Brotherly Love....

After a quick visit to see Jon at the shop, the boys decided to walk back to the house ahead me. As I followed them, I saw Tyler stop and give Ryan my shoes (Tyler had put on my garden shoes to walk to the shop and I had carried Ryan). They walked on hand in hand…Ryan in my big shoes and Tyler barefoot. This simple act of brotherly love brought tears to my eyes as I watched them walk back home….

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

I took the boys to see Toy Story 3 this afternoon. Toy Story has always been my favorite animated childrens film and Toy Story 3 is probably my favorite one yet. Toy Story 3 is such a sweet and heartbreaking movie about a boy who out grows his toys and goes off to college.

I am glad I had extra napkins…I sure needed them…not because of sticky fingers, but because as Andy and his mom were looking around his room one last time before he drove off to college I couldn’t help but think of my own boys going off to school some day (too soon).

So until the day the boys outgrow their toys and I have to pack all them all away, I will cherish the days of:

toys all over the living room floor, hidden legos in the carpet just waiting for my foot to step on them, a play room that looks like a tornado went through it, and yes, trips to the toy store.

I treated the boys to lunch and a trip to Target after the movie….Ryan picked out this Woody costume and Tyler picked out Slinky. When they got home they gathered all their Toy Story toys and had me take a picture. Oh…these are the days!!!!!

tired...

Tired....

too tired to write today....I'll be back tomorrow.

Living in the country...

Living in the country has lots of advantages. One in particular is all the animals my son’s have had the opportunity to see first hand. They’ve seen: a calf being born, horses, cows, swans, ducks, rabbits, long horns, sheep, goats, raccoons, armadillos, possums, turtles, and recently an owl.

Jon’s parents live just down the street from us. A couple of months ago his mom told us that an owl was nesting in their trees and just had a baby. Some times she even finds the baby owl taking a bath in her sprinkler.

Every time we go over to their house we search for the owl…and he is always close by. We found him one day just sitting on the ground by a tree…we probably got within 25 feet of it…he just sat there. (of course I didn’t have a camera with me)

We don’t know how long he will stay….we hope for a while. It is neat having a “pet” owl.

I tried to get a picture the other day, but he was high up in a tree and it didn’t come out that great. The picture above is from a web site. I will keep trying to get a good picture of our owl.

There are many types of owls, some are really ugly!!! “Ours” is called the Barred Owl…we think he’s pretty cute!

My handwriting

My handwriting….not so good I guess.


Tyler just told me the funniest thing and I thought it was worth another post…

I am helping him with “summer home work”…to keep his mind fresh on everything he learned this past year. Anyway as part of his writing activity he is writing a thank you note for one of our neighbors. I wrote a couple of lines to help him out and he had to copy them in his own handwriting. After several questions of…”mommy what does this say”…he told me….”Mommy good thing you draw much better than you write…you have the worst handwriting…you need to go back to kindergarten.”

Mom, if you’re reading this I remember telling you the same thing about your handwriting…guess it must run in the family.

I guess my handwriting does look a 7 year olds....bubbly and loopy...at least I didn't dot my I's with little hearts....

Hair Cut Day

Hair Cut Day


Today was “hair cut day” for the Dahl boys….daddy, Tyler, and Ryan.

I have to say I am so proud of how they act when they get their hair cut (I am talking about Tyler and Ryan). Since their very first hair cut, neither one of them cry, fuss, or move when they are getting their hair cut. They just sit perfectly still.

I remember the days of having to take them to the “kiddy” hair cut places…you know the ones, with train tables, children crying, tv screens at every station, and chairs that look like fire trucks. Thankfully, we have long since out grown those places and now we take them to the ‘big boys” hair cut place….Sport Clips. Gotta love Sport Clips…they do such a great job on boys hair…it’s fast and every hair cut looks great. They have a special hair cut that is called the MVP….it includes: hair cut, hair wash, head massage, steam towel, and back massage. It’s not cheap, so when my 7 year old asked if he could get the MVP, I was surprised and a little amused. It was right before the new school year so I agreed. He had the best time! So every now and then for special occasions he will get the MVP. My little one hasn’t asked for one yet…but, I’m waiting. For those of you who are wondering….yes, daddy gets the MVP too from time to time.

So needless to say, this mom never dreads, hair cut day. And don’t they just look so cute!!

It’s the simple things…

It’s the simple things that make me happy…like coloring with the boys.

After breakfast this morning, Tyler, Ryan, and I cuddled back up in my bed to watch cartoons. Then Tyler left and came back with paper, crayons, and a magazine for each of us to use to color on. Although I have been known to be crafty…drawing is not something I am good at. I still draw like I did in first grade. But, don’t tell my seven and four year olds I am not good at drawing ....we all drew pictures of frogs, ladybugs, butterflies, monkeys…and you know what, they thought my pictures were pretty good.

The photo is of our artwork we made this morning….I bet you can tell which one is Ryan’s, but I bet you CAN’T tell which picture is Tyler’s and which is mine…..like I said, I still draw like I did in first grade…our drawings look pretty similar.

But, it doesn’t matter to me if I can’t draw….I had a great time!!!!