A Teenager?!

Well, it's official--my little boy is no longer a little boy, he's 6 inches taller than me, way stronger and today, he turned 13!

As a 12 year old, his:

Favorite color: green

Favorite food: pizza (made by Allison), crepes, and ice cream

Favorite shows: Avatar, Sponge Bob, The Office, 30 Rock

Favorite friends: Matt, Aaron and Jacob

Favorite things to do: Rock hunting, camping, looking for frogs, tadpoles and other slimy animals

Favorite movies: X-men, Dumb and Dumber, Harry Potter

Favorite books: Ranger's Apprentice, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Calvin and Hobbes

Favorite clothes: Hershey's hat, polo shirts and Chuck Norris t-shirt

Isn't he handsome? I couldn't be prouder of this guy. He is kind and thoughtful and a great older brother. Happy Birthday, James!

Cinco!

I can't believe Andrew is 5!There's something about a kid's birthday that makes you realize how fast the time slips away...

Here are a few little facts about 4-year old Andrew:

Favorite color: gray

Favorite animal: lion

Favorite shows: Secret Saturdays, Phinneas and Ferb, and Ben 10 Alien Force
Best friends: Jack, Gavin, Ty, Carson and Gabe

Favorite foods: quesadillas, nachos with taco meat and ice cream

Favorite treat: gum

Favorite things to do: Play with friends, Play wii, Climb trees, Go to the park, and Eat lunch at Costco.

Favorite songs: Thanks for the Memories (Fall Out Boy), Grace Kelly (Mika)and Livin' on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)

Favorite toys: Raar, Ben 10 Alien Creation Chamber, Wolverine claw, roller-coaster, bakugans and cool guys

Cool things he learned this year: How to read, How to count to 100, How to blow bubbles, How to tie a shoe, and How to whistle

I can't wait to see what this year will bring.

Happy Birthday, Andrew! Thanks for always making us smile!

Spring Break is for the Animals!

Yay! It's Spring Break... This post is chronologically backwards--that's how they uploaded, and it would take forever to change it. So, here we are on Easter. The Easter Bunny brought new t-shirts and sunglasses. Apparently, Peter Cottontail shares my feelings about sugar, carbs, and trans fat.

We dyed eggs...

Earlier in the week, we went to the zoo. Joey wasn't too thrilled about sitting on the crocodile.

James wasn't too thrilled about sitting on the train.

The monkeys had a banana for a snack.

Spring Break was pretty cold and rainy, but we found another nice day and went to the Baby Animal Festival in Wellsville. Allison, Jack and Porter came along which was great, because Allison took super cute pictures.
James and Ben weren't too excited about holding the baby animals. Apparently, cuddling with cute little bunnies and chicks is not manly enough.James ate a cricket at the Mountain Man settlement. I told him I would have tried one, but I didn't want any antennae or legs caught in my braces. A cricket needs to get completely swallowed the first time, Know what I mean?

Everyone say, "Aaaahhh." I know, these pictures are darling.

April's Fools goes a little too far

I have to give Frank the credit for this awesome April Fools idea. This morning, when the boys went to get dressed, they found that their underwear had dissapeared only to be replaced by these lovely princess panties...Hee...Hee... James thought it was funny and came up in a towel to ask for his underwear back.

Ben was disgusted. It didn't really matter to him, he had gotten dressed anyway. Hmmm. I think he would have held out in the same underwear forever if he needed to.

Our joke was apparently too much for Andrew.

I found him humiliated and crying; vowing that he's: "Never getting dressed again!"

Here's hoping your April Fools jokes went over a little better than ours.

St. Patty's Day

Well, Lads and Lassies, you didn't think I'd forget St. Patrick's Day, did you?

Andrew is the one who loved this holiday most of all. The big kids were a little too old, and Joey was too young to understand what was going on. When O'Andrew went outside to the milkbox to get our milk, he saw some footprints... Inside the box, he found that the leprechaun had played a trick on us--Our milk was green! Also, there was a clue to a treasure hunt to find where the leprechaun had hidden his gold...

For breakfast, we had green frosting on our cinnamon rolls, then we made some green play-doh.
We made green cookies, verde enchiladas, and by the end of the day, we were pretty greened out!
They're always after me Lucky Charms...

Who was St. Patrick?

Well, according to Wikipedia, Patrick was born in Wales in 390 A.D. He was captured by the Irish when he was about 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave. Six years later, he escaped and went home. Then, later in his life, he returned as a missionary to Ireland. He was not assosciated with any one church--making him ideal for a country where religions divide so much of the population. He was a foreigner and also refused gifts and payment for baptizing, making him pretty un-popular. He was imprisoned at different times, but apparently not martyred like most saints. Tradition says that he banished snakes from Ireland, but this could refer to the pagan "druids" who were often represented with the snake symbol. His death date is believed to be March 17, 460.

So, there you have it. I hope you all found a 4-leaf clover or a pot of gold or kissed a blarney stone or or even kissed someone who is Irish--because their t-shirt told you to do so!

E-bay, here we come!

Remember that lady that found a Dorito shaped like the Pope's hat and sold it on e-bay for thousands of dollars? Andrew started screaming today while we were eating lunch. He was so excited that his quesadilla is an exact replica of Pikachu! He begged me to take a picture and put it on the blog.

We're gonna be RICH!!