Mcdonalds ice cream cones...fun fun drippy fun

We went to mcdonalds yesterday after seeing THOMAS the train LIVE ON STAGE! It was lots of fun. I got the boys their first ever Mickey D's ice cream cones. Andrew INSISTED on holding his own ice cream cone. This was too cute.

how old are you andrew

andrew thinks he's 3 since that's how old logan is. Andrew is almost 21 months old. he can say one with his hand, but he needs a reminder to say 1 with his mouth.

Happy Birthday Dear Daddy

Happy Birthday Marc, we hope you have a wonderful day!

We are on haircut strike!

This is the before picture of getting their haircuts on weds.

This is Andrew during his first professional haircut. He was actually pretty good and sat in the chair. I guess it was that lollipop he was enjoying. We tried going to a real salon, where I get my haircut, instead of the kids salon Cartoon Cuts.

I don't have a picture of Logan, because he wasn't sitting still... and I was too busy chasing Andrew around the salon while Logan was getting his hair cut. Now I know why I have always gone to cartoon cuts before now...they watch a movie and get a lollipop while they get their haircut. However, cartoon cuts are not very good at haircuts.

I don't have an after picture of their haircuts because they are so un-noteworthy. They are not terrible haircuts, but they are not great haircuts. Logan has very very thick and straight hair. Andrew has very very thin and straight hair. I've determined that it doesn't matter whether I take the kids somewhere for a haircut or I cut it myself...something is always wrong with their hair...maybe it's just because kids don't sit still, that's what I'll tell myself. SOOOOO. I've decided to go on haircutting strike. I will have long haired hippie kids, exactly the way I want it! These next 3 pictures are from when Logan got his last haircut in April at cartoon cuts, and Andrew got his home haircut from me. EVERYONE in our family hated this haircut on Logan, however Marc and I kinda liked it. As for Andrew, he is just so cute right now, he can wear any haircut.

will it fit?

Andrew was eating some turkey and was just shoving it right on in.
And then some more in...
And then he wanted to show me that he got it all in there! Unfortunately, he got up and then decided he didn't want it anymore and spit it all onto the floor. Lovely.

Counting the days...

Logan started about a week ago telling me everyday "Mommy, we forgot to pick up daddy on the ship today." So we decided to try a paper chain to see if it would help him to understand that daddy was going to be gone for quite a while. We tear off one link every night before bed and when all the links are gone...daddy will be home. We've had it up for about 3 days and yesterday I think he finally understood what it meant. He said "Mommy, that is a LOT of days". And all I could say was "yes, it is a LOT of days."

YOU MUST TRY THIS RECIPE - GREEK GAZPACHO

This is the BEST Greek Gazpacho. I made it for Bunco last month and ALL 12 ladies loved it. I made it again yesterday just to have in my fridge because it's so yummy, and so healthy too. DELICIOUS!
Here is the link to the recipe

http://www.housebeautiful.com/barefoot-contessa/barefoot-contessa-recipes-0607

APPLE BEANS

So I have started a new ritual around our house. It's called roomtime and I read it somehwere but I can't remember where. Anywho, at 10:00 every day, the boys have to go into their room and play alone for 1 hour. Andrew is still napping in the morning at this time, so it's easy for him. But Logan didn't really like the idea the first day. He cried and wanted me to play with him and wanted to come out of his room. I gave him some puzzles and books and other games that he can't play with when Andrew is around and told him to have fun. I also put on a cd of nursery rhymes and gave him a snack to eat his room, boy that was a treat! So by the second day, Logan was coming around and he seemed to like roomtime. On the third day I didn't hear from him the whole hour and when I went in to get him at the end, he showed me a puzzle that he had completed all by himself from start to finish!!! It was a 24 piece Clifford puzzle. I couldn't believe it, and he was sooooo proud of himself. So today was the fourth day of roomtime and Logan asked for an apple for his snack (I know my mother is cringing to read that I am giving my kids a snack in their bedroom...but a mommy's gotta do what a mommy's gotta do.) So I peeled Logan an apple, put it in a small plastic yellow bowl, gave him a napkin and let him sit on the floor in his room. After about 10 minutes I hear Logan calling me...I go to his room...

