Monday, February 28, 2011

Silly Boys

The weather was beautiful today so the boys spent a little time making a snowman. Don't let the picture fool you the snowman was roughly 12-18" tall.

Cullen fell asleep with his "dreaming cap" on...

This morning Geremu woke up and told us he wet his bed. We were a little suspicious when his underwear were not even a little damp. Upon further inspection and crusties on his face we had to explain that he just drooled on his bed- LOL.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

More of the same...

Back to Madison today...
I ran right into my parents when I first arrived, without ever calling them. It was cold and snowy the entire time but the sound of democracy still filled the air.

My friend Katie drove down with me, a move she may have been regretting later...

On the drive home I lost control of the car on an icy highway. Long story short, we were not hurt nor hit. Although I have no idea how other cars managed to avoid us as we spun along. We ended up in a ditch and I had to call a tow truck. I blame Scott Walker...

I was so happy to see a tow truck with blinking lights pull up. I was a little afraid someone would hit us in the ditch because of all the ice. There were two other cars across the road from us (headed south) in the ditch.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Fight Goes On...

I headed back to Madison today. The biggest difference I noticed between this week and last was the walls are now pretty much completely covered with signs inside the capitol and the smell was a little more gym locker roomish. There was one wing where the stairwells are completely covered in moveon.org paperwork.

Below my good friend Michelle stands by

Bob La Follette and the WI-14.

It was another late night, but well worth our time...

I love to see little ones learning about democracy:)

Monday, February 21, 2011

Another One Bites the Dust...

There was a bit of loose tooth/overtired drama in our house tonight...

Geremu's tooth has been hanging by a thread. In fact, the other day I saw him trying to bite Cullen's butt, "to get my tooth out." If you recall that's how the first one fell out. He didn't want to lose another tooth because "I'm going to miss it." When all was said and done he was happy it was finally out and kept asking us if we were proud?

Super proud of you kid, way to face your fear and get it out! Soon you will find that you won't even miss it anymore.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

A Day of Rest

Today was the first day since last Sunday that I have not rallied, I'm exhausted. So when the boys got up early this morning I needed a little more time to rest. They wanted a bath, I filled the tub and Nick bathed them. When he was done he told them to get dressed...
One of these things are not like the other.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

This Is What Democracy Looks Like...

So today was the day the opposition was "going to be out in full force." They were seriously hard to notice because they were so out numbered.
I spent my morning sweating in the capitol and my afternoon outside. The atmosphere was everything I had hoped it would be.
I got to spend the day with good friends.
And met a few new people too, below is Billy with his brother.
I even shook Sarah Palin's hand- LOL.This past week has been a bit sleepless and stressful. Above all I'm so happy I am surrounded with amazing family and friends. I will keep fighting...
I realize I'm crossing the political line with some of the signs in the pictures, no political comments please. I'm blogging this because this blog is for my boys and I think someday they will look back at this time period and want to know more about it.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Taking A Stand...

This has been a busy week, teaching everyday and rallying every night. If you live in Wisconsin I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. I don't want the blog to become political so I'll keep my opinion to a minimum. I would be a hypocrite if I told my kids to stand up for what they believe in and I didn't. So tonight I headed down to the capitol after school to exercise my freedom of speech.
I ended up driving down with a good friend, Billy.Then meeting up with two of my cousins.

It was loud and crazy...

And we did our best to make the best of our situation!

This is not about money, it's about collective bargaining rights.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Be My Valentine...

Two of my Valentine's cuddled together...

We really thought when we replaced the full bed in their room over a year ago with the twin bunk beds Cullen begged for that their nights of sleeping together were numbered. Most nights they start off in separate beds... And then end up together.

Some nights Cullen crawls in with Geremu after Gere has fallen asleep. Other nights, Gere crawls in with Cullen when he wakes up in the middle of the night.

