10 years

10 years ago tonight, the St. Louis Rams won their first SuperBowl. And, Don asked me to marry him. We celebrated the day by touring a radio station for Tiger Scouts, painting the kitchen, hanging a new curtain rod in the bedroom, and taking the old living room furniture to the dump. It was a symbolic moment to throw out the last of Don's pre-marriage possessions on the 10 yr anniversary of our engagement. Okay, he does still have his swords, but I know better than to get rid of those.
The new furniture will finally arrive Monday morning. Eric is concerned about finding the perfect arrangement to all 3 kids can still see the TV while sitting close together.

The Truth

While preparing supper tonight ( a gourmet meal of summer sausage sandwiches-I was in Hebron today and got some fresh baked buns-so, so, good for summer sausage sandwiches), I overheard a conversation with the boys that sounded a little like this:
Eric: I think Mom and Dad buy our toys and just say they are from Santa
Jonathan: I don't. I think Santa brings them.
Eric: Oh yeah?, well on Christmas Eve I saw Mom and Dad unpacking a Halo mega block set just like Santa gave me.

Okay. We got busted. Big Time. We gathered the boys together and told them the truth. Eric just smiled. He was thrilled to be right. Jonathan did look a bit stunned, then pretended he knew all along. Don threw in that the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny are fake, too. Jonathan's eyes did get a bit wider at this point. "What happens to our teeth if the tooth fairy doesn't turn them into stars?". I pointed to my nightstand drawer. Eric opened it up and pulled out the ziploc baggie with all of their teeth. (Which, by the way, I think I will throw once I get them back from the boys-it's a little gross to keep them. I'm not that sentimental.)

One more rite of passage under our belt.

Blizzard?

We were fake snowed in this past weekend. We kept waiting for the big blizzard, but it never really came. It was yucky outside yesterday, but not so bad that you couldn't get around town at all. We still maintained a snowed in status for the weekend, and pretty much went nowhere.
Megan enjoyed playing with Eric's toys when he wasn't looking. Jonathan tried out the Wii Active and had fun with it, and Eric watched Jonathan play the Wii Active.
The boys got their report cards on Friday. It confirmed what we already knew-they are brilliant, but aren't the best at following directions. For the first time in their educational career, their report cards were identical. We are applying for Mensa tomorrow.

a hodge podge of pictures

another update

Another week....still no new pictures for the Grandparents. I did take some, just haven't had time to upload them.
Megan is working on her drama skills. She is getting good at it. I was told by her tonight: "I don't like you anymore". She still didn't get her way.
Jonathan has been enjoying playing all of the board games we got for Christmas. Farkle is the favorite for this week.
Eric hasn't changed much from last week.

Update

I haven't taken any pictures since Megan's birthday to share. Sorry Grandparents.
Megan moved in to the 3-5 year old room yesterday at daycare. She loves it. She is happy to see some old friends from the toddler room. We are weaning her naps, which has made for some pleasant behavior in the evening. She also now prefers to be called "sister bear princess" or "princess sister bear". Speaker must know which order to place the "princess", or they will be reprimanded.

Eric got to eat lunch with Mrs. Steele yesterday. When he first told me this, I thought he was being punished, and had to eat in the classroom instead of with his friends. Half of the class actually got to eat with her, the other half (including Jonathan) will have their turn tomorrow.

Jonathan is mourning the end of the Steeler's season. Now he can focus his attention to Duke basketball. He had an unfortunate incident yesterday involving one of his, um, bodily functions. He used the phrase "smeared like peanut butter" to describe it. I will leave it at that.

I am apparently signing up to run the Fargo Marathon relay with some of my Bismarck friends. How do I get talked in to these things????

Happy Birthday, Megan

The big day has finally arrived. Megan has been so excited for her birthday. She wanted a pink birthday party, so today was all about pink. She and I each wore pink sweaters with pink socks today. She wore pink shoes, I did not, as pink shoes just aren't that cute in size 11. I sent sugar cookie bars with pnk frosting to daycare. I picked her up after lunch and we went for pink ice cream. At Lowe's, she picked out a plant with a pink flower for her bedroom. Her pink princess tent was wrapped in pink....well you get the picture....pink pink pink.

She did come out of her room crying shortly after we put her to bed-she claimed she didn't have any cake in her tummy anymore and needed another piece.