3.49 Thanksgiving

By Cyndi
November 27, 2014

Pardon the delayed post, but its been busy with Thanksgiving.  Besides a little wet snow which prevented us from being outside at all, we survived and had a great time together.  Matt decided to brine the turkey this year (for 48 hours), which we both agreed helped it be so moist!  With all the normal sides, the adults barely ate any dessert as we ate too much other food.

We also hosted everyone on Friday night for a big sleepover.  The kids did fairly well, even though we had to break out a new toy or two meant for their birthday to keep them all entertained.  The menu was a nacho bar on our grill plates, so each couple made their own.  I was happy with how it all turned out!

Another successful Turkey day and can't wait for next year!!

3.48 Potty talk

By Cyndi
November 19, 2014


This week has been crazy, yet again for me.  All you get from me this week is ....

"Zachary, stop playing penis games!"

Ugh, where is the user guide for two boys, one of which does a little extra playing each time he goes potty!

3.47 A little daylight for some bikes!

By Cyndi
November 10, 2014

We had a fairly quiet week & weekend.  We mostly stayed around the house and began the purging and cleanup effort in preparation of visitors over Thanksgiving and two (maybe three) times in December.  We needed to go through the extra rooms and spend time organizing and cleaning up the basement. All of the extra room is great, until you realize how much crap you find in each corner.  Cleaning it all out just in time to donate before the end of 2014!


The weather was nice enough on Sunday afternoon to spend a little time after nap outside on bikes before it started to get dark around 430pm.  Gosh, leaving for work in the dark and arriving home in the dark sucks!

That's it from here.  Any additional comments would only be about the awful listening that has continued at home.  I have had to sit in their room to ensure they go to sleep for nap and bedtime is just as bad.  Ugh ...... that is all I have to say about that.

3.46 Halloween and mug shots

By Cyndi
November 3, 2014

We survived another weekend.  Halloween was so fun once they were out RUNNING from house to house!

We've learned these kids are creatures of habit and due to our crazy work schedules and how we run this shop, change doesn't happen too often.  We switched them from their "summer" shoes to their heartier "winter" shoes when the weather turned colder last week. Between dinner and putting on costumes, Tyler lost it when we requested him to put shoes on for trick or treating.... the same shoes he wore all day at school without issue and had been wearing for a few days.  Zach and Matt went out and Matt even swung back in to try to get Tyler out but he wouldn't' budge and wanted me to carry him which at 38lbs is not an option.

Finally after 20+ min of meltdown, he finally agreed to put shoes and and went running out the door crying for Matt & Zach.  I wish I had a video of a ninja turtle with superman identity crisis running and crying down the street.

In the end, they had a great time and enjoyed some candy and went to bed.

Saturday morning I felt completely defeated.  Tyler refused to get dressed and I wasn't going to budge and give in to his demands, which were all in screaming or crying tones.  He stayed upstairs for 1 hour 45 minutes before he gave in and came down, at almost 10am.  We ended up not going to a playdate with friends whom I hadn't seen in months, which besides the parenting fail, I was sad about not seeing friends.

On a positive note, mug shots have been taken so the official countdown to vacation in March can begin!!!