Cowboys and Naked Indians....

Well Nathans best friend Jack came over today and brought his trusty dollar store shotgun. Nathan fell in love with it so I asked J's mom where she got it. So this afternoon we made a little trip to the dollar store for some fun gun action. Jacob picked out a machine gun that makes cool sounds when you pull the trigger and Nathan of course picked out the EXACT gun that Jack was toting around today.

We get home and got the targets out and let Nathan get a little shooting time in. I explained Gun safety and how to hold it and aim. I told him he had to wink to aim. Well his wink is almost closing both eyes so it doesn't quit work. So i covered one eye for him and he did great. Hit the target 9 out of 10 shots. I was proud.
 It was shower time and to lure him into the bathroom we played a fun game of shoot naked brother. I explained this was ONLY appropriate because there was a glass door and we DO NOT shoot at brother ever unless he is in the shower.
He took aim and this is what he did....

he covered his own eye...

cowboy/devil!

Jacob didnt mind being shot at!

reload!! whoop!

LOVE BEING A BOY MOM!!

Sometimes I forget how retarded I am ... then God reminds me.

So I was cleaning this morning because we were having some friends over for a playdate. The light hits my hardwood floor in the early morning and shows all the dirt and dust on the floor. I pulled out my vacuum and went to work. I could see a few dust bunnies under a piece of furniture in the living room. I pulled out the wand and faced the vacuum towards the piece using the light on the vac to illuminate the dust. I then thought i would do the same for the couch. I leaned over to look under and  all a sudden my bangs got SUCKED under the roller in the vac and THANK GOD FOR MY LIGHTENING FAST REFLEXES.... or my friends would have found me on the floor stuck to my vac. NOTE TO SELF... vacuum in a pony tail. Sometimes I forget how retarded I am then God reminds me.

Update:

nathan being a "book"

Nathan is becoming a funny little man. Tonight he asks for "mimi", his beloved stuffed sheep. Dad says "where did you put her?" Nathans reply "in the garage"  ... we were thinking "what?" .. So i tell Nathan "Show me where". He is walking to the garage and says "behind the door".  I am thinking... what? behind what door?

He walks right out the back door and opens up the shoe storage cabinet door and there is mimi. Sitting on dads work boots. THANK GOD he remembered he put her there this morning. I would have spent hours tearing the house apart to find that stupid toy, and NEVER have found her.

He is so funny too in that i sneezed today and he tells me "MOM COVER YOUR MOUTH!"
 I wanted to remind him at least i didn't sneeze in his face like he does to me!!!

 Potty training is happening but going slow. He knows he gets attention for bad choices so I am training myself to not repond to it. Its a slow process. You would think a kid who knows what a pentagon is can figure out where/when to go potty. He is too smart for his own good.

We were going to bed sat night and thought it was so funny Jacob was in his room (in the crib) laughing. I thought well he is having a good time.. at least he is not crying. Brian looks at me and says "lets go check on him"

We get up and go into Jacobs room to find Nathan standing and holding onto the crib beating jacob in the head with a teddy bear (hence the laughing). THESE KIDS!

Nathan likes to get out of bed and lay in the shadows of the hall peeking his sheep out around the corner. Most nights(like as I write) he is sleeping in the rug on the hallway floor and I have to scoop him and his animals up and put them in bed. ... what a turkey!

nathan bear and mimi

Jacob:
Jacob has gotten two of his first baby molars, a new big boy bed, and unfortunately learned three new words.  MINE,  STUCK and the other being MOMMA! (note he said it at 13 months nathan didnt say it till 18 months!)

loves his Aggie hat and daddy!

That little stinker is growing fast and watching everything his brother does. He knows that brother gets an M&M for going potty and if he sticks close he can sucker one out of mom too. If big brother gets something, by golly he had better get one too!!

He has been walking since 10 1/2 months, and is now running. He eats ALL DAY LONG. He is a hungry, NON STOP moving little man. He is picking up signing really slow... but non the less we are slowly getting there.

Jacob meets Mat... door mat that is.

Poor J Tanner... little guy went w/ me to austin to go see his granny. We all went outside to let them get some energy out. Nathan stepped out the back door.. i followed... and I turned around to help Jacob and he was squatting down to sit on the floor and slide forward to go over the small step.. except i had put on his jacket and not pulled his hands through. Whoops.. his hands hit the ground and didnt stop him.. he slid.. and his forehead hit my moms outdoor mat.
Exhibit A: the mat

Exhibit B: the head.. poor J Tanner! Mom and Granny are worthless!

 Exhibit C: head getting worse!!



They boys had their first ice cream sandwich at grannys! Jacob was done before nathan even took a bite!

                                                                

Nathan wouldn't bite it just kept licking it till i forced him to eat it. Weird kid!

playing in the tunnel together

little tight

Apparently they cant get enough of each other!

Such sweet boys!

Cheesing it smile.. he likes toast w/ nutella!

scary smile..  ?

Hey Uncle steve.. i drink and spin!

Liar Liar

Well santa brought Nathan a 1 dollar flashlight for christmas. It seems the boy will pee in a potty as long as its spotlighted. Seems a simple potty training prop. Well daddy put Nathan down the night before and he started throwing a fit, and let Nathan keep it so he would be quite and not wake his ticking-time clock of a brother.  No harm No foul. Well the next morning i seemed to have not seen the tiny flashlight in his bed. It apparently didnt make an appearace until he woke up from his afternoon nap. He from my now knowledge took it appart while watching mickey mouse clubhouse after waking from his nap and unscrewed the tiny light to reveal 4 hearing aide batteries.
I discovered the fiasco when he started screaming at the top of his lungs and shoving his finger in his nose. HE HAD STUCK THE BATTERY UP HIS NOSE. I closed one side and yelled "blow, blow" and boom the little sucker shot right out.
I FREAKED out because i knew someone whos kid was really hurt from swallowing one that got stuck in her throat. (VERY HARMFUL) So I am yelling and tearing up the house to find all 4.
1) was the one found in his nose
2) i found 20 seconds after finding 1 in his chair in his room w/ all the flashlight parts
3) took me 20 mins frantically searching to find.. it was magnetically attached to thomas the train
4) brian found in the couch (next to the cushion i stopped on ) 4 hours later after the VISIT TO THE ER

You see Nathan kept telling me "Mom i ate it.. CHOMP" .. "mom i stick it in my nose.. I eat it.. CHOMP"

3 chest x-rays later.. we found out he is a little liar! More than likely the one that was in his nose was in his mouth first...

Thanks Santa.. a 1 dollar flashlight will prob cost 2thousand when all is said and done. :)

Kool aide and eyeballs

We sat down yesterday for lunch. Nathan politely asks for orange juice. The moment I pour it he then asks for kool aid. TOTALLY annoyed, I told him "You have to take 2 bites of your sandwhich and I will make you some"
  Nathan takes 2 big bites. I hand him a nice big glass of kool aid. I ask "Is that delicious?" He shakes his head no.  I said "Is it tasty?" He says "No.... its kool aid."
We all just started laughing.

He woke up last night because Jacob woke up fussing. I went in to see what was wrong and he tells me "Take my eyeball out". Apparently he had dry eyes and they were hurting! LOL!