Dominoes (and randomness)

So we spent our last Saturday evening with friends playing Dominoes

It's an evil, cut throat so non-friendly game we play

There are no teams

Beware who you mess with

Because they will certainly get you back

Tanya and Amy (below)

Tanya is enjoying her wine from a spider man cup

Amy enjoyed her snacks with an octopus fork

It was white trash night at the Lenzer house

Really

OK, so all the cups were packed up

Sean and Linda

Sean is recently divorced 

and

one of the nicest guys I've ever met

So if you know of anyone....

Linda and Jon

The boys

Sean and Darren

They can make any gathering interesting

Never a dull moment with these guys

MOVING ON.....

The rest of my week was spent packing 

squeezing in play dates

getting a hair cut

(I was feeling in the dumps and thought it would help)

All I know now is

I really need my hair colored

Walked into the bathroom to find this

Can't leave the boys alone for a second

It's a sideways picture

Not sure why, anyone know how to change that?

But the entire tube of toothpaste was squirted out

all over the sink

NICE

Every room in my entire house looks like this

We are 98% ready for tomorrow

As far as packing goes anyway

Kind of wish we didn't have to wait 10 days to start unpacking

But a break will be nice

Wish I could get a massage

or facial

or both

Anyone with change to spare?

A photo from father's day

Now look at my love bug

I am now calling him Little B

The B stands for Baker

my maiden name

or sometimes brother

whichever

He is so perfect

and round

and smooth

and the smell of his breath 

makes me all giddy on the inside

if I could bottle that smell

I would be happy for the rest of my life

Whoever invented this little diddy

GENIUS

And my sweet Colton 

needed some camera time too

So I might be out of commission for a couple of weeks

The movers will be here tomorow

Not sure when our Internet is getting cut off

We are leaving Tuesday for OKC

Don't have Internet at the apartment

We close on July 8

Movers come July 9

I will try to touch base when I can

The boys are upstairs and starting to not play well together

Mark went back to bed

Without saying a word to me

Must be NICE

Better run play referee mommy

Hola Peeps

Just wanted to say HELLO

and that

I am in 

PACKING HELL

TV Talk

So I finally finished watching the 3 reunion shows of 

Housewives of NY

OH MY!!!!

Those ladies are cra-zy

It's so wrong that it's right 

I hate it

I bitch about

They make my skin crawl

I can NOT turn the TV off

Alex used to be least fave, she's kind of a wanna be

But now I kind of like her

Wish she would spend some of her hubby's money and get her teeth fixed though

Bethany is odd

Ramona gets on my every nerve

She talks way too much

Way too loud

And way too squeaky

Jill is a bit snooty

Always apologizing after the fact

Kelly

Kelly is off her rocker

Not the sharpest tool in the shed

On something

You get the idea

Who was she married to?

Where does she get her money from?

Girl is weird

What did yall think of the season?

I don't watch HWNJ but did hear that a couple of the ladies are broke

Like losing their houses broke

Has anyone ever watched the show Toddlers and Tiaras?

I cannot watch this

It freaks me out

Not like in the "laugh your ass off way" of the housewives

But a "throw up in your mouth" kind of way

Where is CPS for these kids?

And that is just what I get from the previews

These f-ed up moms are spray tanning their 5 year olds

They have fake teeth

FAKE TEETH

WTH?

Craziness I tell you

Also can't watch those hoarding shows

Seriously

Are those folks for real?

Who really lives like this

And HOW?

Tell you what I do watch in summer

Army Wives

I love this show

and

Burn Notice

It's pretty good and not hard on the eyes

What do you watch?

