Clearing my head

With Valentines Day fast approaching and my birthday 6 days after, I thought I'd post some "helpful" hints as to what I might like. Mind you, this list is for Ian. But it'll be nice to look back in a few years and see how my tastes have changed.

Things I would like:

1. Chocolate (Cellas dark chocolate covered cherries, Godiva dark chocolate rasberry truffles are favorites right now)

2. Brian Regan c.d. or d.v.d.

3. A date night totally planned by someone besides myself (this includes getting a babysitter)

4. Elmers

5. A pedicure (all those flip-flops have done a number on my feet)

6. A clean house

7. Movie tickets (btw, if you haven't seen Juno drop everything and go - NOW!)

8. Lily Allen or Nada Surf c.d.

Big-priced items (I can dream...)

1. A purse like Tiffany's (yeah, I know I'm not supposed to covet)

I guess that's it. Sheez, I couldn't think of anything else.

So not much has been going on here, but somehow I feel like I'm always one step behind. I'm trying to de-clutter my house and get ready for a garage sale but that's hard when I live with a few pack rats. It's also hard when my children keep going through what I have put away for the garage sale and playing with it.

Evan is calming down a little. He seems happier on the whole (most of his teeth have finally came in) and less crazy. Although he did fall off the computer chair today and has a doozy of a scrape to prove it. The other day I was at my mom's and noticed it had been quiet for a while. I look over and see Evan lying on the ground playing with a toy drill. He layed there for atleast 10 minutes. He hasn't been that still in ages! I took a picture :) As much as he drives me crazy, I love him more and more each day. I love kissing his chubby cheeks and hearing him squeal when I chase him. He fills my life with laughter and love (as do all my little rug-rats).

Today is my sister-in-law Trina's birthday. Trina is the kindest, sweetest, best person I know. One of the best things about her is that she's not judgemental. Go to Kim's blog to read more about Trina. Happy Birthday Trin Bean!

Ian has been busy getting the boys' cars ready for the Pinewood Derby - it'll be a whole other post. Be prepared to be amazed! That's all for now...oh, yeah - how great is Lost? It's the only show I'm watching right now.

Unplanned Park Day

Tiffany broke her ankle which sucks more than you can imagine. I had her kids on Saturday while Jason took her to the hospital. Here are some pictures from the park. I so enjoy her kids - between Max, Liam and Elliott it was like comic relief all day. Plus I've never seen two boys get along better than Ben and Christian. I really hope they are friends for life. I also enjoyed spending girl time with Tayler and she was sooo much help. It is my secret (not so secret anymore) dream that Tayler and Alexander will someday get married. I'm a nerd, I know.

It was nice to finally be able to do something for Tiffany after everything she's done (and does) for me. Get better Tiffany!

Man Cold

About a week ago I was reading Kristy's blog and she posted this most hilarious video. I had to share it. The funny thing was as I was watching the video, Ian came in and as soon as I started to comment he's screaming, "That's not me! I don't do that" (methinks he protests too much). Enjoy!



P.S. it was Kristy's blog that we also first saw Flight of the Concords -she posts some hilarious stuff.

P.P.S. Pause the music before you start the video (I know most of you already know to do that but I'd thought I'd mention it anyway :))

Happy & Sad

Happy Birthday Stacy - I knew you'd enjoy this picture. He's not my top choice for a celebrity crush, but I like how loyal you are. You've loved Hayden for a long time - and even endure endless amounts of teasing about his bad acting. My gift to you on your birthday is Hayden! I even got you movie tickets so you can go see "Jumper".

O.k. the happy, fun portion of this post is over. Today I lost my wedding band. I think I cried for a good 2 hours. There was an hour of desperation where I offered the kids $50 if they found the ring as I was flinging bits of trash around (sooo disgusting). I've turned the house upside down. The ring is gone. I still have the more expensive engagement ring but I almost liked my little band better. I didn't get it when we got married - Ian surprised me with it 4 years ago as a Valentines Day/Birthday present (yeah, it kinda sucks having my birthday so close to Valentines Day). I hate caring so much about a material thing but I loved the ring and I am heart broken.

Max Fix

A few funnies:

Max comes out of the bathroom today totally naked. I know better by now then to laugh. He says, "Mom, you changed the soap in the bathroom. I smell soooo good. I washed watermelon soap all over my body. The next time we go to the store can we get real watermelon to eat?" We then had a 10 minute conversation about watermelon, how it's not in season and when it will be in season. He was totally naked the whole time.

Later, Max asked me, "Will you be mad if someone kissed me at school?"

"Was it a boy or a girl?" I ask.

"A boy - he kissed me on the back of my shirt."

"What did you do?" (I cringe while I wait for his reply)

"I kissed him back - on the cheek." Pause "I'm not giving that boy one of my Nerd valentines."

