White Gloves

While visiting with Santa today, Mekhi brought up a very vaild question. "If Santa puts coal in all the naughty kids' stockings, how does he keep his gloves so white?"

GOAL!!!!

Trevin scored 3 goals in soccer this morning! He was so excited with the first goal that he hardly believed it actually went in. After, I asked him to show me how excited he was to have scored and this is the face he gave me:

I'm pretty sure I jumped higher and screamed louder than he did!

Sleepover

The boys got a tent for their birthday and Mekhi has been sleeping in the tent for the last week or so. It takes up most of his bedroom floor, but he's loving it. Trevin had a "sleepover" in Mekhi's tent last night. This is a picture of Rob reading them a story before going to sleep.

Truth is, they didn't ever go to sleep. After an hour of playing and giggling I had to send Trevin back to his bedroom! I hope someday they will remember the fun they had, though.

I Hear You!!!

The boys have discovered that they can converse with each other through the house vents. One is in the downstairs bathroom and the other is in the upstairs bathroom. I'll spare you the details of their conversation, but I'm sure you can imagine! Mekhi calls it the Bathroom Talking Game. I call it TMI.

Choices

This morning the boys asked to watch the NFL Draft on ESPN. They were bummed to learn it doesn't start until 3:00 this afternoon. However, they were happy to settle for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I don't suppose most people who watch the draft would also be thrilled with the Disney Channel!

Just Pretend, Mom!

Mekhi and I were playing Tic-Tac-Toe today and I asked him who was going first. He wasn't sure, so I reminded him that a gentleman always lets the lady go first. He thought for a while, then whispered in my ear. "Maybe you should just pretend to be a boy, Mom!"

Mater

This past weekend we made a quick...or so we thought...trip to visit family for Easter. About 40 miles down the road my "Big Green Machine" (as the boys affectionately call the Suburban), lost power and wouldn't drive more than 45 mph. We turned around and stopped off at a large, local dealership. After about an hour they cleaned some sensors and we were back on the road. Unfortunately we kept having the same problem, but with a little patience we made it to our destination and had a wonderful Easter celebration.

However a little over an hour into the night-time drive home, we lost engine power again and pulled off on the side of the road. After a couple minutes of sitting in a broken-down car in the dark, Trevin blurted out "Hey, does anyone know Mater's phone number?". It was a logical question, if you ask me! This time we couldn't go faster than 15 mph and, since it was late at night and we were more than 1 hour from a ride, we bedded down in local Super 8 (the only hotel for miles!).

Imagine how excited the boys were when they woke up in the morning to learn that the local tow company had a tow truck big enough to fit our whole family on the 1 1/2 hour drive back home! The opportunity to ride in a 'Mater' pretty much tops the list of excitement for 5-year-olds! They were thrilled. It's really too bad the tow company wasn't hiring drivers, because Trevin would have signed on! I could hardly get him to leave the driver alone while he hooked up the 'Big Green Machine'. Here are some shots of the boys and Mater:

That's not a dead guy under there, it's the driver!