Scaredy Cats

Ok I totally blame myself.  Noah and Julian clearly inherited my fear of spiders.

I was sitting on the living room floor, sorting though seriously old files to organize the cabinet.  Spring Winter cleaning?  Since it's the weekend and the beginning of a holiday break I told the boys they could have a slumber party in Noah's room.  Of course they stay up much later than normal flipping though books, talking, playing, wrestling, asking for milk, getting up to use the bathroom or to tattle on each other for some ridiculous reason (Noah told me to move over!).  But then Julian comes out to tell me he saw a spider.  I was about to tell him to go back to bed before he gets in trouble when I thought to myself, hmmm...I would be pretty upset if I saw a spider in my room, asked for help but got in trouble instead.  Also, the last time he told me that he saw a spider in his room (he was kind of in a panic about it) he was serious - there was a big ol' spider making his merry way all over the walls in Julian's room.  So I got up to check it out.

At first I thought he was pulling my leg.  I didn't see a spider.  But then there it was...clear as day.  It was totally camouflaged on the wood headboard and directly above Julian's pillow.  Well you know me and spiders.  What did I do? Called in for reinforcements.  Leo came in to smoosh the spider, but as usual, missed.  He checked the tissue and I clearly saw it was EMPTY!  We both looked around the bed, down the side, under the pillows, shook the blanket, etc, etc.  Unfortunately the boys were watching this whole thing unfold.  We told them that daddy got the spider (he swears he "clipped" it so it would probably crawl under the bed and die soon always - yuck).  Julian was attempting to take over Noah's side of the bed and refused to cross the invisible half way line to his side where the spider was.  Noah was eyeing the bed suspiciously from a distance and never climbed back in.  I could see that my attempts to convince them all was fine and dandy were in vain.

Here is where they ended up.  Cramped together in Julian's toddler size bed.  But they were happy, felt safe and went to sleep within 10 minutes of laying down.

Also, if anyone still needs to get me a Christmas present I have a suggestion.  I think it's high time I got a back up for Leo my bug-killer .  Behold the Lentek BV01 Rechargeable Cordless Handheld Bug Vaccum in all it's spider sucking glory.

These are a few of my favorite....

Ornaments.  I love ornaments.  Especially Santa ornaments.  Every year I try to buy one or two new Santa ornaments to make my tree more Santa-ish.  With the exception of a few, my entire tree is a Santa theme.  Here are a few pics of some of my favorites, though I do love them all!  A few shots of the guys decorating the tree too.  Unfortunately this is the first year I've had to keep super glue ready at hand.  2 casualties since the tree when up yesterday, but nothing a little super glue couldn't fix.  

Here Comes Santa Claus

We saw Santa!!  Noah asked Santa for Heely's, then ran back to ask for a few other things that I couldn't hear (at least I got one covered, right?).  Julian had just woken up from a nap and was on the cranky side...he was bribed to go to Santa when a candy cane was waved at him.  He refused to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas, then he said he didn't want anything ("I want nothing" are his exact words).  Naomi didn't even make a peep.  Maybe next year will be her 'crying on Santa's lap, throwing a fit' picture.  

Nekked Babies

Here's a quick comparison of my kids, all around the same age.  So similar, but so different.  Leo and I think Naomi looks quite like Noah when he was a baby...but just the other day she made an expression that resembled Julian.  It's fun to watch how she changes from day to day - looking like the people in our family.  This is an exciting age too...lots of cooing, arms and legs waving around, recognizing faces and giving those faces smiles, glimpses of personality.  And by golly, I love every minute of it (just like I did 2 times before).

Noah - 2 months (2006)

Julian - 3 months (2009)

Naomi - 2 months (2011)

It's Summer Somewhere!!

6 years ago Leo and I were in Maui for our first anniversary and we found out we were expecting a baby.  During the trip we bought our first baby item...an itsy bitsy teeny weeny cheetah print baby bikini.  I have never been able to use it because, well, we had 2 boys in a row.  Now that Naomi is here, guess what?  It's not Summer so I still don't get to let her wear it.  But I decided that I needed a fashion show - and so do you!

This is Halloween

In this town we call home everyone hail to the pumpkin song.  


Enjoy some of our Halloween pictures!

Halloween Deja Vu

One good turn deserves another.  The original costume was worn down to string and thread by Julian over this summer so he got a new one.  Maybe Naomi will want to be a Space Rangerette when she is 3 - I can always sew a purple tutu on the costume.  

Noah - 2008 (2.5 years old)

Julian - 2011 (3 years old)

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Julian

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3 years old

Julian is 3 today.  He had a Buzz Lightyear party yesterday.  He spent (almost) the entire time in the bounce house, half naked, dirty, and hopped up on banana cake.  I'd say as far as little boy wishes go he had a good birthday!  

First Bath

I'd been putting it off...Naomi wasn't too fond of it.  But the first bath is behind us now.  Scrubba dub dub.