Flashback!

So, Jaysen's mom decided she was ready to gut out her basement and get rid of all the excess stuff her kids had left behind. She boxed everything up and we ended up with five boxes of STUFF. Jaysen brought two of them in the other night and our house has not been the same since.

Yes...that is He-Man....Master of the Universe. ;0) The original from back in the early 80s.

And yes....this is all G.I. Joe stuff. We've got the Hovercraft, desert jeep, snowmobile, motorcycle, snow truck, and helicopter along with numerous Real American Heroes. I actually recognize several of them. He didn't have a Scarlet action figure though. ;0) Anyway...we've also now got Cobra Commander in two forms, along with the silver faced man (don't remember his name) along with several Cobra Cronies. Good Stuff.

And, last but not least....Star Wars! We've got the original Action Figure Collectors Case, but only three action figures were remaining. Jaysen said he had more at one time, but apparently they didn't make it. And C3PO is missing half of his face. ;0)

Anyway...Landon is so fascinated by these toys. For 20 minutes this morning I had to explain to him about the Hovercraft and how it worked, and then let him know who He-Man was. Man, are these kids missing out! Who needs video games when you can have a Master of the Universe or a Real American Hero? In fact, when I told him that we were going to have to go through the boxes and see what was worth salvaging he freaked when I told him that the Hovercraft might have to go. "No mom! I'll play with it! I promise! Let's keep it OK?" Luckily Jaysen showed me where the rest of the missing pieces were, so it's become a keeper.

And, to top off Landon's fascination...there was also a huge jet plane in one of the boxes and Mackenzee's new fascination is airplanes...so she's claimed that one! It was like Christmas Morning in my house! I've been flashing back to me playing G.I. Joe and He-Man with my brother when we were really little too and it's been a hoot. I teased Jaysen about it though...told him that when he got these as a kid I was probably still a toddler...good times. ;0)

Are you ready for some football?

It's that time of year again! Tonight is the first Boise State football game. We're all geared up. Jaysen is bummed because he's got his last night of Golf League and can't miss it because it's the playoffs and will determine if his team comes in first or second. But he'll be home halfway through the game and I have been instructed to TiVo the whole thing for him. ;0)
Now, don't think that I'm a football lover. Because I'm not. But, I do have to admit that it is fun to watch Jaysen watching the games. And the bowl game in January was awesome...so maybe I'm converting. Who knows. But we do have fun with it. Any time you want to come over and watch the game...just let us know! It's always more fun watching it with others!

Get on the bus!

This morning I put Landon on the school bus for the first time EVER. I'm surprised it got to me the way it did. I've been waiting for him to be ready since the end of kindergarten. ;0) He just kept telling me that he "decided" he didn't want to do it anymore after I would get him pumped up about it. Sigh. Oh well.

Anyway, even this morning when it was time to go he quickly changed his mind and said he didn't want to do it anymore. Yeah......and since I'm a "mean mom" I told him I didn't care and he was riding it anyway. ;0) He's almost 8....I walk him to the bus stop....he can handle it. He just is so scared of the unfamiliar. It makes him literally sick. But, there comes a time when whether or not you are ready, you have to just go for it.

So, we walked the short distance to the bus stop and a couple minutes later the big yellow bus came around the corner. I told him I loved him and he climbed on and all of a sudden I missed him. When did my baby get big enough to ride a school bus by himself? And then I think....did he make it there ok? were the kids on the bus nice to him? Argh!!! I hate that! I know I'm overprotective...but I just want him to be OK. Sigh. I know...I'm pathetic.

I am meeting him at the bus stop at the school when school is out to help him figure out which bus to go on because he was REALLY concerned about it. And honestly, after my experience getting on the wrong bus when I was in 2nd grade....I don't mind. ;0) And then I'll pick him up at the bus stop again by our house so he can ride the bus home and get it all figured out. And then I'm done with the whole picking up the kids thing! YAY! Waiting 15-20 minutes in front of the school so that I can get a parking spot is ridiculous. So, this will be great once he gets through this first day.

Happy now?

Wow...my eyes look evil in this picture. ;0)

Anyway...here! Now you know what it looks like. Are you happy?

