Miss Mandi and The Adventures of Babysitting: Boys Are Smelly and Girls Are Pressure;)

So, funny topic of the week.....
Owen already has "girls" figured out and all at the age of THREE!
One evening we were sitting on the couch talking and he tells me, "I don't like girls...they're pressure!" haha! I asked him if he liked me and his Mommy because we're both girls and he goes..."Well I like Mommy because she is my Mom!" :) I hope he remembers that forever!

Later in the week a good friend of the family brought their lil' kiddos over to play...RJ and Faith which were both insanely adorable. RJ is one and Faith is five.

While RJ and Faith was visiting....Owen decided he really liked Faith and kept following her around. She would run away from him and try to hide behind me. She explained to me that she "doesn't like boys because they are annoying and smelly!" I must say, I slightly have to agree;) haha!

But my question is...how is it that a 5 year old and 3 year old already have the opposit sex all figured out and here I am in my mid twenties and I'm just now learning?! Hopefully they will both save themselves from a lot of heartache in the future, right? ;) So funny! I'm sure things will change over time...however there will always be that Boy vs. Girl mentality forever.

And then some day they will become fools like the rest of us...and fall madly in love:)

Well after many hours on the computer I FINALLY have a whole bunch of new photos uploaded....
so enjoy!

Remember when I said Owen LOVES Spiderman so much he actually believes he IS Spiderman?
I wasn't lying one bit. Spiderman...Spiderman! *sigh*
He wears this outfit at least 3 times a week. It's quite entertaining to say the least:) He's become quite good at "fighting bad guys" and shooting "webs" from his hands. Sometimes I am slightly frightened.

As for Miles....remember when I told you he can "Shoulder Lean" and "Drop it Low"?
Well this baby can definitely teach you how to "dougie" Love him!

Let's just say you don't mess with this lil' gangsta baby....he'll steal your juice box any day;) haha!
However, he does have a sensitive side when he's not busy doing "hood rat things" with his baby friends.....
he has a very special place for Elmo. He LOVES Elmo! Everything is "Elmo! Elmo! Elmo!"

I just want to snuggle with this cute lil' fur baby all the time:)

Oh Miles! Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?!

Ahhh CHRISTMAS...The Most Wonderful Time of The Year!
Christmas was amazing! It was fun seeing the kiddos SO excited about Santa. I miss being a kid. They filled my heart with so much warmth and love this holiday season! Owen said to me one night, "That Santa BOY is gunna bring me a train for Christmas!" and "I gotta go up North tonight and help Santa work on his sled." haha! So cute:) For Christmas the boys and I made their parents a picture colleague and I also got them little Mizzou Hoodies...precious! I have taught Miles how to say, "Goooo TIGERS!" I think he just likes them because they're "kitties" :) Either way...this kid is already a MIZZOU Fan for life! You gotta start them young....right?!

Here are some fun pictures from our "Christmas Photo Shoot"....enjoy!

Poor Bernie;)

Miles kept trying to put the stockings on his feet....they're kinda like socks, right?!

"Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...."

haha...I hope they forgive me for this, someday.

They also got a sweet "ride" for Christmas as well...beep! beep!

VALENTINE'S DAY= I'm in LOVE!
Christmas was fun but Valentine's Day was so sweet!
The first thing Owen said to me that Monday morning was, "Happy Valentine's Day, Mandi!" and Miles said, "wuvvv you!" and "more caaaaandy?!!" I don't think they quite understood the real meaning of V-Day but they sure did fall in love with all the candy they got;) Luckily they went to 'school' that morning or else I don't know how much patience I could of had all day with their sugar highs. Poor teachers;) However, they were so cute that morning...opening presents and gifts made with love. Owen got a Spiderman shirt that he just HAD to wear to school that day:) too funny!

YAY for Valentine's Day!
Of course we can't forget about Bernie during all the fun;) Much love to you too Doggie!

The Dinosaur Museum and Fritz's for Dinner!
During the month of January it got so cold and we were getting a little cabin "feverish" so we decided to venture out into the KC world. One day we went to the Dinosaur Musuem at Union Station which was awesome! After learning about Dino's we went into "Build A Dino" where the boys each had the chance to make a stuffed dinosaur to take home (kinda like build a bear). Owen named his "Hunter" while Miles named his "Kitty" (and no I had no influence on that decision! haha)
After the Dino Museum we toured the Train Museum....cute lil' trains and villages everywhere! The boys loved it:) At the end of it they got to play on "Thomas the Train" and we went to dinner later that week at a cute lil' place called Fritz's where we had burgers, fries, and milkshakes. The neat thing is your food is delivered to you by train. Pretty nifty;) The boys LOVED it and we had a blast!

Meet Kitty and Hunter...they are now a part of the Cockrill Stuffed Animal Family:)

Even the monkey decided to learn a little bit about his new brothers....

What a fun and successful day at the Dinosaur Musuem!

This place was so fun! They even had the opportunity to be "train conductors" for the evening:)

so cute in their lil' hats!

Choo! Choo!

Slumber Party at Mandi's!

One evening I had the boys over at my house for a movie night.

Since Mandi didn't think "Sex and the City" or "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" was appropriate we decided to watch Finding Nemo (whew! thank goodness I had some-sort of kid friendly movie at my house!) haha;)

We got in our jammies, enjoyed the movie, and had some popcorn! It was a great time!