Laughing Lewis

A Kindergartener, A Preschooler and A Baby

My First Flowbee

Our boys do not get haircuts, they get Flowbee cuts. Corey is the Flowbee guy in our house (there are many things I will do for my kids, but cutting their hair is not one of them.) He just hooks the thing up to the vaccuum cleaner and walah! a quick haircut with no mess. We could probably give a customer testimonial in one of their infommercials! Lewis was pretty unsure of the whole thing, but he'll get used to it.

Smores Anyone?

It got up to 25 degrees today! Warm enough to sleep outside in a tent if your name is Corey Harms. Yes, I'm married to a wonderfully strange man. This is not the first time he has set up camp outside in the middle of winter, and I'm sure it won't be the last. He is gone on an overnight retreat with the youth, and he and at least two of the guys (who had to get parental permission) are sleeping outside. They tried to dig a big enough place to sleep out of a snow bank, but didn't have the time to get it done, so they are settling for a tent.

He is all about adventure (which often masks itself as insanity), and I long ago came to grips with the fact that, to him, these strange expeditions are a necessity. I have decided to just smile and believe that, as a boy, he is wired to find enjoyment in far different things than I. I could talk about the time he and his buddies camped out in their homemade teepee, (Our sleeping bags smelled like smoke for two years even after being washed!) but most of you who read this blog don't need me to convince you that Corey is... well, Corey.

E-I-E-I-O

I dug out this Little People barn a couple days ago, and Lewis is having a ball with it. (Though he had to wait until his brothers had their fun with it first.) I think it entertained Carter and Owen for at least a half hour! Above, he is smiling because he just pushed the button that turns the song on. He was pretty proud of himself.

In Search of BumbleBee

Owen loves Transformers. He especially loves Bumblebee. He really wants a Bumblebee Transformer. His birthday is March 21. Loving mother that I am, I have been looking for BumbleBee.

Target does not have Bumblebee.

Wal-Mart does not have Bumblebee.

Toys-R-Us does not have BumbleBee.

Walmart online does not have Bumblebee.

Toys-R-Us online does not have Bumblebee.

I did get the coveted piece of plastic ordered from Target online, but the approximate arrival date is March 18 - April 3, cutting it close for his big day. I'm thinking that Owen is only one of thousands of little boys out there in love with the transforming yellow camaro!

Showing Off Those Pearly Whites

Tooth number 3 arrived this week! Here is Lewis showing off the bottom two.