Easter Gifts

I bought the boys some towels and then put their names on them in an attempt to reduce my laundry load. It has been about three weeks and the towels are holding up great but sadly the boys are still providing me with tons of laundry to do!!

You Know You Are a Mother of Boys When...

You are having a leisurely Sunday dinner, when all of the sudden you look out the window only to discover that your sons are climbing to the top of the shed and jumping off... now some mothers would hurry outside and make them stop immediately, but not me... I grab the camera and tell them to do it again so that I can get a video... So looking back I am thinking I should've probably played it a little safer and encouraged them to stop... nah : )

Chili and His Wheels

Anyone who has known Chili for awhile knows that he is a phenom on wheels... Beginning with his self taught bicycle lessons at 2 and BMX racing at 3 not to mention the dirt bike he got and rode on his 3rd birthday... he has always loved being on wheels, doing tricks, and showing off... Last summer he saved up some money and bought himself a motorcycle called a 'Pit Bike' which is basically a small almost kid-sized motorcycle with an adult-sized motor and he loves it... he has been asking me for a while to video his wheelies so for your viewing pleasure I present Chili...

Ok so maybe that one wasn't his best... or maybe I thought it would be funny to show him messing up when he was trying to show off : )

Happy Birthday Beppe

So I am a couple of days late but this week Giuseppe turned 11. He is such an awesome kid!! He was a born 'know-it-all' one of my favorite stories about Beppe is when he was only 3 I told him that he looked handsome in his overalls... he informed me that they were not overalls but actually 'overwears' we tried tirelessly to explain how he isn't allowed to rename objects that have been around for a hundred years... he looked at us quite soberly and said simply... 'Well, I call them overwears.' Another one of the things we love about him is that he doesn't follow blindly. Anything that is asked of him he has to know 'why.' Now I'm not saying like the normal child who wants to know how things work but he wants to know how and why everything is the way it is. I also love how he is always trying to figure out a way to make his chores more 'efficient' by trying out different methods and orders. Giuseppe we love you! Happy Birthday!!