Believing the disbelief....

I just got busted by Buddy in my Goodboy ruse. Let me explain, Buddy was in bed, with his eyes closed and silly little me thought he was asleep. With Buddy asleep and my bedtime getting near, I thought it would be a good idea to let Goodboy on the loose to do some nighttime sailing. Dun...dun...dun, enter the Buddy boy who catches me mid water scene creation. Then he tells me he knew the elf wasn't real because he did the unimaginable and touched the elf, the elf that according to the book would loose his magical powers if touched by a human child. I told Buddy that perhaps he didn't touch the elf long enough to necessitate the loss of magical powers. Instead of comforting what I thought to be a distraught child, I got "no mom, I touched him a lot to make sure his powers would go away". Hmmm, seems this kid is too smart and is on the verge of disbelief. Of course right now he's refusing to touch the elf, who is oddly sitting beside a boat, on the off chance that the elf is real. One word for that kid.....STINKER. You want to know what we do to stinkers at this house?



That's right, we regift them for Christmas. What? You don't? Interesting.
So all in all a super fantastic, fall asleep already kid, day!

Playing in the rain, well, kind of....

In other news, tomorrow is Buddy's last day of school for the year. To celebrate we ate a few Christmas trees, cause that's what normal people do. Afterall, all that fiber is good for the digestive tract...

It's so good in fact that we made enough to share with a bunch of 1st graders. Believe me, those 1st graders could use all the help they can get with their digestive tracts from the sounds of things!
As far as Goodboy goes, he got sick of Buddy asking where the angel for our tree is and delegated himself to the position....well, after he played with some sticks, cause why wouldn't he play with a bunch of sticks...



Lastly, Santa just bought my Christmas present online. Ummm, it's a workout regime that I bought for myself under the ruse of Santa because, let's face it I'd be pretty ticked off if Shane gave it to me (even if I wanted it, I think that behavior is embedded in the female genetic code). So when you read this Shane, thanks for the fantastic gift, it was just what I wanted....well, other than a baby, but I couldn't find any of those online!
So all in all a super fantastic, getting what we want, day!

Rain, rain, stay and play?

Rainy days are always such a bore, being stuck inside with nothing to do....

Oh, were we suppose to stay inside during the tropical rainstorm we had today? Well, those boys did need a good bath after all! As for Goodboy, I guess he decided it was game day with the boys!




Too bad Buddy's missing all the fun, wouldn't you know it, he's passed out.....in my bed again. I won't fault him though, a recent wind storm started pulling the rain gutters away from the house and it sounds like we're living in a haunted house. Of course the aforementioned rain gutters are torn away right outside Buddy's window to give him the most advantageous sound effects! So lucky!
So all in all a super fantastic, rainy, day!

Lap of luxury....

While Goodboy is living a rough life of dive bombing off the roof to save the family from certain death by boredom...

Buddy is living it up.....in my bed, good thing it's a king and so spacious. Ummmmmm, did I mention that's my bed?

In other news, Hemi's mom emailed us her letter from Santa. It was a video that you could cut and paste names and pictures as well as pick and choose settings...like you need to be nicer, you need to share, you need to stop picking your nose. Let's just say Buddy loved it and began sending letters out, unfortunately he's a bit narcissistic or has a good sense of humor and sent out letters telling the recipient that they were naughty this year! I guess everyone needs to shape up or Buddy is going to be receiving the mother load from Santa's workshop this year!
So all in all a super fantastic, living it up, on the nice list, day!

Parents?

This is what happens when you hang out with your dad...

That'd be a cabbage patch doll turned into a knight. (Cabbage Patch doll compliments of Shane, manning it up by turning it into a knight, by Buddy).
Of course this is what happens when you fall asleep, compliments of your mother...


(That would be Saran Wrap on the door frame as a nice treat for when someone wakes up). I hate to brag, but I think this kid has it made!
So all in all a super fantastic, wrapping it up, day!

Helpful?

Everything is better when you have a friend to help you out...


Especially when you have a little something on your face...

In other news we went to the Waikoloa parade today, followed by a huge payoff of Buddy's love of older women!!!

Yep, Buddy won a present in the raffle....or rather, flirted his way into receiving a present under the ruse of a raffle, errr, make that 2 presents!
As for Goodboy, he's been helping his friends out today too...



So all in all a super fantastic, helping hands, day!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Goodboy must have known that Buddy was missing all that fluffy white stuff on the ground...




I may need to have a word with Goodboy and remind him that when snow melts it turns into water, when marshmallows melt it turns into a cleaning bill! Buddy has been loving all the tricks Goodboy has been doing and I'm so glad we got an exciting elf instead of a boring one that just sits on the shelf!
In other news...

This picture doesn't really have anything to do with the post, but our friend Alan took it while he was here on vacation and sent it to me today. It's so beautiful I had to share, plus it really makes me want to get into the ocean....well other than it's nighttime and the local shark frenzy time, other than that, I totally want to go.
So all in all a super fantastic mess making day day!