A few days after the "official" big day, we had a little friends party at our playground with cupcakes. M was just so excited about it. He even helped me make the cupcakes.
This video cracks me up. . .what are friends for?
Monday, March 26, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Max's Pirate Birthday
Max's birthday was on a Sunday this year. He woke up to find one of his presents wrapped in his room. I thought for sure he would have opened it right when he woke up but he waited until I came in, then jumped out of bed and tore it open. It was this "Casey Jr." train. We had some time to play before church.
He loved coming downstairs in the morning to find his cake and decorations up.
After church he was ready for the party to start but I told him "after naps", and he was such a good little birthday boy and took a good nap! When the guests still hadn't arrived when he woke up he was getting a little restless, but he sat right up at the table and admired his cake some more. He was so good about not sneaking any licks of frosting!
We broke out our "arts and crafts" for the party, pirate hooks made with red plastic cups and tin foil. We added the foam stickers for decoration.
Our first guests to arrive were Auntie Jessica and Auntie Meridith.
Grandma and Grandpa came later, (i don't have a photo of them together, but I do have them in a video!) They even dressed up like pirates! We had dinner and then opened gifts.
Max loved all his presents, especially this Bat Cave! Daddy had had his eye on this one for awhile!
Max got to play with his toys while I put Sean down for bed. . .then it was cake time! We skyped with Grandma and Grandpa Wright and Auntie Annie so they got to sing along too!
This video just kills me, he was one happy 3 year old.
He sure was ready to dive in to that cake!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Our Garden in February
We love our little community garden! Some mornings when we have no where to go but we MUST get out of the house, we head over here. We look at all the "hi-ho guys" (aka lawn gnomes that remind Max of the seven dwarfs) and other garden decor. We've also had fun finding cabbages lately, we love Peter Rabbit books, and he loves cabbages. This must have been a Saturday, because Jared is with us!
This really isn't the best shot, but you get the idea. . .
Some of our favorite hi-ho guys.
Our Plot. We planted spinach, lettuce, cilantro, strawberries and a lime tree this winter. A few peppers are still holding out from last summer. The lettuce has been the biggest success.
My friend Shaunie's pretty tomatoes.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Valentine's Day 2012
We had a Happy Valentine's Day. Jared was gone all day but the kids and I opened up a package my mom sent in the morning and then did some shopping at the spectrum in the afternoon, when we came home we had a pile of Valentine's on our porch from Jared's mom, and some of our cute neighbor buddies. Jared brought roses home in the evening. There were so many cute Valentine ideas floating around on pinterest and blogs, makes me look forward to having kids in school!
Yum Yum. . .
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
a SAD sad story. . with a happy ending!
Short Version: If you have commented on my blog in the last 3 months, I didn't see the comment until just TWO DAYS AGO!
Long Version: So back in December I was planning on going private. When I did the post I tried to turn on the "comment moderation" so people could tell me their emails and I wouldn't have to publish them. Blogger was being weird that day and it didn't seem to be working, so I gave up on it.
I never ended up going private because, well, I thought no one had left a comment with their emails. Then I kept posting on my blog like I usually do - FOR THREE MONTHS and was getting 0 Comments on each post. I mentioned it to Jared, who then started posting nice comments trying to make me feel good (love him). Not that my self esteem is based on the number on comments I get, but you KNOW it sure makes you happy when your bloggy friends write a quick comment! Sometimes it can even make your day!
For some reason on Friday morning I was thinking about that comment moderation again, but Jared had been posting . . so it couldn't be "on" right? Well HELLO EMILY! Jared is the other blog administrator! I clicked on "comments" on my dashboard on THERE THEY WERE! All your comments from the last 3 months! It was like Christmas morning! My nice bloggy friends hadn't forgotten about me!
Thanks for those comments! So sorry if you asked me a question or something and I never responded!
Am I still going private? yes, but I don't know when, I'll keep you posted and if you left a comment with your email back in December, I have it!
Long Version: So back in December I was planning on going private. When I did the post I tried to turn on the "comment moderation" so people could tell me their emails and I wouldn't have to publish them. Blogger was being weird that day and it didn't seem to be working, so I gave up on it.
I never ended up going private because, well, I thought no one had left a comment with their emails. Then I kept posting on my blog like I usually do - FOR THREE MONTHS and was getting 0 Comments on each post. I mentioned it to Jared, who then started posting nice comments trying to make me feel good (love him). Not that my self esteem is based on the number on comments I get, but you KNOW it sure makes you happy when your bloggy friends write a quick comment! Sometimes it can even make your day!
For some reason on Friday morning I was thinking about that comment moderation again, but Jared had been posting . . so it couldn't be "on" right? Well HELLO EMILY! Jared is the other blog administrator! I clicked on "comments" on my dashboard on THERE THEY WERE! All your comments from the last 3 months! It was like Christmas morning! My nice bloggy friends hadn't forgotten about me!
Thanks for those comments! So sorry if you asked me a question or something and I never responded!
Am I still going private? yes, but I don't know when, I'll keep you posted and if you left a comment with your email back in December, I have it!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
My babies at 9 months. . .
9 months is one of my favorite stages! You can still pull off getting photos taken in the buff! :) Aren't they so different?
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
I just think they're great. . .
