After Ambrose fought me and fought me about getting ready for bed, I finally said, "Ambrose, I'm going to spank you." He countered with, "But my bum is so cute."

Trip to San Diego

We went to San Diego for a few days last week. We played in the tide pools and went to the zoo and an aquarium.

 Ambrose loved touching the sea anemones.

I think that one of Gideon and Silas' favorite parts of the zoo was just looking at the maps.

By the afternoon, we were all exhausted. We knew that Ambrose had had enough when he turned into a "baby kitty" and refused to walk anymore. He would crawl around meowing or let me hold him, but he was absolutely done with walking on two feet.

Riding on the second story of the zoo bus was a welcome relief after a lot of walking. We also rode the sky tram, but I was too busy holding on to my children to take any pictures of that.

Here's a boy after my own heart. Not going to mess around with one or two bags at a time.

Today's adventure: Subfloor adhesive. All. Over. Gideon. And. Silas'. Hands. Ahhhhhhh!!!  Apparently they found a full tube of it by the side of the road and took it to their "workshop" where they proceeded to use their hands to wipe it on scrap wood. After about two hours of soaking, greasing, and scrubbing, Silas (who had way more on his hands than Gideon) managed to get most of it off.

Ambrose's Birthday

Here are some pictures from Ambrose's birthday.

 

January 1, 2016 Interviews

I want to start a tradition of doing interviews with the boys each New Year. Here's the first annual attempt. Gideon's interview was less-than-enthusiastic, but I'm hoping that adds to the charm ten years down the road.

Christmas 2015 Pictures

A pirate on roller skates opening a bow and arrow set.  Does life get any better?

Gideon practicing on his roller skates.

Ambrose on his new scooter.

Silas with a nerf slingshot that Ambrose got him.

Gideon spent hours working on this lego creation.

Be Careful What You Ask For

The Sweetest Elves

The day before Christmas Silas decided to surprise me by cleaning the kitchen. He enlisted Ambrose's help and together they moved all of the chairs, swept the kitchen floor, and cleaned off the table.

My Poor Little Deprived Ragamuffins

Ambrose wasn't so sure about sitting on Santa's lap at first, but when he did he asked Santa for "his own bag of cranberries."

The idea of asking for his own bag of something came from Silas who surprised me one day when I asked him what he wanted for Christmas and he told me that he wanted "his own bag of carrots." You'd think that my children never got fruits and vegetables, but at the time Silas asked for his own bag of carrots, we had about six pounds of carrots in the fridge. He doesn't even like carrots that much, but he has clung to the idea with tenacity. Silas' teacher told the class to draw a picture of what they wanted for Christmas and Silas drew three adorable little carrots.

Thankfully Silas just told Santa that he didn't know what he wanted; it would have been embarrassing if Ambrose's bag of cranberries had been followed up with Silas' bag of carrots.