Our Valentine's Day photo shoot...

Just like in Hollywood, there is always a lot going on behind the *magic* of a good shot. Trying to wrangle my two little rockstars together for a Valentines Day photo is no easy feat! It takes patience, sweating, pleading, bribery and a lot of laughter. :)

Here is a behind the scenes glimpse of our Valentines Day photo shoot.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

A typical morning with my "Drama King"

Mom: Okay pal, c'mon. Time for a diaper change.

Tommy: No mom! No Tommy poop! Cole poop...ewwww!

Mom: No buddy...it's you and it's time. Let's go.

Tommy: NO! Mom! Cole bad. Corner. (points to time-out corner)

Mom: Tommy. Cole is reading his book. He does not need to go into the corner. YOU need a diaper change. Let's go.

Tommy: MOM! Shhhh! Bug! (dramatically starts looking for bug)

Mom: Tommy...there is no bug.

Tommy: SNAKE! Ssssssss...... (points under couch and screams) Eeeeek!!!!

Mom: (now laughing) Tommy. It is time for a diaper change. (I scoop him up and head into the kitchen)

Tommy: NOOOO!!! MOMMY NOOOO!!! COLE HELP ME!!!!

Cole: (glances up while calmly flipping pages of book on couch) Bye Tommy!

Exit stage right. Next dramatic scene only moments away. Stay tuned!

Apple Tasting

The boys just walked into the kitchen eating apples. "Mmmm...mommy. Red apples good!" Tommy declared. Since I did not give them the apples they were munching on, it warranted an investigation.

This is what I found.

Hot dogs and firetrucks...

...apparently there is nothing better! After spending the morning painting firetrucks, we stopped for a hot dog break. Tommy ran around yelling, "Lunch time! Lunch time!" And after taking his first bite of hot dog, Cole looked at me and said, "Mmmm...mom. This is good!"

Apparently, firetrucks put you in a good mood for just about anything. But a hot dog lunch may just have pushed this into the category of "a really good day." Just look at these grins!