Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Brush

Ah yes, we meet again.

Toothpaste is...interesting.

This toothpaste is good stuff!

Brush, brush, brush.

It feels sooooo goooood!

Wait a minute. Something isn't right!

That's better.

Brush, brush, brush some more.

I'm not sure this end works the same. Hmmm...

Ah...this is better!

Jack loves him some tooth brushing! :-)

Could It Be a Sign?

A boy sitting in an empty potty box, giving us two thumbs up...

So what that he was telling us he was driving a car, and that he could care less what kind of box he was in at that moment. I'm still calling it a sign. Ahem.

This one too...

Dare I hope?


Maybe we are finally getting somewhere!

A Few of Our Favorite Things

It's time once again to see what's in those little minds and find out the current favorite things. Their last answers from May are here.

Favorite foods for breakfast:
Shawn: cereal
Jason: pancakes and waffles

Favorite foods for dinner:
Shawn: cereal (he never gets cereal for breakfast, so I don't know what he was talking about here)
Jason: pizza

Favorite food for dessert:
Shawn: chocolate
Jason: red velvet cake

Favorite toys:
Shawn: Toodee and Brobee
Jason: cars

Favorite television show:
Shawn: "Bubble Guppies" and "Team Umi Zoomi"
Jason: "Peppa Pig" and "Pocoyo"

Favorite song:
Shawn: "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Farmer in the Dell"
Jason: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Favorite color:
Shawn: black, blue, purple, and orange
Jason: red

Morning or Night?
Shawn: morning
Jason: morning
(Are these kids mine?)

At that point, Jason piped in with, "Mommy, why are you asking us this? I want to talk about cars

...and flowers

...and babies."

He is a well rounded individual. So there you go. :-)

Caption It Sunday - Mirrored

This picture definitely needs a cute caption.
Any ideas? Write a caption for the picture and leave your suggestions in the comments below. (Don't forget to leave your name, too!)

10 extra credit points and bragging rights to the best one!

Background: Thanksgiving dinner--the boys are enjoying their hot dogs. Sigh. I like this one, though. There is something about this picture, especially the way they are both mirroring each other, that makes the fact that they are twins very evident.

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Last week's winner is... Diane with "This is what my thinking cap looks like!" 

10 extra credit points heading your way, Diane!

This is what my thinking cap looks like!

Cup Holders: the Sign You've Arrived

Somehow when I wasn't watching, the littlest person around here outgrew his car seat.

I do mean OUTGREW, too...by two whole inches.

I thought he looked cramped in it over these last couple of weeks, but well, he looks cramped in a lot of things. Cramped is kind of the norm for him so I just dismissed it.

Sigh.

I got to checking today and saw his seat has a height maximum of 30 inches. Oopsie. (This might fall under the "parenting fail" category. Bad mommy.)

After a little research, I decided everyone needed to be upgraded.

The big boys are now the proud owners of two new booster seats, complete with cup holders. Hopefully that will free up enough space in my back seat so Mr. Jack can be moved into one of his big brothers car seats.

The big shuffle is going to go down tomorrow afternoon. I'm sort of nervous about it. The big boys are not wild about change, so they may not exactly approve of their new rides...

Should things get tricky, that's when I'm going to whip out those cup holders. (Because, you know, everyone needs to have his own cup holder. That is how you know you've arrived.)

If feeling like a big boy isn't enough for the dynamic duo, surely a cup holder will be!

These Boys...

This boy loves the water...I think he may have been a fish in
another life or something.

Apparently we don't feed this boy enough.
He's now taken to eating toys.

This boy just got kissed by his mommy.
He's telling me that my kisses are yucky.
And he's totally laughing about it. :)

Our Life By the Numbers - the Getting Ready for Christmas Edition

24 - days until Christmas
2 - boys who are super excited about that fact
1 - Christmas tree twinkling in the living room
0 - present ideas I have, which translates into...
0 - presents purchased - eek!
1 - stocking ordered for Mr. Jackson :-)
11 - more days until vacation (Yeah!!!!)
4 - weekends available to go get our Santa picture
1 - momma who can't wait to see how this year's shot will go
2 - Christmas specials watched on television
0 - Christmas specials impressed the boys thus far
10+ - Christmas specials left to watch this season (Surely they'll like something!)
1 - Christmas song made the big boys laugh ("Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer")
5 - minutes it took for me to reassure them that the song wasn't about their grandma and that she is really okay - heh heh