Kyles latest question.......

Whilst driving home from the doctors office........ "mummy, Do old people have tongues?"

McKyle and McBrody...........

Today is "Rabbie Burns day" (Robert Burns birthday)

Its a big deal in Scotland and all the kids all over scotland recite Scottish poetry. We also have a traditional Scottish dinner which consists of haggis neeps and tatties (turnip and potatoes) It is absolutely delicious and soo much fun. We do scottish country dancing and wear tarten. I miss Scotland today!

I dressed my boys in the most scottish outfits I could find in my house they are not completely authentic but I live in america and who would ever know? I had to bribe Kyle into his "girl dress" with a starburst treat. Brody needed no encouragement at all and even asked for some "lippy on" once he was dressed (oh dear!)

my conversion to oranges.......

I have never really liked oranges! I just don't like food that takes an hour to get into, and oranges are just not worth the effort in my eyes! but after reading cheryls tribute to an orange, I thought I should try one of these famous fruits she raves about. I tried my first ever pure bred navel orange this morning and..... oh baby I am converted! I could think of nothing else all day and even persuaded my ever willing hubby to go with me to the source of such delightful juicy oranges. His aunt has 10 acres of land filled with citrus trees, and she is kind and generous enough to share her wealth with us. So we went with the boys and had a really fun time picking till our hearts content. It was really muddy and I kept sliding into squelchy dirt and even lost a shoe, all the while screaming and giggling (apparently I was acting too girly for kyle) because he said (very matter-of-factly) "see this is why you shouldn't come with us!" then he added... "Is there a sidewalk or something you could stand on?" sensing I was mildly offended by Kyles remarks, Brody said..." but I like your pants!"
I am so out numbered with boys but I appreciate that they are wired differently from me, and trailing through mounds of mud and dirt and climbing up orange trees is very serious business and should be treated with dignity.

doctor brody

Ok there is no way I am going to be able to do justice to this story but I have to make an attempt, I am laughing my head off!!!! (outside preston temple england)

Brody took a nap this afternoon which is never good news when it comes to bedtime! So after Kyle dozed off Brody sneaks out his bedroom and makes his way over to me on the couch. I am laying there and Brody starts examining my baby belly. He then says (in his very low voice with a slight stutter) "uuh lets lets uuh take the baby out" and I said go on then, so he puts his chubby little hands on either side of my tummy and starts heaving and grunting. He then lets me know...."uuh the the the baby heavy" He sat for a moment and then said..." I I I get some scissors?" I told him.... "I dont think thats a good idea," to which he responded... " uuh uuh I get a knife!" and I told him again No that will hurt mummy, He thought for a minute and then decided " uuh uuh I get a blue knife?" (which is his little plastic knife) I am totally laughing by now and thought I might go along with him so I said ok. So off he scuffles into the kitchen and comes back with his blue plastic knife and with a very serious face he begins surgery. He gently runs his knife back and forward on my tummy. Looking a little defeated he has another idea.... and off he scurries back into the kitchen drawer and brings with him his yellow plastic knife, and the procedure resumes. I cannot believe how focused he has been on this challenge, and even as I am typing this he has come over several times and lifted up my t'shirt and attempted to perform a c-section on me! This is a boy with ambition, Is he a future surgeon? Only time will tell, but as for now.... I think he is just soo lovable and cute I Love you Bro-bro xxxx Ok bedtime!

funny kyle

This is our conversation in the car on the way back from ikea.........


Kyle: I really wanted a hotdog from ikea

Me: I know you did but sometimes the answer is just No!

Kyle: My answer is never No!

Me: Ok, are you going to tidy your room when we get home?

Kyle: Only one of my answers is no and then a hundred yes'

Me: Ok are you going to have a bath tonight and let me wash your hair?

Kyle: Em..... that would be a no!

(me and mark are totally trying not to laugh)

Me: Are you going to start eating your vegetables?

Kyle: Hmmm another No! Ok there are 5 no's


Yep I think I made my point!

