Happy Birthday

Happy birthday Derek! I can't decide whether I'm shocked he's 4 already or simply surprised that he's only 4. Either way, he is super cute and had a great birthday. He was excited about his presents which included a scooter, a garbage truck (he's been saying for months that he's going to grow up to be a dentist and a garbage man), a dragon book, some money, and of course a new zelda game.

Before it was time to open presents, I heard the boys discussing who was going to open the presents. They agreed that they would open them together. In one of my videos Lorelei is even helping unwrap one with them. It makes me happy to see them share with each other. I did stop Joseph from blowing out Derek's candles lol. I guess I can see why people ask me if the boys are twins- they often act like it.

Derek asked me for a strawberry cake, so naturally I made a vanilla cake with red food coloring added. I promised myself and Frank that I would watch my daughter carefully while the cake cooled on the counter. At some point in the afternoon Joseph came in crying from a bleeding wound by his eye. I took him to the bathroom to clean it up and came out to find that Lorelei had struck yet again. I showed the cake to Derek and thankfully he didn't seem to care. Maybe Derek is just super nice, or maybe he's smarter than me and accepts incidents like these to be inevitable. .......... yep, most definitely smarter than me.











And here's a picture of my present that finally came :)

Alright Mother- a picture with all four kids. I was able to get her pacifier out (she looks thrilled about it doesn't she?) but couldn't get Derek's yaya (blanket).

Quick synopsis of my life to my devout readers:

Frank turned 30 in May and got a new computer so that he and I can play world of warcraft together.

I turned 26 in June and got a new tv for my birthday.
Frank and I both got lasik in June as a present from Pres. Obama for buying a new house. We are so pleased with the results and still periodically try to take on or off our glasses.

Derek's birthday is this week.
That's pretty much it. Our life is pretty great and simple.

edited to add a photo for Kate. Here's a picture Joseph took of me today- sans glasses.

Legend of the Seeker

So yes I'm blogging about a TV show. Frank and I really enjoyed this fantasy show. It's loosely based off of Terry Goodkind's Wizard's first rule. Only, I think it's way better than the books.

If you like fantasy, give this a try. You can watch all of season 1 on hulu

here is a 10 min preview