Brenda & The Boys

My silly boys. This all before two today.

Watching Tim McGraw on Ellen DeGeneres on the DVR. It is better than the first cup of morning coffee. Itsa big o' cupa Tim! He is one of my all TIMe fave people on the planet. I so wanna see his new movie, Country Strong . And I was just thinking that it would also be spectacular if Tim and Justin Timberlake would record a duet together. Just saying.

Alex has a Nintendo DSi . It has a camera built in that he is able to take pics with and then photoshop if wants. He had a DS that Matthew now uses. Just let me tell you first off that the DS or DSi are awesome! It has provided many hours of entertainment as well as some peace and quiet and longer meals at restaurants for this mom! I highly recommend. Back to the hours of entertainment. One day not long ago I heard Alex giggling quite a bit so I asked him to show me what he was up to. See I am a girl with only a sister. We played with Barbies, listened to music, painted our nails. I never had a handheld gaming system or a brother to know what these things can do. He has always just played his games etc. What Alex showed me was all the pictures that he had taken since he got it almost a year ago. He has shared some pics before. Landscapes, places we've gone, an ocasional one of me in a room of the house, the dog, BUT, (you knew there was a but coming didn't you?) I had never rea...

Donuts. Matthew LOVES donuts!! Loves. His favorite food I would say. Hands down. Yes. Donuts. But if you don't believe me the proof is in the blog posts. See below. They date back to 2007. He was born in 2005. So the love affair began when he was two I guess. Uh, huh there are four other blog posts about Matt and donuts. On a slow news day you can always blog about donuts. :D 1. http://brendaandtheboys.blogspot.com/2009/01/and-now-matthew-moment_30.html 2. http://brendaandtheboys.blogspot.com/2009/02/and-now-matthew-moment.htm l 3. http://brendaandtheboys.blogspot.com/2007/08/and-now-matthew-moment.html 4. http://brendaandtheboys.blogspot.com/2008/11/and-now-matthew-moment_30.html This brings me to this post about Matt and donuts. As you all know by now, Matthew just turned 5 on the 4th. We had a snake party here at our house. It was a wonderful day for Matt! He got many lovely gifts that he has enjoyed, BUT it was the last one he opened that he took a loving to right away. I step...

This morning Matthew played with his nativity. I love how he set all the Little People facing the baby Jesus. Remembering the reason for the season.

While I held our place in line for Santa. My silly boys went into Barnes and Noble to look around. I looked up after a while and look what I saw. I heart them!

Today, the baby of our family is five years old! I cannot believe it. Five years has just flown by. Matthew is super pumped about his birthday. Especially his snake cake. Matt is all about snakes. He knows a lot about them, too. This year he wanted a snake birthday. So, we made him a snake cake . I usually have someone (Walmart, HEB) make his cake. I am not a baker. Baking is not one of my gifts. Lol! This year though I thought how dull would it be to go with a store bought snake made out of cupcakes. Easy. But boring. So, I talked to my sister in law about making one and she said, that we could so make the cake and that there would be websites showing us how or giving us ideas. She makes all her own cakes. They are always fabulous! So, she inspired me to make Matt's cake. Jennifer found me some websites with snake cake ideas and directions. And so we made the cake. KP, me, and the boys along with some help from my friend Stephanie (who came over to help make the bundts) made th...

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I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving Holiday. We had a wonderful weekend spent with family and friends. It really lifted my spirits. It was full of activities and super busy but, we had fun none the less. It got me in the Christmas mood for sure. We are decorating the house! I will start wrapping my black Friday finds soon as well. Naughty or nice. Ready or not its Christmas time and I actually think I am excited about it!!! I have not been feeling myself lately. Moody blues for this girl! The last four or five days just may have changed things a bit. I am so glad about that. I hope you had a wonderful Thankgsving! I am sorry I have not posted much in the last several weeks. I am hoping to change that and get back on track! I love to blog. I need to ...just do it! -Brenduh

What is Matthew looking at? Uh huh. Cheerleaders. Sent from my BlackBerry®

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My little music man rocking out in the aisles of Toys R Us! Look at him. He is a my little rock star. I so think he will actually play one day! ;) Sent from my BlackBerry ®

Hope you have a fun and safe Halloween! Always, Snooki, Colt McCoy, Darth Matt, and KP (in his annual costume).

Today after swim lessons Matthew asked me if he could use the computer. I said, "sure". He said, "I want to make a comic strip like, Alex." I said, "OK." I went about my business. This was about 5:30 this evening. After dinner (about 7:30), Kevin asked me to look at a website link. He wanted to show me something. So, we went to the computer. It was turned off. How nice. Matthew remembered to return the computer the way he found it when he sat down to it, I thought. I turned it on. Before I knew it the printer started printing. Hmmm, I thought. I guess Matt must have printed something but, forgot about it and turned the computer off anyway. So, KP and I looked at what he wanted to show me. I then reached down to pull off what the printer printed. Look what I found. Matt's comic that he made on Scholastic.com . When I read it I really thought I might wet my pants. He truly is Hi-larious. He sat and did this all on his own. I asked Alex, if he helped and...

Sidebar: I hate rodents!! I can't believe I just posted this. But seriously how I feel. My brain. Always spinning. Life. Its crazy right now.

To sit on the laundry of course. At least this time its dirty laundry and not the clean clothes. Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Its Halloween time. My fave of all the holidays!! I always like to find a costume of a current figure or someone recognizable from TV. Someone with features similar to mine. Most of the time it starts with the hair. The rest is all in the clothes and props. In 1998, I was Monica Lewinsky for Halloween. My hair was cut like hers at the time. I wore a blue dress (remember the infamous blue dress), had a black beret, she was fun to dress up as. In 2007, I was Ugly Betty. It was and still is one of my fave shows. Found the poncho on line. Fixed up my retainer to look like braces. Had a B necklace. See Ugly Brenda pics here: http://brendaandtheboys.blogspot.com/2007/10/ugly-brenda.html . For 2010, I am going to be.... Snooki !!! The Jersey Shore is a guilty pleasure of mine for sure! Since the show started I have watched it. Its a train wreck I can't stop looking at. See an older post: http://brendaandtheboys.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-favorite-things-guilty-pleasure-on.html . I chose S...

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Nothing says Fall and Halloween like The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! This time of year is my favorite. Hope you are enjoying it where ever you are tonight. Happy Fall Ya'll! Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Dear Santa, Matthew wants his own iPad for Christmas. Please!! Love forever & always, Matthew's Mom Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®