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!