Fun with the boys............

OY! I couldn't think of a good title for this post mainly 'cause it just about little things we did with the boys.

Robert finally went shopping with the gift cards he got from both grandparents and us and this is the result:


Sorry about the bad quality (flash wasn't working battery was low)

I told you nothing much but we just wanted to say thank you !!!!! and show you what he got.

Just normal life.........

Ok we have had so much going on lately that it's kinda nice not to have to much to blog about.
(and I haven't blogged or mentioned the sale of the "old" house because we are still waiting for all the legal paperwork (on the buyers part) to be finalized.
After our trip to the mountains well we had another Birthday........
YEP MINE !!!!
Although now that I think of it maybe I should start celebrating un-birthdays.
Part of my birthday celebration was going to the mountains.
We also went out for dinner on the day of my birthday (had Mexican food) @ a "new" to us restaurant


Robert lost another tooth (so now he has a big gaping hole in his mouth (and a very funny smile.......



The boys have adjusted well to the apartment and have found a new activity (it involves every single pillow we own) and they either build a fort or a path or just roll around on them (they are just goofy)


Yeah ,Robert has a toy gun in his hand (they were playing cowboys)



Other than that the "new" house is coming along and as soon as I finish this post I will update that page (I have a lot of work to do on that blog (I am going to back date all of the pictures so there is some sort of timeline.
I will let you know when it's done (maybe this weekend or next)

Speaking about houses Robert and Patrick both had community themes this past week at school and Robert had a project where he had to build a house, so we found a template to print out from here The Toymaker and then searched for printable "dollhouse" material so we could add shingles, siding etc

We had lots of fun doing this

Here is the template ready for shingles, siding etc


Really we did it together (I searched and cut, he chose and glued)


Almost done


Finished Project and the proud homeowner


and of course Patrick had to build his own too, but his had to be painted because the boy LOVES to paint.


Lots of paint


Even more paint here...........


Finished project and proud homeowner as well...........

That's all I have for now. WOW it took me 2+ weeks to update, but I think I am done for now. I hope you enjoy reading what we have been busy with and keep your eyes peeled for updates on the new house.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT!

Can you believe it..............7 years? When did that happen? It seems like yesterday that we brought you home and you would fit laying across my lap........now you are close to being as tall as me (nobody laugh I know I am short, but he is only 7)
I know I should make this a mushy post about how life changed and how wonderful you are. Well here it goes.... nothing awe inspiring but from the heart...... yes life definitely changed 7 years ago , you have made it better,you are a great big brother (most of the time) and we love you .
Wow!! I never imagined I would be a mother of a 2nd grader that is growing up way to fast, despite all my efforts to keep him a baby.

Well your not a baby anymore and when we told you we would not be able to do a big party this year (since we are in this tiny apartment and have had so many expenses) you gladly told us it was ok and that all you wanted was to go to the mountains (a true Carolina kid), especially Tweetsie and eat your favorite food PIZZA!!!

Your such a BIG BOY and we love you so much. We hope you had a great time in the mountains we sure did HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!
As I mentioned before we went to the mountains for the weekend and had a blast. Here are some random pictures and a slide show too!

First thing in the morning with our "little" presents (he got Gift cards from us, and both grandparents) but we wanted him to have something little to open in the morning:

He loves his legos!!!

At the apartment, before heading out to school
Such a tall boy and such a ham, he'll pose for me all the time...........


and of course to end the day CAKE....


Up in the mountains:




I am attaching a few more pictures in a slideshow (because as you know I went camera crazy and have quite a few) ENJOY!



That's it in a nutshell we spent the entire weekend up in the mountains, had a blast and bought some old fashioned candy before heading home.We all had a FUN birthday weekend.

Oh before I forget I wanted to mention the banner (I usually hang a store bought "Happy Birthday" banner and balloons every year (well this year all my PROPS are packed away (in one of our many pods so I had to improvise, I found a Newspaper Banner Tutorial (or instructions) for a homemade banner using newspaper (I have that and a have some colored paper (that's about all I have though) so it was perfect and it only took a night to finish............

Talk later.

We're back and there's so much to do......

We're back from our whirlwind trip and now we have to finish up the house cleanup and taking the remainder of the stuff (that didn't fit in the POD due to the movers being horrible at getting it all in) to the apartment (yeah the tiny , little 2 bedroom apartment,OY!)


Yeah I told you we still had stuff............


but it's mostly empty (the upstairs is DONE ,empty and clean)



Just a few more the POD is still here so we can stuff (I mean place) the remander of whatever fits in it.
The living room table, the table Rob used as a desk and the grandfather clock are going to the apartment.
I have no pictures but the kitchen island, the microwave the drawers in the above picture and a few other thing were placed on thecurb with a big sign that said FREE , PLEASE TAKE

No we should be done all is cleaned, we have taken a bit of the ivy and dug up St Joseph all we have to do now is sign some papers and give the keys to the laywer)
This is what I placed the keys in (what do you think mom?):


The boys said goodbye to the house



Talk later we are trying to settle in to our apartment, although the boys have already made it their own.....

They put up this sign to let us (or should say let daddy know) exactly who is alowed in their room......


but of course mommy is allowed (I have to document them getting along...)

Next week is Robert's Birthday (I will post more on that later........)
Stay tuned!
(note added: we returned the next day and almost all the stuff we left outside was gone)