Too Smart for Someone's Good

In our house we don't drink juice boxes unless we are taking them with us somewhere. Mostly because it's cheaper to buy bottles and well, we have cups. For some reason that makes them very desirable...forbidden fruit I guess. Now that you have the background let me tell you what Ryan said to me this morning.

"Mommy, do you want me to have a juice box for breakfast or snack? Which one?"

I guess he has figured out the "ask a question with only desirable outcomes" trick. ::sigh::

Hot Tip

My little Ramone(he runs the paint shop in Cars) decided the walls around his Cars decorations needed some highlighting and accents. Since there was no spray paint around he resorted to coloring with crayons. I tried in vain to get the wall clean with soap and warm water. I didn't have any WD-40 sitting around and I'm not sure how I would feel about those fumes in my kid's room, so Crayola Cleaning Tips wasn't any help this time. Mid-scrub it struck me that crayons are made from wax. Wax melts! So I busted out the hair dryer. Low and behold the red streaks I had barely made a dent in with my scrubbing sponge [after quite a bit of trying] came off with ease right before my eyes!

Here is what I did...
1)Hold hair dryer set on high over a section of colored wall for 5 seconds.
2)Wipe immediately with back side of a damp sponge(that possibly had some dish washing liquid remaining).

Yep, that easy.

Cuties

I thought I would add a posed one for good measure:-)

I thought Ryan was so cute watching Curious George this morning I decided to get a picture. While I was taking pictures Lily decided she would have a better view from on top of the table.

I predict that when Ryan sees this picture he will laugh and say, "My hair is all crazy." Gotta love bed head;-)

Making It Our Own

We've been making lots of changes around our house lately. We were thinking we would move, but with the market the way it is we decided to stay here for a while. I decided if we are staying than I am changing a few things. I want to decorate my own way and make some changes. We like our schools and our area. The only thing we need is more space. We had a contractor over today to look at putting an addition on our house. We have plans for more to come. It's really exciting talking about making changes and knowing it could really happen. I've also been painting our playroom (it's unusual, but it is the first room you see when you come in) and I've picked out colors for about 3 more of our rooms. Today we bought a new table for our dining room. We are going to need more space when Lily is no longer in a high chair. Our current table seats only 4 comfortably. I'm so excited for it to get here! I don't feel like I've ever fully moved in anywhere since I was a teenager. Maybe it's time for me to really make this place my own after 4 years of living here!

More Sledding

Jay found Zach's sled in the garage, so now each kid has their own. It's really much better that way. Here they are sledding down the sheet of ice in our back yard today.
They had some trouble getting back up the hill because there seriously is a sheet of ice on top of the snow. Zach sometimes crawled to the top of the hill. It was pretty funny to watch. Sometimes they would be taking steps forward, but their feet would slip so much that they would end up further back than they started. They sure did get some speed going down the hill, so I guess it was worth the climb. They have done quite a bit of sledding these past few days. The neighbors even came over to sled. I guess we have the best hill. I'm also guessing that the tube sleds that our kids have are superior to other types in these conditions.