Happy St. Patrick's Day

We had a really fun time celebrating St. Patrick's day. I bought shirts at Old Navy for the boys and Sean and I just wore something green. We made green cupcakes with green wrappers and green crust pizza for dinner. The boys thought it was so fun (and it was so easy)! One crazy story from the day - we were eating lunch out (dressed in our green) and some lady came up to us and said "Cute family. Are you Irish?" I think I said "ya, something like that" with a smile, but then she said "oh, what's your last name?" BUMMER! So I told her it was Usleton, which is German, and that we were just enjoying the day! Other than that, we had a great day being green.

Brody's Funny

Just wanted to write this down before I forgot. And just for your info, we've had A LOT of ear infections this past year.

Brody: "Mom, my ear hurts. I want to go to the doctor."
Me: "We can't go to the doctor, there's too much snow. Do you want some medicine for your ear?"
Brody: [thinks for a second] "no, in my mouth."

I guess he thought I would put the medicine in his ear. Cute kid.

Merry Christmas!

I know it's a little late, but here are our Christmas Eve pictures. The boys had a lot of fun. I don't have any pictures from Santa coming to our house, but when Brody woke up and went in the living room, he wanted to know where his presents were. He had presents, but none of them were wrapped. He was so disappointed that there was nothing in paper for him to open. We'll have to write Santa a letter and tell him to do a better job next year!

Hook 'Em Horns

Sean's Aunt got these jerseys for the boys for Christmas. Since Unkie died, we've been more into UT since that was his thing. This is a horrible picture, but wanted to get the boys in their matching shirts.

Photo Shoot

I was inspired by a friend's friend who got some awesome pictures of her family in front of a really cool garage door. So we went out yesterday to try to accomplish the same kind of photo. I think we got some really good ones. The boys weren't as cooperative as I would have liked (are they ever?) but did good enough. I was looking to get some fun shots for our Christmas card. Thanks Mom for your help!!

Happy 6th Birthday, Blake!

Blake ended up with a very mild case of the flu this week, which also happened to include his birthday. He had a fever and sore throat on Wednesday, but was feeling much better by Friday (his birthday), so when he couldn't go to school, we took him out for a fun day in Amarillo. I had to run a bunch of errands and the kids were so patient! We went to lunch at Chuck E. Cheese (which included a huge tub of Clorox wipes and a big bottle of hand sanitizer). Then we went to see "Where the Wild Things Are." We ended the day with free birthday ice cream at Cold Stone. We got Blake a bike this year - his very first one! He's doing great so far and loves being able to ride a big boy bike. Happy Birthday, Blakers! We love you and love that you're part of our family!

Fairy Tale Day

Today was Fairy Tale Day at school. I had originally decided for Brody to wear Blake's Prince Charming costume from last year, but I didn't really have all the pieces and it was kind of too big. So then I decided that they could both be Mickey Mouse. But then in the middle of the night, I decided that Mickey Mouse wasn't really a fairy tale character and thought that they could be THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. I took Blake to school, came home and made 2 pig noses out of a toilet paper roll and pink construction paper. Brody was the pig who made his house out of bricks and Gavin was the little pig who made his house out of sticks. I went in the back yard and got some sticks and put them in his back pocket. It was hilarious, but neither one of them were overly interested in wearing the nose, so this is about as good as it gets.