Daddy Love

I never in all my wildest dreams thought I would be married to such a wonderful father

Not that I ever thought Mark would be a bad dad

I'm not really sure exactly what I thought

But here is what I do know

My boys are so lucky to have Mark as their daddy

He works harder than anyone I have ever met to provide for all of us

Then he comes home and takes over for me

He is far more patient than I

Can kiss a booboo almost as good as mommy

He makes a mean grilled cheese

And is the human jungle gym

Even as I work on this post, he is upstairs reading books to Connor

One day I will have to share the stories he tells the boys at bedtime

If I can ever get them right

They beg me to tell the same stories, but Mark does it so much better than me

So happy Father's Day Mark

You are God's blessing to me and our boys

I could not have a better partner in life and co-parent

I know I don't always make you feel like a good husband and dad

But you are

I hope that on your day, we can make you feel special

I love you Mark

We love you

The Lenzer fam ROCKS

And to my

DAD

I LOVE YOU

This is my favorite picture of me and my dad

1980

We have always had a special bond

All though we did not always see eye to eye

My dad taught me lots of lessons in life

 

Like....

how to eat well

vienna sausages or tamales from a can

 or

don't worry about (getting hurt)

it's too far from your heart to kill you

or

always listen to your car (for problems)

once I didn't do that, he took the radio out of my car

the entire radio

GONE

that would be one of those moments of not seeing eye to eye

He also taught me how to

dive

change a tire

cut the grass on cool riding snapper lawn mower

 

He is the best POPS' ever

I am so glad my boys are growing up to know their

POPS

I can only imagine how much easier it is to be a grandfather 

than a father to 

ME

Happy Father's Day 

to all the Dad's out there

Arbuckle Wilderness

I hate to keep sharing the same ol' animal pictures

but this place was great

On our drive home from OKC last week, it was just me and the boys

No dogs

I left them with Mark

I was tired of being responsible for every living being

Really I just wanted to stop at one of the many cool places along the way

But since I really didn't feel like dragging all the tired kids out into the unknown

I choose to go to the drive thru zoo

Arbuckle Wilderness

Such fun!!!!

The best hour I have had in a long time

I laughed the entire time

I have this great memory from when I was a kid

In fact, such a vivid memory, I was beginning to think I made it up

But this venture confirmed my fond recall

When I was little my granny and her brothers/sisters took the grandkids on vacations

One year we went to a similar drive thru zoo in Missouri (I think)

All I remember is my little cousin, April, and me sitting in the front seat

And this giraffe sticking his head in our window all the way through

Now I know it was real

These animals are CRAZY

And food whores

This guy was my fave

He just kept chomping his chomps

And stayed right with us

 They all did

But the emu's were the WORST

Thank goodness for power windows

Don't know if 'Edward the Emu' will remain our favorite book after this

Colton thoroughly enjoyed himself

As much as I did

Connor damn near had himself curled into the console of the truck

I might have over exaggerated the "biting of the hands" aspect

Just to keep the boys from hanging out the window

Connor just wanted me to keep driving

FASTER

FASTER

The giraffes were amazing

They were in an enclosed area but could reach their necks out to the cars for food

of course

But the emus would just about not let them get any

DANG EMUS

 Got to see another baby getting "booby juice" from his mamma

The boys thought that was special

Now they know I am not we are not the only one

I was a good multi tasker

I drove

kept the big boys from getting the hands eaten

nursed the baby

changed a poopy diaper

took pictures

rolled the windows up and down non stop

and laughed my butt off

I am expecting my MOTY nomination any day

It was a blast and so neat to see all these animals up close

It will make a great meeting point for my DFW friends

Back to packing....

Need a Laugh?

Heard the toilet flush

for the second

and then the third time

in a row

found Colton doing this

This morning he brought me a little gift:

A poo poo turd

No picture of that

At least he cleaned up after himself

He is spending a lot of time naked

At least from the waist down

It helps go to the potty

Obviously not all the time

When Colton was about 9 months old

I sat him down for literally 1 minute

or less

Returned to this little number

Told you I have picked up my share of poo

OKC Update

First of all let me say, MY WORD, what is in the air? I am still freaking exhausted!!! I even slept on the couch this morning while the boys played. I know, I know, that was a terrible decision, but I could not hold my eyes open. I am the pregnant kind of tired. But NO that is not the reason, that would be impossible!

So last week Mark came home on Tuesday night to get some papers he needed and then went back to OKC on Wednesday morning and took Connor with him. The other boys, dogs, and I were going to come up on Thursday. But the house was clean and I did not want to mess it up, and secretly I really missed my Connor. So we went up on Wednesday afternoon.

I really should have followed my gut and turned the car around and headed back to Texas because poor Christian had a cough that was getting worse with each hack. But the inspection for Mark's  our new house was Thursday and I really wanted to take another look around and some measurements. I need to get the decorative aspect of things rolling in my head.

