Mommy Monday-Bunny Cupcakes

Every Monday we have Mommy Monday. This is a day devoted to just me and my boys. We come straight home from school and find something fun to do. This week, we made Bunny Cupcakes. They were a lot of work but so much fun!

Corbin is hard at work putting sprinkles on the cupcakes to look like grass.

Max is stacking up donuts to put bodies and heads on the bunnies. Here is the finished product.

Max is ready to eat one.

Check out Corbin's big smile!

Redneck Garden

We have always enjoyed having a garden. We don't always have the best garden but we always like doing the work to plant and take care of one. Last year, when Corbin got Buddy for his birthday, we decided not to plant a garden. We knew a garden with a new puppy wasn't a good idea. A year later, we still have a puppy who likes to tear up stuff, even though he is actually a year old now. So, we knew a garden wasn't a good idea for us this year either. I really wanted some fresh vegetables, though, especially since I have been doing Weight Watchers and eat so much of that now. Our solution, plant our garden in pots. We had some old pots laying around and Lowe's had Burpee plants on sale so we bought some peppers, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and spinach. Here's hoping our redneck garden produces lots of fresh veggies!

More snow fun!

Thursday afternoon we went outside for some more fun in the snow. Max loved playing on this sled. I would pull him down the driveway and then right back up again to do it all over. I got a good workout doing that!

Corbin wanted to build a snowman but it was not good packing snow at all so he just built a snow hill instead, which Max thought was hilarious to knock over a few times. You gotta love 2 year olds!

Corbin wanted to hide behind his hill. He is so goofy sometimes!

This morning it is very cold out again and there is still snow on the ground so we don't have school. We are again finding things to do at home. Max has enjoyed reading books on his Little Touch Leap Pad. He hasn't played with this in quite some time so that makes it even better. One of the books we have is Where the Wild Things Are, his favorite!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...AGAIN!

Here we are, home again for another snow day. Last night and this morning it probably snowed about 3-4 inches here so I would imagine we just got a 4 day weekend. I don't see us being able to go back tomorrow, but who knows. It's really cold outside today so the boys and I are just hanging out inside keeping warm in our pjs. What a great day!

We've tried to keep Buddy in as much as possible today since it's so cold. He's gone through a few rawhides already. Look at all the little pieces all over the floor. I hope he eats all of those.
Max was happy to have powdered donuts for breakfast, what a treat!

Corbin's had fun playing the Wii Fit. What a great way to stay active on an inside day.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011--Wednesdays are CRAZY days for us! I hate them! Ryan usually goes into work pretty early so I have to get myself and both boys ready, feed them breakfast and pack lunches. We have to leave by 7:20 to have time to drop off Max at Kerri's. However, it is usually around 7:25 when we actually leave. Then I have Professional Development until 4:30 every Wednesday after school. All I can say about that is YUCK! After my meeting I rush to Kerri's to pick up the boys (Corbin rides the bus there) and then we head home. It is usually a little after 5 when we get home. We have just enough time to grab a quick bite to eat, change clothes and head out the door to get Corbin to taekwondo by 6:00. That lasts until 6:45 so it is after 7 when we get enough and then we rush to do baths and homework and get ready for bed. We don't get to spend much quality family time together on Wednesdays and all we do is rush from one place to the next all day, I hate it! Here is a picture of the boys in the car Wednesday morning getting ready to start the rushing around. They don't mind a bit, though, since they have their DS and MobiGo. Thank goodness for that.

Weekend update

Continuing with my challenge to capture our life everyday...

Thursday night was Bunco night. I get together once a month with 11 other girls to play and eat. It is so much fun! I can't tell you what I like more, the great meals, the fun game, the great laughs or the prizes. Hmmm, this month, it was definitely the prize. I won the PERFECT prize, Starbucks caramel coffee with caramel sauce and an adorable coffee mug and saucer. I am in heaven!!
Over the weekend we went to Branson with Ryan's family to celebrate our Christmas. This is our tradition, we wait until January and head out of town for the weekend. It is so nice to get to spend all that time together and just relax. Saturday the weather was nicer than it has been in several weeks so we took the boys to the Titanic to see some ice sculptures that were being carved. Max loved riding on Ryan's shoulders and checking it all out.

Corbin got a scooter from Pop and Grandma and couldn't wait to try it out. He ended up leaving big marks on the tile floor in the condo and him and Ryan had to work really hard to get up all the marks.

Monday, January 17--today the boys got haircuts. Don't worry, we didn't cut off Max's curls!

Corbin loves it when Andrea cuts his hair and spikes it up!

The boys were off school today but I had to go in for a workday. But tomorrow we are back at it, let the craziness that is our week begin.

Max in the morning

Max got up this morning ready to go to grandma's house. He wanted to take Baby Tad with him. However, he later decided he wanted to take Mickey Mouse instead. Such a silly boy! You can tell he isn't fully awake yet.

New Year, New Challenge

I have spent a lot of time today getting caught up on our life over the past few months. It's made me realize how much I really enjoying blogging and capturing the moments of our life. That is why I enjoy scrapbooking so much. So, for 2011, I am going to try to capture a small moment of our life everyday.

So, for January 12, 2011--we are home for snow day #2. It is too cold to play outside so we are finding things to do inside the house to keep us occupied. Corbin has spent several hours playing games on my Droid. How did parents manage before electronics, lol? Corbin and Max can both navigate their way through my phone as well as Ryan's iphone. They start young....