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Aspen and her cousin Shaun

 

I'm not picking my nose Mom!

Jeff and Shaun

The boys sure are being quiet.

Nicole and I were in the basement taking care of Aspen, and I commented how nice it was that the boys were playing nicely in their room, and not screaming and fighting.

About 5 minutes later, I walked by the upstairs bathroom to see the following:

(Not actual photo-Artist's Recreation)

Micah was standing butt naked, holding a plunger, frantically trying to fix the toilet while telling Mason not to add any more toilet paper. Mason was standing next to him holding a new roll of toilet paper over the almost full toilet.  I immediately told them both to stop what they were doing when I noticed that the toilet was still running.  I took the plunger from Micah and that is when it happened.

 

The toilet started to overflow, and the plunger was not working, so I pulled the lid off the back of the toilet and lifted up the float sensor to get the water to stop running. I turned the valve in the back off so I could let go of the float sensor and have a talk with the boys. 

Micah explained that he was going to the bathroom, (which is why he was naked) and when he was done Mason came in and they started throwing balls of toilet paper in the toilet and flushing it.  They used up two full rolls of toilet paper!

I got them out of the bathroom and started to clean up.  The handle had pushed through the rubber part of the plunger, so it was not going to work.  First, I tried pumping the plunger head with my hand (instead of the handle) and when that didn't work, I had to stick my whole arm in and try to pull the clog out.  The water was Ice Cold, but I eventually unclogged the toilet and cleaned up the mess.  I then proceeded to wash my hands (and arms) for 15 minutes.

Finally,  Nicole had to get them to come in the bathroom and get a picture to take credit for their handy work.

I guess when anything seems too good to be true, it probably is.  Next time I notice they are playing quietly; I will be running and checking on them.

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 Aspen with her super soft blanket from grandma.

 

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Aspen Nicole

1/18/2010         7lb 6.2 oz 

3 Weeks and Counting

As many of you already know, an addition to our family will be arriving in a few weeks. We do not know if it is going to be a boy or a girl. We have came up with a girls name that we like, but we still can't seem to come up with any boy names that we like. Any suggestions?

Here are some of the things that we did in the last year.


July 2009 - We rode bike a lot this summer. A few of the times were in pouring rain. Mason fell asleep while on a ride, and it was pouring out.

August 2009 -We went to a local library and they were having a cultural festival.

September 2009

October 31, 2009


November 2009 - Thanksgiving Tree

December Fun

Mason and Micah sitting on Santa's lap (Breakfast with Santa)
Micah had been saying all along that all he wanted was Pet Shop (littlest pet shop) so of course that is what Mason says he wants too.


Looking At Christmas Lights (Christmas Eve)

The Boys with "pet shop"

Micah with his big Pet Shop toy and Mason with his T-rex





Grandma bought the boys sleds for Christmas. We took them to a large hill (sorry Mom) and had a blast. The boys loved it.