70 degrees on Jan. 31st! Love it!

What a beautiful day! The weatherman said we hit 70 but since the winds were gusting to 50mph you wouldn't have guessed it. It was a fun day! We even got a game of washers in... Jim won, of course!

I LOVE his expression here:

Watch out below!
Jake likes the clubhouse too!
Such a pretty dog... he even got a bath today!
Sliding dog! He went down a few times.. LOL

 Perfect day for Batting/Fielding practice:

Taking a break:

We are on the official countdown for Florida! 7 more sleeps! JP is SO excited.

Random questions

JP always amazes me with some of his questions and knowledge about things... and then he tells me where he learned these things!  His Tag Reader, Noggin dot com, school... 

"Mom... is my house my "habitat?"

"Mom... where is Africa? Is Africa a continent? What about Europe?"

"Kangaroos live in Australia, right? That's a country!"

Every day is something new... I'm always amazed!

That doesn't match!

On most mornings I grab some clothes from JP's room and bring them downstairs so he can get dressed but this weekend when we weren't rushing out the door we just sent him upstairs to pick out some clothes and put them on. We loved seeing the outfits he would come downstairs in. Yesterday he decided his brown/cream longsleeved football shirt would be the perfect thing to wear under his light blue Wall*E tshirt and then he wore his navy blue athletic pants with them.  Too funny!!! Hey... he liked it! :)

I picked his clothes for school today. 

Farkel!!!

OK... who here has heard of Farkel?? It's a fun dice game that can be played with 2-6 players or even teams or you can even have Farkel parties similar to Bunco parties. It's totally different than Bunco though. It's a game of guts AND luck!  I went to the Merchandise Mart today to look for new products to carry and we know this will be a  hit. The game below that JP is holding is the Mini-Farkel and it's about the same size as the old 35mm film containers. Inside are 6 smaller dice and instructions. We ordered "themed" Farkel games as well as the original colored games. We also ordered the regular sized dice games that come in a colored flip top box. It's a lower price point but it's super fun and will surely be a hit for any game lover! It says ages 8 and up but JP picked right up on it and even figured out the ideal strategy after a few rounds. I just helped him add his score as you count in the 100's and the first to 10,000 wins! NO... it doesn't take forever to play. LOL

Anyway... here are some pics from our friendly game tonight. JP won BOTH times!!!!

Checking out his roll... any 1's or 5's JP???
Rolling the Dice!!
Pulling the dice he will use as points.. and getting ready for another roll!
I can't believe Jake slept through our screams, shouts and giggles but here he is... snug on the couch. WITH a pillow of course!  Silly dog.

So... we are fans of Farkel and I recommend it to everyone! Fun for the whole family! If you need a game I can hook you up!!! :) What's your favorite color?

Cute Boy

It's not very often when you can play outside in mid-January without a coat, gloves and hat! JP took full advantage of the beautiful 2 days!!!

He's pretty cute, isn't he?

You know what? It's snowing today! Crazy.

#$#(*&@!$^ Girl Scout Cookies!! #&()%@%&

It's Girl Scout time!!! Of course I had ordered some from my niece back in November, not knowing that Jim ordered some from someone at work. OK then! We have received my order and the boxes have been opened. *sigh* I wish I could eat THESE cookies instead of my diet cookies! LOL

JP tried the Thin Mints first and was just "eh" about them. Then he tried one of the Lemonades.  He giggled as he ate it. Alot. Yes.. my kid giggles when he REALLY likes something. He LOVES the Lemonades.  Good thing because I wouldn't want to have to eat all of them!!! I wonder what kind Jim ordered?

What's your favorite Girl Scout Cookie???

New Puppy!!!

JP got a new puppy!!!!!

Meet the newest member of our family:

HA! Had ya going, didn't I???

This puppy even came with his own bone! JP got him at Red Robin last night.

January 20, 2009... A New Hope

Congratulations to our new President, Barack Obama.  Let's work together everyone... for a better today and a better tomorrow!

10? Balls tonight?  Wow... our new President likes to party! :)

Snow, snow go away...

We had Tball registration on Saturday and JP is signed up and ready to go! He is SO excited... we turned in his paperwork and when we left as we drove away he said, "Snow, snow go away... so I can play baseball today!"

My kid is so cute.

"J.P.'s Mom"

We went to dinner at our friends/neighbors house last night and had a great time. JP is so lucky to have 2 four-year old friends to play with right on our street! They are all going to be on the same Tball team too!

Can I just tell you how much I love being called, "JP's Mom"???? Ben and Chris kept saying that last night and it makes my heart smile.

"JP's Mom... can I have a napkin?"

"JP's Mom... can JP come up to see my room?"

Too cute.