Hanging with the Fellas

On Fridays, I hang out with the fellas and we have a great time. Lately, Gecko has a thing where if Darth has something happen to him, he also needs it to happen. So if you take a pic of Darth, Gecko needs one too. I took one with Darth today, and then Gecko ran in screaming that he also needed one. I was happy to oblige.

They both wanted to show off their toys also.

Choo Choo!

Today I ran some errands with the fellas, we went to a mall that's a bit of distance from our houses. As we were there, they saw a train that was just going around the mall. The fellas begged to go on it, but at first I resisted. Finally, we made a deal and they got to ride the train. They had a great time, of course.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween  everyone! Due to some unforeseen circumstances, I didn't end up dressing up this year ( but don't worry, I'll use the costume I got this year and dress up next year, so just wait 365 days and you can see what I chose haha), but the fellas dressed up and they looked great.

 He did this because he was showing off his muscles.

 He made this face up at me, because he wouldn't look at the camera, just kept saying cheese, and then I said, look up at any time, dude, he looked up like this hahaha.

Their parents dressed up as robbers to complete their ensemble!

Hope you all had a great holiday!

A Cool Cool Fella

Okay, I got this picture with Gecko yesterday, and he looks so hecking cute I can't take it!

Then I wanted to take a pic of Darth, to document his scar getting better. He can't take a normal picture, let's be honest. 

The glue is starting to peel off a bit, but you're not supposed to touch it or take it off or anything, just let it be until it comes out by itself. But the urge to pull it off is there for me the whole time!

In which the boys eat Shock Tarts

The fellas tried Shock Tarts today, and I can't stop laughing at this video. Please enjoy also.

A Day of Excitement!

On Fridays, I don't have class, so I usually spend the day with the fellas. Today was no exception. We ate breakfast together, did some errands, and then we got the boys some haircuts. They looked great.

Right after the haircut, Darth and I were heading over to our next stop, as Gecko and his mom drove in the car. Unfortunately for Darth, he was running, looked behind himself, and then turned and

BAM

Smashed right into the metal part of a window in that shopping district. It started to bleed so hard, and luckily I had some tissues in my bag. I held the tissues to his face as we ran to my car, yelling at everyone to get back in the car. We drove to the nearest ER, which was luckily just down the hill from us. I wanted to take a picture, for future of course.

After I took the first pic, we looked to see if it had stopped bleeding. It had, and then I cleaned all the blood of his face. I wanted to take a pic to send to someone to see if they thought we needed to go to the doctor, and of course, Darth couldn't help but smile when the camera was out. 

We got to the ER, and after the triage nurse saw us, they said that yes, because it was a vertical cut, they needed to close it up. They said it would be a 45 minute wait, oy. Luckily there were ways to be entertained there, like the surgical masks we played with.

 Look at his big blue eyes and button nose in this pic!

While we waited, his head would bleed on and off, but he was a trooper.
Finally, we got seen. Darth was super angry at the ninja turtle look, but the gauze held in the medicine to ward off any infections.

 After the medicine had worked its magic, they glued his forehead. They said that stitches weren't necessary for this, and the glue would work just fine.

He never misses an opportunity to smile! He was such a brave tyke, and he got some juice and Oreos as we left, so he was glad. I'm just glad it wasn't worse!

The fellas

I babysat the fellas this afternoon. I took them to the park...we looked at Halloween costumes...I consider it a success.

Darth and Gecko

Sometimes, Darth and Gecko are too weird for me. 

 Just two cool fellas

 I can't even explain this

Hahaha he was trying to do a peace sign, but he was holding a spoon, and couldn't pull it off. Then he put the spoon down and did it again, and I died laughing. 

Darth and Gecko

The boys have some cute photos today - practically professional. One of their aunts on their dads side is a professional photographer, and occasionally they get some nice ones.

Such dang cuties!

Spending time with the Boys

Today I spent some time with the fellas, and they helped me to get ready for tomorrow by shopping for food and making the treats. First we went shopping and then a walk, where Gecko had enough and just wanted to spend some time sitting.

 Look at his lovely non-posing pose.

As we were making our brownie dessert for tomorrow. Gecko could not understand why I wouldn't let him just lick the frosting. 

At the end of the non-licking, we had a lovely brownie flag.

Last Hang Out

In a couple of days, I'll be leaving to England for two weeks, followed by Ireland for two weeks as well. I spent today with the boys, having a nice time and making sure they remember me for the whole time! I will definitely not forget these dang cuties. 

A Day at the Park

Today I was watching the fellas, and we decided to hit up the park. We had a great time.

This video of Gecko in the swing is legitimately the funniest thing I've seen in such a long time - enjoy!

Goobers

These two goobers just love to ham it up for the camera. 

We're just two cool guys in glasses

These guys are just too cool for me

But also, these are two goofballs

Darth and Gecko

It's been a quiet couple of weeks, with lots of school and the like, so I just have some cute shots of the boys to share.

 I bought Darth these overalls (he LOVED them at the store) and he was just so thrilled to wear them, he wears them as often as people will let him ha ha

 Gecko just really enjoys hopping into pictures with Darth, even though he doesn't care to smile.

Darth got a small cut on his face when Gecko's lightsaber broke at the end, and had a sharp point. I wanted to take a picture of the cut, just to show his parents, and he treated it as a glamour shot haha

HULK GRAB

This morning we went shopping for some breakfast muffins before Gecko had the chance to get dressed. Naturally, when we got to the store I realized how amazing he looked, and had to snap a quick pic.

We also had to get a new dog bed for Cookie, so we were in the pet section. I told Darth that if he could pick up a bag of dog food, I would give hime $50. I don't think he knows exactly how much that is, but danged if he didn't try his hardest. If you listen closely, you can hear him say "hulk grab" while trying to get it. What a great guy, he does his best.

Park Afternoon

Today, I had the kiddos for a babysitting adventure, and we decided to go to the indoor park, at the mall. They were having a fun time running around. I asked Darth to give me a smile while he was on this bear-type thing and he gave me this smirk.

And then as we were leaving, we stopped in a clothing store, because they had super great deals. I ended up buying him these amazing hat and gloves, and he loved to act like a Dino when he had them on.

Snow Day

Today, as everyone noticed, we had a bucket of snow fall from the sky. The boys could not have been more excited. They got snow boots when they first moved here, and then we certainly haven't had any snow this Christmas! So when it started to pile up, they got super jazzed, so we put them in some snow clothes, and out they went. They had a great time, of course. 

These guys being around bring back so much innocence and fun at this sort of thing, whereas as adults, we're just mad about having to shovel it all, we don't see the fun at snow anymore. Hope everyone had a great snow day! 

Time for Haircuts

Now that these little jokers live with me, I get to be a part of so many fun things. For example, today we got to get them some haircuts. In the past, I've seen videos of them just sobbing and crying during their haircuts, but today, they were super happy and fine! And they got lollipops afterwards, which totally helped them. We went out for a hamburger afterwards, and they were pleased as punch.