4th Birthday Party

Today was Brychan's very first birthday party, which he has been "patiently" waiting for all week! He was allowed to invite 4 friends for his 4th birthday, and he knew exactly which four he wanted to invite.

We had a bit of a "Dino-bration" this afternoon.  Dinosaur foot prints

Dinosaur cupcakes

And decorate your own dinosaur goodie bags

With dinosaur party hats

And dinosaur eggs to hunt.

We also had a "dino dig" in the dirt pile in the back, complete with shovels, magnifying glasses and lots of mini dinos to be found.

Brychan was super excited and stood by the front door for 15-20 minutes waiting for his friends to arrive.

 Bella was the first to arrive and they had to get their party hats on ASAP.

The one thing Brychan really wanted for his birthday party was a pinata.  I had no clue he even knew what a pinata was, but when I asked him, he told me right away "it's a pinata you hit with a stick and candy falls out of it".  Yep!  So, we had a T-Rex pinata, which Daddy ultimately had to hit to break open.

 Why is he only willing to sit and say "cheese" so perfectly when his mouth is covered in chocolate?

 Brychan and all his little friends: Cameron, Nathan, Bug, Bella and Kate.

I think all the kids had a blast, but phew!!  Throwing a birthday party is hard work!!!  This momma will be going to bed early tonight.  Although...I have an actual birthday to prepare for tomorrow.

Fun Randoms

Earlier this week, I came out to find a large selection of the canned goods from my pantry out in the floor.  Brychan was carefully sorting them, and Kehlton was using them as drums.  They played quietly and happily for probably an hour and then willingly put all the cans away.  Successful play, I'd say!

Kehlton loves dressing himself, and is quite good at getting things on (and unfortunately, off).  He insisted on wearing a pair of his brother's shorts the other day; on top of his jeans and backwards, but he did it himself! :)

Arabian Horse Show

A couple of weekends ago, we took the boys to see the Arabian Horse Show in Scottsdale.

We saw a few horse shows, toured some super nice RV/trailers, ate some lunch and looked through all the vendors.  They even had several horses and riders dressed in traditional Arabian costumes which was fun.  Of course, those photos didn't turn out.

 

 Kehlton loved all the "yee-haws".  He got so excited everytime he saw another one.  So, pretty much every two seconds we heard "More yee-haws!!".  It was cute.

 Brychan liked all the cowboys too.

We had a really fun morning - definitely worth the $10 we paid to get the whole family in!

Little Helper

As of late, this is Kehlton's favorite place in the house to hang out.  He will stand there forever washing dishes and/or the sink.

Cute, no?

That was until today when he realized there is an entire drawer full of clean silverware and other serving utensils right next to the sink.

This is what my silverware drawer looks like right now,

And here are all of the contents of that said drawer;

sitting in a dirty mixing bowl full of water.

The boys have a book about 5 Little Monkeys making a surprise cake for their Momma while she's still sleeping.  While I was at work the other morning, David came out to find that particular book on the counter, along with the KitchenAid pulled out and flour and sugar spilled all over the counter, with some sugar and water mixed in the bowl.

How can you get upset when they're trying to surprise Momma with cupcakes?

Peeping Tom

David was working up on our roof over the weekend and happened to have left a small ladder out in the backyard. Brychan was absolutely fascinated with what the neighbors had in their backyards!

He learned that at least two of our neighbors have swimming pools.

"There's another swimming pool, Mommy!"

"We don't have a swimming pool..."

"I like swimming!"

Too bad he's already learning that the grass is always greener on the other side!

 

Still Here

In spite of the lack of blog updates, we are still here, and we have managed to do a few fun things this month. However, we have no photos of the few fun things we've done this month. Sorry.

Here's the scoop:

Brychan continues to LOVE school. Kehlton continues to cry every morning we drop Brychan off.

We made a quick trip to Texas to
     1. Visit my family
     2. Visit my grandparents (who are both suffering some serious health issues)  
     3. Meet my little brother's fiancee (technically, she wasn't his fiancee until the day after we came home, but whatever!)

David continues to work with the 11 year old scouts and I am still super busy with the YW.

Work is going insanely well for both of us. David and his partners keep reelin' the listings in, and January has been, by far, the busiest month ever for Kadydid Designs. I'm not sure what happened between December and January, but we've had more sales this month than all other months combined.  Crazy.

I am signed up for not one, but two, 5K's in March.  Perhaps the dumbest thing I've done in awhile; we'll see.  Regardless, Biggs and I are getting lots of running/walking in trying to get ready.

And hopefully, we'll do something super fun - that includes photos - soon!! :)

1st Day of Preschool

Today was Brychan's first day of Preschool!
He is one of four peer models in a special needs preschool classroom at our local elementary school.

The other 3 peer models are in his Sunbeam class at church, so that's extra fun for him

There's only 13 kids and 3 teachers, which Mommy really likes,

and he has school for 3 hours Monday - Thursday.

He was beyond excited this morning.  He's been waiting a long time to get to go to school.

However, Mommy is feeling like it wasn't long enough.

I am super excited for him though because I know he'll have so much fun

and I know how much he loves to learn.

Kehlton is not as excited. 

 He cried for the entire first hour after we dropped brother off.

Although, I think once he gets used to 3 hours of

uninterrupted Mommy time; getting to play how he wants,

he'll quickly learn it's okay! :)

I will say; I definitely like being on the Preschool Teacher side of this experience 

much more than I like being on the Mommy side of this!