We found SNOW!!!!

Em.... what are these things on my hands?

Come on Brody.... Its fun!

"Go slower Kyle!" " I caaaaaan't!

" That was pretty fun!"

"I told you Brody! Lets do it again!!!!!"

another funny from kyle...........

1st- Last week he had diahorrea, and I told him to tell me when he needed a poop (which he did) I asked him if it was runny? and he said.."no its a slow one!" I was happy things had gone back to normal, but just as I was leaving the bathroom, Kyle corrected himself...... "actually, it came shooting our like a meteor!" em...ok kyle!

2nd- (and this is my favorite) It was just me, Kyle and his cousin Sam driving home in the car. The boys were happily chatting, and I put on one of my cd's, I began singing loudly, ( I sometimes get a little carried away and start fantasising that I am on a stage somewhere entertaining millions) I must have been singing for about 20 minutes when, I was rudely brought back to reality! Kyle said... "Mummy, we dont like your songs!" (then worrying about my feelings he quickly changed his tone and added....) "But we like you though!!

I love my kyle xxx

plenty more fish in the sea............

Today we said our goodbyes to our new friend sushi. She passed away peacefully in the night. We have no reason to suspect foul play or suicide. She was only with us for a short time but was everything we would expect from a fish. We solemnly flushed her remains this morning. Kyle says that Santa will bring us another fish, but we reminded him that there are no fish in the north pole because it is frozen over, Unfortunately (for us) Kyle insisted that it is still possible to find live fish under the surface of the ice!!! (seriously... why is he so intelligent??)

farewell our beloved sushi!!

merry christmas from the pug boys xxxx

crazy cowboys...................

no we don't need the toilet! this is how we dance!!

new addition..........

meet our new pet "sushi"!


we inherited this bad-boy at a christmas party! This was my white elephant gift (thanks cheryl)
I hate animals and they hate me! I had a fish once before, that commited sucuide so we will see how long he lasts!

precious brody

Ever since Brody was born, Marks sisters and his mom have told me that he looks like a precious moments doll! I had never seen one before, but I did'nt really think much more about it! But as he has got a little older, I have more and more people come up to me and tell me.... "Oh my goodness, he looks just like one of those precious moments dolls!!" So I had to see for myself! I can't believe the resemblence, what do you think?



Is there a way to make money out of this?

here comes santa claus......

we had our family christmas party on monday and it was SOO MUCH FUN!! Everybody thought so, except Brody who thought sleep was way more important than hanging out with family!! He slept on the floor while we ate yummy soups. (at one point he had rolled his way under the couch in his sleep) there were probably 50 people at Jills house, and they were not holding back on volume!! But this did not phase little sleeping Brody.

The highlight of the evening was when we had a visit from everyones favorite celebrity!! Not even santa or his lovely wife could interupt Brodys snooze.


imagine waking to find that fuzzy face inches from you!! that would be pretty scary!!!!! (no offence santa!)

wake up Brody!! zzzzzzzzz

its dinner time Brody!!! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

seriously Brody!! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

drama.......... can't live with it, can't live without it!!! (apparently)

As the temperatures drop outside.... they are rising inside!!