Painted Black

Though I do love that song.....I'm not loving the color right now. Let me explain.....

So, I like to change my hair. I do it a lot. Whether I cut it, layer it, dye it, perm it......whatever. I'm always feeling like I need to do something different. Anyway, I was born a blonde. Which is pretty obvious if you take a look at my kids. They are both blondies....well, after 28 years...my hair has slowly faded into brown. I've dyed it and dyed it for 10 years now so that I could be the blonde I was born to be :0) but I've just about had it with the upkeep. So, I decided several weeks ago that I was going to return to my "roots" and be a brunette. Chocolate brown is what I was going for. So, since I usually do most of my hair dying in the comfort of my own bathroom, I went and bought a box of color from Target. The box was for Chocolate brown hair. Yay! Put it on, did the whole thing, rinsed and did my hair....and it was still blonde. A darker blonde...but blonde nonetheless. Sigh. Nobody could tell the difference. NOBODY! Not even my sister! And girls notice this kind of stuff.
So, yesterday I went and bought a second box of color. A different brand, but still for chocolate brown hair. Put it on last night night....did the whole thing.....and now my hair is BLACK! What the crap! And I'm not kidding. Jaysen is trying to be nice about it...but I can see through it. Landon is worried that he's going to get lost if we go somewhere because I don't look like myself. Sigh. It's ugly. So, this morning I called my friend who is a stylist and asked her what I could possibly do without further frying my hair. And guess what? I have to have black hair for two weeks before I can dye again, otherwise I might as well shave my head for the frying that will occur if I dye a third time. And even then, I can only add chocolate brown highlights. Sigh. So, I have black hair....for two weeks. There will be no picture on the blog about it. And I won't be leaving the house much......that's what I get for trying to be a brunette.

I guess I'm just too much of a "blonde" to figure this stuff out. ;0)

First Day of School

Sniff. Sniff. This is my baby Landon just before he turned one. Isn't he a cutie? So small, so much fun............so small.

And this is my baby Landon this morning just before I took him to his first day of second grade.
Still a cutie, still fun...but so big! When did he get to be so big? Almost 8 years old? Second grade? It makes me so sad to see him getting so big so quickly. But, also so excited for the fun things that come with having an 8 year old.
Anyway, he was sooo excited for the first day of school. I didn't even have to wake him up. He was up before Jaysen! Which was good though because we had to get to his school early so I could drop off the Open Court Reading books we put together for the third grade this past weekend and then also pay his lunch money. So, we were there when the doors opened at 8:00 this morning! He got 30 minutes of playground time this morning! ;0)
Anyway...we'll be having his favortie for dinner tonight, as is our usual tradition for the first day of school. Chicken Alfredo, or as he calls it...Noodles with White Sauce. ;0) I hope he has a good day!

Boondocks

Every summer Jaysen and I have taken Landon to Boondocks up in Boise. He looks forward to it every summer. Unfortunately, our summer has been so hectic with moving and everything else that we hadn't made it yet. With the last weekend of summer approaching we knew that no matter what, we had to take the trip. So, we went up on Saturday. We took our neice, Genea with us too. It's always more fun for Landon if he's got a playmate. ;0)

Anyway...after our usual round of miniature golf, Landon and Genea went for a ride on the bumper boats and got completely soaked. But they had a blast. Here they are shooting water at us. The stinkers! Actually, it felt pretty good. It was 95 degrees on Saturday!
Then, since Landon is tall enough, he was able to drive the mini karts by himself for a race. He did a good job too for not having a license! ;0)
Since you can't ride two to a mini kart, Jaysen took Genea for a ride on the "real" ones instead. She had a blast too! Just enjoying the ride as you can see.

And this is my Mackenzee. She was so mad that she couldn't participate in anything outside besides the miniature golf. She soooo wanted to go on the bumper boats. She was peering over the gate at them, and so I thought it would be a cute picture. She didn't apparently want to be cute, she wanted to be mad. So she hid her face from me. What do you think? Still cute huh?

All in all, Saturday was a blast. The kids got to play till they dropped (and so did we!) and it was a really fun family day. (even though I'm a really mean mom)