Logan holding the little yellow plastic bowl says- "Mommy, are these the apple beans?"

Me - "yes, those are the seeds, you don't eat those. where's the rest of the apple?"

Logan - opens his empty mouth wide and points his finger in

Me - "you ate it all?"

Logan - "yes"

Me - "Where's the CORE???"

Logan - opens empty mouth wide again

Me - "ALL OF IT????"

Logan - "yes, it was a big juicy red apple. yum"

And this is all that was left of the apple... the apple beans in the little yellow plastic bowl I had given him the apple in. He ate every single bit of that apple...core and all...have you ever heard of such a thing?

As for Roomtime, Logan gets excited now when I tell him it's roomtime! This is the greatest thing EVER!!!! I get an hour of peace and quiet while Logan learns how to play by himself. SUCH A GREAT IDEA...I wish I would have thought of it myself.

So here's some more funnies for Logan. Logan hates to have his hair washed because he doesn't like the water to get in his eyes. I always let him hold a washcloth over his eyes while I wash it. Well the other day I was hurrying the bath routine (which is usually daddy's job, so I'm not that good at it.) and I didn't give him a washcloth. I was trying to teach him to wipe his hands with his fingers so that he could get used to having water on his face. He was crying and screaming for me to give him a washcloth and I told him we didn't have any just to see what he would do. Logan's response was "WELL THEN GIVE ME SOME TOILET PAPER!!!!!!!!" He is too funny, I didn't give him the toilet paper, I gave him a washcloth and all was well.

AND we went in Erica's pool yesterday and Logan was swimming all around BY HIMSELF with the lifejacket. He and Benjamin were having races to see who could swim to the other side of the pool the fastest. Logan is getting good at the doggie paddle!!! For those of you who don't know Logan this is a HUGE accomplishment. Not only does he hate the water on his face in the bath, he hates the pool. I had to take him out of swimming lessons because he refused to go in the water. This is major stuff! he said he wanted to go back to Jimmin's pool today! I'm so proud of him!

I'm not so proud of him however because when Benjamin got to the side of the pool first...Logan boxed him in the face! Logan said "I was just trying to win, mommy". Luckily, sweet Benjamin said to me, "It's okay Ansley, it was an accident. Logi didn't mean to, just an accident."

Logan is not showing the best sportsmanship lately. About 6 or seven kids were having bike and foot races in the road the other day and when Logan didn't win...He burst into tears and cried for at least 5 mintues. He kept saying "I wanted to win, I wanted to win. " Then when it was time to race again, Logan decided to sit and watch the other kids race. I asked him why he wasn't racing and he said "Because they go too fast" . Poor kid. Logan was the only kid who was on foot, all the other kids were on bikes or scooters. He ran fast fast fast and he still was keeping up with them all. It was so sad to see him get so upset that he didn't win. One of the other sweet kids,( sorry renee I can't remember if it was ben or kyle) said "It's okay Logi, we can race again and we'll let you win". Logan just decided to play something else. I didn't know Logan was so competitive, he certainly doesn't get that from me. Marc talked to him about it on the phone a little, and Logan got sad again when he was telling Marc that he didn't win. Oh well, maybe next time!

Here's the boys having a snack at their new table in the kitchen. I got the table at Michaels craft store for $15 about 6 months ago. It was unfinished wood and I finally painted it black. I got these adorable antique oak schoolhouse chairs at a garage sale 2 weeks ago for $1 each!!!! what a bargain, and the boys love sitting at their little table!

a trip to the museum...

Click here for a link to erica's blog and our trip to the museum...
http://measdollydimples.blogspot.com/2007/08/better-than-movies.html