I have been craving fries all morning.
I got the boys sorted with their lunch of hotdogs and fruit, and began making my own lunch. I poured some oil into a pot and placed it on the stovetop to heat. I turned around and began chopping potatoes into slices, I went into fantasy mode, I would put Brody down for his nap, settle Kyle with a movie, and I would curl up on the couch watch Dr Phil whilest eating a big bowl of delicious golden fries!!!... I was brought back to life when Kyle pointed out calmly that there was a fire. I turned to face the stove, to find the pot completely in flames. I calmly tried to decide what to do, I knew not to put water on it (from previous experience). but could not think what to do. Every alarm went off in the house. I switched the cooker off and pushed the pot off the heat, but the fire still raged! I stood there staring at the burning pot for a few seconds, racking my brain, but I could not think of a solution fast enough. The fire grew very fast and within seconds it was fierce and angry. I could feel the warmth on my skin and panic set in! I knew it was getting out of control and I started screaming for the boys to get out of the house!!
Kyle got soo scared that he ran and hid somewhere in the house. At this point, the fire caught hold of the microwave and all of a sudden the glass on the microwave shattered and exploded all over the kitchen! By now I was completely frantic, and kept screaming for kyle, who would not respond to my screams!! I finally saw and grabbed him and made my way outside dragging both boys with me! When we got outside, I began screaming... H_E_L_P!!!! but there was no-one in sight!! I was frantically running up and down the street shouting..."somebody please HELP!!" but... nothing!! Kyle kept saying..."call 911 or mark!!" I thought about calling 911, but I didnt know at what stage would that be neccesary??? I began ringing random doorbells on the street, screaming inbetween knocks!! and finally my next door neighbor came outside and asked what was wrong! " quick, please fire house, help fire help!!" my poor neighbor couldnt understand a word I was saying! apparently "frantic" and "scottish" is not a good combination!!!
While the boys waited outside, me and my new best friend ran back inside to find the cabinets now melting and blistering, and the fire continuing to grow. There were all manner of colorful words (not from my mouth might I add) but I must admit, I did agree with her!! I was absolutely petrified!! It was then that I noticed the vegetable oil bottle sitting on the counter -top, melting and leaning toward the fire. I did not feel that this was going to improve the situation, so I promptly moved it! A thick black smoke wrapped itself around us, and it was getting hard to breath, we ran round the house opening all the windows, and went back outside for air.
I grabbed the phone and tried ringing everyone I knew! I could not get hold of ANYONE!! mark, cheryl, Jill, cheryl, mark, mark, MARK, laurel, cheryl, CHERYL, jill, mark... seriously... MARK!!!!! but nope!! Paranoia set in.. why does nobody seem to care???
Meanwhile, my neighbor came back with her phone in hand and shouted to me... put a lid on the fire!! (she had just called her mom!) so I ran back in, and grabbed my huge metal wok, and bravely stuck my hand through the fire and over the whole pot! PHEW it did something! Infact it did alot! hey that was good advise!! I might not have to say goodbye to my beautiful new table or... my new house for that matter!!
Ok, I could try and calm down now, We all waited outside until the smoke went down, and within a few minutes the alarms stopped wailing, and I felt my blood pressure settling to a steady level, we did it!! Then I felt like a fool, why didnt I just do that at the start? it was so obvious and it could have saved a lot of damage! Or why didnt I just eat hotdogs with the kids? wait... I hate hotdogs!!! I finally got hold of Mark, and when I explained the situation he raced home. (Mark loves to save the day) He travelled at 100mph, to rescue us. (He loves an excuse to drive fast) He got here in record time, but forgot to change into his beloved yellow superman t'shirt ( I guess he didnt have time) When he got home he gave me a cuddle and said he was proud of me! It made me feel so lucky to have such a nice man, who finds it easy to put things into perspective. So, our 4 week old stove and microwave currently reside at the local dumpster! and our beautiful upgraded white cabinets are now a.... dusky black color with a lovely bubbled effect! Our fresh painted sage green walls, are a cloudy grey and the entire house is fragranced with a fluffy smoke flavor that goes right for the tonsils!! who wants to come to our house warming! (it certainly is warm in here!!)


here is one last look at the microwave before he left!

p.s I lost my craving for fries!

to those who voted...............