I'm so glad they have each other- Happy Valentine's Day!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

A Little More Fun In Titletown

Last night we headed back to Titletown, it started with a trip to the Pro Shop. It was not as crazy as Tuesday but still quite busy. The highlight of our visit was SURPRISING Patrick and helping him celebrate his 55th Birthday. Beth told us about her trip to the Super Bowl, it was fun hearing about and nice seeing some pictures. We had fun catching up and see our good friends, Mike and Katherine also made the trip. Unfortunately, I didn't remember my camera but perhaps I'll get a few pictures sent my direction (wink, wink Erica).
Today Geremu and I headed back to Titletown for the Firefighters Chili Cook-off. Curt's chili took 3rd place and we had a good time.

Geremu enjoyed trying putting on the get-up.

He did end up crumbling under the weight of the jacket.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

The Return to Titletown

We got the kids (and neighbor Maddie) out of school a little early today so we could help celebrate the Lombardi trophy returning to Titletown.
One of my favorite memories= A few people came to the stadium in Bears jerseys, wherever they went the chant, "the Bears still suck" followed them. The kids would join in and I couldn't help but smile. I'm not even sure the kids ever chanted the correct thing, it was more what they were hearing the crowd say then what was actually being said, which made it even more priceless.
It was certainly a day to remember, the temps felt like -12 degrees when it started and they said to expect it to feel like -25 by the time it was over. We hot packed our mittens, boots and snow pants and were ready to roll.
The cold weather did not prevent us from having a good time! The chants around the stadium, especially during the TV/commercial breaks would have put chills on a body even if the temps were in the 80's+.

Geremu enjoyed cheering for his favorite player, Donald Driver.

This was the jumbo-tron view, what I imagine TV views also saw...
This was our view, if you look close Aaron Rogers is on the stage in the black coat, jeans and towel around his neck (between the two heaters)... The atmosphere was amazing, pictures and video will never do it justice. The kids were diggin' getting random high fives and cheering MVP, Go Pack Go, etc...
After the ceremony was a highlights video and firework show to music. It was really well orchestrated and fun to watch.
It was a late night but full of fun!
Thanks Katie for getting us the tickets. Maybe next year you will be able to join us for the fun:)

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Go Pack Go!

I made the mistake of going to the grocery store in town yesterday and it was crazy busy. I talked with one of the employees and they told me that they are busier during the Super Bowl this year then they were during the holidays. I live in Packer Country and the grocery store had everything you can thinking for my green & gold party.
To get the boys excited we started the day off with Green Bay pancakes...
We are having a tailgating party that will begin shortly. The boys could not be more excited for our neighbors to come over...
I'm serving brats because I feel pressure to, I'm not really a meat person. In fact, I got laughted at today when I called one of my sisters and asked them how to prep the brats. Truth be told, I feared no one would come to my party if I deprived them of meat. On the menu we've got green and gold brat buns, golden (yellow) carrots, green peppers, green and gold jell-o, cup cakes, etc... You get the picture.
Set St. Patrick on your TV's tonight and pray for a Packer victory:)

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Lucky Me

This morning Cullen came barreling into my room, waking me up to asks me if I was awake. Shortly after confirming that I was awake he ran downstairs to "get what he made me."
He made the meal all by himself and could not have been more proud. Cullen wanted to have "a party in bed" and party we did. He brought in all his stuff animals, blankets and pillows then he handed me...
the back massager. He looked at me, let me know that I could start eating, took his shirt off, turned his back to me and told me to rub it. AWESOME, where does this kid come up with this stuff.

Friday, February 4, 2011

101 Days of School

Today was a big day for Cullen, it was the 101st day of school. He had to dress up like a dalmatian to celebrate the day...

I'm certain that someday these pictures will come back to haunt him:)

I walked into the living room recently to a mess and was instructed to "Do NOT touch my nest!" Awesome, I was wondering what the cotton ball/toilet paper/Kleenex mix was.

Life has been busy and I can't believe it's already the second month of the year!
We are looking forward to the Super Bowl, Go Pack Go!