Men and Women or Boys and Girls, in this Case and what happens when you're Seven

The other night while the kids were getting ready for bed, I heard a conversation that was so funny, I had to make it my FB status. I am cheating and doing the copy/paste thing:

"Hannah is telling Matthew what a "bad boy" is, that girls like boys that are "mama's boys" because they're caring AND she is giving him the percentage of his bad boy to mama boy."

There was much more to this conversation, H told M that he is a Mama's Boy but that was okay since girls like Mama's Boys. (Really? I always liked the "Bad Boy." I must be a fluke)

Oh, and before going up to get ready for bed, I told M several times to go up and get his shower (he was horizontal in front of the TV) and when I threatened him with grounding from all things electronic his reply was "Mom, I'm 7 now, it takes me longer to get up." Yep, that is my kids.

Famous American Day

The kids' school had their Annual Famous American Wax Museum. They absolutely loved preparing for it...MJ picked Chuck Yeager and Cuddles (H) chose George Washington. Boy, am I hoping my new phone recorded this because I forgot the camera. Cross your fingers :-) Well, the finger crossing didn't work. How about some pictures?

True Colors

On Hannah's birthday, we went to the mall to visit Build-a-Bear and outside of Build-a-Bear is this trampoline/bungee contraption...the kids have been begging to do it for 4 years and I finally relented...you can see the difference in their personalities by the way they approach the trampoline, Hannah is determined to do a flip, Matthew never ventures beyond a mild jump...It's quite amusing.

The Vain Wench

I don't know about you, but to me, this just looks like chaos...I didn't skate...my friend, The Vain Wench did...

I put on ice skates in 2nd grade when the Bluebirds went to the local ice rink...I clung to the side rails like a drowning man. I hated every second of it. I thought if I could learn to roller skate, I could learn to ice skate, everyone can skate, right? Wrong. My mom loved to skate and we went once when I was about 18 (I had many unsuccessful previous attempts prior to this mother-daughter adventure) and a young man, who I think was hitting on me by trying to teach me skate said "Just skate like her." He was pointing to my mother. I am pretty sure that is the last time I put anything on my foot with the word skate in it.

Never Heard it Sung this Way...

What's My Age?

While I wait for my videos to upload (either the website or my computer is being temperamental) I will share an H and M story. Last night, we went out to dinner at a Mexican Restaurant...a basket of chips and salsa was given to the kids and a basket of chips and salsa to the grown ups.

Hannah: This is great! We have our own chips, it's like we're 18.

Matthew: I look like I'm 12 and you're 14

Hannah: No, 15.

I guess age is all in the mind.

Meet the Boy

Towards the end of this video, you will meet Alesandro (Marco) and he is the reason Hannah doesn't mind going to Matthew's hockey practices :-)