Broom goes BOOM

Turns out it isn't good when the head of a toy broom goes flying into your tv.  I was in the kitchen when I heard a loud noise.  I looked over and Caleb ran to the corner of the house where he picked up the head of Zoe's toy broom and the handle was in his other hand.  I asked, "What was that loud noise?" He had this concerned look on his face but I just assumed it had hit the wall or something.  I went back to doing some stuff and then 15 minutes later I noticed a large black spot on the top left corner of the tv but the rest of the tv was working fine.  I then asked "Caleb, is this what that loud noise was from??  Did you hit the tv with the broom?"  He instantly dropped to the ground and started crying.  Instant grace overcame me and I told him we could always get another tv but no more swinging things in the living room and to teach him a lesson I took $5 from his spending money jar to help pay for the tv.  My dad graciously surprised us by telling us he wanted to buy us a tv.  We obviously accepted the wonderful gift and now nobody has to use the Wii remote to work Netflix.  HALLELUJAH!!  Broken tv = blessing in disguise.  Thank you dad!!

Broken tv after we shut it off and then turned it back on.

New tv with a happy Caleb.

Caleb & Taylor

Caleb is just smitten about a girl at pre-school.  Turns out she will be going to the same elementary school as Caleb too.  I asked him the other day if he talks to her at school and he said she's too shy.  Months ago though he said she asked him to marry her so I think he's been a smitten kitten ever since.

The other night Dave was gone, I was tucking Zoe into bed and Caleb was waiting for me to finish up so I could tuck him in next.  I left Zoe's room and walked into Caleb's room and he had drawn this picture.  May I just point out the fact that Taylor has long eyelashes and he doesn't.  Incredible attention to detail at such a young age.  He looked at me with a big smile on his face and said "Mom, can you draw hearts on here?!"  Then he said, "wait no, I think I can do it". 

It's adorable seeing him shy/embarrassed/smitten and he's only 5. <3

Zoe's First Haircut

Zoe received her very first haircut on Saturday, January 20th, 2018.  Crazy to think that she was 3 years old and Caleb was only 5 months old when he got his first haircut.  Zoe did such a great job and the stylist even put a beautiful little braid in her hair.  Photos below are before, during and after.  They even put some of her first haircut hairs into a little packet and put it on a First Haircut piece of paper so she can cherish those little hairs forever. ;)