This week...

...after enjoying a night at the movies (we saw 'Planet 51') we discovered that Adam had left the drivers side door open the entire time. We were at Valley. Fair. Mall. HELLO! We were blessed that nothing happened.

...Noah has decided that church isn't some form of cruel punishment. A couple of weeks ago we couldn't even mention church with him getting all anxious and declaring that he NEVER wanted to go church. Getting him ready Sunday morning was always torture for both of us. After the closing prayer for Sacrament, Noah would immediately start begging to go home. Just last week, however, he decided that nursery was not so bad and actually got upset at the prospect of GOING home. Yay! Let's hope it sticks.

...Some of my sweet, sweet friends surprised me at our GNO with a baby shower. I am so appreciative and LOVE all the teeny, tiny, baby girl stuff. Thanks again, Jess, Kerri, Brianna, Kristen, Keri and Candys!!

...Girls night for me always means "Boy Night" for my boys. This included dinner at McDonald's (a boy fav) with Gma and Gpa. Then it was off to Hollywood Connection for over-priced kid rides. The boys loved it so I guess it was worth it. Kyle was his usual self as a ride lover but Noah wasn't so sure about the Dragon ride (not sure what that was). He did okay otherwise.

If you want to see Kyle thoroughly enjoying himself at Circus Circus a little over a year ago, check out this link.

...Adam got to indulge in his passion of skiing. He's pretty proud that although he was sore it wasn't too bad. He works out, ya know.

My cute ski bunny...

35 weeks! Yep, I've resorted to wearing the hubby's shirts.

Boy Night

To avoid any confusion with this post, I wanted to make one thing clear: this is Adam speaking.

As many of you know my sons love their mommy (and with good reason) to the point that they tend to prefer her. "I want Mommy to put me to bed.", "Where is Mommy?", and "Mommy I want you." are often repeated calls in our household. This "Mommy preference" has turned into a challenge for me.

Whenever Erin goes out for one of her Girl's Night Out I take the opportunity to show my sons that I am way cooler than their mom. I attempt to do this by spoiling them. I take them to movies, to parks, for shakes, etc. We watch movies that moms don't watch like Star Wars. I ask them what they want to do and do it, within reason.

Last week Erin had an all day activity with her sisters and mother. I took Noah and Kyle to Jumpin' Jacks and had a great time. Afterwords we went to Abs and got hamburgers and shakes.

My strategy of trying to leap-frog Erin in coolness points is affectionately called "Boy Night" (or day). Both Kyle and Noah know that when Mommy is going out to one of her "boring" girls' nights that we are going to have fun.

Tonight was one of our "Boy Nights". Not one of the best ones though. I had to mow the lawn and pick up dog doo, so I ran around pretending to chase them with the lawn mower and telling them I would stuff them in the garbage. Don't worry they're boys they like that kind of stuff. After that we sat down and watched Scooby-Do together.

I am still losing the war. The boys still favor Mommy, but I am narrowing the gap. How do I know? Just ask Noah what we did last week: "I went Dumpin' Dack. I Dump. I don't cry." That may not seem like a lot, but when your going up against the most beautiful, smart, loving, caring, patient, fun Mommy in the world you take your victories where you can.

BOY NIGHTS RULE!