Ready, Set, GO!

It is March already! I'm finally starting to get a grasp on the upcoming year. Aaron and Elizabeth set a wedding date (October 22nd). Brian and I are starting to make plans for an anniversary trip! Paul and Marylyn and cruising with Kristin. My parents are still chasing after my granddads, and the kids are playing soccer again (sort of). We had our second soccer game this past weekend. At least they don't keep score at this age : )

The boys are keeping us busy... this is why Brian and I always seem worn out:

• On Saturday morning, right before we left for the soccer game, Eli cut his hair. Eli played the entire game looking like he had a bald spot right where one should be if he were 50 years older. It wasn't until after the game we took both boys to get their hair basically shaved off. Jaxon has been complaining that his hair is too short to twirl (he twirls it when he is tired). They both look like little boys from the 50s.
• Then on Sunday, Jaxon decided to break into the medicine cabinet and drink some (not sure how much) Children's Tylenol. We caught him in the act, but weren't sure how much medicine was in the bottle when he started. The poison control people really want actual amounts consumed. The woman was quite frustrated with me when I told her that the most he could have had was 2 oz, but I wasn't sure how much the bottle had in it when he started. Apparently that was enough for her to determine that he would live. My mom had a great idea to mark bottles of medicine in case this happens in the future. REALLY?! Is this really something I have to look forward to repeating?!?!?!

I'm positive my boys were goats in a previous life. They will eat anything (meat, fruit, veggies, dog food, etc). We made Star Wars cookies and had the flour out. We saw Jaxon thinking about eating flour (plain flour). Brian and I both told him that he wouldn't like it. He tasted it and decided it was good. So we had to keep pushing him away after that. The cookies tasted great, but didn't look quite right since we rushed through the preparation.

I spoke with both boys teachers recently. Jaxon's teacher thinks he hung the moon. Apparently his chatter is charming to the teachers. I forget that most kids his age don't necessarily speak as well as he does. Eli's teacher said that he is doing very well. She apparently isn't holding his latest incident against him (a little boy pushed Eli and Eli gave the kid a bloody nose). I still think it was a lucky hit on Eli's part. He isn't usually very aggressive and I've never seen him actually throw a punch - Jaxon yes, Eli no. Anyway, Eli is reading everything from menus to signs to anything he can find. Our days of spelling things are coming to an end...

Grammy and Pawpaw unintentionally have gotten the boys into a new routine. Eli loves spending the night at their house and so for 2 or 3 weeks in a row they were able to spend Saturday night with the grandparents and go to church with them on Sunday morning. I'm pretty sure Grammy and Pawpaw are getting tired of this routine, but I'm lovin it!

This month is going to be wild and crazy, BUT there will be a break in the middle (at least for Brian and me). The boys are going to visit GrandBunny and Granddaddy in Lubbock! The kids are excited and so are we!!!!