Then of course, we had to have the conversation about how you have to give everyone in your class a valentine regardless of how you feel about them. He finally grasped it when I explained, "What if that boy gave everyone in the class valentine Nerds, but not you?"

"Fine! He can have some of my stupid Nerds!"

Last one - Max is talking to me as we speak and keeps asking me, "Do you like me? Was I good today?"

Me: "You had some really good moments today, but also some bad ones."

Max: "What bad ones? I don't remember any bad ones."

Me: "I can remember you yelling really loud at me in Target."

Max stares at me with a look of concentration then shrugs his shoulders and says, "Uhh...that wasn't me - it was Ben."

So quick to throw his brother under the bus - I had to remind him that Ben was at school at the time.

Sickness

Ben is sick. My first clue was when he came home from school on Friday and immediately went to bed. This about killed Max who waits patiently all day for Ben to get home so they can play. Ben had a birthday party Saturday afternoon but told me he didn't feel like going. Another red flag goes up. O.k. he's definitely sick. I finally took him to the doctor yesterday and he has a sinus infection. Poor kid. You should've seen his eyes light up when the doctor told him he'd have to miss school today too. It was like Christmas all over again.

Alexander stayed home yesterday too. He said he was going to throw up but after sleeping for 2 hours he was as good as new. Which meant he was his usual bossy, teasing self. When he is bored he can get himself into quite a bit of trouble. It was a loooong day. Lots of "Mooomm! he said..." You know, the kind of day where you want to pluck each hair out of your head. We went and got ice-cream around 5:00 not because I was rewarding them but because I needed it.

The thing I love about Ben being home is that he keeps Max occupied. I hope that they love each other like this forever. They build Bionicles, play marbles, draw, play with action figures - they can keep each other busy for hours. I love it. Ben is such a great big brother - he loves teaching Max new things and he has lots of patience. I could learn a thing or two from him.

Welcome to the Cheap Seats

I like to read about celebrities. Tiffany and my mom share this "like" so we often trade magazines, ect. In fact, Tiffany and I have been known to even have whole conversations about Hollywood babies, starlets and relationships. I feel a little pathetic admitting it, but oh well, there it is.

Imagine my joy when I am talking to Jill the other day and she casually mentions that it would be fun to see some celebrities - there are tons in town for the Super Bowl. I quickly pounce and suggest that we go to Fashion Square to hunt up some celebs. So Saturday morning Jill, Rayna and I head up to Scottsdale. We are such geeks. I swear. We think any person wearing designer clothes must be a celebrity. We shop around a little going into a store called "Lush". In there, we admit to the sales woman that we are hear looking for celebrities (hello - I even brought my camera!) The saleswoman starts telling us about everyone she's seen: Mary J. Blige, Bounce and Jay Z, K Fed and his kids (Jill's eyes widen a little at that). She then informs us that we need to go to the Waterfront if we truly want to see famous people. We are so there!

We venture outside, stopping to eat at Sauce (how could I pass it up?). We sit outside and everytime anyone walks by we whisper, "Who was that?" "Did you notice?" Of course we are totally clueless when it comes to pro-sports players although I did recognize one guy that I had seen on the news the night before (he was wearing the same hat) but since I couldn't remember his name, we didn't approach him. We did eventually head down to the Waterfront. We got a few freebies and basically stared at anyone who looked remotely famous. It was so much fun! I'm sure we saw tons of famous people - we just didn't know who they were. Did any of you see anyone famous?

P.S. Ian has seen Ice-T.

Baby Talk

Evan has been tagged by Becca. I interviewed him earlier - here are 6 random things about Evan William Trezise, the cutest 15 month-old in the world.

1. Evan loves to climb. His favorite things to scale are: the dining room table, the couch, the bar stools, the countertops. Evan has been known to move a chair, toy or box of diapers near to what he wants to climb on. He's pretty ingenious that way.

2. Evan LOVES chocolate. I totally and completely take the blame for this. When he sees the chocolate chip bag (I say "the" because there is always one in my house) he does what I like to call the happy dance. He shuffles is little feet and says, "moobiie" which I believe is a combination of the words "more" and "bite". He also can identify an M&M bag and Jr. Mint box on sight.

3. Evan is training to be a rock-n-roll singer. He's already got the piercing, gut wrenching scream down pat. Plus he has some wicked dance moves.

4. Evan's favorite "toys" are cell phones, remote controls, digital cameras and jewelry. Don't try to fool him with fakes, he knows the difference.

5. Evan. does. not. sit. still. I wish I had a $1 for everytime someone says to me, "He's a busy little boy, isn't he" or something to that effect. I'm more than a little worried about the terrible twos.

6. Evan is Superman. He can withstand blows from an irrate 4 year-old, falls off a high chair, head-banging drops incurred while running (he NEVER walks). He is invincible. He hardly ever cries when he is hurt, just when he doesn't get what he wants - and then watch out! He can get seriously p.o.'d.