Cake!

So I made him a get well/gag cake! Its a giant nose, a 'bloody tissue' made from fondant, with 'Cus Your Nose Blows' written on the board.

It is a white cake, butter cream frosting, and vanilla flavored fondant. I really like the butter cream recipe I found. The fondant recipe is easy to make and tasty, but difficult to manage. So I'm on the search for a different one.

This was a fun cake to make. L wished I made a cake finder to go in the nose cake, and J said the bloody tissue was too realistic for him, totally made me laugh!

A Whole New World!

It feels like all of a sudden its a whole new world...
It's not really, but there are some changes, the biggest being that J is home from deployment! We love, love, love having him home!

~L no longer tries to get out of going to school in the morning
~The daily email writing and checking is no more
~Some pesky little things in the house like the broken deadbolt lock is fixed
~The potholes in the road are filled
~The boys are back to riding their dirt bikes
~I can call J on his way home from work to have him pick something up like milk
~BBQ time is back
~Movie night is back
~Boys have a real wrestling contender
~Complete family prayer
~Home project planning has begun
~Sitting in the passenger side of the car
~I get a lot more texts and calls on my cell phone
~Family dinner is more than just what the boys want
~Outnumbered no longer... # of adults = # of children
~Just knowing that I don't have to do everything on my own is a big stress relief!

I am very thankful for J and all he does for me and our family. Life is very different when he is away. Home is so complete when he is back and I feel truly blessed!

Weird!

I guess weird is in the eye of the beholder.

Sweet L got a package of mini donuts today. He gave one to me, one to R, and wanted to save one for his Dad. So I told him to put it in a Ziploc baggie.

I hear him say to himself:
"That's weird"

Curious, I asked him what was weird and he said,
"All Mom's want are Ziplocs!"

So now you know, us Ziploc desiring Moms are weirdos!

Sickos!

Man, the start of our 2010 has been plagued with sick days! I shudder to think of the doctors visits, missed events, missed school days and all the meds R, L, and I have had to consume.
Now don't get me wrong, it still has been a great year so far, its just every couple of weeks someone has gotten sick. And right now we are in the midst of the 'I don't feel good' days.
We have been coping with lots of tv, movies, and the Wii! L has almost worn out Mario Cart. Both boys have enjoyed watching old Super Mario Bros. cartoons on DVD. I have been reading comics to pass the time, Foxtrot, Calvin and Hobbes, Zits, and Garfield are amusing. R has started reading "Hunger Games" and "Dead Guy Spy".
Here's to a fast recovery!

Boy Wonder!

Can you say Handsome?!

Honesty!

Don't you love it when your kids tell you the truth?

L: Mom tomorrow can we have McDonalds for breakfast before the zoo?
Me: Yes, if your good.
L: Oh...wait, like good tomorrow, or, good tonight And tomorrow?
Me: Good tonight and tomorrow!

Groan, roll of the eyes, flop on the couch...

L: But I can't be good that long, its too hard!
Me: Why is it too hard?
L: I might do something bad tonight.
Me: Like what?
L: I might kick R's butt!

I couldn't help it, I just cracked up! I did tell him that he was just going to have to try hard and be good to get his special breakfast. So far he's doing the impossible and has Not kicked his brothers butt!

Pink!

I love the Funhouse album by Pink
One of my favorite songs on it is 'Glitter in the Air'
Pink performed this at tonight's Grammy's
I think she did a pretty cool performance!

Grades!

I finished up business law and social science-interdisciplinary approach to the 1960's last week.
I received my grade rather quickly from the social science class: 100% A+
I have done this one other time in my college career, it feels pretty good to pass a class without any deductions!
It took awhile for my other professor to finish up all her grading.
For Business Law I received: A-

I was a little apprehensive about my business class, for so long it looked as though I wouldn't break my B I had in there. I write well, however, I have some difficulties taking tests. There were weekly tests and the final was one giant test. I pulled through and am very happy with my A-!

So now my quarter GPA is: 3.85
I have earned 56 cumulative credits and my cumulative GPA is: 3.76
I am very happy with these numbers!

I have treated myself to a break. I am taking just over 2 months off from school. This is helping me tremendously while J is out on deployment.

Movies!

When J is deployed I try to stay on track with normal life. I also love to do fun things with the boys. J says he wants us to have fun while he's away so we won't get too sad (he's an awesome man!) I also tell the boys we have to have fun and do cool things so we have great interesting things to tell Daddy when he gets back!

One thing I do more when J is away than when he's home is take the boys to the movies. The boys seem to enjoy this activity almost as much as I do :-)
We have seen The Spy Next Door and The Tooth Fairy.
Both had some very funny parts, and while watching we stuffed ourselves with popcorn, candy, and soda.
Each boy had their favorites from the movies that they think their Dad will like when he gets home. I have to say that they both do very well with deployments. I love how understanding and loving they are and that they can be open minded during these times. I love my family!

January!

January is flying by! This month has been full of a few sickies, playtime, baseball practice, homework, rain, and projects!
I have been terrible about taking pics, but here is a few I managed to get. The boys playing with Christmas clay and making a SpongeBob underwater replica, L playing spy/ninja outside and keeping us safe from bad guys, and my first attempt at making a 'fancy' cake for my best friend for her birthday.