell for the person who invented wallpaper, and they rank up there in evilness with Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Gary Glitter, and the purple Telletubby (Tinkie Winkie).

Today I am laying tile. I can think of nothing worse to do on any day in the history of mankind than cutting and laying floor tile.

Best and Worst of 2008!!!

Like last year and the year before, we wish all of you a Happy New Year! Donovan and Hayden have a compiled another "Best of the Best" and "Worst of the Worst" list from their experiences during their second year of existence!

Best Diapers: Pampers
Worst Diapers: Huggies still. An S3 could blow the side outta that there Huggies rag.

Best routine Comment from a Stranger: "You are blessed."
Worst routine Comment from a Stranger: "Double Trouble." Runner up: "Wow, they must be a lot of work."

Best Accomplishment: Walking and talking
Worst Accomplishment: Frequent attempts at trying to match last years S7.

Best Parent: Momma (two years in a row!!!)
Worst Parent: ? Runnerup: Britney Spears

Best Emergency Room Visit: Donovan's seizure
Worst Emergency Room Visit: Donovan's seizure

Best Presidential Candidate: None
Worst Presidential Candidate: the One. Runnerup: John McCain

Best outfits: Any sleeper with Zippers
Worst Outfits: Anything else

Best thing to do in the Boys' free time: Watch Yo Gabba Gabba
Worst thing to do in their free time: Nap.

Best travel provider: 1995 Chevy Astrovan, Jayco Edition
Worst travel provider: The Graco Stroller Runnerup: The umbrella stroller

Sportsman of the Year: Until October, it was C.C. Sabathia. For the whole year, though, it was Aaron Rodgers when he keeps his mouth shut.

Best Dog: Hailey
Best Cat: Tie: Moose and Heretic

Best Song: The Wheels on the Bus Go . . . Runnerup: Air by FLO-rida
Worst Song: Anything by Natasha Bedingfield or Beyonce. They are both awful.

Christmas Tree Attack!

How to get two Toddlers to wear hats that should be burned!

Sucker, I ain't wearing one of those hats!

Maybe if we hide, they won't see us and then they can't put the hats on us!

We lost!

Happy Big Baby Boys are what the holidays are all about!