Boys!!

Man the days just get away from me. Franz celebrated his 30th birthday on the 8th of November. He had to work and go to classes, but skipped the last one so that he could come home to a supper of homemade pizza, fancy lettuce salad, with homemade dressing, and homemade angel food with fresh whipped cream and raspberries! The boys and I even managed to clean the whole house so it sparkled:')

Now it is Sunday and since Franz was so busy on his birthday, we are attending The Twelfth Night, at UD this afternoon, while the boys are watched by friends. The weather has been lovely, sweaters and boots, playing outdoors in the sunshine, making up games to play.

Speaking of making up games. Cyprian is the mastermind behind a lot of our play. We have been playing a lot of house. He wanted to play at sword fighting, so he had his cute little wooden sword that Daddy made for him, and for me he gave me his crayon tube squirt gun which pulls out to make it really long. He had me pull the handle out so that when I stabbed him I could really pretend that the sword was going in. He then grabbed the round pillows off the couch and we each had a shield. I have been noting I need to make him a a sword belt, because he has been using his diaper (he wears cloth) to holster his sword. He scratched his belly and got a cut. Last weekend we were at a sport store because Franz had a gift card from coaching cross country. We were picking out stuff when Cyprian took off and Franz went after him to correct him for constantly grabbing things. Instead they come back with a football tee, so much for correcting him:') Now Cyprian can kick his football without using Daddy's glass. Cyprian wanted to play football and he kept talking about my bike helmet. I realized he wanted me to wear my bike helmet and he would wear his and we would be ready to play football, like real players. The things he thinks of! Cyprian is an excellent chef. When I made the Angel food cake for Franz Cyprian made one of his own using his little laundry basket for the pan and filling it with blocks and baking it under his bed. Both Cyprian and Clement are pianist, they love to practice everyday, sometimes even together....

Clement is so cute, he knows how to wave. He started it on Franz's birthday. He will wave his hand by sticking it out in front of him looking like the hail Hitler gesture. He does this to get my attention and also if you wave at him. So cute! Clement has been busy exploring and destroying the house. He is quite proficient at getting around in record time and into things. My poor books, CDs, plants, and onions! Yeah, I have a bucket of onions and one day I noticed Clement's eyes were all puffy and the skin on his face was splotchy. I thought oh my gosh what is he allergic to. Later his skin seemed to clear up and then all of sudden he looked bad again, that is when I discovered him playing in my onion bucket. He has a great love of taking baths and playing in water. If I forget to shut the bathroom door, I will find him trying to climb into the tub. Thankfully he has not discovered the toilet, yet.

Maria the chicken has now become Mario. I realized awhile ago that Mario did not look like the other hens anymore:') We may keep Mario even though we planned on butchering all the rooster except for Larry. The chickens are starting to plump up nicely. We will be butchering next month probably before Christmas.

Last night we went on a nice family run. I only went a couple of miles then Franz took off and I pushed the boys in the jogging stroller toward home. Cyprian even got out and did some running himself. I love when we do something active as family. We went bike riding a while back and I had Cyprian in the bike seat on my bike, while Franz had Clement in the backpack. Every time I looked at Clement and caught his eye, he was smiling from ear to ear. He loved the wind in his face and flying.