Never leave a 5 year old alone!

So tonight Ryan is spending the night with me. I needed a quick shower so I decided to set him up in the living room with his Nintendo DS. I explained I would be really quick, I would leave the bathroom door unlocked if he needed me, and not to open the door for strangers, and blah blah blah. He was fine and was so engrossed with his game I figured he wouldn't even notice my quick absence. I had left him like this before with no problems. How much trouble could a smart independent sassy 5 year old get into anyways right? I was in the shower for maybe 6 minutes. I stepped from the bathroom calling Ryan's name......this is what walked down the hall to me...

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Seriously......this is what I saw!

Where the heck did he find all this stuff anyways??

Okay, so I learned my lesson! From now on Ryan sits on the toilet while I shower? Nah.....I'll just tie him up! ; )

Auntie's New Years Rockin' Eve

This New Years Eve I got to spend with some pretty cool guys! Two of my nephews, Ryan and Christian! We had so much fun! We started the night with a trip to Red Robin for dinner with Granny! Mac and Cheese never tasted so good. Red Robin must have been the place for kids to be cause it was a mad house! I have to tell you a story. So we were sitting there eating and these three middle eastern guys came in and they had there head wraps on. A little girl (maybe 4) came out of the bathroom and saw them and screamed "PIRATES!! Real PIRATES!!" Everyone in RR just froze with embarrassment. The guys acted like they didn't hear anything and Ryan leaned over to me and said, "Doesn't that little girl even know those aren't pirates? They're from Africa!!" I was cracking up and it totally made my night. Kids really do say the darndest things. Cosby was right. Anyways we the made a trip Target really fast to pick up a movie. I left Granny in the car cause she can't walk and it was just a quick trip....Well.....I guess I shouldn't have done that because I left the heater on full blast for Granny-it was like 30 degrees out!! And when we got back to the car (maybe 10 min later), Granny was pissed off!! It was so hot she was almost sweating and I could hardly breathe in the car! I yelled "Granny! Why didn't you turn the heater off?!" She said "Well I didn't know if it would turn the whole car off or whatnot." Anyways after a long lecture from me she stated, "Well don't worry about it, if it got too bad, I woulda just broke open the window here..." I gently asked her if it ever got that bad, if she could please just open the door instead? So crisis averted, we went home to watch Nacho Libre (sp?). Halfway through the movie-Granny went home and the boys lost intrest and started a gun fight. Around 11pm I sat them down for painting into the new year! It was a great night, and we had sooooo much fun. The only thing that would have made it perfect was if Noie-oie could have been here with us! We sure do miss that little guy!
So here's some pictures from the end of the night. I hope everyone else had a fun and safe night! Happy 2009!!




They were trying to work and getting annoyed with me trying to take so many pictures.

Out with the old and in with the new!

I love this picture....I didn't know the T.V was going to come out so clear....51 seconds till 2009!!

Christian was explaining to Ryan that when the ball hits the bottom, it's the New Year!

They are such good share-ers....

The boys were outside poppin' fire crackers and spraying silly string until 12:30! I'm sure the neighbors were so happy! ; )




After it all, they were so hyped up with excitment and sugar, that they didn't go to sleep till after 1:30....I was so tired from being up at 5:00am for work, that I crashed out before them!