Post-pancakes, pre-church

Even a week later, the boys are having a hard time adjusting to the time change. Caleb was up at 5:30am yesterday, 6:00am today. Cameron's about the same. Caleb is also fighting an awesome head cold - coughing, sneezing, lots of gunk. Good times. As a result both boys were asleep by 6:30pm last night, and I was lights out at 9:00pm. Ah, the exciting life of a mother of small children.

But all is good now...they're cozy on the couch with Daddy watching Little Einstein with tummies full of pancakes and jammies covered in syrup. Pretty perfect Sunday if you're 3 1/2 and 19 months (and 34 years old).

What to do when there is no school...

New Jersey has in-service this week so kids all over the state are out of school. Which also means moms all over NJ are scrambling to find something to do with their kids before they tear all their hair out or run screaming insanely down the street. (Ok, maybe that's just me...)

Thankfully, my pal Holly had the bright idea to set up a playdate at In the Swing, and indoor playspace. Unfortunately, every other mom in Bergen County had the same idea. It was a bit jammed, but all our kids - particularly my boys- had a ball. Cameron ran and played until he was rosy-cheeked and sweaty-headed. Munch was confident that he could do absolutely everything big brother was doing - which means I was rescuing him from ball pits, bounce houses, tunnels and slides all morning. Ah well, we were out of the house and working up a killer appetite for Burger King and naps. Perfection.

Here are the boys playing in the balls and hitting (literally) the arcade...

Why do I even try?

My boys much prefer mass-produced deep-(questionable) fat-fried, formed "chicken" nuggets to my homemade, all-white-meat, toasted-baguette-bread-crumb coated, extra-virgin-olive-oil-pan-fried nuggets. I suppose it's just the start of a lifetime of my children turning up their noses at dinner.

Ah well...I'll try not to take it personally.

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PS - Dear Mom, sorry for every time I gave you grief - whether spoken or by the silent teenage-eye-roll - over meals you made for us.

If I had only known...

Testing, testing, 1 2 3

So I just got the Blogger app for my iPhone and I'm testing it out to see how it works, if the posts look the same, if I can upload photos, etc.

We're having one of those mornings where it's not even 9:00am yet and I'm counting the hours until nap time. These boys are crazy today - and therefore making me crazy. We have to get out of the house. Hmmm...playground? Backyard? Ikea? Something better than this madness.

Dinner of Champions...

I've gotta grow up...