"Hey Connor Guess What.."

Our friend Robyn drives Owen back & forth from daycare to preschool every day. She usually has him, her daughter, and Connor who is one of Owen's "best buddies.". She says the conversations that she overhears are a real hoot. Yesterday she overheard this...

Owen: "Hey Connor my cat is getting spayed this weekend."
Connor: "What is spayed?"
Owen: "I have no idea."

Possible that no one thinks it's funny but me, but it made me laugh out loud when she texted me with the exchange!

I did ask Jason what he has been sharing about spaying a cat.. He said that yesterday morning he mentioned that it's time for him to take "Shadow," a female cat who just showed up at our house one day, to spay her.

Good thing that he didn't elaborate on the topic of "spaying" or I think we'd have a very educated pre-K class on our hands!

Owen's Fashion Sense

No, that's not one of my boys! (but Owen did look cute in that hat for a few minutes while we shopped around TJ Maxx)

That's Kallie, one of Owen's friends who is also his Pre-K classmate. She had birthday in December and both boys went to her "girly" party (and had fun!).

Owen was excited about picking out her birthday present.

It took awhile but after several rounds of swapping this in and that out, he settled on the hat, shirt, and purse shown above. He chose the purse because of the "lip gloss and hair stuff" that it came with. According to him girls just love lip gloss! ha!

Kallie loved the outfit and put it on right there at the party... which totally made Owen's day.

He will make some woman a great husband one day. He's very complimentary - "Mom I love your new necklace." And he's great at noticing new things... a new dress, new shoes, even a new purse. And he has great taste. I'm wearing the penguin necklace that he chose as a Christmas gift right now.

Sweet little guy... rough and tumble, but full of surprises!

Christmas 2010 @the Indiana State Museum

We go each year just before Christmas to the Indiana State Museum. The boys think it's cool to see the Indiana history, especially the areas with rocks, animal tracks, and formerly live animals (now stuffed!). They ride the train and sit on Santa's lap for our official kids w/Santa photo. And they visit the gift shop, which is always the most important stop of any museum!

And a fun sleigh photo before we left... after about 12 takes, this was the one that exhibited the most cooperation by both boys!

New Jerseys

I don't know how it happened, or when, but our little boys have become, well boys!

Boys who are into sports jerseys and sports. Always wanting to throw a football. Playing soccer and basketball, and tennis. They both wanted Purdue jerseys, and Owen put both Purdue and Colts jerseys on his Christmas list.

And out of nowhere, Ben started asking for Nike fleece, hi-top tennis shoes, Under Armour, and North Face. He's a big fan of Dick's Sporting Goods. Thankfully I'm a big fan of thrift stores who sell Under Armour and North Face for mere pennies on the dollar!

Oh how quickly they grow up.

If We had Sent a Christmas Card..

it would have looked like this..

Last year I had the cards printed but never got them mailed.

The year before I didn't mail them until March. And a few, I've learned recently, were addressed but never mailed.

So this year, this is your Christmas card.

Merry Christmas 2010!

With love from the Huff family

My Boys!

Love this photo of my 3 guys... so handsome, even if I do say so myself.

And clearly I also love zip-neck sweaters! Haha!

Cousins!

The boys sure do love their cousins. This is Kyle, who is just from February to October younger then Ben. He comes in right between Ben and Jonah, who has a birthday in January. We were at a funeral visitation here, so that was unfortunate, but the boys were happy to see their cousin. They both greeted him with a hug.

Growing up I had cousins around all of the time. I wish for the boys that they had more of that sometimes, but then I suppose that it wouldn't be quite as special. When I mention a cousin they always want to know when they can see him/her!

I love that!

Angela

A Snuggi & a Wii!

(Sung to the tune of "All I Want for Christmas")

All I want for Christmas is a Snuggi & a Wii

A Snuggi & a Wii

A Snuggi & a Wii..

The boys have wanted a Wii now for 3 Christmases but Jason and I had a good list of reasons not to get them one for the first 2 years. They have a big yard and we want them to play in it. Our old game system, the PS2, was really enough. We didn't want them to become video game junkies. etc.

