Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I am two weeks overdue on Not Me Monday due to our exciting baby news from last Monday! We are still accumulating pink by the bucketload and Mike is ready to start talking names:) In the meantime, it is time for me to share the scoop on what I have definately NOT been doing this week:)

I definately did NOT febreeze David's pants after a potty accident last week because I was too tired to walk upstairs to get a clean pair. Plus, he looked so darn cute that I couldn't bring myself to change his outfit. So, if Febreeze works for nasty pet hair like they advertise on the commercial then why couldn't it cover up a cute boy's potty accident? (by the way, it worked wonders so keep a bottle on hand)!

I definately did NOT avoid another first grade Mom at the gym. She gets a little excited to exchange gossip, so I pretended I couldn't see her because I had Kyle's MP3 player on! (Don't knock it because it totally worked)!

I did NOT ask repeatedly to go to the high school basketball game Saturday night so I could enjoy a bag of fresh popped popcorn. (I just realized that popcorn has made it into my Not Me Monday twice now so I think I can say that popcorn is my first pregnancy craving)!

I did NOT yell at a referee at Kyle's last basketball game. I am trying to maintain some decorum that I am not a sports-obsessed Mom so why would I dare yell "hey ref-how about a foul" louder than any other parent at the game. Just because Kyle got pushed across the gym floor by some aggressive third grader does not justify me speaking to the referees and questioning their calls.

Have a great week keeping up with all your Not Me Mondays!! I know you have them also...:)

Brother Time

This picture absolutely warms my heart:) This was our last opportunity to play in the snow before the sun came out today and melted it all. David has progressed from carefully riding his own sled down the hill to THIS!!! Look at the joy in their sweet faces:) David was totally at Kyle's mercy on this ride down the big hill and he was loving it. I have already printed this picture in many sizes and it is already sitting in various spots around my house. I am a huge picture junkie and love capturing my kids' personalities and joy in my pictures. We will treasure this one forever because it shows that my boys (despite the tv wars really love each other and have such a blast together. It brings me to tears often to see the patience and love that Kyle has for his brother. David screams "Yay-yo" at every basketball game that Kyle plays in and Kyle is not the least bit embarrassed and waves right back to him. (Yay-yo is what David calls Kyle right now-don't ask where it came from we truly have no idea)!!

Kyle is so proud of David's accomplishments and encourages him every single day. We have explained the word "disability" and "Down Syndrome" to Kyle and for now those words mean very little to him. That is his David and he loves him dearly!

Time Warp

Being home with your children for multiple snow days often feels like you are in a time warp! I love this precious time with my boys where our schedule is not rushed and we have lots of time to actually PLAY! There are always lots of high points and often a few low points. It snowed again last night, so we are home for the third straight day in a row and it does not look promising for tomorrow:) I just wanted to share some highlights of our winter break-we are referring to it that way since our spring break has been gobbled up with all these snow days!

This was perhaps the low point of the day. The kids were fighting over the tv (Johnny Test Vs. Calliou), I was nervous that Mike wasn't home yet because the roads were getting bad again, I was trying to cook dinner, devil eggs for Mike and this is the result. Lets just chalk this up to overactive hormones, worry for hubbie, and cabin fever! We will just refer to this as the "unfortunate deviled egg incident of 2009" and pray another egg does not get crumbled up again:)

David jamming and eating to a Dr. Jean CD!

Precious reading time for the boys in David's new big boy bed! I wish I could tell you that they both peacefully drifted off to sleep after the book was done. No one slept at all and believe me I tried everything! They were just so happy to be together that they just kept being silly!

The view from the golf course-we have never seen snow like this since we have moved here. We can barely see our neighbors house it has been snowing so hard. It kind of looks like Siberia:)

My little angels making angels-David insisted Kyle make just as many as he did!

David is obsessed with making snow angels and I LOVE this picture of his latest creation in the snow. It is beautiful:)