Sunday, August 31, 2008

My Nose Is Growing

I've never understood those parents that lie to their children. You know, like about Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, stuff like that...
So a couple of weeks ago Dave taught Izak that if he yells "Alicazip" it will open/close the garage door. So anytime we're going somewhere now, Izak will yell "Alicazip" and the garage door magically opens/closes. Well, the other day I was in the kitchen and I heard Izak in the garage yelling "Alicazip" over and over again. Each time Izak yelled "Alicazip" he got louder and louder trying to convince that door to close. A few minutes later, Izak finally came in with a confused look of defeat on his little face. He explained to me that he had been yelling "Alicazip" to close the garage door but it wouldn't close and inquired as to why it wasn't working. So, I told him the truth.
He OBVIOUSLY wasn't yelling loud enough.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Battered Brother Syndrome

I'm afraid Landon has Battered Brother Syndrome (BBS in the DSM-IV for all you LCSWs out there). Izak knocks him around time after time, but Landon just keeps going back to him. For example, this morning Izak kicked him so he was sent to his room for time out. Within 30 seconds Landon had crawled over to Izak's closed door and was knocking on it to have Izak let him in the room. Like I said, Battered Brother Syndrome.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Nomads No More

After being homeless for way too long, we have finally settled into our new home. We're super excited about our new house as it has many features that we have never before experienced. Here are some of the highlights of our new home, just to name a few:
1. 2 car garage
2. a fenced back yard
3. a walk in closet
4. bathrooms INSIDE the home
5. washer/dryer
6. running water

The list could go on, but you get the picture...speaking of pictures, here are a few (okay, a lot-so you don't have to check them out if you don't want to as I'm sure we're more excited about our new home than you are-so we won't be offended)...


Don't be fooled, it's only clean because of my lack of cooking abilities


You know you've never had a dining room table when your 3-year-old says you're having a party every time you eat at the table instead of the counter


Dave's throne


Landon's not even sleeping in the bottom bunk yet, but has already fallen off more times than I can count


Spare bedroom for when YOU come to visit us!


Where Dave will learn how to become a doctor


Our dresser weighs 400 lbs alone-no joke!


Our couches passed the test-Dave's mom sat on them instead of the floor!


Monkey bathroom for the monkey boys


Our patio (in the backyard)-Dave's perfected the art of grilling


Izak and Dave's babysitter