The voting I am referring to, is the poll on my blog (yes that is more important than, who is going to run the country!) My poll however is not affected by the numbers, for the outcome was decided before the voting began! I don't think it was a secret that I wanted a girl! (purely for shallow reasons e.g dresses and bows and a pink nursery!) I went yesterday for my ultrasound, and as soon as the image came on the screen, I couldnt help the little tears, it was such a beautiful experience, I felt a connection to the perfect little baby inside of me, all of a sudden I knew I didnt care what the gender was, because I knew I wanted that baby! And then I saw it... I said..... Is it a boy? and she said.... " there is absolutely no doubt!" So it is with much excitement, that I announce to the blogging world..... That we are indeed having another boy! and we could not be happier!!!! Mark said.... "we need to go buy another camping chair!" and it dawned on me, that while all the boys in my life go camping, I can go and get a pedicure!! Oh life is good!!!!
from happy pregnant me!

another brody moment............

yesterday I noticed Brody standing at the front window staring out. I asked him what he was doing and he responded............... "I'm just waiting on my girl!!!" "his girl" is sweet little Evelynne (his cousin who lives across the street) now I have 2 sets of kissing cousins (and we don't even live in alabama!!)

cute bro-bro

we were in the car driving home when Brody asked... "momma... I cool?'
to which I responded.... " yes Brody, You are cool!! Is mummy cool?"
Brody said...." No! You not cool! You bootiful!"

ahh brody how sweet (even though I look like a whale!)

Happy Birthday to Kyle..............

Today is my baby's birthday! I can't believe he is 4 years old!!! He has been overly excited about his birthday for several months, and has asked me (almost daily) when his "guest-es" are coming? I have had to answer him saying they would not be arriving for 2 months!!! The next day he would ask... "is it 2 months yet?" It has been a long wait for all of us!!! but finally it has arrived and we made sure to have loads of fun!!!

We invited 2 of kyles cousins and his special friend sammy (who is only known by her full name!!!

They took a trip to the park


p.s the only way to control 5 toddlers, is to treat them like dogs!!

cake!!! (please notice my first ever attempt at cake decorating!)

car races!! (we dont really know how to entertain girls at my house!)


silly faces!!

presents............

hide and seek.............

Then they ate pizza and watched a video with popcorn! (no pics)

and then........... the big party started!! All the family came to our house and celebrated our little kyle!! He was soo excited to see soo many people, and soo many pressies!! Happy Birthday precious Kyle we love you!! xxxx

P.S Kyle went cold "turkey" on giving up his "dummy" (pacifier) tonight! so far so good! (yep I know he is way too old)

trunk or treat

Ok it has been a rough week for us, and I have been spending much time cleaning up large quantities of snot, vomit and diahorea. We didnt think we would get to celebrate halloween this year, but last night everyone seemed to be feeling better, so we went to our old wards trunk or treat! It was sooo much fun, and it was lovely to see all my old pals from pecos park! Kyle was an adorable pirate, and brody was a cute little cowboy! I was a fairy and mark....... well.... something happened to him when he tried on that wig! I think he enjoys the unusual feeling of hair on his head!!

more funnies............

Kyle: mummy why is your tummy cracking?

Me : No Kyle they are called stretch marks,

Kyle: Oh...... well it looks wierd!

Me : (mildly offended) Thanks Kyle

Kyle (totally serious).... Your welcome!



Last night Brody and Kyle were taking a bath when Brody started crying.... "kyle just put bubbles on my chiny chin chin!" (we have been reading the 3 little pigs alot lately!)

yep its another one from kyle..................

Ok I can't sleep until I record this one, as I might forget this in the morning.
We had quite a busy afternoon today which began at the doctors office, Kyle took a drink from the water fountain and completely soaked his t'shirt, so he took it off. We went to see Julia next, Kyle walked in with his manly exposed chest and played for a few minutes before needing to go to the bathroom. I followed him in there only to find a pair of damp transformer underpants on the floor and his jeans back on! I asked him what happened and he said "a little bit just "camed "out!!" I felt the jeans and they were dry, so off we went to our next stop, which was cheryls house. He played downstairs for quite a while, and when I went down to check on him he was completely starkers! I asked kyle what was going on and he said..." yep it just "camed" out again!!" so I said... "well Kyle now you are totally naked!" to which he responded very matter-of-fact, "No I am not totally naked, I still have my socks on!!!" sure enough, there he was wearing nothing but a red pair of socks and a cheeky smile!!!!!