Miscellaneous Things

Chad recently informed me that my blog title should be changed from Boyds Will Be Boyds to Holly's Pictures, since I haven't had too much to say about Team Boyd recently.  So here are some miscellaneous things about the Boyd family.

I absolutely LOVED the snow storm of a few weeks ago.  Hopefully a blog post is forthcoming...we'll see if I actually make it happen.  Now that I really care about my pictures so much, I don't want to toss any old thing up on my blog.  It has to look pretty.  Which means I have to go through all my photos from the week and edit the ones I like.  It could take awhile.  By the time I get around to finishing that, the snow-storm-story-of-my-life may not be worth documenting anymore.  I WILL say that it was soooo nice to be forced to slow down during the great arctic blast of 2012.  We are so busy right now, it was wonderful to get to stay in our jammies, play games, build snowmen, drink hot chocolate, and just enjoy the slow and easy days at home.  (Caveat: when the power went out for a few days, my good feelings about the snow storm were gone.)

My four year old told me yesterday that I have many wrinkles.  I contemplated not feeding him for the rest of the day.

My puppy is really in love with my Pillow Pet.  Yes, I, a full grown woman, have a Pillow Pet.  Don't judge.  It is the perfect book prop for reading in bed.  But now that my pug has violated it in so many unnatural and unwholesome ways, it's not as appealing for me to snuggle with.  Why must he does this?  Why?  Dirty dog.

Chad and I are now teaching Sunday School to the first and second graders at our church.  We had 21 kids last week.  Most of them were boys.  It was loud, very loud.  I loved it though.  Chad is so good with the kids, it just kinda melts my little heart.

Cole was awarded the Honorable Hawk for the month of January for EFFORT!  I am so proud of him for this.  The beginning of the school year got off to a rocky start for my Cole (another reason I was MIA from blogsville...just not motivated with all the trauma drama going on), which was a real shock for all of us since he's always done so well.  But he's managed to turn things around and all his hard work has paid off as evidenced by this achievement.  He's been wanting a mini Pillow Pet to keep Shell Shocker company while he's away at school, so I surprised him with a little congratulatory goody bag when he got home today, complete with a new Tornado Bey Blade (essential for any 8 year old that is serious about Blading), a pack of gum, and a mini Shell Shocker, which he has aptly named Pip Squeak.

I've been following a blog for a while now that I found through the P52 challenge.  I love the writer and her posts.   She calls her husband Dream Boy after 30+ years of marriage...I LOVE THAT!  Today she wrote a post to me!  I asked her to share what she's reading sometime with her followers, and BAM!  She got right back to me, little old me, with an entire blog post.  I felt kinda special.  It truly made my day.

The boys have decided that they enjoy watching movies in Spanish.  I don't know why because they don't understand it, but it's their new thing.

Chase had his first basketball game on Saturday.  He was very shy, but he DID go out on the court a few times.  He didn't really play, but he wasn't crying or trying to hide, so I consider it a SUCCESS!   Cole's become quite a little gamer, so I have hope for Chase to grow into it too.

Everybody loves our new dog more than words can even say.  That cute little nugget has really just brought so much happiness to our home.

Literally, and this is a true story, while I was just typing about how wonderful my puppy is, Chase's sweet voice just called up to me, "Mom, you better come down.  I just stepped in dog poop."  Seriously.  That really just happened.

And I think that's just about the best and most accurate way to wrap this thing up.  Boyds will be Boyds...pug included!