You Want Me to Do What?

The other day we all went outside to play in the snow.  As most of you know, I am not a huge fan of cold weather and snow.  I think maybe Charlie is going to be more like me when it comes to this.  He HATED it!   He cried the whole time he was outside.  It was pretty funny because everytime anyone leaves our house he wants to go with them, because he thought it liked the outside.  He is quickly learning what seasons are!  After torturing him for about thirty minutes I gave in and took him inside.  Darn it, I had to go in with him where it was nice and warm.  I was pretty bummed!  If I ever figure out how to do it, I will post a video.

Character Award

I had a proud Mommy moment today I wanted to share.  I try to volunteer on Friday mornings at Tyson's school.  Today happened to be an assembly in the gym first thing in the morning, so I went to watch.  His school is really big on building character.  This month 4 of Tyson's classmates were chosen for the Caring Award.  Tyson was one of them.  Today the teacher picked the two most caring kids in her class and they got to go up on stage to get a certificate.  Guess who was one?  Tyson!  When his teacher said "Tyson Lundstrom" he jumped up like he knew exactly what he was doing, went up on stage walking as proudly as you can imagine, accepted is award, and stood there so proud while all the other classes were announced.  I was such a proud Mommy!

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving this year, unfortunately I have no pictures.  Yes, the lady that always has her camera had a camera but no batteries.  So I have ZERO pictures of our trip back to Iowa.  But here is how it went. 

The boys were pretty good in the car with a little help from the Black Eyed Peas.  I think we listened to Tonight is Going to Be A Good Night approximately 50 times (not exaggerating).  While we were back we had 2 Thanksgiving dinners, an all night shopping excursion, a visit to Santa, and a Fiesta birthday party for my nieces and nephew.  We also got to see our newest nephew whom we hadn't seen since he was born in August.  It was fabulous!  Hopefully my sister will send me some pictures so I can post them soon!   

Christmas Is Here!

Tyson decided this year he wanted to help Joel put up the Christmas lights.  He climbed up the ladder, onto the roof, and loved it!  He would have gone to the very peak if his nervous parents would not have been having a panic attack the entire time he was up there.  He kept saying, "Mom, I'm on the roof!"  He had a blast.  Joel has decided next year he might just let Tyson do it.  He HATES the roof!  Last year our neighbor helped him with the really high parts of the roof, but since he is in Afghanistan this year Joel had to do it himself.  We miss you JC! (but not just for your lack of fear:) )

We Are Still Here!

I know I am not the best blogger in the world, but I do think I have a pretty legitimate excuse for not blogging lately. I really feel like I have lost the last month and a half of life. Tyson, Charlie, and I all had H1N1. It was awful! Tyson started in on a Friday night and we knew it was serious when he did not want to go watch the Wildcats play football on Saturday. He ran a fever, coughed uncontrollably, and was completely exhausted! Then Charlie got it. He ran a fever, puked, and had horrible diarrhea. Then I got it. I had it all with a migraine to top it off. It was absolutely horrible being sick trying to take care of 2 sick kids. And of course this all had to happen during Joel's busiest time of year. It was awful, but you know life has to keep going.

This is Halloween night. Tyson was feeling better but Charlie and I were not. As you can see in the pictures! Joel also tried to carve pumpkins with Tyson which you can also see. I think Joel had more fun than Tyson! Tyson did get to do some trick or treating, but Charlie just rode in the stroller. We did what we could with what we had!

Before I got sick, Joel and I decided to splurge and get tickets to the Packers/Vikings game in Green Bay. I was soo excited! We also bought plane tickets so there was no backing out. When it came time to go to the game I was miserable and Charlie was still throwing up. We had to see if the babysitter was really up for it too! She was in and after a lot of debating we loaded the plane and off we went. I spent most of the tailgating laying down in the car. I made it to the game and it was awesome! It was hard to watch Brett play for the Vikings but it was still amazing to see him play and be at Lambeau. I just wish we would have beat him! We barley made the plane on Monday coming home because I was so sick, but we all survived. To top it off, on Monday while we were in Wisconsin, our neighbor was taking Tyson to school and he threw up all over her van. Seriously, this was our life for 2 and a half weeks!

