A New Winter Coat

If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you'd know that last year I was on a quest for finding a new winter coat. You can read my first post here and my second post here.

This weekend I dropped Mica off to a birthday party and shopped with Isaak. Let me tell you, shopping with one kid is magical. Isaak was so sweet! It was nothing like shopping with the two of them. Usually Isaak hides, crawls on the ground and makes faces in the mirrors. All while Mica's laughing at him. It ends up with me holding Isaak in a football hold around the mall. Then I feel like a horrible mother. Not this time!

Back to the coat. I wasn't happy with Mica's coat when he was in Kindergarten. I needed to find one for Isaak. One that he can wear next year.

I did find one! It's a Kennith Cole Reaction, I got at Younkers. I've never heard of the brand. Maybe it's something special. Maybe it's not.

It's a nice thick coat that's not too puffy. It has get this, a metal zipper! That's what I've been looking for this whole time! It also came with a pair of jeans that has an adjustable waist and a shirt that I don't care for. I'll use it as a messy shirt for him.

Isaak liked it because it was green.

The price was originally $79.50, it was marked down to $49.99. I thought that may be the price. There were all kinds of signs saying, 50% off. I didn't know if that was 50% off original price, or the price marked. Regardless it had a metal zipper and came with jeans. I was getting it. They rang me up and it was $24.99! Score for Isaak and my pocket book! YAY! After season prices are the best!

Mica's Great Aunt Becky AKA Grandma Kent

Mica loves his Great Aunt Becky:

It's my Aunt Becky, which is his Great Aunt Becky, which he sometimes calls, "Grandma Kent". I don't mind that he calls her that. She never had kids of her own and she is like a Grandma to him. Plus it makes me think of my Grandma Kent that past away this fall. I think she'd like that Mica calls Great Aunt Becky, "Grandma Kent".

There were boys running all over and Mica sat on Becky's lap for much of the time we were at my sister Angela's house. I just have to watch him. Like any boy he's a wiggle worm. Aunt Becky got knee surgery done on both knees, awhile ago.

Mica's very huggy, a loving child. He he is singing a high tune. He goofy to!

Blowing Balloons

We put money in balloons for my oldest nephew for his birthday present. The boys were amazed that the money would fit in the balloons. Mica blew up a lot of them. I tied them. Isaak put them in the gift bag. He said at the end, "I almost died tonight! Blowing up those balloons made me loose my breath."

The next day Daddy taught Isaak how to blow up a balloon. He blew one up, and hasn't been able to blow another since then.

Mica has been blowing them up all weekend. Then he's been letting them go. Both boys giggle at the farting sound.

Here's Mica trying to teach Isaak to blow one up:

Then Isaak wanted me to take a photo of him blowing up a balloon that was already blown up. Silly boy!

Here's my nephew that got the package of balloons with money inside. He didn't sit on them to pop them. Instead he popped them all with a knife.

Sing, Sing a Song Saturday

I started doing what I call Sing, Sing a Song Saturday.  I'm going to post one song on Saturdays that the boys or I like. 

The song may be part of a movie, a kid's video or just a song we like. I'll try and include why we like it and/or the history of the song/singer.

This next band is the most unique I've heard in a long time! Have you ever heard Mongolian music? I don't think I have. It's very different from ours! I can some people hating it because it is so different. The band I'm featuring today is called Khusugtun. They play a variety of instruments. One thing that makes them along with other cultures so different, is the way they handle their voices. They have one person within their band that does what is called deep throat singing. Alone deep throat singing is disturbing to me. Mixed with singing and other instruments, I find it to be interesting. One person that teaches this method of singing said the best way to practice is to learn to bark like a dog. Kind of odd, but you used the back of your throat to deep throat sing. You will have to be the judge if this kind of music is fascinating or disturbing to you.

They have great culture heritage and valuable folk sound in their band. 

This song is called Altergana.

Like Khusugtun on Facebook here.

iMax

Grandma and Grandpa Spiehs took Isaak to see an iMax movie yesterday.

Grandpa kept trying to get Isaak to wear his 3D glasses. He would not leave them on.

At dinner I asked Isaak about the movie. He said, "I don't remember what it was called. Grandpa kept trying to get me to wear the glasses, but I didn't want to wear them!" I said, "Why?" Isaak said, "Because those glasses scared me Mom. When I put them on I felt like I was in the movie. That scared me!"

