And now Tony's cake

So tonight is Tony's birthday party. He requested a Pokemon cake. What is Pokemon you ask? Well the definition is "pocket monster". It is off of a game that Tony likes to play. There is a ton of games out there with these little "monsters" and they all have different powers. Feel free to look it up if you want more info...or not. For now here is the cake, my inspiration and my helper!

Happy Valentine's Day

Poor Drew

Drew ran a fever all weekend and Monday we took him to the doctor. He has bilateral ear infection AGAIN! He actually ruptured his right ear drum. This is the second rupture he has had in 6 weeks. If he gets another ear infection before Spring we might have to look at putting tubes in his ears.

Needless to say he has been miserable and is still sick. He pretty much just wants to be snuggled all day, which is not like him at all. He has been vomiting the last few days and now has pink eye in both of his eyes. He is still running a fever as well. If he isn't better by today he may be going back in. I will keep you all posted. Please keep him in your thoughts. It is so hard having a sick baby.

Cake for Jake

O.K. I just had to show you what I made this morning. Jake is having his birthday party tonight with his buddies and it is a Rock Band party! So, I thought this cake was fitting...

Jenny, I LOVE my Wilton tips, they are the BOMB!!

Woodside Idol

Jake performed last night for chorus. The concert was named Woodside Idol (American Idol). All the kids got to choose a song and either sung it with a group, duet, or solo (it had to be memorized). It was great. Jakes group sang Jail House Rock. They all wore jeans, white shirts and dress shoes. They got the crowd going pretty good and everyone was clapping along with the song. It was much better then most of the concerts where you sit in the Auditorium and watch. This was like a talent show. It had the music, lights, costumes and everything. There was 4 judges as well all dressed up as different characters, Snoop Dog (the band teacher), Hannah Montana (one of the ladies who teaches instrument lessons) , Chuck Norris (a teacher) and some other guy that Jake said was suppose to be a wrestler (the GYM coach). It was so funny! Jake and I had a great time.

Snow

We got about 10 inches of snow here in 24 hours. The boys finally got a snow day! Usually their school is one of the last to cancel due to weather. But it was next to impossible to get out this morning. Today, they had a good day off. They spent most of the morning playing outside. When they came in they had to have hot chocolate and watch a movie. I made it outside to shovel, that was about it since I have yet to acquire some snow pants and boots. That is on my list of things to get on clearance hopefully! Will worked from home on his laptop so he didn't have to drive into work. We have had a pretty good day so far and tonight is family night. It is Will's turn to pick. I think we are watching a movie and playing Poker!

Iowa Stars

On Friday Feb. 1, Will and I and Jake and Tony and Mom, Joel and Jen went to the Iowa Stars Hockey game. Mom had gotten tickets to celebrate Jens birthday. We had a great time. We had awesome seats and the Stars won 3-0. It was at the Wells Fargo Arena and none of us had ever been there. It was pretty nice. The kids got to throw hockey pucks (fake plastic ones) out onto the floor, trying to win a prize. They didn't win, but had fun trying. Tony was all about trying to win the free shirts they were throwing to the crowd. That was pretty funny, he was standing up on the railing to be higher and the security lady came over and told him to get down. He just looked over at me to see if I was watching. I could see him breath a sigh of relief when he saw that I was smiling at him and not angry!