This sign used to say "Brett Favre Pass", now it says, "Brett Favre Ass". Too funny!!

So, we are now all healthy and ready for the holidays! We haven't been back to Iowa since August so we are very excited to see everyone. We miss them all so much! And we get to try out the "new" Suburban on our road trip. Can't wait!

We LOVE Bubbles

We now have to have bubbles in our bath for EVERY bath. Tyson gets them all over and Charlie giggles at him. It is quite entertaining!

It is the simple things in life, isn't it!

24 Hours at the Lundstrom's

I am always telling everyone that Charlie is naughty. No one believes me. They tell me he is soo good, what are you talking about? Well here are a few examples of Charlie and keep in mind these all happened in the last 24 hours.

1) Grabbed the McDonald's sack and took off running while spilling hot mustard sauce all over the living room floor.

2) Found a glass jar of never been opened salsa, dropped it on the tile kitchen floor and it shattered.

3) Found an open bag of shredded cheese, grabbed it by the bottom, poured it out all over the kitchen and living room.

All of these were done while we were saying, "No Charlie. No, no!"

But this is what helps me get through the day!

Who Did This?

We woke up this morning to a puking pumpkin. Who is responsible for this? We know you are out there! Just come clean and tell us who you are! :)

Tyson's First Dance!

I have to admit when I saw a dance on the school calender I thought they were crazy to think an elementary school should have a dance. Who would really dance? Well, I was proven wrong last night! We had the dance and boy did they dance. My kids included!

We never really know how Tyson is going to be at things like this, but we are determined to try it all and we can leave if we have to. So when he walked into the gym with the music blaring and kids running around everywhere he did not want to go another step. Joel and I looked at each other and said, "well, guess it is going to be a short night." But he gradually got closer and closer to the kids and music. He started to recognize kids in his class and started to boogie. He did not want to leave when the dance was over.

Charlie also got to go with us. He also loved it. He was wearing his cute (but way too small) bear costume and wanted to be right in the middle of it. He is a head nodder when he dances so the bear head on top was just boppin up and down. Hilarious! A great time was had by all!

Tyson break dancing!

Boogie, Boogie!

Lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Lundstrom

I am really late in posting about this one, but this picture is too cute not to post. So the week after Grandma Baldus came to eat lunch with Tyson, Grandma and Grandpa Lundstrom made the trip to Kansas and got to eat lunch with him too! He was so excited for them to come to his school. It was a long drive, but I think Grandma and Grandpa enjoyed it too. Cadence, our neighbor and Tyson's friend, also got to eat lunch with them. She was pretty excited too! Isn't Kindergarten GREAT?

Sleepy Tyson

This is how Tyson fell asleep the other night. He is quite a little book worm these days. Too cute!!


For some reason Tyson loves wearing my old coats around the house. The other night it was really cold outside and I did not want to turn on the heat yet. I guess this was Tyson's way of telling me to turn it on!

Am I Still Going to School Today

So I am going to start back by explaining why I have not posted in a month. Tyson and I were in a car accident on September 30th. We were driving through campus after speech and heading to school. We had just had a 5 minute conversation before we left the parking lot about how I was not moving the car until he put his seat belt on. He tried to convince me by saying he would "hold still". I did not buy it and made him put it on. I am not exaggerating when I say not 2 minutes later we were in an accident. I had just pulled onto the street when the car in front of me slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting a pedestrian. (The students on campus do not even look when they cross the street and assume everyone will stop for them.) I did not have enough time to do anything. I slammed on my brakes but did not stop in time. We totaled the car, but luckily Tyson and I were fine. The air bag came flying out and knocked off my hat and both front car doors were jammed so I had to climb out the back. It was very scary but Tyson has not asked once since then if he can just "hold still". I think he learned a very big lesson! After the accident his only question was, "Am I still going to school today?"

