LIFE WITH BOYS

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Welcome to the world!

When life calms down a little you will hear more about our new addition!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

CAN'T BELEIVE YOU ARE 6!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY TO KADEN!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

6 YEARS ALREADY! WOW!

THIS IS WHAT WE DID TODAY!

DINNER ANYWHERE HE WANTED: RED ROBIN!

BIRTHDAY SUNDAE: NO SINGING ALLOWED THIS YEAR!

PRESENTS FROM HIS BROTHERS

AND MOM AND DAD!

AND EVEN A SURPRISE EXTRA ONE FROM DAD!

CAN WE SAY

SPOILED!

BUT THAT'S WHAT BIRTHDAY'S ARE FOR RIGHT?!

AND FINALLY, A SPECIAL MINI-DATE WITH MOM TO BARNES & NOBLE FOR THE BIRTHDAY CUPCAKE! YUM!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SPECIAL LITTLE BOY WHO HAS MADE MY LIFE SO MUCH BETTER IN THE LAST 6 YEARS!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

EASTER

HAPPY EASTER!

OUR EASTER THIS YEAR LASTED THE WHOLE WEEKEND! WE INVITED JUST A COUPLE OF OUR FRIENDS OVER FOR AN EASTER EGG HUNT IN OUR YARD YESTERDAY.

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THE LITTLE KIDS TO GET TRAMPLED, WE LET THEM HUNT IN GROUPS

TYLAN HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS DOING....BUT HE FINALLY GOT THE IDEA (THANKFULLY THESE EGGS WERE NOT REALLY HIDDEN)

CHASE WASN'T MUCH BETTER...HE WANTED TO ST DOWN AND OPEN EACH EGG AS HE FOUND IT.

IT TOOK JUST A LITTLE EXPLAINING THAT HE WOULD GET MORE IF HE COLLECTED NOW, OPENED LATER. THEN HE WAS OFF!

KADEN KNEW HOW! HE BOLTED DOWN THE STAIRS 2-AT-A-TIME AND TOOK OFF INTO THE YARD! FUNNY THING WAS, HE PASSED MOST OF THE EGGS AT LEAST 2 TIMES IN HIS HUNT! AND A COUPLE TIMES I HAD TO TELL HIM AND CODY TO STOP WALKING AROUND TOGETHER SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE!

WHEN EVERYBODY FILLED THEIR BUCKETS, THEY ALL DUG IN!

CHASE IS SO EXCITED HE GETS TO EAT THE CANDY HE FOUND!

AND TYLAN CRAMMED EVERY PIECE OF CANDY IN HIS MOUTH IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS!

THANK GOODNESS THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT AND THE MASS OF KIDS ALL SUGARED UP GOT TO SPEND THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON PLAYING OUTSIDE!

DELIVERY: EASTER BUNNY!

THE NEXT MORNING THE BOYS WOKE UP TO THIS!

I'M GLAD I TOOK A PICTURE BEFORE THEY WOKE UP BECAUSE PREGNANT ME WAS NOT GETTING OUTTA BED EARLY TO CATCH THEM FINDING THEIR TREATS! BY THE TIME I WANDERED OUT, THERE WAS MASS GRASS SPREAD THROUGHOUT MY LIVING ROOM, AND REMNANTS OF BASKETS ALL OVER THE FLOOR! WRAPPERS, AND STICKERS WERE ALL AROUND THE BOYS WHO HAD TRIED OUT ALL THE TOYS AT LEAST TWICE, WERE JEALOUS OF EACH OTHERS GOODIES, AND WERE HAPPILY RUNNING AROUND PLAYING.

AFTER CHURCH, I ASKED FOR A NICE PICTURE OF THE FAMILY JUST LIKE EVERY YEAR - THIS IS WHAT THEY GAVE ME

BUT THE BOYS DID COOPERATE FOR A COUPLE OF CUTE SHOTS OF THEM!

(I ALSO GOT A HILARIOUS ONE OF KADEN PICKING HIS NOSE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PICTURE TAKING)

THIS WAS CHASE AND TYLAN PRACTICNG FOR THE CAMERA

AND EVEN WHEN WE WERE DONE, CHASE WAS WILLING TO SMILE!

