Table for 2 at Casa del Kueny

Don't they just look cute? I was tentative about allowing Owen to sit at the table unassisted but he actually did pretty well. I was sitting nearby eating so I could catch him if he decided to not pay attention and fall to the floor. Food was involved, so he was VERY focused on sitting at the table and being a "big boy".

Two of Will's best friends have one of these tables, Aubree and Mason. Will always comments on how cool he thinks their tables are. They are very handy for craft projects and for dinners when friends come over. They love having a fun kid table where they can all sit and samples each others food and sippy cups!

Tonight Will and Owen wanted to dine at their new table. They enjoyed every second of it and even ate pretty well considering how pumped they were about the new arrangement. Here they both are feasting on chicken and egg noodles at Casa del Kueny.

Keep Him Confined!!

You have often heard me refer to Owen as my "wrecking ball" or "tornado". I don't know if anyone can fully comprehend how true those names are for O until you spend a day in my shoes. My shoes that may or may not be in my closet. Most of the time my shoes are strewn about the house and reorganized thanks to the O man. Anyway, I digress.

Keeping Owen confined is the key to accomplishing things around this house. Keeping an almost 2 year old confined though is extremely difficult as you may guess. If you don't keep him confined this can happen....


This was ONLY while I was taking a shower this morning. Yes, I had the bathroom door shut but then Will decided he had to pee and of course left the door open, wide open, for little brother to come in and destruct something. I caught the little culprit in the act though and attempting to flee the scene. The proof of guilt is written all over his feet:)

Back to the story at hand. I MUST at least try to keep him in a closed in area as much as possible. He loves to watch me put on my make up and fix my hair. Today I thought I would try and take advantage of his loves. I placed him in my sink (I was right behind him the whole time getting ready)...don't worry! He stayed. He stayed put. I don't think that ever happens with O unless he is sleeping. Even then he moves around the crib like a crazy man in his sleep.

He loved it. He had already destroyed Daddy's hats (also while I was in the shower) and so he was wearing his favorite of the collection. I put him in there and he just stared at himself in the mirror and then decided it was time to "paint". I gave O his toothbrush and he went to town.

Yes, he has an adult size toothbrush that is HIS and only HIS. All he wants to do is chew and drool all over that thing. Yes, it made a huge mess. Yes, I had to Windex the mirror before it was all said and done. Was it worth it for 15 minutes of non-wrecking ball time? I think you can answer that question!!!!!

Spider Will

Owen is usually my poster child for "watch your children at all times because _____ might occur!" Today was Will's turn. We were outside enjoying the fresh breeze mixed with snot out of both noses (gotta love sick kids) and I turn my back for one second to attend to Owen eating dirt off the ground to find Will attempting this:


Of course, being the good mom that I am I made him hold his position so I could pull the dirt out of Owen's mouth and then run inside to get my camera. Good strength son! He said "Charlie" made him climb the house. "Charlie" is a whole other blog story though. Just found out about that one. I guess it's invisible friends time:)

Finally Complete!

The floors are finally done! 2 months and counting no longer:) I love my husband and I think he did an amazing job on our new kitchen and dining room floors! They are so beautiful and new looking! I just had to take a couple of pictures for everyone to see. Don't I have the most handy husband ever????

This One is Juuuussst Perfect!

I make my kids trudge through many stores. They have to go to Walmart, Target, Kohl's, Old Navy, Walgreens, Sams, and many more on a monthly (if not weekly) basis. Some of these trips, this one was to Garden Ridge, Will just has to find a highlight to get him through the female shopping. Sams has the massive 72 inch TV's that take him away and the free sample food people. Walmart has the free cookies in the bakery. Target has the Starbucks and the chocolate milk.

Garden Ridge. Let's see...to a 4 year old boy, what does Garden Ridge have that can take Will to his "happy place" while he is there? This. Give the boy his beer (I mean sippy cup) and a newspaper and he is set.At least he decided the recliner was much better than the first one he tried out:

Good thing. I don't think Daddy would have gone for the pink.