Man, I loved that car! :(

A Few More Firsts at the Lundstrom's

I am a little behind on some of my posts, but here are a couple pretty big things happening around here!


Tyson lost his first tooth!! We knew it was loose so we have been reading lots of books about it. One night I noticed it was really loose, so I started working on it. He was crying the whole time but he really wanted it out of there so he let me wiggle it. He kept pulling away and would say, "Did you get it Mom?" It was very cute. He left the next morning for school with the tooth hanging and I picked him up and it was gone. We have no idea where it went, but luckily the tooth fairy came anyway!



Charlie is walking!! One day he decided to take a few steps, the next day he was walking. It is crazy how fast he caught on once he decided he was ready. It is just so cute when babies start walking. It is one of my favorite stages. It is also crazy how you forget how much a baby walking changes your life. He wants to go everywhere. We take Tyson to school and he is down the hall flirting with the first graders! I love it though! I didn't realize how much it was bothering me that he wasn't walking until he finally started. Whew, another thing down! As my sister said, "Now we can start potty training!"

Grandparents Lunch

Friday was Grandparents Lunch Day at school for Tyson. You would think that since all his grandparents live in Iowa he would not have had anyone to eat with. Wrong! When we called to tell his grandparents about it they all wanted to come. Unfortunately for Pat and Lumpy they already had plans for the weekend so they could not make it. But my mom did make it so he did not have to be alone. Joel had gone to eat with him on Monday and Tyson did not have much to do with him, so we were worried that mom would drive all the way here and Tyson wouldn't even acknowledge it. Wrong Again! I was there helping out so I got to see it all happen. Tyson walked into the gym and was looking around everywhere for Grandma. He finally found her and was so excited! They walked through the line and he did not stop smiling. It was so cute. thanks Grandma for coming! Pat and Lumpy - you are invited anytime to come eat with him. Mom promises it is worth the 10 hours of driving!

While she was here we also made sugar cookies, one of Tyson's favorite things to do. He is getting pretty good at it and it keeps his attention for quite awhile. He is so proud of the end product as you can see!

He had to get a picture with his lunchbox, that, by the way, is always empty because he does not want to take a lunch!

Home Alone?

I thought this picture was hilarious, and then Joel said he looked like the kid in Home Alone and I thought it was even funnier! (I was trying to get a picture of his horrible bed head.)

FYI-I Am A Huge Packer Fan!

A Real Train Ride

A couple weekends ago we decided to take the boys to ride a real train. We have been talking about doing this for years and have never made time to do it. Tyson has had a love for trains for so long now that we knew he would think it was so cool to ride a real train. And he did. We invited the neighbors to go with us too. The train ride was about an hour and a half with a short stop in the middle of it. We rode in an open car on the way there and the closed car on the way back. It was pretty fun. The area around the train station is still set up like an old Western town. After the train ride they actually put on a gun show. None of the kids enjoyed this part of the trip, but Joel thought it was really cool. We also rode a merry-go-round that was older than dirt and made of wood! It was a great day! And I got some really cute pictures, which is the real reason for doing these things, right?!

Introducing Braydon Michael Murphy

Yes, another baby in the Lundstrom Family! Lisa and Ryan had Braydon last Thursday. They did not find out what sex he was so it was all a big surprise to us. He weighed in at 7lbs 8ozs and was 20 1/2 inches long. (still a little peanut compared to my monsters!) So on Friday after school we loaded up the kids yet again and off we went to meet our newest nephew. He is so cute and little! Congrats Lisa and Ryan!

(BTW - Charlie does have a ton of clothes he just happens to be wearing the same outfit in both pictures of our new babies with Grandma and Grandpa!)