Wisconsin Dells

After 15-years of living in Illinois, this is my first time to Wisconsin Dells indoor waterparks... I seriously don't know how I haven't been here before. This is so awesome! 

The boys were so excited last night, they couldn't stop talking or asking questions. I don't know how they slept, or if they slept. 

This morning, they were up at 6:45am designing our hotel suite on Minecraft (more Minecraft):

Our hotel suite on Minecraft... 

Our actual hotel room. 

They so did good! Matches almost perfect! 

READY TO GO!

CHIT

Phil took one of the boys to basketball this evening, so I was at home with four of the boys. After I finished my run and cleaned up a bit, the lasagna was just about ready to be taken out of the oven. So I got the garlic bread ready and then started cutting the lasagna. As I was cutting the lasagna, two of the boys came running into the kitchen.

"Jennifer! The Ice Age movie just said the 'c-h' word!"

Hmm... The 'C-H' word... the 'c-h' word...

"What is the c-h word?" I asked...

And he said, "I can't say it!"

"Oh! Do you mean 'shit'?"  Yes, I cussed in front of three of the boys now.  (sorry Phil)

"Yes! The movie just said that word!"

"OH ok... It's spelled with an 'S-H' .... "  Yes, I then taught them how to spell shit. (sorry again)

Apparently, the boys think that the movie kind of mouthed the word or said it slightly for the parents who watch the movies.

CHIT.

Ye Mother's Beware...

Phil and I were cleaning the twins room this evening. Ok, let me be more specific... We were going through their clothes and putting the smaller ones in a bag to take to Goodwill.

We were just about finished when I saw something behind the boys' dresser. Looking a little closer, I pulled them out.

Undies. ... Dirty undies.

So mothers... check behind those dressers. Never know what you'll find.

Actually, this is nothing compared to their past.  

Brody

This evening, I was hanging out with the twins (Matt and Chris) and the middle boy (Jake).*

Jake was laying on the ground playing games on my iPad when all of a sudden Chris sat on his back.

"UH!" Jake yelled... and then Chris started bouncing on his back.

Jake yelled, "Stop humping me!"

   <Phil walks into the room>

And Chris says, "That's not humping... THIS is humping!"

Phil and I could not believe our eyes and ears...  Yes, Chris was humping his brother...

And Jake said, "He learned how to hump from Brody."

Brody is the dog that lives at their moms house.


*Names changed for story.

Go Fish!

Check out these cards. I got them in Texas for the boys. I think they liked them... but they are hard to play "Go Fish" with because they are so big!   :-)

So cool!!  :-) 

They are Blunt!

After my long travel day yesterday, I finally hauled my suitcase out of my car this evening. As I carried it through the house and into the bedroom, the boys were asking what I was doing and saying "that looks heavy." Yes, it was very heavy.

I walked into the bedroom with the suitcase and one of the twins was right behind me. I finally stopped and said, "I'll set this here, this suitcase is heavy."  And I set it on the ground by my dresser.

Just as soon as the suitcase hit the ground, the twin said, "Well, you're heavy too."

Hey... That's not nice.

Happy New Year!

Yesterday was a lot smoother version of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles for me. More like Automobile, Plane, Automobile. It was a very long travel day. I was hoping to sleep on the plane, but I'm not a huge fan of flying and the turbulence was too much for me to sleep at all. So imagine my (very exhausted) happiness when I pulled into the garage and saw this sign, made by the boys:

Printed out by Phil and colored by the boys.

I walked into a completely dark house to find my stocking and a Christmas gift from Phil's sister and her family on the kitchen table. Then I walked down the dark hallway and I couldn't find anybody. Finally, I walked by the living room and they all jumped out yelling, "SURPRISE!!!" 

Then they showed me what they made on Minecraft (more Minecraft)  :-) 

Made by the older boys. 

It was a very sweet surprise and welcome home after a very long day of traveling. Huge thank you to Phil and his boys. 

We didn't make it to midnight last night; but we did have a terrific dinner, sparkling apple cider for the boys (wine for Phil and me), and Real Steel movie to ring in 2016.  Happy New Year everybody!