Late Shout Out

Here's a late shout out to my sister-in-law....it was her birthday Saturday! Happy Birthday Rach! We love you!!!

Winter Wonderland?

I think not. It took Cameron an hour and 45 minutes to get to work this morning. The usual 15 to 20 minute commute. I called him at 9:30 to make sure he got to work safe...he was still on the road..... he had left at 8:00. We went to bed last night with howling winds and woke up to snowing. I think I prefer last Thursday's weather, where it was 61 and Kai and I played at the park and took a walk. If I could just put an order in for more of that, please? Thank you.

I've been working on it for a while

But just haven't gotten around to posting it. Now it's way late and no one cares anymore....least of all me! But, here is a recap of our Christmas. For Christmas we went to Albuquerque, and had so much fun! We got to spend it with my family, and my brother, who, due to the air force, we haven't been able to spend a holiday with in a long time! While we were there he graduated from the Albuquerque Police Academy! It's so hard to believe my brother is a cop! We are so proud of him! We had a great Christmas morning...and even though Kai was so excited...I think he was a little confused...(see picture below)! He has a couple of favorite presents, and it works out so well because they are all from different people! He loves a book his aunt Rachel and uncle Jon gave him, and has to read it every day before nap and before bed. He loves the movie Madagascar, which he has to watch everyday, that we gave him. He loves his smart cycle, which was from his grandparents, and he loves his dump truck that my grandparents gave him. So he made out good! Here's a few pics :)



My niece Jordyn.....trying to sneak in there, sheesh!



We took a few family pictures while we were there, which is a first in a really long time! This is of my family....pretty small!
My siblings...


Kai and his only cousin on this side, Jordyn....


Four generations...
It was great to get together. Next time we are together for Christmas, I'm hoping there are a few more additions from everyone!

It's been a while....

And I still don't have a lot to say.

On a funny slash so irritating sometimes I want to pull my hair out note...Kai has started the Mommy....Mommy....Mommy.....about a billion times a day. He always has a question or wants me to notice something. And when I say always, I mean always. I stopped counting after 40 this morning of mommy's.....and that was in less than an hour. If we average 40 an hour, because it's sometimes more than others and what not....that would be 480 times a day he is asking me a question or requesting some sort of comment. And if I don't get to him right away, he freaks out with even more mommy mommy until I do ask what, then he feels free to comment or ask. After I started counting this morning, it became hilarious, because I almost couldn't keep up, which I think fueled the fire, and he kept going. Anyway. Kids are pretty funny.

On a Christmas note, I am proud to say that I am completely done! And when I say completely, I don't actually mean it literally, I still have to wrap one present, and finish two, but the two that I have to finish I am not actually giving them to their recipients until the middle of January, so technically not Christmas, so therefore I can call myself done. But I got done over a week ago, and it feels so good! Definitely the earliest it's happened, and I'm not going to lie...I love it. We are going to Albuquerque for Christmas this year, we leave Monday. We are so excited, we get to spend it with my family, and more importantly, my brother, whom we haven't spent a Christmas with in like 4 or 5 years. So whoo hoo!

Okay, that's all. Like I said, nothing new or exciting, but I had to put something up, it's been ages. OH, and the new family picture was taken last time we were in Albuquerque at the pumpkin patch, whenever there are goofy hats it's a rule we have to take pictures with them. Kai is in a pimp hat, but you can't really tell from the picture.

Negotiator

So it's pretty much the funniest thing on earth, when your kid starts to negotiate with you. I really just didn't expect it to happen, I don't know why. But now that it has, it cracks me up! Kai negotiates for everything.

Kai: I nap for...10 minutes, then wake up.
Me: Okay Kai (I let him think he wins, because once he's asleep he's out for two hours!)

He just asked for some M&M's, so I said you can have one...
Kai: Um, three mom.
Me: You can have two, one for each hand.
Kai: Ok mom.

He negotiates how many times his book is read before bed, again, always he'll only sleep for 10 minutes (I don't even know where he got that number from).

Another day in motherhood!

And question....do time outs become over used and ineffective when the child starts putting themselves there, as a game?

Ice Carving

So this weekend we went to the Park Meadows Mall, they were doing the Grand Opening of the Vista's, just more shops and dining...it's pretty nice. But we went because Gavin, Cameron's brother, was carving ice! They had an ice carver in front of each restaurant. It was really fun, and so fun to get to watch Gavin do his stuff! Here's some pics:

He starts out by "sketching" onto the ice...

Then he starts cutting away! It's amazing to see how much detail he can get with the chainsaw....and also how he can picture the 3D in his mind....no way could I do that!


Then he gets more detailed...here he is doing the grapes on the side of the wine bottle (it was an Italian restaurant)

Almost done....
Finished product. It also had a luge going through the back of the bottle, for the servers to pour their signature lemonade through. Pretty sweet! It took him about 45 minutes to do....and he was trying to keep it slow!



Kai was freaking out about keeping his hood on, he was not enjoying the shavings flying everywhere!


But he was still having fun :)

We also enjoyed the flame throwers! They went all out!



All in all, a really pretty, fun evening :)

Halloween fun

Kai was Spiderman for Halloween, and totally in love with himself! I was Spiderman's mom, creative, I know! Cameron was a mix of things....for the ward party he was Spiderman's dad since he had just come from work, and couldn't even come inside. For work he was Doc, one of the seven dwarfs. We had a lot of fun, and Kai is LOVING his candy, of course. But the silly kid would not say trick-or-treat! He says it all the time now, and wants to go back again, but he wouldn't say it that night. But at least he said please :)

Kai and Darrin


Cameron and I's pumpkin's, three guesses as to who did the bronco.....

Mom, you forgot to tell me cheese.....(this is actually what he said after I took this picture)



Cheese, Kai!At dad's work...they had a haunted house....Kai was pretty freaked!



Doc, my dwarf husband :)