Boys will be boys, and when they are brothers they seem to fight even more. It is moments like this when they are both sleeping and calm that I can plainly see how much they care about each other. It is a nice reminder! Now when they start fighting and saying they can't stand each other, I drag out this picture and remind them that they really do care deep down. The arguments they have over little things will pass, and nothing is as important as their relationship with each other. A family's love should always come first. It works perfectly. They grudgingly grumble something about how stupid what ever the little thing is that they are fighting over, and within a short time a find them laughing and playing together again.
, and headed out to play. I thought they would stay on the back porch under cover, but next thing I know they were heard running across the front porch. A little while later, they were seen out at the street playing at the edge of the water.
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in the tub acted like sponges and currently weigh a ton.. and that was after the boys dumped the standing water out of them!
. Do you know what happens to oven glass when you put it on a burner on the stove that is on? It explodes in a spectacular display of broken glass shards, and the most melodious sound of splintering glass. It really was a beautiful sight to take in. Cleaning it up, on the other hand, was not so beautiful. Luckily it was on the back of the stove top behind 
on the front burners, and no one was near the stove.
walls is created by the amount of rain puring down the side of the house. Living in a trailer is interesting in a rain storm like this. The rain that can be so gently tapping on the time roof some days, sounds more like some one has a 
up there today! Since our trailer, like most actual trailers, is simply parked and had it's wheels removed, it sits three steps off the ground. I don't have to worry about rain coming in from the bottom up. Now getting to the car could prove to be another story. In our last house, the driveway flooded, and we literally had to wade through water to get to the car.
that they are taking out to get around to the store and take the kids to school.
relationship.. they only show affection to each other when no one else is looking! These two are exactly that way. The rest of the day sees them chasing each other through the house playing chase and tackle, or follow the leader. They are quite a raucous pair.. there are times when the kids know to get out of the way when the kittens are coming.. they have been known to knock us right off our feet, literally!
, while their mother Miss Nora actually prefers the shelf below. At least in the cat tree there is enough room for all of them. It is really funny to see them all curled up together on top of the little cat condo! It looks like if any of them took a deep breath, they would fall right off. It makes me wonder what exactly possessed them to curl up there in the first place.
, to buy cheese without hormones.. that is what makes it worth it. And yes, they even find out when I give in to temptation and pick up the bag of 
too! The kids love them.. call them tornado chips. When you have that much fun with your food, how can you not get it occasionally?!
behind me that holds our three family fish. The wire cage holds our two female gerbils. Up on the table you can see the 
and the pitcher for our Vita-Mix.
just seemed to call out to be photographed today. They have become a constant on our coffee table in the living room. I am starting to wonder if I should find a home for them there! I am so glad that they are enjoying this Christmas gift so much. I love watching them build and explore things. I love watching these random shapes spark their creativity. They have become robots, trees, boats, and spaceships over the last few days. They have laid on their 
at times, and at other times they have been carried across the room. Okay, I mean they "fly" across the room. I love the way all of their toys seem to get together and can be played with at the same time. Even when their sizes are so different, they can still call to each other and be best friends.
. I can't believe his first one needs to be a 20" bike. When did he get so big?! I have to admit I was relieved because I had not come up with an idea of what to give him for a birthday present yet. I hate buying stuff just to buy it.. his request came at just the perfect time. To make the whole thing even better, the J-man asked to have his 
taken off. That means I don't have to buy training wheels, just move them from one bike to the other. Yeah! Doesn't he look happy sitting up there on the new bike he picked out?! And wouldn't you know, big brother is not just sitting in the close background, but actually holding his little brother steady on the new bicycle. I love when they watch out for each other like that!
most of the way down.. it is quite easy to achieve speeds over a hundred if you are not paying attention. Since the road does curve it's way back and forth, and it is not designed for those speeds, you will also find the all too familiar flowers and tributes along the edge of the road. This road is fantastic on the gas mileage! Of course we pay for it going back up it, but taking life one moment at a time, just enjoy the ride down...
at the bottom of the hill. We pass by such exciting things as emergency truck pull offs. We drive through the mountain watching the rocks pass right outside the windows of our car. The drive is a fantastic training course in offensive driving, and occasionally in defensive driving.