So Thursday we went to the inspection, which was fine. Only a few minor things to be fixed. Don't tell, but quietly I was praying for a major issue. It didn't happen, so maybe that was the answer to my prayers? Time to get over it I guess.

By Thursday afternoon, Christian sounded scary. So I called the pediatrician and the nurse told me to have him looked at. Friday morning I started calling around to doctors. I was able to get him into one for the afternoon. But in my attempt to find a Starbucks with WIFI, I drove past a "quack shack" or "doc in a box" and it looked decent. So I went in. So 2 hours, a chest x-ray, and a ton of money later my baby Christian has bronchitis (or so the dr says). 

And to make it an even better day, I had decided to drop my truck off at the service place to have the back lift gate fixed, it had gone out a couple of days before. It is so rare that Mark and I are with each other so that I could drive his truck for the day, I thought I'd better take advantage of the situation. So while I was at the doc FOREVA, he and the big boys were waiting on me at YMCA to come and pick them up. 

When he finally got home (and by home I mean the apartment he has) from work he told me I needed to head back to Texas ASAP because we had a lease offer on our house. And they want to move in July 1st!!!

I would so rather sell and be done with the stress, but this will work. Then in a year maybe the market will be better and we can not lose money on the deal?! So I am frantically packing, moving up our movers to a sooner date, planning last minute play dates, and shutting off and turning on new services. Or so I am suppose to be. I spent my morning on the couch. But now I am drinking a Coke and hope to get busy PRONTO!!!

And BTW, Christian is still coughing but is a million times better. Except for his still waking up to nurse at night now. I think he got used to it during the few days he could not sleep! Old habits die hard I guess!

So there is my update. I am stressed and scared and nervous and truly sad, but at the same time excited and can't wait for it to be here.

Hey Peeps

Hello blogging peeps

I have lots to share since I took off for OKC on Wednesday and do not have Internet access up there. Doesn't seem so odd to say that in 2010? But Mark doesn't haven't it at his apartment and I was too busy to find a Starbucks or such with WIFI so I could get online with my entourage in tow.

But right now I am exhausted so I must go to bed.

Promise to post tomorrow!
Nighty-night

SUPERSTARS

OK, so I will never be the mom of an Oscar winner or my son's date when he walks the red carpet

My boys are not so fond of performing in front of a live audience unless highly bribed

Even then it only works with Connor

(Colton is standing right in the middle, in the above picture, with the striped shirt and his hands politely in his pockets, where they remained the ENTIRE time)

The last day of school was pretty emotional for me

(and Colton too, pictured above with his teacher Ms. Vicki)

It was a patriotic theme which moves me to tears anyway, even when sung by 4 and 5 year olds

But knowing this was the last time we would be at the preschool I LOVED was really hard

Saying good-bye to fabulous teachers and friends who have truly found a place in our family's heart

It is the end to one chapter of lives and is becoming very real and bitter sweet to me

I don't know how Casey goes through it with such grace

So here is a short video of Connor singing. I mentioned he was bribed. I told him if he sang the loudest he could get a toy from Target. He did, and he did! He has never performed this well. Normally he stands around like Colton was. There is hope for my boy yet!!

They also sang, among other patriotic tunes, God Bless America

You know it:

from the mountains, to the valleys

to the oceans, white with foam

OR 

connor's version

to the oceans, right before

And my little one decked out in his red, white, and blue too

God Bless America

and

Bright Beginnings Preschool

God Bless Christian Liam

Yesterday was Christian's Baptism at St. Paul's Church

It was the last chance since he barely fit into the family christening outfit

The top button was left undone, but no one knew

My sister, Brandi, is his godmother

My BIL, Bill, is his godfather

They both live far away so we had substitutes

BFF, Amy and BIL, Jon, stood in for them

They are Connor's godparents

He did great, never cried once

Colton had a fever and it was nap time, but he hung in there

Connor was bored to tears, but he was great

Time to retire the outfit

That makes me sad

The boys and their great grandparents, Nana and Papa Lou

St. Paul's is their church

Amy and Connor

Linda and Colton

(Colton's godmother)

Aunt Barbie, Nana, and Christian