jUst a LittLE RaNdoMneSS

We took a trip to CEC (chuck e. cheese, this is our code so that the monkeys don't go crazy when they hear those three little words). We look for the coupons on Kool-aid squeezers that have the Buy 40 tokens for $10 get 40 free, and then limit what they use so that it lasts a couple of trips. Plus we can only handle being there for so long! :) Trav is ADDICTED to skee-ball, and has made the boys save their ticket vouchers, so this time I brought them along, since some of them are so old the printing is starting to fade. I told him that it was time to spend them. Man has Chuck E. Cheese upped the ticket redemption's. We had almost 2000 tickets, and that wouldn't get the boys much. Daddy decided that we should keep saving and told the boys that they could spend 50 each, yea that only gets them a tootsie roll (regular small one) and a crayon. Jacob was NOT having that since he saw all the vouchers in my bag. In fact he broke down in tears when his Daddy told him that he should save them for something better. He just really wanted the little Light Saber. After I gave Trav "the look" and the lady at the ticket counter looked at Travis like he was insane to save Chuck E. Cheese tickets, he gave in. Jacob bought his little Light Saber for 500 tickets, and since he spent that Trenton said that he would only use 200 for a multi-colored pen. He is a saver like Dad.

Xander LOVES to be outside, that is as long as you don't close the screen door. I am so mean for taking this picture, but it was cracking me up. As soon as I opened it, he gave me an angry look and went back to playing.

He loves my Ikea colander. He puts it on his head and walks around the house making funny noises.

So... We were eating with the Elders last night. After dinner I told Trenton to go and take a shower. He came down and I looked at him and thought that something looked funny about his hair. When he got closer I asked Trav to look at his hair. We asked him if he cut it. He said yes. When?! It didn't look like that earlier. He said that he did it in the bathroom. With what? Daddy's razor. WHAT?!!!!

This is his before-Mommy-tried-to-fix-my-hair, boy-am-I-in-trouble face:

And this is the after I-didn't-want-super-short-hair face.


I am so sad. I loved his hair. When it was done any way. He ran upstairs to see it when I was done, and I hear "WHAT THE?!" Then Jacob starts laughing hysterically, which Trenton follows with his own crazy laugh. Jacob yells, "You have crazy bald hair!" This is not what I was hoping for, I was hoping he would see his short hair, feel sad about what he did and promise never to hunt down Dads razor. When I realized that this wasn't phasing Trenton, I made a big about it to Jacob, who LOVES his "long" hair. I asked him if I should cut his hair that short. When he said "NO!" then I told him to never cut his hair.

Hopefully he won't ever attempt to be his own barber.

Here are a few random things that I have heard the boys say lately:

Jacob while we were at Old Navy: Mom I want to walk.

"Why don't you just stay in the stroller."

"But if I don't walk then I won't get my exercise I need!"

Trenton talking to his Grandma Shepherd:

"I am getting older and bigger....Yeah, and you don't want time to go to0 fast because then you'll die soon."

Jacob to Trenton in the van:

"Yeah well I am going to have my own motocycle when I get big and only Mommy will ride on the back of it!!"

Jacob during dinner (which he never wants to eat):

"But Mommy I took two bite and look, do you see how BIG my tummy is?! I just can't eat anymore."

Trenton to Grandma Shepherd:

"Why don't you just put a bell on Grandpa so that when he walks away you know where he went."