Heber's Hair

When I was a nanny in New Jersey, I cared for an Italian family. They had a tradition that they didn't cut their baby's hair till after the 1st birthday-if you did, your child would surely go bald as an adult. So I adopted this tradition even though both my boys have been called girls because of their long curly locks.

Zak really didn't like it when I went the extra mile to see what Heber would look like as girl!

Heber has been referred to as a girl SEVERAL times since we moved here to Wisconsin. I guess his blue outfits and dinosaur jacket just isn't enough to fight off his long pretty eyelashes and sweet duck tail curls.

So cute that girl!

Without being totally committed to cutting Heber's hair, I put an elastic band tightly around one of his pretty curls and realized that either I was going to painfully rip it back out or I was going to cut his hair right then. Moses joyfully watched-totally happy that HE wasn't getting a hair cut. I gave both of them a lollipop-Moses snuck a second one and the whole process took less than 15min. Sadly for Moses though, I wasn't going to let him get away with eating lollipops without getting haircuts, so I trimmed his up a bit while he screamed and bawled!

Before the lollipop

After the lollipop! Dum-Dums are so amazing!

Heber totally looks like a different child! No one on the planet could mistake him for a girl now. He's got mischief in his eyes that you couldn't see before!

Christmas Parade!

From the moment we landed here, we have heard how people just absolutely love it here. I ask every one of them if they have a hard time with the cold and they all say something like they 'don't really notice it anymore'.  I am not one for the cold weather and Wisconsin is cold-but I'm starting to see why people really love it here.

 I have been doing a lot of looking and there is a TON of activities to do here! We went to the Indoor Farmer's Market and Zak was in heaven with the squeaky cheese and Mrs. Claus was there to help the kids decorate a free cookie and color a turkey.

 We also went to the Annual Christmas Parade to kick off the Holiday Season. That was a total blast. Sidewalks were PACKED with people. I really wanted a good seat so we left the stroller in some nook near some stores and went out into the road. I found a vacant spot in the gutter at the feet of a family and they totally were excited for us to sit there-they even offered their blanket for us to sit on! Moses and Heber were enraptured by the colorful, lit up, floats and the numerous marching bands playing music! My favorite float was the hot air balloon float that had 5 or more hot air balloon baskets with someone in each one blasting the fires that would normally be for filling up the balloons. Instead the heat was blasting out on all of us on the streets-it was totally toasty and warm as they went by! Never been to a Christmas Parade before, totally loved it!

Now what?

Since moving into our new apartment we have been trying to get into a normal routine again. Heber seems to have forgotten how to take his second nap even though he is super super tired and CRABBY as a wet hen! And Moses seems to think that if he's not sure of what to do he should probably just give Heebs a bad time! It has been driving me BONKERS!! So I have taken our lives to a whole new level of planning! We now have events that happen daily so that all of us can keep as many brain cells as possible. Here are just a few things that have happened at our house, that if you ask me, should not be happening, but part of me is glad they are!

Yes, Moses gave Heber 5 rolls of brand new toilet paper to have his way with!

This is Mosey's new thing, when I say to put your shoes on, he laughs and gets MY shoes on!

It is TRUE! We have already had the blessing of calling the fire dept at our new home!

This time it wasn't a fire (phew!) just that Moses and I got locked out of the house while Heber was inside alone (and gratefully, asleep). 

I really don't know for sure how we got locked out, but I have a very real feeling that it was Moses' doing. It is the 3rd time I have been locked out here and once I KNOW for sure it was him and I ended up just pulling the screen door right off in order to get back in! 

Our house

Tammie requested a full tour of our new apartment-so here it is-for your complete delight!

View from front door-basement to the right, bathroom to the left 

here's that bathroom-also Heber's nap nook!

Door to the Garage-The ATTACHED GARAGE!! love it!

The kitchen with our lovely bar and DishWasher!!!

Feelin the kitchen love?

Dining area-also used to make forts!

The family media center and acrobatic training beanbag 

the theater and area of extreme toy enjoyment

this hall is just off a little more right of the TV-the right door is a closet, middle is the bathroom and left is the master bedroom- continue right of the bathroom to the boy's room.

Family Bathroom/indoor swimming pool (one boring day I really did fill the tub to capacity and let Moses swim all about like a fishy!)

Master bedroom with music corner for Zak.

The boy room! Complete with only one photo on the wall per child-wouldn't want to fill all those nail holes when we move out!

This is not of our neighborhood, but of where we might look to buy, do you see that there is a row of homes that goes for blocks and yet not a FENCE in SIGHT?! Strange thing, no fences, out here. and if you Zoom in really good, you can see that each family has their own slide and sandbox set up in their yard-so it looks like a total park out here cuz all the slides are available for any child who ventures out into the frigid air. 

WE MADE IT!

Wow! Here I am. An Official Blogger. Never thought of myself being one. But I'm super excited to see what happens. I got lot's to share. My number one reason for blogging is to tell my family and friends all about how we're doing way out here in Wisconsin. I also want this to be an easy way of journaling about my little family and our journeys.

Rocking out in the airplane

We've been in Wisconsin for 2 whole weeks! The story goes like this: Zak left in mid sept start working here, the boys and I stayed back in Utah packing and such for a month. Zak came back, we packed everything into a moving van, my brother Daniel got married to cute Olivia, we celebrated Heber's 1st Birthday, Zak took the moving van to Wisconsin with his dad Greg and 3 days later Moses, Heber and I landed in Wisconsin! I got a round of applause as we exited the plane cuz my boys did so well and we kept it together! We didn't even lose any toys!

Now we're here and it is FREEZING!! Seriously it took me three days to even leave the house! Our apartment is awesome. Lots of people live in Duplexes like this one for their lives. They look just like enormous houses in Utah but they have 2 doors and 2 garages. The ward out here is SO WARM! Within the first 3 days of being here we had 3 invites for get-togethers! Super friendly. On our first Sunday I was called as the 2nd counselor in the Primary! I'm ready! We have the Primary Program coming this sunday already!

First day all together again!

Moses says,"Kick a treat!" 

 We are finally grasping an almost-routine. Zak got a used/new truck last night and now the boys and I have some freedom. I love to go on morning walks, but with how cold it is, i was freezing my babies by the time we got half way. So starting today we drive to the mall, walk for 35min and then have 20min at the mall play land-Moses calls the TREE. Then it's home for Heber's nap, Moses and mommy snack time on the steps and time to read books. I'm starting to really love it out here!