child Labor, Costume changes, library and my cat has Spring Fever

So last night my boys went to the library for their green eggs and ham night with the Cat in the Hat. They were part of the "green eggs and hammers" and got to perform a little "musical" number to the Cat in the Hat song. Sorry to say that there are no pictures because I was at Enrichment night and Preston took them. Preston also helped them perform so he wouldn't have been able to take photos anyway. I was at the practice so I know they were cute. Apparently at the end when all the kids danced with the characters, Joseph tried a little at break dancing. He is hilarious!

So JoJo got a ball for his birthday a year or so ago and it broke, but he has found a new life for it......

Thurtson changes his clothes about 10 times a day... the usual are Optimus Prime, Batman and a large assortment of freshly done laundry and shoes. It's either that or he is buck naked.

Joseph has reached that wonderful age were he can and WANTS to help out around the house (everything but picking up his legos that is). He actually answers me with a "YEAH!" when I ask him if he wants to scrub the toilets or vacuum. We reward him with "JoJo bucks". We will see how long this lasts, but in the mean time....

A few months ago my cat went outside and was gone for a long time, came back covered in his own poo and mud, completely wet and he acted weird. It only got worse and would hiss at us and would actually attack us if we ventured too close to him. Well, after a week of constant decline in health and an increase in aggression I finally took him in. It turns out that he had a virus and his mouth was covered in lacerations and ulcers. We took the opportunity to have him snipped at the time. We laugh because the vet on more than one occasion mentioned that he was very much a Tom cat and very well endowed, thus the extra aggression. Go Jazz. Well after a long week of him recovering, have to force feed him medication, and him having terribly stinky breath and gas, he finally recovered and now he is our awesome Jazz again. We think he will no longer hiss at neighbors trying to feed him. =0) But for now he is in house arrest. This is a long story about a cat and for you that hate cats, sorry. But then again, this is my page. Anyhoo, this is a photo of him dreaming of being outside. He does this a lot and I think it's cute.