Wrestle Mania

Oh the joy of having two boys.

***No one was injured in the making of this video.***

The Big One

Well, it's final. No more Hernandez babies for me. Today Mondo got the big snip, the big V, yes...a vasectomy. He was talking about getting one before Caleb was even born. He has been very set on only having two kids. I was a little wary of only wanting two but after all these months of having my little critters I'm good. :-) Anywho, he had it done at 10:30 this morning. They gave him a Zanax 5 minutes before they called him back. It really wasn't enough time to start working. I was going to stay in for the procedure but the Dr. kicked me out. He didn't want the liability of me passing out. That wasn't going to happen but that's his policy. He got 6 shots of lidocaine (that was the part he was the most worried about but he said it didn't even hurt!) then they waited 15 minutes for it to start working. Mondo said the actual procedure only took about 3 minutes. He walked out and looked tired but otherwise was fine. We're at home now. He's not really in pain yet but I gave him some pain meds and now he's laying in bed watching the Sopranos with a bag of frozen peas.

Bath Time

Yes, he was standing in the tub not holding on to anything. I'm suprised he hasn't had an injury yet. His favorite thing to do is hold on to the duck over the faucet and chew on it. It makes it easy to scrub him down while he's standing up.
Dueling mohawks.
Ethan wanted to squish his....
And Caleb's too. He splashed water on the camera lens...ironic where it landed to cover him up. :-)
This was after Ethan literally patted down his head. Look at the water flying in the background. I usually end up as wet as they are.

All clean!

Ethan had to wrestle with Spiderman before getting fully dressed. He sleeps with him every night.

He looks so angry! (He was actually posing with an angry face.) Spiderman got a beatdown that night. Look at his little fat roll on his side...he finally gained his weight back after being sick.

First Day of Preschool

Ethan had his first day at his new preschool on Tuesday. It was all pretty uneventful. I took him alone since Mondo had to work. I was worried he would be upset when it was time to drop him off in his new class. The teachers want the kids dropped at the door and for the parents not to go in and disrupt the mood. I told him he had to give me my hug and kiss before he went in so he did. Then we put up his backpack outside and I told him to tell me bye because I was leaving. So he said "bye" and walked in and sat at his table. I thought..."That's it? No screaming, no tears, no clinging to me?" Nope. I guess he is older this year and remembers that school was fun. The bad thing about this new school is that it goes from 9-12. Last year he went from 9-2. It sure is a short 3 hours. I enjoyed to quiet time with Caleb. We napped together for an hour when we got home from taking him to school. When we woke up it was almost time to get him. Mondo went with me to pick him up. We asked him how his day was and what he did. First he said what he always says "I don't want to talk." Then he said, "We sat forever, we played basketball, and we played toys." I asked him if he made any new friends and he said yes "Will and Tyler". Those have been his friends since birth...they are just new to his school. So, it's back to getting up and out of the house at a reasonable time every Tuesday/Thursday. Enjoy the pics.

He actually felt like posing.
I was shocked at his good mood for the photo ops!
This is his Kung Fu Panda packpack I ordered online. Of course the backpack he wanted was not available in stores!
Just being silly.
Caleb wanted in the pictures too.

This was on his way into school.

This was after school.

See how thrilled Caleb was to go pick up his brother from school? (Yes, that's his spit on my shoulder...he constantly chews/sucks on my shoulder.)

This was after school...happy to go home!

VBS

I've been meaning to blog about VBS for months! I had to miss Ethan's first VBS because I had to work...or sleep after working. Mondo took him to the "Jerusalem Marketplace" at church. He had fun and ran into his cousins Madilyn and Morgan. Here are some of the many pics.

He had on a yamaka in this pic.

Of course since I wasn't there I have no idea what they were doing. That is his cousin Madilyn.


Madilyn, Ethan, and Morgan.
Yes, he still bites his nails...just like his Daddy.
Notice his eyes are shut. That woman sure is brave!
Maybe that's why he did it himself this time. He was printing his name with that hammer and nail.
He loved the petting zoo at the end of the day. He is still all about animals!

Mermaid Talk

I was getting dressed this morning and Ethan came in and said "I was talkin' to a mermaid on the phone." This was a normal thing to happen in my house so I went along with it. Here's his end of the converstation: "I talked to the mermaid. She said 'where your parents?' I said 'I don't know.' I said 'I three.' Mermaid said 'emergency'." At this point I asked him if he was on the phone to a mermaid, he said yes. I saw the message light blinking and played the message. Here's what it said: "This is the police. A child around the age of three called from your house and said there was an emergency. When asked for a parent to be put on the phone the child refused. When asked what was the emergency the child kept saying mermaid. We are now sending two officers to your home to verify the welfare of the child."

Now, let me just say that I have never taught Ethan about calling 911...for this very reason. This morning he was playing with the phone and just happened to dial it. He probably only said emergency because the dispatcher said it. A few minutes later two police officers showed up and were looking in the window...to see Ethan standing there alone in his underwear. I ran to the door to show them I was there. I apologized and said that he was playing on the phone and we were fine. At least they were nice about it. After they left he started crying for Daddy because he thought he was in trouble. I guess it was a little scary to see police officers at the door knowing they were there because he was the one who called them. I'm sure this won't deter him from continuing to play on the phone. Beware, some of you may receive a phone call from him in the future!

Ethan's Bedroom Disaster

You can't leave these two alone for one second! Ok, maybe it was longer than that. This is what they decided to do while I made them breakfast this morning. Oh well...at least it kept them occupied for a long time. And it was an easy clean up!