Oh Boys...

Gus: "Is that dog poop?"
Me: "Um...I'm not sure."
Gus: "Should I step in it?"

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Gus, pointing to a spot on Jack's playmat: "Is that spit-up?"
Me: "Either spit-up or drool probably."
Gus: "Can I touch it?"

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Max: "Dad! There's a dead mouse outside and Mom won't let me look at it!"

Yo Gabba Gabba Party!

Our sweet Gus turned 3 on Friday and we celebrated with a Yo Gabba Gabba party. I wanted the house to look colorful and whimsical and, thanks to the help of friends and family, I think it turned out really well. Here's a peek at the fun-filled day:

My dear friend Annie made these amazing Gabba felt flags which looked adorable across the mantle. Mark & I made faces for things like the mirror, TV, hanging lanterns, etc. since everything in Gabba Land has faces:

By a stroke of shear luck, Target's dollar bin just happened to have these little green and pink flower pots. I was already planning to have seeds for the kids to plant since Foofa loves flowers, so when I saw these I knew they would be perfect. I just painted Brobee and Foofa faces on them and put a baggie of potting soil and a packet of seeds inside for each kid to take home.

These paper lanterns were in the $1 bin at Michaels and I just added the faces. So easy!


Mark made this awesome Muno and we played "Pin the eye on Muno"

Go Max!

Here's sweet Nina picking out her bubble prize after her turn:

Annie once again came through and made this adorable Muno cake. Are you starting to see how incredibly talented she is??

Here's the birthday boy with his "Music is Awesome" birthday CD. Each family got to take one home. It was filled with Gus' favorite songs from 'Party in My Tummy' to 'Eye of the Tiger'.

Happy Birthday Gus-Gus!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from the Kaetzel Family. I did have the boys dressed nicely in khaki pants, button-up shirts and sweater vests, but by the time I got my camera out, the scene looked like this:



Wishing you all a very happy Easter!

Easter Morning

Here's what greeted the boys on Easter morning:

"Peepshi" (sushi made out of peeps, rice krispie treats and fruit roll ups):


Max got Indiana Jones legos and some yummy treats. Notice he's winking at me...that's his way of saying "Thanks, Mom."

Gus got Toy Story Legos and yummy treats too. They both also got little notepads so that they can pretend to be detectives:

Max Fielding the Ball

Here's Max learning to field the ball & run to third base:

Max Hitting the Ball

Check out Max's swing!

Just one of the boys

The boys and I were at Target the other day when I spotted these:

"Oooh, those are so cute!" I exclaimed.
Max, in a very disgusted voice said, "But Mom, those are girl boots."
"I know," I replied. "I am a girl, you know."
"Oh yeah," Max said with a shrug. "I forgot."