How To Make A Gingerbread House

Since you've already seen the actual finished product of the Gingerbread House 2013 I thought I would post a video of the making of the gingerbread house.

You can find that HERE 

It's thrilling.

xoxo

Happy Birthday Bub!

Today is little brother's 8th birthday!!!

I can't even believe it. 

My little brother is the most amazing kid in the world and I can't imagine my life without him.  

All Nighter

Thanksgiving Break brings about a certain feeling in the air.  In my little brother it brings about a feeling to stay up all night.
Bub came up with the idea that he wanted to stay up all night and play games on the Wii and watch movies.  I being the cool and hip older sister...agreed.
We braved the winter storm advisories and blizzard like weather (more on that later) to go get things that will rot your teeth supplies.
After Mom and Dad went to bed it was time to party!
We began with a rousing game of Wii Sports...starting off with some bowling.  My Mii was in rare form tonight

and I proceeded to get my highest score yet.

Why yes, that is 7 strikes in a row you are seeing on my scorecard.  Somewhere there is a world famous bowler who is super jealous of my mad skills.
Ha ha jokes on you.  There's no such thing as a famous bowler.

We moved onto baseball where after 2 innings of nothing....my team was able to catch up to my brother for a tied game.

We had warmed up our muscles so we could then move on to Lego Batman.  We killed some bad guys, built some stuff, and collected coins...

It was movie time.

On the schedule for the night was

Because Bub is fascinated by Harry Potter and claims he's dying to go see the 7th one.
I however have my doubts.

*For the record this picture was taken at 1:04 AM.  Impressive.

my brother can beat up your brother

my little brother started karate...and he is so boss at it



Ya scared? You should be.

Just my Brother and Me

Thanksgiving break has been so great! I've been able to hang out with my brother every day! We've done some great things together including but not limited to:

*playing about a thousand rounds of Uno
*playing Mario Kart on the Wii
*reading books (we're attempting to read Harry Potter and every time we talk about it Kian puts on a fake British accent....it's pretty funny)
*talking about Christmas shopping (he told me he is getting me an iPod and when I asked him how he was going to get the money to pay for that he answered "Chase" of course.)
*watching "Horton Hears A Who" about 4 thousand times
*watching the Colts football games (I've taught him well...he can now identify Peyton Manning, Austin Collie, Dallas Clark, and Addai. He also got really into Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins for reasons unknown and will ask me every Sunday if they won- I love it)
*quoting The Office (seriously I have the most awesome brother ever)
*singing songs constantly...current favorites include: Single Ladies, She Wolf, Fireflies, Say Hey I Love You, Party In the USA and many others.

Last night was our last free night before school started and so we baked cookies! We donned our aprons and had a blast! I just love hanging out with him. Who knew that a 6 year old could be the coolest guy I know?




and the cookies turned out amazing of course...

My brother...

Some conversations I was having with my brother recently...

Kian asked me what color your lungs are. I told him they were pink...
Kian: "uh no they aren't they are white"
Me: "Nope pretty sure they are pink"
K: "NO WHITE! They don't even act like they are pink!"
M: "When have you ever seen lungs?"
K: "On a TV show"
M: "Oh really which one?"
K: "Dateline"

Next conversation...this one we have a lot.
Kian: "What are you going to do today?"
Me: "I don't know what should I do today?"
K: "Uh get married to me"
M: "Kian I can not marry you..you are my brother we have talked about this before."
K: "No we just go to a wedding the we are married and then we dance"
M: "No Kian I need to marry someone who is over the age of 24 who is a boy and not part of my family"
K: "Can they be part of another family...like the Jones's?"
M: "Who is the Jones family is a boy who is older than 24?"
K: "Uh their Dad."

And then he said this...
"If you get married then your heart will be so happy it will fly into the air and if your heart breaks then it goes right down to your knees in a million pieces"

I love my brother.

Kian says the Darndest Things...

Last week I was walking out the front door to go to work and my little brother shouts...
"Bye! Have fun wiping people's butts!"
At least I have my family to keep me humble...

He Loves Me...He Loves Me Not

Tonight the LB (little brother) came down to get something from the bathroom. He started taking it upstairs and the conversation proceeded from there...
Me: "Kian...what are you doing? Are you going to bed?"
LB: "Yes."
Me: "Well then come say goodnight to me"
LB: "Umm...I'll say good night to you.....(long pause)...tomorrow."

Thanks Buddy.

So excited to start watching Dancing With the Stars...I need something to fill the vast and empty void that The Bachelor left me with. I also start working more hours at the hospital this week. I will start working 2 12 hour shifts and 2 8 hour shifts a week instead of just working 3 8 hours...wish me luck!

My Brother

Oh Kian how much more boring my life would be without you. Today he came and sat in my class with me while I was waiting for my kids to be picked up by their parents.
Brother Wilson came to pick up Kaia and as he left Kian looked at me with big eyes and made the surprised sound (ya know when you suck in air when you are surprised?) And he made this awe inspired announcement.

"Nini...he looks like Shane from the Upside Down Show!"

Oh I love you bubby.

From the Mouth of Kian

Here are a couple of my current favorite Kian quotes...

Dad: "Kian there is no shape that has 7 sides..."
Kian: "Yes there is...it's a PRESTAGON!"

Kian: "Did someone text message you?"
Me: "Nope..."
Kian: "Why not?"
Me: "I don't know because I have no friends and I might be a loser..."
Kian: "Umm...I think...a winner."

I love my brother

Halloween, Birthdays, and a Graduation!

So I must admit...I harbor some resentment towards Halloween. This stems from a childhood where my birthday has been 6 days before this ridiculous holiday. All growing up birthday parties consisted of costumes or witches brew (ok so that was actually pretty good...) and then as I got older I had to plan MY birthday party around the ghoolish parties that my friends had to go to. Seriously? So...I tend to try and forget that Halloween even exists...which is hard when your doorbell rings a billion times on October 31st. BUT when my Aunt Brita sent us a package filled with popcorn that turns orange and HOT CHOCOLATE that turns orange (in true Halloween spirit...) I had to try it. Bub was so excited he was dancing all around the kitchen while we made it...it turned out very tasty and we got to snuggle down and munch on popcorn and drink cocoa and watch a movie. What a great Friday night date!

Our poor Murphy LOVES popcorn and kept resting his head on my leg begging for a taste...it is just irresistable I suppose.




I graduated from the PSP program today!!! Yay! I got a 98% on my test and passed all my clinical stuff off too. It was bittersweet because I will miss my class...and George.


It was also the debut of my new hair color...I am still getting used to it...I like it but I will always be a blonde at heart...

Tomorrow is my birthday...woo woo! I'll be a fabulous 22 years old...yay me!
I am going to spend the weekend with some friends and I think we may be seeing the new High School Musical movie (obviously I am actually turning 12.)