Things I Hate Thursday

Happy Thursday all! 

Tonight, to celebrate cinco de Mayo, I'm going on a date with my hot husband to a Japanese restaurant....  I haven't had sushi since before I got pregnant... and I am totally ready for some shrimp tossing and  fire shooting onion volcanoes.  Mmmmm.  I love hibachi dining.

Plus, Nick and I haven't been on a date in months... and we need it!  I'm even going to put on make-up and curl my hair - can you believe it?  :)  I totally promised myself I wouldn't turn into one of those schlubby stay at home moms... and I didn't.  Not exactly.  I think I just started off kind of schlubby. 

OK, time for a special double edition of Things I Hate Thursdays!  Why double, you ask?  Well, I've been so crabby without my running, that I'm thinking of about a dozen things a day that piss me off.  So I'd better start doubling up or I'll be old and gray before I get through my whole list.  Without further delay....

Iten #1 - When you have twins, people seriously say the stupidest things to you.  Here's an example of one conversation I had when I brought my kids to the grocery store.  Totally unsolicited, this guy walks up to the stroller, peers in....

Stupid Man:  Oh, twins?

Me:  Yep, they are.

Stupid Man:  Are they identical?

Me:  Yep, they are.

Stupid Man:  Then why do you have them dressed differently?

Me:  Well, they are two separate people.

Stupid Man:  Well, they're not really.

Seriously. 

Item #2.  FALSE ADVERTISING.  This just happened this morning, and I'm too mad to even write anything about it.  Plus, the picture says it all.

The TINIEST cookie in the world.

Anyway... tell me something that pissed you off this week!  Communal complaining is cleansing for the soul.  :)

Spring has sprung!

Finally!  Warm weather, and no more snow!!  Yay!  My handsome hubby and I took the kids outside and they LOVED crawling around in the grass.  Just wanted to share some pictures!  :)

Momma Jungle Gym

Nolan in gray, Alex in blue



Getting my workout in!




I LOVE this photo!  I can just hear Alex's giggles... :)





Seriously, I'm the luckiest woman.  That's a whole lotta handsomeness. 

That's all.  Hope you all had a fantastic Easter!

Birthday Boys!

Hope everyone had a great weekend.. we've been BUSY in our house!  We celebrated Alex and Nolan's birthday on Friday by going to the Building for Kids.  It was so fun - they have tons of themed areas for kids; science projects, play areas, firetrucks, water wheels, and a HUGE treehouse. 

Nolan and Momma in the treehouse

The feature exhibit at the museum was all about Japan.  We, like everyone else, are stunned by what's happening in Japan right now, and it was ironic to have this little room exhibiting some of the sillier things of Japanese culture.  The kids loved the huge fuzzy buses.

Daddy and his boys

Their favorite thing was this puzzle on the wall where they could move colorful knobs through a maze cut-out in the wood, and wooden beads on a curved wires:

And, finally, the creepiest chair in the world:

We had a great weekend.. I'll post more tomorrow!

Baby Tornadoes

I would like to preface this blog post with a disclaimer:

***DISCLAIMER - I love my children more than anything, and I am so lucky to be a stay at home mom.***

That being said, my kids and I are SICK of each other today!  Today, my friend Matt asked me why, and not wanting to look like a bad mama, I told him, "Oh, I don't know.  Probably just cabin fever."

Well, that's not entirely true.  I know EXACTLY why we're sick of each other today.

1)  They have pooped a total of 7 times today.  Seven.  And there are still hours left in the day.
2)  I let them loose in the kitchen so I could change over the laundry (okay, and check my email), and they systematically unscrewed all of the knobs from my kitchen drawers. 
3)  They have started this thing where they scream like banshees if you take something away from them.  God forbid your mother take an electrical cord or drywall screw away from you, you little monsters.
4) I went to kiss Nolan and he burped in my face.  Yes, I know he doesn't know what he was doing.  Yes, I was thoroughly disgusted.

Ha!  I feel much better already.  And, in fairness, I should tell you they are sick of me too:

1) Their normally engaged and interactive mom has been reduced to a daddy's t-shirt wearing Frowny-pants McGee who would rather lie on the floor with a blanket over her then come up with fun activities.  Well, at least they still had fun scaling Mt. Mama.
2)  They have been cooped up all winter long because Mom is scared of having sick babies.

I know there are a lot more examples in my section up there, but hey, I'm not a mind-reader.  :)

We're going to get out of the house tomorrow... it is supposed to be a balmy 47 degrees here in Northeast Wisconsin!  I'd like to take them out for a run (something I haven't done since August), but I have a group run with my buddies at night.  Maybe we'll walk instead.

Here are my little monsters today:

(That's Alex, with Nolan over his shoulder.)

Too Good to be True?

I was at the grocery store last night, and saw this:

It says it is free of sugar, carbs, gluten, fat, cholesterol, and CALORIE FREE!  What now? 
I expected to see a bunch of weird artificial sweeteners and stuff on the label, but I didn't, so I gave it a try on my yummy salad:

Verdict:  Decent.  It's really spicy, but creamy and thick and overall, pretty good!  I feel super satisfied and this GIANT bowl had about 275 calories.  Love it.  More calories for cookies later. :)

And, a shameless brag picture of my super cute boys this morning:

Still waiting on my miracle Stick.  :(