Who’s the boss? At least the boys know.

The other day the boys were craving some Pez.  Mom was upstairs so they figured they would ask dad. Ben:  “Dad can we have some candy?” Dad: “No, wait until after lunch before you eat any candy.” Soon after, Andrew disappeared and dad saw him heading upstairs to talk to mom.  Little did I know that he was trying to find a loophole in the No Candy decision.  A few...

First Day of Pre-School

Andrew is officially a pre-schooler.  September 2 was the first day of pre-school for Andrew.  We had a meet the teacher session and Andrew made himself at home in the classroom.  We had high hopes that he would do the same once school started. He was very excited about starting school and he attached his new Captain Cody Lego key chain to his new backpack.  We gathered up his school supplies and...

BAndrewmin Photography

Introducing BAndrewmin Photography Services . . . Tired of the boring old photography sessions.  Do you find yourself practically falling asleep as the photographer decides on what shot to take next?  Well no more, why not be entertained while getting your pictures taken?  This is exactly what BAndrewmin Photography has to offer. With BAndrewmin photography, you can view life through the eyes of a 4 and...

15 Kb of fame

Someday I’m going to be famous.  Do I have talent . . . . well, No. Okay maybe famous is pushing it and I am definitely not a celebrity . . . but I’m chalking it up to 15Kb of fame.  Within a day the blog post went from 6 hits to 1,132.  Thanks so much for visiting and a BIG thank you to Brad Paisley (@paisleyofficial) for the retweet of the link and his great comments about the story. ...

Proud Parent Moment . . . almost

Brad Paisley recently released a video for his new single, Welcome to the Future (Video Link at bottom of story).  A very inspirational song with a message about looking how far we have come from the perspective of technology, foreign relations, and race relations. In the video, there are clips of kids saying what they want to be in the future.  I was sitting with the boys watching the video and enjoying...

What did you say?

The boys have been an endless source of laughter.  We are trying to get better at writing some off it down. Here are a couple of dooseys: A couple more bites Mom:  Ben, just take a couple of more bites and your done. Ben:  (questioning look on his face) . . . so what does that mean . . . two, three, four? I think Ben has learned that the definition of a couple is proportionate to the mood Mom and Dad...

Pitter patter of little . . .

. . . paws!  What did you think we were going to say? After some browsing on http://www.petfinder.com, Judy ran across a dog named Honor looking for a new home.  After a brief discussion, we decide to head to Faribault, MN to just take a “look”. It didn’t take long for us to decide that she needed to be a part of the family.  The boys loved her right away and she warmed up to us pretty...

Birthday Message for Maliah

We miss you very much . . . can’t believe you are already 2! We really enjoyed seeing you and your brothers this summer.  You are a complete joy and wish we were closer to help spoil you.  Hoping you are able to vist us soon, otherwise, we are always looking for an excuse to head back to Seattle to visit. Keep your mom and dad on their toes and if they give you any grief about the whole...

Ouch . . .

Eeshaan . . . poor Andrew had a little accident when playing with his toy truck on the driveway.  He was running with all his might pushing his toy truck. Good News:  Andrew is pretty fast.  He can cruise pretty good. Bad News:  Andrew’s legs are faster than his body.  He managed to stop his momentum with his face He was initially freaked out over the cuts on his fingers, so based off of...

Clone Trooper Surprise

A shout out to George Lucas on revitalizing the Star Wars saga with the Clone Wars.  The boys LOVE anything Star Wars and Mom suprised them with a couple of Clone Trooper costumes she found online. Pictures could not capture how happy they were with their new present.  As a parent, these are the moments that you live for.  Their happiness wasn’t demonstrated through their re-enactment of Star War...