Hutch's breakfast

Jane

Cruiser

In 6 days my sweet girl will be turning 8!  This weekend we bought her a new ride.

Happy early birthday. Happy Cruisin'.

Jane

a few of Hutch's favorite things

hamburger boxers (there is also a hotdog pair, seen below..both pairs "belong" to Cannon)

firetruck shirt (that btw is quite small on him)

UT jersey

LSU jersey

These pieces can be mixed and mismatched with  practically ANYTHING....

Hand down, his favorite is the hamburger boxers WITH the firetruck shirt.  This "outfit" rarely makes it into his drawers.  It usually goes from the dryer to his body....and often sometimes from the dirty clothes to his body.  We choose our battles wisely,  if he wants to wear dirty clothes/the same outfit 5 days in a row....then that is what we let him do :).  SO, let's be clear, Hutch does have some precious clothes, but this 2 year old has a mind of his own!!

Jane

A day without sunshine

The sun is shining BRIGHT here today, but I was informed by my sweet brother this morning that "a day without Janie's blog is a day without sunshine".  Awww, I am so glad he cares!!  SO, I could not let Brent go another single day without sunshine, so I will blog even if I have nothing to blog about!

It is a beautiful day here, breezy and cold, but beautfiul.  We have been blowing and going since early this morning.  A walk on the trails, sidewalk chalk, scooter riding, playing with the neighbor!  It's been a fun filled day, and it's only 2pm!

 

I apologize, Brent.  I will not let you go 10 days without sunshine again :).  I love you!

Jane

Neely riding her bike....FINALLY!!!

It's about darn time!!!  Congratulations Neely!!!

Jane

unwanted guests

A while back I noticed when I was home in the afternoons, and the house was quiet (Hutch down for his nap, big kids at school) that there was a LOT of "traffic" on my rooftop.  One day when I heard it I decided to run outside and see if I could tell what was going on.  Well, I followed the noise to the side of our house where I saw a squirrel climbing into a hole (that I can only assume he made) in the side of our house. 

Today I heard the noise and decided to see if I could bust the little cuss again!  We had a true stare down!  I won of course, he hopped a branch and took off across the fence....after being pushed completely out of the hole by his fairweather friend!

THEN, I decided to see if the hole went where I thought it went!  Sure enough, it did!  I got my flashlight and camera, and I went up to the little attic in Hutch's room.  Sure enough, that is where the little guys have been keeping warm and dry this winter.  While I do love animals of all kinds, I don't really like the thought of the whole animal kindom living adjacent to Hutch's room, so the hole will have to be patched, and the little guys will have to go find a new attic to break into, because we are ONTO THEM at this house!

look close, you see him about to go in the hole?

here is where we were having the stare down...check out that hole!!!

here is the door in Hutch's room that leads to the attic where the happy squirrels have been living

check out the hole from the inside!

I really do hate to leave them out in the cold (not really), but I was very glad not to find a big nest of baby squirrels up there.   Les was going to set some traps, and that did not sound great to me.  Looks like we can just chase them out, and have someone patch up that hole and be done with it.  Geez, it's always something, huh?

Jane

This never happens

It's Thursday night, 7:30, homework is done, dinner is eaten, kitchen is cleaned, dogs are walked, popcorn is being consumed and movie is being watched....this never happens!

I was off today, on account Hutch could not return to school with his pink eyes!  They are looking quite a bit better this evening, but he certainly was not well enough to be touching and loving on his classmates today.  Since I was off I got the kids about an hour earlier than I usually would on a Thursday night, and I guess that was the key....also the kids have worked very hard this week, and they know their stuff!!!

The kids picked Alpha & Omega to watch tonight

Hutch would not deviate from his plan to watch Dora.....again!

The eyes are still looking a little weak, but so much better this evening

Happy Thursday!  Such a nice change compared to the normal hustle and bustle of a Thursday night.  I'll take these anytime....and we get to do it again tomorrow night!!!  I feel lots of snuggle time coming on this weekend. 

Jane