Homework

Drew has homework - usually Tuesday and Thursday. I have a wonderful routine of getting him to do homework and have a snack and then he and Jack can watch a little tv. Good times. We got home yesterday and I was in a hurry to clean and get things ready for a book party I had last night. I checked the folder and didn't see any homework. The party ended, the kids went to bed and then I spotted it. The homework. ARGH!!! Now, my kindergartener is the child without his homework already. And he's only five.

Let me know where to send my own nomination for Mom of the Year.

Bo is still super fussy getting teeth. The frustrating thing is that there are no teeth visible coming in (aside from the two bottom that are already there). So this could go on for weeks... Great.

The Ballerina Costume

Have you seen the movie 'Elf'? There is a scene where Will Ferrell's character, Buddy wants to get his dad a present. Buddy has been in the North Pole since he was a baby and doesn't understand much of the 'people culture', so he sees a sign that says 'For Someone Special' near lingerie in a department store and buys it for his dad. Well, we decided to watch this the other night with the kids and this was probably the only questionable scene. When the dad opened the box in the movie, my boys thought it was hysterical that Buddy bought a ballerina costume for his dad. We didn't correct him - easier to explain it's funny that he bought a ballerina girl costume instead of lingerie... Well, Drew thought it was so funny that he shared it with his class and teacher yesterday.

Thanks, movie makers. I appreciate that.

I am planning the family Christmas card - I was going to design it. I don't know. I really think I may just order some. But I did get a couple cute shots of the kids last night!! I am putting on a couple of pictures we had made last week... These are not my pictures, these were done professionally...

Thanksgiving, Part Deux

War Eagle. Enough said - not a great game for either side, but we did manage to pull it out, so war eagle.

We celebrated Thanksgiving with my parents, Katie and Gigi on Saturday. My mom made pastitio - a wonderful greek-style lasagne dish. The boys had a blast playing with gramma and grampa. We watched the Iron Bowl Saturday night. Sunday was spent doing laundry and working around the house - getting ready to deck the halls next weekend. We have narrowed down the plan for exterior illumination - probably wreaths on the windows with lights on them. I have to get greenery for the mailbox. I will use scissors to cut it this year - no knives!!

The boys also had fun playing in the leaves outside yesterday - as you can see from the pictures. John let them play with the leaf blower briefly...

Our Thanksgiving Slide Show!

A Filling Holiday

Whew! We had a lovely Thanksgiving! We watched the parade and went to Cawkie and Pop's house (John's mom & dad). Drew got the wish bone from the turkey. He's been debating ever since what to wish for. As if 'poof' whatever it is, will just show up automatically.

Drew also has his list for Santa ready. Unfortunately they don't make the things he's requesting. I mentioned that to him and was quickly corrected - "Mommy, the elves can make whatever we want." Yeah, daddy and I better get working!!

I am attaching a slide show of the holiday festivities. We had a dance party - have I ever mentioned these before?? - Wednesday night. This is a Burke tradition. We play different dance music (disco, kids, Auburn band music, etc.) and the kids dance around. Our favorite songs include: "I like to move it move it" (from Madagascar), "Jump in the Line" (Harry Belafonte), "YMCA", "Copacabana" and any Auburn music. Bo participated in his first conga line. It was fun. The boys had a blast.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are ready for Thanksgiving - I love the holiday. I have to fix a peanut butter pie (per John's request) tonight and assemble the salad. That's it. We're going to watch the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving show tonight (thank you, Ms. Dabbs!!) and the parade in the morning. I get a little bored around the middle of the parade - how many showtunes can you really handle in the morning? But I love seeing Santa arrive at the end. LOVE IT.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. Look for more pictures Friday or Monday :)

Good morning!

I took Nyquil last night to head off a cold I seem to be getting. Now I am trying to wake up - even though I've been out of bed for hours now...

The picture above is Bo in his bouncy seat. We didn't strap him in and he managed to do this in less than 30 seconds. He is getting more teeth - as you can see his finger is in his mouth. He is sleeping pretty good - some days he won't wake up at all, others he'll wake for a bottle once. He did last night, but I didn't hear it. John mentioned it this morning.

We watched Shrek 3 last night - those movies crack me up. They are getting so excited about Christmas - I love it too. When one doesn't behave, you just have to tell them Santa is watching and they'll end up with nothing on Christmas morning if they don't behave... Instant behavior modification.