So they really are twins

The proof is in the choice of pose for the pictures these days

Just because...

She looks like a toothless, dirty pirate doesn't mean she still can't be cute

The great thing about kids is...

They can play with the same jack-in-the box again and again and still be surprised every single time it pops up.

Forgotten Thanksgiving Photos

This picture is entertaining on so many levels. First off, it's like a paparazzi picture for Justin Timberlake here(my brother Mattie)who's half waving hi, and half covering his face for privacy. Secondly, my daughter who begged to ride the choo choo in the mall(should have learned from train town, right?) is pleading to get off. And lastly, because no matter what the circumstances, my mom is always trying to have fun and then in turn hope that makes the kids have fun


Just a cute proud uncle. Why won't this uncle move back? If Drew and Lilly can't make him do it...no one can

Chritmas trees and toddlers

No real exciting stories of Christmas Tree shopping here...we just went to Home Depot where the kids think they are driving a real race car for a cart. They enjoyed watching daddy some how magically attach a tree to my car. They now see my car and say "mama's tree car"



Hey...where are all the ornaments?


Ohhhh, there they are. This occurs multiple times a day, and I just refuse to clean it up more than just once at the end of the day.

More teaching moments

So maybe not as funny as the Michael Jackson update that I had last time, but another moment made me chuckle while teaching yesterday.

Setting: First Grade Classroom after a "false fire alarm." (yes...that is the type of school that I teach at where students think is is funny to do that) So you can imagine how wild the kids are this point. Trying to get back into Reading Groups after reminding the class multiple times to settle down and start working again...


Mrs Petersen- "So when you see the letters wh, th, sh, in a word you always blend those two sounds together to make..."(I get cut off from finishing)

Martyn(student)- "Mrs. Petersen, have you ever heard a baby crying? Like a bad baby crying really loud?"

Mrs. Petersen- "Well I have twins Martyn, so I have heard two babies crying at the same time for a while now."

Martyn- "Isn't that so annoying?"

Mrs Petersen- "It can be challenging at times, yes."

Martyn- "It would give me a headache. Kind of like right now because this class is so loud."

I proceeded to laugh out loud because I knew he was right. And thanked him for his honesty.

Conclusion- I must have learned how to tune out a lot of "annoying bad baby noise" in the last two years for a first grader to be telling me to quiet down the classroom.

A park inside?

When we get to sleep over at Nana and Boppa's house we love to play on their awesome bunk-bed turned play structure. We aren't quite big enough to actually sleep in the bunk bed yet, but we can sure climb and slide all over it