Mom always said not to play with sticks...

Asher learned the hard way.

He was playing at a neighbors house when I heard the screaming. Here comes Asher around the corner to show me this. ..

I guess he was laying with his stomach on the swing and also had a stick in his hand, the stick hit the ground and jammed into his leg and the tip broke off. It didn't look TOO bad, but he wouldn't let me get near it and when he finally did let me try, it was actually wedged pretty tight. I made three good pulls without getting it out, and then I started getting a little queasy.
So, naturally I called a friend to come help pull it out.
What good friends we have.
Of course Asher didn't make a peep when Arron got over to help (thanks!). He must have been all cried out.

I might add that Micah was a very good brother. He wouldn't even go back over to his friends house because he didn't want to leave Asher while he was hurt.

The good news is, Asher hasn't really picked up a stick since then.
See, Moms do know what they are talking about.

Lucky, lucky me...

Because of these three.

It was that easy

Olivia loves her pacifier.
I mean REalLy loves it.
I was actually okay with it too. I figured she'd out grow it eventually.
I was wrong.
She wanted it all day and it started to really drive me crazy.
I tried a ton of different things-toy bribes, treats, sticker charts, force, the "big girl" talk, you name it, I think I tried it.

Then a couple months ago we saw "Princess and the Frog." Oh, how she loves that movie.
I had given up on the whole weaning of the pacifier ( aka the paa and pappy paa, I seriously don't know where she came up with those names), because I was exhausted.
Around the same time she entered the world of Barbie.
One day I just casually asked if she would give me pappy pa if I bought her a Tiana barbie.
She say yes, so I took her to the store, bought it (okay she also weaseled an Ariel barbie out of me too, but if it worked, it was totally worth it), and she handed over the paa (I guess she was just waiting for the right toy).

It has now been two months and I haven't had one single problem with that old pappy paa.
She still has it at night, but I think she's just holding out to see what else she can milk from me.

Cubs and wolves and bears...oh my!

When Micah turned 8, we entered a whole new world- the world of scouting. It has been really fun for him. He LOVES it. A few weeks ago was the scout birthday party. It was his first pack meeting and everyone was asked to bring a cake.
Micah won "most thematic."

Micah got his cub and is now working on his Wolf. He also received the behavior award for his age group. They give out behavior beads each scout night for the boy who listened/behaved the best (I guess whatever incentive works to get a bunch of rowdy boys to settle down) . Micah had received the most for his age group. I was really proud of him for that.

What pack meeting would be complete without scout skits?

I sure think he looks cute in his uniform and hope he keeps up the motivation to do scouts!

Happy Easter!

Easter festivities

Dudi's favorite Easter tradition is dying eggs. Last year I only had two dozen, which obviously wasn't enough. This year I hard boiled three dozen.

Now what am I gonna do with all these eggs?

Asher and Liv didn't really have any real egg-dying gameplan. If they saw color on the egg, it was a job well done. On to the next.

Micah on the other hand labored extensively to make each egg a masterpiece.

I love those kids.

On to the egg hunt.

We usually hold one at our house, but since a friend was having one this year we headed over there.

It was great fun.

The thrill of the hunt.

Yet, time to pose for pictures.

Check out the dress I made Liv. It's my favorite new pattern. I think I will have to make her like 10 of them.

I finally picked out the serger I wanted and ordered my Christmas present from Dudi.

I am in love, with the serger...and Dudi.

I have been making Livy outfits like crazy...that's another post sometime.

We spent the rest of the day picking up candy wrappers.

A great day!

Basketball 2010

Micah finished up another fun season of basketball. He has really improved and had a fun team with a few of his friends on it.

He always tries so hard.

The excited spectators.

They had a really good season.

Dudi was the coach again. He really enjoys working with the kids and Micah loves having him coach!

(New snow post (finally) after the St. Pat. Day post. Don't know why it did that out of order.)