Our Shining Light

Tonight, Jack was 1 of 200 kids in the school district that recieved The Peacemaking Award!!! So proud of him and how nice to be nominated. He even did a little fist pump, before they called his name. It was very sweet, when his first grade teacher congratulated him.
 I thought he was going to pull his tooth out while waiting, since it is really lose. That would have been very entertaining and memorable.

GWL Fun

The boys love to go to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City. We had promised Tyler, if he was good at preschool, we would take them. Yes, I do bribe my children.

Tyler all snug in his bed after a crazy afternoon at the water park .

Never again will we pay for a suite with bunk beds. They hardly slept in them. Tyler slept with me on the pull-out sofa sleeper. Usually they fall fast alseep!!

Next time we will go South for Spring Break!!

Two wheel pro

On April 1, no foolin here, Jack mastered riding a two wheel and then had to instruct his younger brother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRrEleSzdvE
So proud of him!! Guess I don't need to sign him up for lose the training wheels camp this summer.

On three

On March 16, we went to pick Jack up from school. He had bit into an apple at lunch and his tooth was parrallel to his gums. So, I told him to pull it out on the count of three, but he had it out by two. He was so excited and said to Grandma, "now I don't have to go to your tooth shop." It was the first tooth he lost on his own.

Tough Guy

The boys all got boxing gloves for Christmas and a punching bag. Tyler thought he needed his shirt off...

Will finally get a visit from the Tooth Fairy

This morning, Jack had four baby teeth pulled. He is 8 and never lost a tooth. Two adult teeth already erupted through on the bottom, so he had two rows of teeth. We joked that he had shark teeth. He did great and next time, I am taking my video camera for when he is coming out of anesthesia. He is so funny.

 He kept saying:

 This is the Life

 Mother

 Father

Am I bleeding?

Where am I?

Can you take the tape of my chin? (the numbing feeling)

 I am the roadrunner, Beep Beep

It was very entertaining to say the least. He is back to his "normal" and enjoyed a vanilla frosty from Wendy's.

Just your average MI snow fall

Snowmageddon 2011,We survived the whopper of a snow storm last week. The drifting was the worse and the boys were happy to get THREE days off from school.  It took Ryan over a hour and a half to plow our driveway. He even had to get the truck to pull out the tractor:(

I will never understand, why the crazy boys stand there and get covered in snow, when Dad is on the tractor.

Tyler looking a little "Frosty"