The boys on sugar!

I gave the boys something that I rarely do....candy. I let them both have a Pez dispenser completely filled with sugary Pez. I'm not big into letting them have junk, but for some reason I felt compelled to buy it for them. Well within 20 minutes of eating it I got two hyper crazy boys, running and spinning with loud screaming voices.

Well, shortly after Matthew went into meltdown mode. He spent about 45 minutes screaming and crying over the most ridiculous things. He spent about 20 minutes in his crib to 'chill out'. That's why I don't like sugar. When snack time arrived later in the afternoon they received oranges and peaches....that's much more my style!

Yesterday we took the boys for a dentist visit. This was actually the first official visit for both of them, because the other two times we tried to bring Alex he would just melt down in fear. We couldn't believe how awesome they did (I wish I brought my camera). They both did everything that was expected of them and never once made an objection! Even Matthew went into the chair and opened his mouth without ever trying to leave. They were able to give them both a full cleaning, and commented that they both have great teeth (due to the lack of sugar I suppose!)

At this age a child should have 20 teeth....but not our kids. Alex has 19.5 and Matthew has 21!! Alex broke a tooth when he was 19 months old (only half is remaining in his mouth), and for some unknown reason Matthew grew an extra one....lucky kid gets one extra visit from the tooth fairy one day!

Before and After

My wonderful husband, Jesse, has been working very hard lately improving the look of our house. He has also been putting a lot of overtime hours at work, so his time at home has been limited. He still managed to lay new floor, put up new baseboards, paint all the doors and put on new door handles. He can't take credit for the painted walls since I mostly did all of it! We also got a new hall rug and I gave the hall table and mirror a new stain. I think he is the happiest with the moulding he did on the front door.

This is the before.....

and After.....

It looks like it's a darker area than before, but it really isn't. I took the before pictures in the afternoon when all the sun is shining on the front of the house; and the after pictures were taken in the morning, when the sun is behind us.

Now I need to get him to start tiling the kitchen....