The circus is (or was) in town!

The boys got to go to their first circus on Sunday. Grampa took them both to see the "greatest show on earth" and a good time was had by all. Josiah was especially impressed by the boy flying through the air and has flipped his fork across the dining room several times in reenacting it. (and no, flipping forks is not actually "allowed," these things happen when Mommy isn't looking...I just get to see the result of the fork flying and Josiah saying that is how the boy did it at the circus). Micah keeps talking about the bicycles a.k.a. motorcycles. I think he liked them, but all he's really told me or has words for is that they were loud. And to make it an even bigger week for the boys, tomorrow morning, bright and early! we fly to Utah for our first family ski trip. Josiah will even be taking ski lessons, and Micah will have to enjoy playing in all the snow. We are all looking forward to getting to spend time with the Mustaleski clan and having a VACATION! I'm sure I'll have lots of pictures to share when we get back, so for now I'll just leave you with this one of Josiah and Micah outside today.

OH! and please feel free to post comments here! I'll never know if anyone is reading this stuff or if I'm just posting to myself if no one comments!

Cowboy Take Me Away

There is a little cowboy in all of us. A little frontier. --Louis L'Amour

The boys got a bunch of dress up clothes this Christmas and THANK YOU to all who have contributed to their stash. They have had so much fun dressing up and pretending to be cowboys, superheros, knights, firemen and all sorts of other fun, crazy and sometimes just plain weird characters (who ever heard of a firefighting dragon cowboy?) im sure you'll be seeing more pictures of them in their costumes, but I just thought this one was cute, the two cowboys "napping." Though who are we kidding, it only lasted long enough to take the picture and then they were off to defend the world again, or at least our humble home and something about where the buffalo roam.

The Truth About Grilled Cheese

The boys had grilled cheese for dinner tonight. Almost always a good choice for the boys because I dont have to worry about getting them to eat. Tonight, Josiah wanted to discuss some of the finer points of how grilled cheese is made.
Josiah: Hey mommy, is this grilled cheese?
Me: Yes.
Josiah: So did you use the grill?
Me: No, I just used a skillet.
Josiah with a smarter than thou look: Well, then it's not grilled cheese.

So, as John pointed out, I guess from here on I will be making "skillet-ed" cheese.

Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away. -- Bill Hecht

My friend Angela gave me the idea to start a blog so that anyone who wants to can keep up with our family happenings, at least as much as I post them. I guess I'm moving into the next phase of the computer world with this and we'll see how well I can keep it up. My intent is to be able post some of the funny, goofy, weird and otherwise entertaining things that happen around our house. Something like that happens everyday, so surely I'll be able to post once a week, right? As anyone who has kids knows, time goes by so quickly and they grow up so fast. I just want to capture a few of those moments before they're all gone...and before I can't remember them!

So boys will be boys, and mine frequently reminding me how different their tendencies are than mine. For instance, a couple of weeks ago they were playing when one of them decided it would be a good idea to lick the others face. Now, personally, I wouldnt like someone licking my face, and I do mean a full lick, from bottom of cheek up to the eyeball, but my boys thought it was hysterical. They both started laughing and then proceeded to take turns licking each other for the next (approximate) 10 minutes. And they were laughing the whole time! Hey, to each their own, right?