Family bedroom

Leo and I worked hard on "updating" our bedroom. I wanted a more 'grown up' room. A peaceful and relaxing place where I could go and unwind. We are so happy with how it looks..but as usual, the minute that I close the door to have some quiet time, someone is knocking (or meowing) and reaching their fingers (and paws) under the door "dying" for my attention!

Graduation

Congradulations Kogan and Michael.

We're so proud of you.

Welcome to 5th and 2nd grade!

Happy Birthday Leo

Happy Birthday Leo (Daddy).

We love you!

The tooth fairy finally visits Michael

Michael finally wiggled his first tooth out. He just turned 7 and just finished 1st grade. He's been waiting since last year, when all of his friends started losing their teeth. He was so excited to finally get a visit from the tooth fairy, that he put the tooth under his pillow at 1pm! When we finally tucked him into bed (many, many hours later) we looked under his pillow and the tooth was gone! Really, and there was no money there either. He was so upset. So, I did what any good mommy would do. I set up a search crew and went on a mission to find it. It was already past bed time, but I couldn't disappoint him. So, we ripped his bed apart. We started with the sheets and blankets and then ended up lifting and moving his whole mattress. The problem was his tooth was the same color as his carpet. So, I got down on my hands and knees with a flashlight. (I was cursing my decision to put in dim "relaxing" lighting in his room) Finally my hands felt something hard..I had finally found it. Michael was so excited! We got his bed all made up again and tucked our toothless little boy in for the night. In the morning he ran downstairs to tell us that the tooth fairy had left him a dollar, and her glitter all over the bed.. (what a creative little tooth fairy he has). Here's my beautiful Michael with his first missing tooth! Here's to many more!

Silly Kogan (blackmail video)

I walked out of our bedroom and saw Kogan being very silly..so of course I grabbed the camera and had to film him..Future blackmail! Leo said that Kogan must get his "dancing skills" from me not him, but I disagree!

Hurray for Dyson!

I think that I'm going to have to write a letter to my vacuum company Dyson. They claim on their commercials that "they never lose suction". I have had my Dyson for several years now and have always been pleased with it. However, today the poor thing was tested and thankfully it passed. I told the boys to clean their upstairs play room. Of course being a boy, Michael decided to do this task in the most practical way. He turned on the vacuum and vacuumed up everything in his path. (I did NOT know this). Later today I went to vacuum my floors downstairs. It was sucking, but the motor sounded like it was revving. Like something might be stuck. I took it apart and looked for the blocked object/objects. These objects are usually toy parts. I was figuring on finding a piece of a transformer or an arm of a "wounded soldier", or even the occasional band aid that gets sucked up..When I couldn't find anything in the tube, I had Leo take the whole vacuum apart. Thankfully Dyson makes their vacuums with easy snap apart parts. To our surprise (and horror) this is what we found stuck in the little tube that goes from the tube to the vacuum. All I could keep saying was "Oh my gosh! Oh my Gosh, MICHAEL!!!". We found :

1. A white sock *this answers the question of where our missing socks are*

2. a white foam Nerf gun dart

3. Several small empty candy boxes (from Halloween? I hope not!)

4. 2 marbles and rubber bands.

5. An AA battery

and your average variety of kids assorted small trash items!

The amazing thing is that this vacuum still was picking up stuff with all of that junk stuck in it! I guess that I didn't exactly tell Michael that he should pick these items up first and then vacuum...Next time I will be more explicit with my instructions! And if you're looking for a good vacuum? Dyson is the way to go!