Ranch Anyone?

I realize that eating as a family is very important, but its not always a reality.  When Jasper  comes home a little later than the boys are willing to wait- I try and tackle supper by myself, Jack is usually awake during this time which makes it  a bit more difficult.  Last night was chicken noodle casserole and a salad, Tyse loves salad and apparently ranch too-I was turned around for a millisecond and Andrew says uh..mom you might want to check out Tyse (we hear that alot these days) he was squirting out ranch as fast as he could and driving a green convertable through it.

JACK AND JILL

???? ARE ALL BROOMS CREATED EQUALLY ????

Hi, my name is Gina and I have (had) a cleaning disorder. Yea, I know it sounds wierd but I like to clean, its relaxing and hey- things seem to go a bit more smoothly when its clean and organized in our little house. I used to clean for simply no reason-even if it wasn't dirty I would still clean it. Those were the days when one child was around.....now there are three and I have found that cleaning is not as important or necessary as I thought it was and I simply don't have time to clean things that are not dirty. I struggled with this for a bit and decided that its really not worth it. Our boys are growning up to fast and I really dont think a clean house is what they will remember. No, that doesnt mean that I stopped cleaning cold turkey, its still clean and organized (somewhat), but its not something that takes over my mind like it used to. One thing that has saved me time, is sweeping the kitchen floor instead of scrubbing it after meals. One day I sent Jas out to the local discount store to get me a broom, he had strict orders to get a good broom made of corn, I didn't want a piece of junk, I needed one that would last and wouldn't shed the bristles all over. He came home with a corn broom, but every time I swept more and more bristles came out, and it really was making quite a mess of itself. We now use it for outdoors. So I was back to scrubbing. Little did I know, but my good friend Timothy Aberle, a dedicated member of the Sabetha Lions club was selling brooms (with all proceeds going to the blind people that make them). I was a little skeptical and first, but this broom passed the test-its AWESOME- and its everything I ever dreamt a broom would be. Thanks Timmy-ALL BROOMS ARE NOT CREATED EQUALLY.

FYI-The broom on the left is the Lions Club broom and the one one the right is the discount store broom.

TGIF

We have a bit of a tradition here at the Frazee house-strawberry daiquiris on Friday. The boys think it is a real treat and so do we. Once in a while Jasper and I add a little something extra to ours! Here are some photos from last Friday!! Have a most fabulous weekend!!

PETE

Webkin Pete.  If you dont know about them, you probably dont have a child in school.  Pete is a stuffed animal that you "adopt"  and you can get on the computer and earn "money" to buy food, clothes, and other stuff for your pet.  When Andrew was little we said we would never have nintendo, or playstation or any of that jazz.  Webkin world  is addicting though, so a timer is a must, but its very much age appropriate so he doesnt have to be monitored every second.  Andrew loves it.  The other night he gave it a shower and was blow drying his hair.  The next morning he got up and made a sleigh for it out of legos.

2 week check

 Our little Jack had his 2 week check today-everything looked good,  he already weighs 9 lbs 4 oz. 

GREAT GRANDMA

Here is a picture of Jaspers grandma (the boys Great-Grandma) her and her husband came to visit on Sunday. Ok, so seriously she has the energy of like a 30 year old-I wont say how old she is (basically because I dont know) but, if I have her energy at her age I will be grateful. She raised 5 kids (3 is a challenge for us) they lived on a farm, so she was always busy with that (cooking, cleaning and whatever else that involves) She does it all, works at her local newspaper, library, and who knows what else. At Christmas time she makes like 500 jars of jelly and gives them out to family-yummy....... Im not sure what her secret is, but I really need to figure that out!!