Monday's at Momma's

Monday nights are bowling nights for Steven. Yes, my 32 year old husband is in a bowling league and has been for about 5 years now. I guess I can say I am old that I drive a Buick and my hubby plays in a bowling league. Oh well. I choose to accept it and move on.

Tonight was an extra special Monday since Kasey was off and Jan, Jack, and Jared got to come along for the ride as well. Will has so much fun with his cousin Jared. Whatever J does, W does. Doesn't matter what it is. Bad, good, wise, not wise. Will will copy at all times. Of course, Jared decides to take a bath and little cousin follows.


Owen doesn't care much about the baths. He would rather run around the house wearing out the adults, throwing mulch from the trees, and chasing the other kids even though he is the smallest and youngest one there. Did I mention eating? Yes, he would rather do that too over most anything else:


Like I said before, my cousin Kasey got to come along tonight for the entertainment. Or as I like to call it...birth control! Four boys under the age of six will do that to a person! Kasey is always fun to have around just to simply talk to another adult as opposed to a one and four year old. It's never bad to have an extra set of hands around even though we still were too slow from stopping Owen from throwing two full rolls of toilet paper into the bathtub. Oops. Those were not flushable but rather just had to be thrown away in the trash:) We were too busy taking Glamour Shots in the living room. No really, I think for Glamour Shots maybe I should have tried to fix myself up some and at least gone for some lip gloss or make up or something. Oh well. This is life. This is life of a mother of two boys. This is 8 at night after working all day with said boys, chasing, bathing, playing, and overall everything else that has to be done in my household. I give you a mom.....

Murder Mystery Weekend

Here we are....Dr.Wallis Paine and Forrest Lawne. Nice, huh? The Stone Lion Inn in Guthrie, OK is known for being a huge 4 story house, hosting murder mystery weekends, and being HAUNTED. Nice! Seeing as how we have already lived in a haunted house once that didn't really bother me. I didn't see any little girls running around or sneaking in my room in the middle of the night to braid my hair. (These both happen all the time at the Stone Lion). We did get to tour the basement and the 3rd floor (which the owner won't even go into due to all the personal experiences she has had up there!). Spooky stuff! We had a lot of fun though and enjoyed playing our parts of the doctor and the lawyer. Denise was a secretary:

A very British and personable secretary at that. Everyone thought she worked there since her acting ability was so excellent:) There was also Rachel and Charles. Rachel played two people throughout the night since one of the main characters never showed up. Weird because she was actually the victim for the night and was accused of being the murderer also. Strange? Her hubby, Charles, was a silent and deeply religious chemist. We all thought this was funny because he really is a chemist in real life!


After the mystery was over and Rachel killed herself (basically) we all posed together as a family for a portrait. You are looking at Steven the family lawyer, Jackie the family doctor, Bob the Russian Father Bussard, Denise as the secretary Margaret Thatcher, Charles the chemist and cousin of Rachel, and Rachel as Viska/Pipka! Quite the group:)

Before the mystery Rachel and I noticed that Steven and I's room had a vast collection of dreadfully ugly sweaters. We were curious! Who wouldn't be? These things were horrible. Think Bill Cosby on crack! Of course, we had to try some on and model to allow everyone at home to see how terribly bad they really were!

Note my awesome duck sweater! I believe it is circa 1986. Rachel and I were able to convince all the family to try on a nice sweater after the mystery ended. I don't believe I have EVER laughed as hard as I did when I watched my sweet husband attempt to put on his sweater. I purposely gave him on of the smallest ones in the bunch because I wanted to see if he could do it. I seriously fell to the floor laughing. Tears were pouring out of Rachel and I's eyes:) Here is the family sweater pic:

Overall, everyone had a nice time. Neither Steven or I had any ghostly experiences, and that was fine with us. Maybe next time???? Boo Hoo Hoo!