We caved.

They still won't be allowed to play on school nights, just weekends. And I guarantee Owen will end up being grounded from the game as much as he has allowance to play it. I joke that we gave them ds games last year just to ground them (mostly Owen) from them! I'd also like to work out a plan to give them time to play kind of like an allowance (instead of paying cash) for doing chores. Not sure how that will work yet so if anyone has suggestions, let me know.

Anyway, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Owen must have said at least a dozen times how he wished he had a Wii. It was all I could do to keep the secret. We gave it to them in the morning on Christmas Eve and let them play in their pjs all day. We all played Mario Cart and another Mario game (I can't keep them straight). It was a lot of fun. I got the Zumba Wii game as a gift and I've tried it once. Ben laughed. Owen tried to join in, but ended up on the floor in my path. That didn't go well. We intentionally tried it when Jason wasn't home so that he wouldn't laugh. Owen told me that he'd punch him if he laughed. I like the sound of that... although I'm clearly not condoning punching, and esp of his parent or any other adult! ha!

And about the Snuggis... Aunt Tammie told me last year that she was getting the boys Snuggis and embroidering them. I thought, note to self, remind them to be gracious even if they want no part of the gift. To my surprise they've had a lot of fun with them. They've been Jedi robes, Harry Potter robes, and just plain Snuggis in the morning when they are sitting on the couch watching tv or playing video games. Who knew?

I'll miss the morning cuteness and sweetness when I go back to work in two days!

Angela

Missing: 1 front tooth!

Ben's front tooth had been hanging loose for weeks. He wanted it pulled out, but I'm not man enough for that. It really gives me the chills to even think about it. I pulled one before for him and the little "crunch" just before the tooth came out... well I'll pass on pulling any more!

Anyway, we kept joking before Christmas that it might come out. Then on Monday after Christmas he was eating his chocolate Christmas tree at Grandpa & Grandma Kaiser's, and out it came. I noticed immediately that he seemed to talk a little different, and boy did he look cute. It won't be long before the permanent one is in though; it is already peeking through.

He held onto the tooth until we got back home on Wednesday night and put it in his "tooth box" on his dresser that night. He got two Sacajawea coins in exchange for his tooth, and with a generous spirit, shared one of those with his brother. He told Owen that he had two more loose teeth, so he would be getting more coins anyway.

Love those sweet moments, few and far between as they are sometimes!

Angela

Children's Museum on New Year's Eve

Here's a pic of Ben, Cooper & Owen at the Children's Museum.

We hadn't been to the museum in months... with soccer, basketball and tennis it has been hard for us to find time to visit. This was the first trip, besides Ben's class field trip in the Spring, where he hasn't been able to play in the Playscape area. He was a little sad. He and I left Owen with Heather and Cooper and went to the Ruby Bridges/Anne Frank/Ryan White exhibit. He was especially moved by the Ruby Bridges story this time. I actually thought he might cry. He kept asking why the kids were mean to her, then kept repeating that it was because of the color of her skin. I love that he's such a sensitive little guy.

It was a good day!

Angela

It's 1-1-11!

It's a new year and we're making a blogging comeback again.

No excuses, we just haven't had time to blog. I love reading the old posts though, so I'm really going to try to do better!

It's New Year's Day (barely) and both boys stayed up to see the ball drop. We had a late night last night because we stayed up watching Star Wars. Then both boys were up before 8am on New Year's Eve, excited about a trip to the Children's Museum with Heather & Cooper. After a long day at the museum, we had dinner at the Putnam Inn and then the boys worked on Ben's Pinewood Derby car and played Wii (Harry Potter) until just before midnight. I told them I'd need a kiss from them at midnight, and Owen said "I will give you one NOW!" He took off my glasses (he likes them off for some reason) and gave me a nice big smooch!

They didn't really get the "big deal" of New Year's but they kept me company while I watched Dick Clark count it down. At midnight Owen was jumping up and down on my bed yelling "Happy New Year!" By bedtime 15 mins later they were both in meltdown mode. Tomorrow should be interesting!

Happy New Year!

Angela