Sam loves dad

Matt has a helper every time he mows the lawn. Sam has to wear his work gloves pushing his little mower. It is so sweet. When they pass each other they'll give thumbs up.

Sam's New Haircut

So the other day we were eating dinner when Sam started freaking out because he had hair on his plate. I looked at his shirt and it was covered with little hairs. Tons of hair. Was this the work of a super shedder Charli dog? Nope. I looked up at him and wow. He had apparently cut his hair right before dinner. He had cut it all the way to the roots. Right in the front. And in the middle. To the roots.

After just staring at him for about 5 minutes I decided that despite an extremely late dinner we were going to have to do a haircut and bath. But what in the world do you do with hair cut so short, front and center. He's got such light colored hair, if you cut it too short he'll look bald.

So he got his buzz. I used a 3 but I think I need to do a 2 because that hair in the front is SO SHORT. Did I mention that it's short. Because it is.

The next day I was feeling really guilty about my reaction. Sam came wondering through and said, "I just looked in the mirror. I look REALLY handsome.' Now I'm wondering if I didn't react enough. I guess we'll find out...

I swear he got the idea from that book, "No, No, Yes, Yes." Sam's been looking at it a lot lately. I'm always going as fast as I can on the page where the kid cuts his hair. That's a funny book.

Before (like 5 minutes before). Needs a haircut.

Got a Haircut. Not what I had in mind. You can't really see the 2nd hunk. It's behind and to the right of the front one.

My Military boy. My bald-in-the-front Military boy.

He's still cute. It's just SHORT.

PJ Boys

Apparently we like to take pictures together when we're in our pjs.

I have no idea what they're doing here. Funny.

Notice the Blue's Clues Handy Dandy Notebook in Ike's hands. Favorite thing ever for both boys right now. Matt's had to buy generic replacement books from the dollar store because they've been Loved to Death.

They sure love each other!

Sam-ism

"Who's in charge in our family?" -Mom

"Mom. Then me, then Ikey, then Dad. Then Charli." -Sam

At least Dad beats out the dog? Don't worry. After we laughed (probably a little too hard), I made sure to tell him that Dad is really the boss. I'm not sure he bought it.

Isaac Zumba

Look at this face! It is adorable. ADORABLE. Ikey is SO full of life. So, so, so full of life.

He's got some favorites:

Watching Blue's Clues is his best reward ever. Sam likes the Steve episodes and looks like Ikey won out this time with a Joe episode. Good thing we have such a big tv or he'd have to get really close to the screen. How can your eyes even focus that close?

Isaac loves to tease and be teased and tickle and be tickled. He loves to be loved and eaten and it's a good thing because just looking at this picture almost makes me want to go up and wake him up just to hold him. Oh, notice the Gorgeous Roses in the background. Good job Matt!

Ikey loves hats and dressing up and mostly hats.

I need to post a video of him doing his ninja kicks and punches and jumps with his brother. They are hilarious.

Fun in the Snow

The boys had a great time in Ice Blast 2012, or whatever they called it.

Snow Angel

Snow Marshmallow

Snow Ninja

Chef Sam's Cookie Recipe. Wow. 4 c butter. Wow.

Sam is quite a little chef. He has created a new cookie recipe and given me permission to publish it here, although if you make any money selling these yummies, he wants his cut.

Chef Sam's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 3 chocolate chips
• 3 c brown sugar
• 4 c baking sugar (whatever that is)
• 3 t egg
• 4 c milk
• 4 c butter

Directions

Mix together in the mixer. Then you have dough. Make the cookies flat. Just take your hand and smoosh it, like a cookie. Usually we make a ball so then when we cook it, it is a flat cookie. Turn on the oven so it's so hot it smokes. Put the cookies on top of the oven (on the stove). When it starts to bubble then you put it in the oven. Cook for 4 hours. You know they are done when they get smaller and smaller and smaller and they're flat. If you leave them in too long they turn black. Then you pull them out and you have cookies!

bon appetit!

So what's more embarrassing, to let the world think we frequently burn cookies around these parts or that Sam knows about burned cookies from watching me play the Smurf game on the ipad? Tough call.