HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZAC!!!

ZAC TURNED 3 TODAY!

Yesterday we had a little family party at Jamie's parents. Debbie made him a huge chocolate chip cookie and gave him a singing birthday card!

His two favorite gifts were a piggy bank from Grandma Lucy (with a bag of coins to put in it) and the
figure eight race track Jim and Debbie gave him. He woke up this morning and couldn't wait to play with the race track again!

This evening Zac had a birthday party at McDonalds with a bunch of his friends.

He had lots of chicken nuggets, fries, and a Dump Truck Cake!

Zac was so excited to blow out his "3" candle he kept blowing while everyone was singing and he was too far away to make the flame go out and for some reason he thought that was the funniest thing ever! (check it out...he's crazy!)

He had so much fun playing on the indoor playground and opening presents with his friends.

When we got home he got to try out his new "Hulk" punching fists on Daddy.... (video is so funny)

Thanks again to everyone for coming and for the wonderful presents!

Zac had such a great 3rd birthday!

(Landon sure had a great time too!)

Freaking microwave!

So just making a little microwave popcorn tonight and suddenly we hear a loud crashing noise.....

yeah, ummmmm aren't microwave plates supposed to be able to withstand 3 min of heat????

Guess not.

thanks a lot doc

Zac's fever was gone yesterday after his nap and still gone today, but we still saw pediatrician.

Not Strep, Not Flu, some other virus. No cure, don't need antibiodics, shouldn't even be contagious since fever has been gone for 24 hrs. Just keep doing fluids and rest.

Sooo glad I just paid a bunch of money (we have a high deductable that just started over in Sept) to find out what Zac doesn't have!!!

Oh and it was pretty awesome when the doc did the throat swab test and it made Zac gag, and if you know Zac you know he has the weakest gag reflex ever! so, yeah you guessed it, Zac threw up all over me!

I couldn't even be mad cuz he was like "oh my gosh! oh my gosh! I sorwee mommy! oh my gosh!"

I almost had to laugh. (maybe I say oh my gosh too much?)

Lazy Weekend

Zac has been sick with a fever for 3 days, no other symptoms, just fever. When I talked to Zac's doctor today, he thinks it could be strep, (yikes!) so we're taking him in tomorrow.

his small attempt at a smile



Landon on the other hand has been feeling great,
and was more than happy to cheese it up for the camera!

HALLOWEEN TIME!

HALLOWEEN TIME!
It all started a couple weeks ago painting pumpkins at a friends house...

The beautiful results!

Trying to get the kids to pose with their pumpkins, but they weren't in the mood.

Then aunt Mel came to visit the week before Halloween. (we love the pirate Halloween shirts Grandma Debbie got them, they wore them a lot in the last few weeks, soooo cute!)

Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's church Halloween party. Filled with "trunk" or treating, hay rides, chili cook off, and lots of fun.

Grandpa Jim dressed up like Captin Jack Sparrow, and everyone was so impressed except for Zac. Zac was terrified of him and wouldn't go near him all night and cried if Jim tried to talk to him! It was so funny.


I put up a few simple decorations. I like my dollar store doormat! What a great find. Zac likes the spider that drops down (up by the front door- kinda hard to see in the picture)

Then it was finally the Day of Halloween!!!

I hosted a little party with friends from church. We made a couple easy crafts (thanks Ruth your spider webs were so cute) and decorated Halloween cookies (Valerie they were yummy! thanks for going to all that trouble!)

Zac wanted to decorate the cookies but didn't want to eat them with all the frosting and candies on them. (Notice the plain cookie in his hand!) Landon was more than happy to eat Zac's masterpieces.

Grandma and Grandpa stopped by later with some Halloween baskets filled with goodies! Man, their Easter baskets have some competition now!


FINALLY TRICK OR TREATING!!!

Getting ready to go out and trick or treat. The boys loved it! We went with a group of friends from church. I didn't think to bring my camera out to catch the action, but the kids were so cute. Zac kept trying to go up twice at each house. He loved it, except for a lady dressed as a witch passing out candy. He wouldn't go near her. Thanks for letting us hang at your house Kristen and go around your neighboorhood.

All in all a great day. We were just sad that Jamie had to be out of town and missed the trick or treating. Guess who gets to take them next year! (and I'm gonna make you dress up too Jamie!)

My kids are obsessed with their hilarious cousin Ella

Zac and Landon love watching their cousin Ella's funny videos, but one of her newest ones has become an OBSESSION of theirs. See for yourself... (sorry you might want to pause my Thriller music so you can hear the video)

(to see Ella's video, go to "the Bosgraafs" link from my page)

Bedtime stories

I was reading a post on Emily Smith's blog about a story from when she used to teach in the hood in Chicago and it made me really think about how lucky I am that my kids have a dad, that I don't have to struggle as much as a single mom does (it's still a struggle most days with two of us) and I wanted to give a shout out to my wonderful husband who is THE BEST BEDTIME STORY READER EVER!!! Seriously the kids are so upset on nights when daddy isn't home to read to them. so thanks Jamie, you're the bomb diggity (just haven't said bomb diggity in a while and felt like it was a good time!)

If you haven't seen me lately...

For all of you who haven't seen me lately...

SURPRISE I'm a brunette now!

The most common remark has been "your eyes look sooo green!"

They've been green my whole life, I guess the brown hair makes them more noticable.

The most common question has been "what does Jamie think?"

well he's the one who wanted me to go dark. He's been buggin me to do it for weeks!

So there it is.

(sorry mom, I know you love my blonde hair)

Who do my kids look like?

A lot of people ask me who I think my kids look like... me or Jamie. Well... I always say both. I see things in them that remind me of different characteristics both Jamie and I had as little kids. What do YOU think?

Zac looking kinda like me

and I had the same hairdo as Landon

Zac always makes crazy faces which reminded me of Jamie

And Jamie had those fat cheeks like both my boys

Landon really looks like Jamie's baby pics to me sometimes

Zac so proud in what he's wearing just like Jamie was