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It's been a good few weeks - a little wrestling, a spa day, lots of giggles, and some snow!  

With the super cold temps last week, school was on a 2 hour delay.  This silly boy wanted to go spelunking with his head lamp from Noni.  

 Our fat lazy cats didn't seem to notice that it was only 8 degrees.  What a life!

 This kid.  Bless his heart.  One morning he went in the kitchen to get breakfast and came back with fried onions.  I let him go with it.  He will eat anything.

 Then Thursday happened.  Tony got me a giftcard to Red Door Spa for Christmas.  It was called "An Afternoon Affair" - massage, facial, lunch, mani, pedi...except I don't like people touching my face so I went with a shampoo/hair style instead of facial.  This awesome email gave me my itinerary.  Rough day, right?  Don't hate.

 I arrived here about 11:30am -

 Got changed into a super plush robe - and had an amazing afternoon.  So relaxing!

After my massage and hair style I got dressed again and felt like a new woman....time for lunch from Firebirds and a mani/pedi.  Too bad I can't afford to do this like every day.

I actually had to leave my spa day early b/c I was stupid and smuggled my phone in for my pedicure...only to have daycare call me and say Dom had a fever.  I gave up my manicure to go get little one (but considering I bite my nails and don't really have anything to manicure it wasn't a huge loss).  2 year molars. You suck.  We pumped some motrin in him and voila - a new kid.  Looks just fine, doesn't he?

 Love those cheeks and giggles.

 Sunday was Vince's first wrestling match!  I'm not sure who was more nervous...Vince or Tony.  Isn't that "singlet" a trip!  That skinny little fella...and Dom behind him trying to imitate his "mean look".  Love it.

 There were A TON of kids there.  The little ones started at noon and we were done by 1pm so it went pretty quick....and he had 3 matches.

 Let's play "Where's Vince"....can you find him?

 He didn't win but I think it was a wake up call that he needed to take practice a little more seriously.  I'll post a video at the end.

 WHOOHOOO....this confirms that I take too many phone pics - 1000 Instagram posts!  I was hoping for streamers and balloons to shoot out of my phone but nada, zero, zip, zilch.

 Yep, this guy still naps in my arms.  I love it!

 Yes, we got much needed hair cuts!  But more importantly, Dom has discovered fried chicken.  Like father, like son.

 I saw this on Pinterest and had to make it.  HELLO!  Strawberry brownie cupcake with cream cheese icing and chocolate chips.  Best.Dessert.Ever.

 Love these boys!  Snuggle time on the couch before bed!

 We woke up (early, as always) this morning to SNOW!  Like, a lot of it.  I thought for sure school would be delayed but nope...had to get this kid to the bus on time!

 My little helper...

 MOOOOOOM STOP TAKING MY PICTURE!

 haha, ok, I guess he's done!

Here's a clip of Vince's first match....this is the best one (the others ended with tears)

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Happy New Year everyone!  2014, really?  Well, me and these crazy fools are ready for a great year so bring it!
I warned you they were crazy.  See the family resemblance?

 He was supposed to be napping....goofball.

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE his cheeks.  I smooch them as often as possible. He pretends he doesn't like it but he loves it!

 My little card shark has gotten into Uno recently.  He's pretty good.

 Why is the train table at Barnes and Noble more interesting than the one at home....that they NEVER touch?

 Reading time...

 Dom picked an easy read....NOT

After bath one night, these two climbed into Vince's bed.  They pretended to sleep...for about 0.8 seconds then WWE broke out again.

 Friday was Vince's last day before going back to school so I took Dom to daycare and spent the day with this guy.  It's nice to get one on one time with each of them.  We snuggled in my bed awhile and discussed what our plans were for the day.  His number one request : Toys R Us.  Shocker.

 After Toys R Us, we had a lunch date.

 Pizza, chocolate milk, and double chocolate brownie....whatever, we don't get these opportunities often.

 We picked Dom up early so we could spend the afternoon building and playing in a fort.

 Vince was stoked.  He said "This is the best fort ever"...I may have patted myself on the back.

 Dom enjoyed it for a little while but he wasn't nearly as excited about it.  The damn cats kept trying to walk on the fort and broke it over and over.

 Well, at least they're getting use out of Uncle Rob's present.

 They sure do love to read.

 No, there aren't booboos on his cheeks....but he does LOVE Toy Story bandaids.  We may have applied them to his cheeks, arms, and hands.

 Looks can be deceiving.  It appears that they chose to sit suuuuuper close to each other and play games but in reality all the electronics were dead and needed to be charged.  The cords are too short to reach anywhere but the chair :)

 Ummm yeah it was FREEZING TODAY!  Apparently I can only take pics of my husband when he's practically all covered up.  Yes, he left the house like this.

 The boys played hookey today so they could go to their dentist appointment.  This was Dom's first.  They (and me) were all surprised at how well he did.  He'll do anything his big brother does so at least I have that going for me.

 This office is amazing.  We had a 10:15 appt and we were out of the door by 10:35.  As a mom of 2 wild boys, I truly appreciate speed in things like this.

It's no secret.  I'm no Martha Stewart.  In fact, I don't know when I cooked dinner last. I'm determined to do better this year.  My mother-in-law got me a new, big, programmable crock pot so I'm hoping to put it to good use.  I made an Olive Garden Pasta E Fagoli recipe (and cupcakes)...both were awesome!  

 I never thought I'd need to know anything about Beyblades or Bey warriors but boy was I wrong. I need to know everything about them...and angry birds, and trash packs, and Power Rangers...

Hope everyone's year is off to a good start!