The power of .com

Ben has recently stumbled upon the concept and power of .com.  He has developed an eye for .com addresses and can spot them on billboards, signs, posters, commercials, and on crayons.  (Don’t tell anyone but he stole a broken crayon from school because the crayon had a .com address printed on it – http://roseart.com) As we are driving,  an excited voice from the back seat . . . Ben: ...

Nothing to see here, keep it moving . . .

As parents, we are painfully familiar with the locations of bathrooms within the Rochester area.  Besides the normal embarrassment of Benjamin talking too loud in the bathroom stall, dad had another funny experience with Ben and Andrew. Andrew is a big fan of using the big boy urinals (even if it means tip toeing to reach it as dad nervously watches on).  Even though he thinks of himself as a big boy for...

NADM

I am starting a new category for our blog . . . Never A Dull Moment (NADM).  These will be stories about Ben and Andrew providing entertainment and laughs to Mom & Dad (whether or not it was their intention).  We are curious to see how many of these we can collect by the end of the year.   I know all parents have moments like these so feel free to post your own #NADM on facebook/twitter/email. Here...

Hello my name is . . . . Nathan?

Sitting in the boys bedroom, Andrew was asking dad about his piggy bank.  The bank had his name (Andy) on it so he was just verifying what the bank had written on it. Andrew:  Dad what does that say? Dad:  It says Andy.  That’s your name.  What do you want us to call you?  Andy?  Andrew? Andrew:  *small pause* . . . Call me Nathan . . . *mischievous smile* Andrew further explained that he had...

Snow Tubing Adventure

The family was going to purchase a family ski lesson from Welch Village, a ski area near Rochester.  We were unsure if Andrew or Ben would last through an hour long lesson so we decided to try snow tubing instead.  Judy found a good snow tubing option at Afton Alps and so off we went. Judy and I would have been happy to get one or two runs from Andrew.  To our surprise and enjoyment, both boys lasted...

Andrew’s Christmas Program

Andrew’s preschool class performed in a Christmas program with the rest of his school (preschool -- 8th Grade).  We were fortunate enough to have Auntie Chris and Cousin Jacob around to help cheer on Andrew for his first public performance.  Mom & Dad were probably more nervous than Andrew was. Andrew has been our shy kid and we were unsure how he would do in front of a crowd.  We worked with...

Hi Jen :)

Okay, I got a friendly reminder today that some people are still reviewing the jeffnjudy.com site for updates.  I apologize for not keeping up to date on my posts.  I will go through some old pictures and post some recent adventures with the boys.  Upcoming . . . we are looking at taking skiing lessons with the boys in the near future.  We will document this adventure, if I can keep from falling on the...

Because I said so . . .

As typical kids do, the boys always want to ask ‘why?’ no matter what the question is. Don’t forget to wash your hands.   Why? Eat all of your veggies.  Why? Stop hitting your brother.  Why? You get the picture . . . after 1,000 why’s, our typical answer has become . . . ‘because I said so. ‘  You can probably tell where this is heading. The other day we were...

Movie Nights

Saturdays have turned into movie night at the Davis household.  Here are some of the previous movies that were featured on Movie Nights: Bolt Wall-E Fantastic Four Transformers Chronicles of Narnia Jurassic Park Along with the movies we have special treats, usually made up of Smooties and Popcorn.  The boys help out in making smooties. The boys have really enjoyed movie nights and this is a perfect...

Call Me

So it begins . . . while working with Ben on some of his homework, he abruptly stopped: Ben:  Oh Dad, I got a phone number. Dad:  What? Ben: A girl at school gave me her phone number so I gave her mine. Ben reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and handed it to Dad.  Opening up the paper, in green highlighter was some numbers.  Very cute . . . instead of 507 it read 705. ...