First Haircut

Kehlton got his first haircut on Saturday! I was not at all planning on having it done. In fact, I was sure that I was not going to get his hair cut. I wasn't ready for it!! But, when we took Brychan in for a well needed cut, Kehlton really wanted to get his done. So Mommy tearfully said okay. He was very good about it...just very serious (just like his big brother)!

Cupcakes

So Brychan has been asking the last few days if we could please make cupcakes. He saw this one on my Pinterest page earlier this week, and that is what he wanted to me. Luckily for me, I was able to convince him that plain, chocolate cupcakes were good enough and we could make Cookie Monsters another time.

Cute, though, isn't he?

Oh my goodness it was exhausting with 2 little helpers! Needless to say it took 4 times longer than necessary. But, they had a lot of fun, so it's okay.
They were really good about taking turns, and they are now "patiently" (and by patient I mean asking every other minute) waiting for the cupcakes to cool so we can eat them.

Sometimes the simplest activities are the most fun!


Ummm p.s.? It's a good thing this face is so cute cause his chocolatey little hands have just cleansed themselves on my white, down, mattress topper in the guest bedroom.

All About Brychan

So this has been a super busy and SUPER fun week for Brychan.

Unfortunately for him, his optometrist said that he needs to wear his patch again for 2 hours every day. Pure torture. We made another sticker chart; this one for a trip to "the movie theater with popcorn and a doughnut" (his exact request...not sure what the doughnut is all about but whatever floats your boat, kid!). He had to wear his patch for 5 days in a row to get to go to the movies. It was not easy, but he did it. And he was SO proud of himself!! I really wish I would have gotten his reaction on video last night as we were waiting for Daddy to come home so we could go to the movies. "I did it, Mom! I got all my stickers all by myself! Now, because I wore my patch and got my stickers I get to go to the movie theater and have popcorn and a doughnut". One proud mamma right here!! By the way, we went to the dollar theater and saw Rio. Afterwards, we stopped by Dunkin Donuts so he could have his doughnut.

This morning, he got to play at Bella's house. I really need to get a photo of them together. She is his "best best friend at church". They are seriously attached at the hip, and if you ask her, Brychan is her boyfriend. He had a fun morning!!

I saw a cute little interview another Mom had done with her preschooler, so I decided to try it out on Brychan. Here's how it went:

How old are you? 3
How old is Mom? 7
How old is Dad? 9
What makes you happy? Toys!
What makes you sad? Being in time out
What does Mommy always say to you? "Don't fight"
What does Daddy always say to you? "Go to time out"(Poor Dave. That is not what he always says...)
What is your favorite thing to eat? Cereal (Funny. He eats at least 3 peanut butter sandwiches a day)
What is your favorite thing to do? Play
What is your favorite TV show? Curious George
What are you good at? Wearing my patch!!(I love it!!)
What is your favorite movie?Finding Nemo (Again. Really? Cause you threw a fit when K wanted to watch it today)
Who is your best friend? Lexy and Bella
What is your favorite song in nursery? Ring Around the Rosies
What do you and Mommy do together? Be friends
What do you and Daddy do together? Play toys
Where is your favorite place to go? The library
What do you want to be when you grow up? A dinosaur!! (Please no....)

I thought his answers were cute, and many of them totally surprised me!

I.C.K.

I just had to share this.
One of the "hazards" of living in the Arizona desert.
Ashley almost stepped on this at a friends house last night.
She was barefoot (cause who wears shoes here?).
And NO. It is not somebody's pet.
**shudder**

Scottsdale Library

Last week, the boys and I spent the day in Scottsdale playing with Lala. We spent most of our time at the Scottsdale Library. Their library is just as fun as ours, only a gazillion times bigger!

Riding in the Batmobile. They had an exhibit for comic book super heroes that was pretty fun.

And the children's section of the library is complete with forest and castle. You can see Kehlton climbing over the bridge to get in...

The castle

And part of their play area. The boys had fun with the magnets and flannel board.

We'd heard rumor that there was a Dinosaur McDonalds not too far from the library, so after looking it up on Google, we went to check it out. There was a McDonalds, but no dinosaurs to be found. So, we ate icky burgers in a smelly children's playland for nothing. The boys still had fun, though!

Firefighter Brychan

Earlier this week, one of the new fire/police departments had an open house to show off their new "home". We took the boys to check out all the equipment, and needless to say, they had a blast.

Brychan and Kehlton driving one of the 3 or 4 fire engines they had on display.

Trying on fire gear

The SWAT truck

And driving the SWAT truck

Ever since then, Brychan has been in "Firefighter Brychan" mode. Anytime he hears somebody needing help with anything, he comes running saying "Firefighter Brychan's coming to help!". So dang cute!!

Goals

So this afternoon, I found this website called Trainer Momma. It is another health/wellness/fitness motivational website. But, it also seems a bit different. She's a wife and mom. She's done it all (and when I say "done it all" I mean lost 50+ pounds) by herself. And she provides TONS of help. Multiple fitness routines (that can be done at home) and LOADS of recipes (that look yummy, easy and are foods my family will actually eat).

Next week, I don't have to work. So it's MY week. I have a massive list of projects I want to accomplish next week. I'm adding this to it. For one week, I'm going to try her "program" (Dave is too...he just doesn't know it yet! :) ). And since I'm telling all of you about it, I have somebody to hold me (us) accountable.

We'll see how it goes! I'll keep you posted throughout the week and let you know if a)I'm really doing my exercises and b)if all her recipes really are as wonderful and easy as she claims!

Wish us luck!!

Lexy's Home!!

Lexy (the beloved babysitter) has been on vacation for 2 weeks. Almost every single day, Brychan has made some sort of reference to her. "Lexy is on vacation with her grandma" or "This is the way to Lexy's house!" or "Can we take cookies to Lexy?" or "I just miss Lexy so much. She's my best friend".

Yesterday, we found out that Lexy had come home a week early (yay!!). After talking to Lexy and making arrangements for her to come over this morning, I told Brychan that Lexy was home. That is all we heard about all afternoon! And last night, at 6:45, the child put himself to bed because he (and I quote)"just wants to go to sleep so I can play with Lexy tomorrow". And he went to sleep by 7:00. At 5:00 this morning when he woke up, the first thing out of his mouth was, "Is Lexy still sleeping?"

Have I mentioned that my kids love her?