HOPE YOUR EASTER WAS JUST AS FUN!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

BLAST OFF TO 6-YEARS-OLD

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD TO PLAN AROUND KADEN'S BIRTHDAY. HE IS A FULL-TIME KINDERGARTENER AND HIS BIRTHDAY FALLS ON A SCHOOL DAY. AS MUCH FUN AS HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TO JUST STAY HOME THAT DAY AND HAVE A PARTY, I REMINDED HIM THAT NONE OF HIS FRIENDS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SKIP SCHOOL JUST FOR HIM. SO WE CHOSE SPRING BREAK TO THROW HIS BASH!

AFTER CHANGING HIS MIND A FEW TIMES ON WHAT TYPE OF PARTY HE WANTED, HE FINALLY SETTLED ON A "ROCKET" PARTY.

AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SNAG THE CHURCH GYM TO EXECUTE THIS SINCE

1) IT'S APRIL AND THE WEATHER IS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE

2) HE DEMANDED A PINATA THIS YEAR WHICH S NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO ALLOW INDOORS

3) I'M NESTING AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WANT ANY KIDS MESSING UP MY OWN HOUSE (NOT EVEN MY OWN MOST OF THE TIME)

THE FIRST THING THE KIDS GOT TO DO WAS DECORATE THEIR VERY OWN JET PACKS!

THEY TURNED OUT AWESOME AND LOOKED SO CUTE AS THE KIDS RAN AROUND WEARING THEM!

WHEN EVERYONE ARRIVED, THEY GOT LINED UP FOR THE "SPACE MAZE/TREASURE HUNT"

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE WE TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS AND THEY HAD TO HUNT IN THE DARK. EACH KID GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO HUNT FOR GLOW-IN-THE-DARK BOUNCY BALLS AND TINFOIL ASTEROIDS (WHICH HELD MILKY WAYS CANDY BARS IN THEM). MOST KIDS GOT A COUPLE OF EACH, BUT A COUPLE KIDS CAME OUT WITH THEIR ARMS LOADED!

OF COURSE EVERY KID DEVOURED THEIR CANDY BEFORE ANYBODY COULD STOP THEM (SORRY MOMS OF THOSE KIDS!)

WE TRIED TO BALANCE IT OUT BY FEEDING THEM A LITTLE REAL FOOD,

THEY GOT TO MAKE ROCKET GLIDERS, AND SPACE (SNOW) GLOBES TO TAKE HOME, AND THEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE PINATA!

I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE KADEN HADN'T SEEN HIS PINATA YET!

HE DIDN'T HAVE A LONG LIFE....

FROM YOUNGEST TO OLDEST

EVERYBODY GOT A TURN

AND KADEN GOT TO BE FIRST AND LAST

ONCE ALL THE KIDS HIT IT, KADEN GOT TO WHACK HIS LITTLE HEART OUT TIL CANDY POURED EVERYWHERE...HE HAD THE HUGEST SMILE ON HIS FACE!

THE PINATA MOB!

TIME FOR CAKE!

SARAH MADE THIS AWESOME CAKE...DOES IT LOOK FAMILIAR? IT SHOULD! IT MATCHES THE PINATA!

HOW COOL IS THAT?!

I THINK HE'S FINALLY GETTING USED TO PEOPLE SINGING TO HIM CUZ HE WASNT TOTALLY EMBARRASED THIS TIME!

OF COURSE HE PICKED THE FLAG RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAKE

YUP! NO SLVERWARE NEEDED, HE'S EATING HIS BIG CHUNK OF CAKE JUST LIKE THAT!

OH YEA! AND NO PARTY IS COMPLETE WITHOUT PRESENTS!

HE GOT SOME PRETTY FUN STUFF! IT WAS FUN TO WATCH THE OTHER KIDS YELL OUT WHAT THE GIFT WAS BEFORE IT WAS OPENED, OR HELP HIM RIP APART THE WRAPPING PAPER, OR ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR MOM SAID TO GIVE HIM THAT! KIDS ARE HILARIOUS!

WE WERE ALL EXHAUSTED BY THE TIME THE PARTY WAS OVER AND I'M PRETTY SURE HE FELT EXTRA-SPECIAL BY THE TIME WE HEADED HOME!

NOW TO DIG IN TO ALL THE PRESENTS!