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I'm Thankful

Even though I've been really sick this week, I'm still thankful! I started feeling better Monday night, then on Tuesday I taught, then on Wednesday I taught. I talked too much, and over did myself. I've been drinking a ton of water, tea and one Emergen-C drink a day.

Besides feeling all crappy, I'm still thankful.
I'm thankful for my assistants that help me in the classroom. They did some of my talking for me.

I'm thankful that my kids never outgrew cuddle time. If anything, they fight over who is going to cuddle with me.

I'm thankful for my husband that will make dinner, help with the kids and gives me back rubs.

I'm thankful for my parents that help take care of Isaak. They are also so kind to check up on me.

WW: Box Seats {Linky}

The boys had a creative streak on Sunday.

Isaak put on his Lowes Clinic apron backwards. He was pretending it was a Superman cape. He was humming the Superman theme song and running around with his arms extended like he was flying around the house. They were introduced to the Christopher Reeve's Superman series last week.

Later on they pretended that our house was covered with ice. Isaak kept saying, "The walls and floor are cracking." They jumped up on our new hallway rug because it was their boat. They were ready to sail away from the ice.

Even later I made lunch and came into the living room to see them like this:

They took boxes and turned them into seats. I was going to use one of those boxes to wrap a gift in. Oh well. They were having fun!



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It's kind of nice to be able to type and communicate. This Momma still has no voice. It's day 3 of not having one. I made Daddy run out to Walgreens this morning to pick up my antibiotics. The doctor at the Urgent Care said that what I have is more than likely viral. Antibiotics wouldn't touch it. She wrote out a script anyhow. I told her I'd wait to get that script filled after a few days. The few days are up, and I still feel the same. All weekend was frustrating getting after Isaak in particular. He's a typical 4 year old. They were overall very good. Isaak kept saying, "What? I can't hear you." every time I talked to him. Then running a few errands was hard to. Isaak is just like how Mica used to be. Store time switches on some kind of switch in his body, which makes him punk like. I attempt to have him walk, then when he acts up he gets grabbed in the football hold and put in the cart. I have to say he is better by himself. Around Mica, Isaak feels the need to act up. One thing is very different when it comes to Isaak compared to Mica, not seeing me terrifies him. I find that to be great. Not that I want him terrified. It's just that Mica had no fear. He would just run off ahead, happily.

Online shopping is the best!

This is the time to shop for winter things! So much is on clearance. I got an email from Children's Place. I have to be honest, as my boys have aged I don't like their stuff as much as I used to. I LOVE their baby selection, but the kids is just ok. I decided to check out their sale. I just picked up 2 sweaters, 1 pair of boots, 1 pair of pjs all for $30! I get mainly for Mica, since Isaak gets all of Mica's clothes. I did get them matching sweaters in different colors. I know Mica would have liked the blue sweater, but all they had was red in his size. There may be conflict. Oh well! This stuff is for next year. If you decide to check out their sale go here and type in this code at check out to get even a better deal: C5K113EM. Somehow I got free shipping to! SCORE!

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The boys and I sampled the protein bars and drinks. I enjoyed both of them. Many of their foods are organic, gluten free and contain ingredients that stand out like Omega-3, which helps with brain development.

I was really excited to try out the honey that Vitacost sent me!

I decided to try their Natural RAW Honey out. I made Protein Bites! They are so good and easy to make!

The boys gobbled them up with smiles on their faces.

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A Late Christmas Program

Isaak finally had one of his preschool programs this week. It was postponed because of the snow we had. His other school just canceled theirs. I was fine with that.

The program included not just Isaak, but cousin Elijah to.

Getting there was interesting. The boys had to be there by 6, smack dab during rush hour. At least around here rush hour isn't as bad as other places. Grandma and Grandpa Spiehs ran into a traffic stand still. We had to stop off at home to grab a few things, and had to wait for a train to pass by.

Here is Isaak and Cousin Elijah:

The people in front of me kept on moving. I kept getting blurry hair in my shots. Here's Elijah and Isaak. I think the shot I got of Elijah was my favorite! I kept wanting to go up on stage and push Isaak's hair dress back out of his eyes.

Here are a few funny faces I captured. Elijah was getting ready to sneeze or yawn. I'm not sure what Isaak's face was about. He looked silly though.