YAY! It’s my birthday.  We celebrated early since Bill is in Texas this week.  We saw a fun, chick flick movie and Bill was a good sport and sat through it — Confessions of a Shopaholic.  I also got a gift I am super excited about, a Kindle.  It’s an eletronic book.  Books can be downloaded in 30 seconds and I will be ready to read them.  I also got cards and calls from family and friends which is always the best part of the day.  Well, I really like the cake, too.  🙂

Finally after so many near hits and many misses, we got a snow storm. It started snowing Sunday and into Monday morning.  I love to watch the snow fall. It is so beautiful.  Whenever there is a snowflake in the air, Billy wants to play in the snow.  This was Baden’s first time to play in the snow. It was so much fun to see the boys get all bundled up and ready to go out the door to play.  We had a great time playing in the snow with lots of laughter and rosy cheeks.

Baden has been a nomad for most of his young life.  He began his nights sleeping in our room and slept in our room for several months.  Then he moved to a big crib and he slept in the “guest room”. Our intention was to put both the boys in the guest room and move the guest room to the Billy’s room which is smaller.   Then we got orders to move so Baden never got moved until Tuesday night.  Bill bought him a bed.  It fits right underneath of Billy’s loft bed and it works out great.  We weren’t sure how he would like his bed, but he seems to like it.  He climbs on it and gets a big smile on his face when I ask him if that’s his bed.  The first night he laid down and he slept throughout the night without getting up.  Last night,  Bill walked him into his room and he climbed up into bed on his own.  So for now, he seems to like it.  I just hope it continues.

Bill took the boys out for some errands yesterday and they returned with blue frosted cookies. Billy was so excited as he got to pick them out.  Baden was excited too because as soon as he got home he wanted a cookie.  We were able to deter them until after dinner and each of the boys got a cookie.  Billy ended up with a blue tongue and teeth. No big deal.  Baden, on the other hand, was a mess.  He had turned into a Smurf. He had blue hands, mouth, blue frosting up his nose, in his ears, and smeared all over his hair.  He went straight to the bath and unfortunately for Baden blue cookies are not in his future.

I know a lot of you don’t like Spongebob Squarepants and don’t understand it’s appeal.  We here in Dunowland love Spongebob.  Bill started it all.  He started watching since it’s inception on Nickelodeon in 1999.  Jessica used to watch it so it was a good excuse to watch, too.  Well now both our boys love Spongebob.  Billy started singing the theme song at around 18 months by singing, “Bob, Bob, Bob” and various parts of the song.  Now Baden at almost the same age has started doing it too.  If he hears the theme song, he will run into the family room so he can sing along.  It doesn’t hold his attention for too long, but that theme song is liked the Piped Piper.  I have to say that  Bill and I can actually sit through several episodes of Spongebob without going crazy. I don’t know many that can.  My favorite show is Seinfeld so I can relate almost anything back to a Seinfeld episode.  Well now I am finding I can do the same for a Spongebob episode.  It’s fun to watch it with the boys and laugh with them.  Spongebob gets Dunowland’s stamp of approval.

It was actually Friday, but Bill took Billy to the Monster Truck show at the Verizon Center in DC.  Billy was so excited because there is a monster truck called Superman.  Although he is a SpiderMan fan, Superman is a favorite.  Bill made sure Billy wore ear plugs since those things are really loud.  Billy doesn’t really like loud noises so even though he had the ear plugs in, he would occasionally cover his ears.  I know Billy loved the show and especially being able to spend some time with Bill one on one.  He got to ride the Metro and came home with a Superman monster truck.  This will probably be a day he will remember for a long time. 

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