Go Clean Your Room

Twins' room

Jennifer! I lost a tooth!

Oh man... Not what I was expecting this evening during the movie.

Phil stepped out join a conference call meeting for work.

So the boys and I were watching a soccer movie that was based in Texas (of course the movie had my full attention). All of a sudden I hear:

"Jennifer! I lost a tooth!"

And one of the other boys saying, "No he didn't, he just wants money!"

Ok ok... I'm coming.

Sure enough, he lost a tooth! That's when I realize, I had no idea that he snuck away to work on his tooth from the movie. So I asked him, "did it hurt?" ... And he said, "Nope, it was loose, so I just yanked it out."

(Jennifer almost gets sick here.)

Then I saw the bathroom the tooth was lost in... Not covered in blood, but there were enough blood spots...

(Jennifer almost gets sick here also.)

So all I could think was, "OMG. Does this mean the tooth fairy comes tonight??" ... "Do they still believe in the tooth fairy??" ... "Should I text their mom to ask her?" ... "Where's Phil? I'll go tell him."

He was still on his conference call, but I walked in the room and he must have just ended the meeting.

I told him about the lost tooth and he did let me know that the twins are the only ones that believe in the tooth fairy.  Regardless, the tooth is under the pillow and Phil does have some money.

*sigh*  I need a manual for this "parenting stuff". Night all!

Exactly. I cannot!

How Boys Fight

I learned a lesson today. THIS, right here, is how boys fight:

1. It begins with ARGUING.
2. Then it goes to PUNCHING.
3. KICKING is next.
4. Then more ARGUING.
5. Last is the DRAGGING.
Then it starts all over again...

NOTE: Sometimes it just goes straight to punching.

Can't bring myself to clean yet...

... this is why:

And since we have the boys again on Tuesday evening through Wednesday... I think this will be my explanation:

:-) 

sssoooooo tttiiiirrreeeeddddd.....

I do have an all new respect for parents around the world all over... Last night, I went to bed around 7:30pm. Yes, on a Saturday night. Tonight, it's 4:20pm and I'm ready to pass out now.

What does that tell you?  Yes, we had the boys this weekend.

And as if bowling wasn't enough yesterday... They played bowling on the Wii at their grandparents house today.  :-)   We hungout there most of the day today, actually. It was very enjoyable.

Wii Bowling

Oh, today, I learned that the middle boy has an outtie!! He showed us and then he said, "I'm the differentest one because I have an outtie."  :-)  lol... 

Sorry ya'll... Time to shut down and relax before work tomorrow. 

Bowling this Snowy Day

We all went bowling this afternoon. All 7 of us take up two full lanes.  :-)  One lane with bumpers, the other without. 

The boys and their dad, bowling. 

There were a couple times I felt like doing this also. I think he's praying for a strike??

Please hit the pins... please hit the pins... 

After two games, a few of us started to get tired and crabby.

(hold on, the twins want to write something:

hi. i am one of the twins.

hi. i am the  other twin.)

Cute interruption... Anyway, I was going to say that the kids made an indoor bowling alley at home upon return from the bowling alley:

The indoor bowling alley... The walls are the bumpers. Hmm... 

On that note, at 6:45pm on a Saturday night (eh hum... "evening")... I'm going to finish watching Mr Peabody with the twins and pass out shortly after. 

Digging deep...

... and not for a booger!

Isn't this so cute?

Must have been looking for the most perfect toy.    :-) 

"Jen, you like to run a lot."

Yes... I do like to run a lot and Phil's boys know it.

Tonight was really no different... But, tonight I ate dinner just before my run. I felt gross. I was ready to quit when I realized I had a shadow...

See my little shadow back there??  :-)

So I did a couple more miles and thought of this quote that I've seen on Facebook like 100 million times!

And when I finished running, he said "Jen, you like to run a lot."

Check it Out! Kids YouTube!

We had the boys last night and as soon as they get in the door, the twins ask for my phone. "Well, where is your iPod?" I ask... And they say, "The battery is dead."

OMG! What do I do?? The twins' iPod battery is DEAD??

Not to worry though... I have an iPad and my iPhone as backup to their iPods. I know, I know... I'm not supposed to shove electronics in front of the kids. So some times I do say, "Oh, I'm sorry, my battery is dead also..."  And they move on.

So yesterday evening, after dinner, I gave one of the twins my phone and he said, "You got something new on here!"

Yes, they know my phone so well, they know when I have downloaded something new, or deleted one of their games.

But this evening, was something NEW. Something so awesome, he had to tell his twin brother.

"CHECK.OUT.WHAT JENNIFER GOT!!" ... "It's YouTube for Kids!!"

Now we don't have to worry about them watching things they're not supposed to. 

Thank you to my friend on Facebook who posted about YouTube for Kids (sorry, I forgot who posted about it).

Us non-motherly types don't know these things, so I appreciate the tip!

Indoor Soccer for the Twins

The twins are the youngest of the five boys. They are 7-years old. Old enough to help out around the house, but young enough to still be cute.  :-)

Today was their second soccer game. Remember last weekend, I promised one of the twins that I would go to every soccer game there-after.

I need to use the phrase "soccer game" loosely. It started out as a skills camp:

Skills camp - which is great! They need to learn... 

Then they turned it into a "pick up game" in which I thoroughly enjoyed watching the goalkeepers' boredom (since I was a goalkeeper back in the day... trust me, I've been this bored before!)

I wonder if I ever laid down during a game.  :-) 

I enjoyed it, but I was slightly bored myself. But in the end, I got two huge hugs from the twins. Well worth it. They are great boys. All five of them. 

Twins. Identical brothers. Best friends for life.

Minecraft and... Football...?

It truly is not enough to play just JFL. These kids play football all the time. Even on MINECRAFT. I didn't even know you could do that???  They built these fields on Minecraft:

The Soccer Promise

Last night before we started the movie, one of the twins asked me if I was going to his soccer game the next morning (this morning).

I told him, "I'm sorry, but I'm going to be at one of my running events and I will not be at your soccer game."  (I was signed up for another 30-mile trail run on Saturday.)

Right on queue... on the word "game"... He started crying. It broke my heart. I said, "I am so sorry. But I know you have a lot of games after tomorrow and I promise to attend every game after that."

His face lit up, but I could tell he still wasn't happy.

Even this morning, before my event, I did ask Phil if I should go to my event or not. He said, "Yes, go to your event, it will be fine."

So during my event today, I met a lady (who is a mother) and we started talking about life. It's just what we do on the trails. I told her the story about the crying about missing the soccer game today and she asked, "What time was it?" and I said, "What do you mean? What time was the game?"

And she said, "no, what time did he ask you about going to his game?"

I said, "Oh, around 7:00 or 7:30pm...?"

She said, "Kids are tired on a Friday evening...  It's been a long week. It's been a long day. He was crying because he was tired. I'm sure he woke up this morning and completely forgot about it."

And you know what, that's just the advice I needed to hear. Mom's know these things. I don't think I thanked her for that information but it was great to hear. 

Snuggle Boys

We watched Pixels this evening. It was really good! I think the boys really enjoyed it.

But during the movie, there wasn't a minute that I didn't have a twin to my left, a twin on my lap, and the middle boy on my right. They all had to snuggle!! It was very sweet.

To say the boys are growing on me, is almost a literal statement!  :-)  haha... 

Football Undies

A couple weekends ago, I did the boys laundry. While I was folding clothes, I told one of the boys to get his football undies and get ready for their last football game. He came in, got his undies, and I said, "take these to your brother also."

He said, "Ok... He gets the small... because he has the smaller penis." And walked out of the room.

AND SO IT BEGINS!!