DONE

This was supposed to be a Christmas present for the boys last year. They were going to wake up Christmas morning and find this on the table. I worked fast and furious and got much of it done, but then we decided to go out of town for Christmas and I decided not to worry about it. After all, it won't fit on anyone else's table. Since then, I have been slowly working on it here and there. Yesterday, after almost an entire year, I finally finished it.

So here's their playhouse. The flowers can be picked from the planter, and the mailbox does close.
Brychan is in love with that little owl. And to the left is going to be a garden once I finish all the produce for it. I think I'm going to hang a "clothesline" across the top there too.
The doggie door. Which will have a magnetic bone that they boys can put in the dog dish.
The back window
And some of the produce. The apples and oranges will hang from the trees, and the garden will have carrots, lettuce, pumpkins and maybe some corn on the cob. Or peas? I haven't decided yet.
It's definitely not perfect, but I figure it really doesn't have to be. And the boys love it, which is all that matters! Hopefully it will last for years to come!

Free Entertainment

Evidently, all you need to keep two busy little boys busy and happily playing together for more than 10 minutes is a mud patch. That's something we don't see too often around here. But after an awesome rainstorm Friday night, they had a blast yesterday
and wanted photos taken of their dirty feet!

Labor Day Fun

This weekend, we went camping with a few friends from church. Let's see...there was Tom & Tia Hall and family, Brent & Lori Hall (and fam), Jill and Jared Smith, Carl and Debra Lee, Nilda Hitchcock and Chuck and Linda Tinney. We had SO much fun!! Not to mention the delight of getting out of the 100+ weather for a few days. The boys got plenty dirty...Kehlton still has dirt spots that I can't get to come off!

Can you see the little Horny Toad lizard? The boys caught him to play with until K picked him up and threw him away...

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**