I would love to see them live! They are coming to Coachella here in CA, and to SLC in May. . hmmm. Also would give an arm and a leg to see Adele live, who are you dying to see??
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Collaging. . .
Ok, I guess Collaging isn't a real word. But I never really tried it until that last post yesterday . . .it's fun!
These were all the photos I used for Max's birthday banner.
Came downstairs after putting Sean down for a nap and found Max reading by himself. . .
Monday, March 12, 2012
1, 2, THREE
Max is THREE!
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He is a big boy, but still little. He sleeps in a big boy bed. Gives me kisses when I ask, real pucker kisses. If I try to walk out of his room at bedtime without letting him kiss me too he will remind me, "kiss mommy, kiss mommy!" He asks for a "huuuuug" at least 10x a day!
He says funny things. If you ask him a question like, "Max do you want bee cereal for breakfast?" he will not say "yes", he will say, "bee cereal, k" (as in "bee cereal, okay"). Honestly I can't even think of him ever saying the word "yes". He just repeats what he wants do to and then adds a "k". It just cracks me up. He will nod though sometimes. "Go outside, k", "put on shoes, k", "drink of milk, k".
He sings songs. He really was more of a "dance along while other people sing" person. But lately he's been singing his ABC's (he's got the rhythm down, the letters get a little unclear in the middle), twinkle twinkle, and my favorite is Row Row Row Your Boat. He sticks his spoon and fork in each side of his high chair and moves them back and forth while singing, "Row, row, row your boat. . . ." my favorite part is the "Merrily, merrily merrily. . .". He even made up a song, it goes, "Lullaby, Lullaby, close your eyes. . ." so sweet.
He loves to "see friends", especially at our playground. He talks about his friends a lot. Especially Sylvia, Gordon, Ruby and Caleb. He is very polite, he will always correct himself if he forgets to say please (with a reminder :)). Often when he is playing with a toy that someone else gave him he will look at me and say, "Thank you Grandma!" or "Thank you Aunt Jessica" or "Thank you (name of whoever gave him the present)" along with the sign for "Thank you". I should add it sounds more like "ankch you". He received Candy Land from his friend Ruby for his birthday and calls it "Ruby's game" and adds "Thank you Ruby!". The other day he found a pair of bright green sunglasses he received in a del Taco kids meal and told us, "Thank you Tacos!".
He can now pedal his trike a little bit and jump off of two feet. He can even climb the big ladder at the University Hills park and go down the tall slide. We've been going to this park a lot off and on over the years and I couldn't believe he was finally big enough to do that. It was always sort of something he didn't notice because he wasn't be enough but just two weeks ago, he tried it and just kept doing it over and over.
He likes to cook with me and watch what I'm doing in the kitchen. He still likes his "people" or Little People and Trains. He received a Batman play set for his birthday and loves playing batman, especially with daddy. It was a little surreal for me to watch him playing with such big boy toys.
He likes our daily routine. He really likes being with mommy. After a year and a half of just running to nursery at church he suddenly got really clingy and also will put up a little fuss going over to someones house to play if he knows I'm leaving, but he seems to be a little better over the last couple weeks. It seemed like just a phase. He loves to eat dry cereal and milk. He also likes pizza, hot dogs, and "treats". At the grocery store or at Target I'll sort of be talking to myself and say "hmm, what else do we need". He'll always have an answer. He'll put his little hand up to his face and point with one finger and say, "ummm, hot dogs!" or "ummm, stickers!". (by stickers he means band-aids). He'll fake an owie just for a band-aid.
He likes to watch Disney Jr. online and also Phineas and Ferb on Netflix. We've started potty training and I let him pick out two packs of underwear. The store had seriously EVERY character imaginable and he chose Phineas and Ferb for both. He will ask to wear his Spiderman shirt every day but unfortunately most days it's in the laundry.
He loves his little brother. It's been an adjustment for him to have Sean crawling and pulling up in the last month. Sean wants to be right where Max is but of course Max needs his space sometimes. Max will always bring him his baby toys and with a little coaxing will share his toys. They like to yell back and forth at each other, Max: "Bah!" Sean: "BAAAAH" Max: "rrrrraaaaaarrrr" Sean "rah rah rah!" it's cute. They wrestle and giggle together. The other day I asked Max, "Isn't it fun having a little brother?" and he got wide-eyed, nodded and said, "yeaaaah!!". Just today he told me Sean is "so hass-som" (handsome).
He was looking at a photo of Jared and I kissing in front of the temple on our wedding day and when I asked him who was in the picture he said, "Sleeping Beauty!".
He loves books and the library. Some recent favorites are "A Cake all for Me" by Karen Magnuson Beil and "From Head to Toe" by Eric Carle.
He still sleeps with his stuffed Woody, Curious George or Corduroy, "Corder Bear" every night.
I love you Max! You are sweet, cuddly, handsome, mischievious, stubborn, funny, silly, crazy boy and I love every bit of you!
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I'm just going to take a moment to spill all I can here before I forget!
He is a big boy, but still little. He sleeps in a big boy bed. Gives me kisses when I ask, real pucker kisses. If I try to walk out of his room at bedtime without letting him kiss me too he will remind me, "kiss mommy, kiss mommy!" He asks for a "huuuuug" at least 10x a day!
He says funny things. If you ask him a question like, "Max do you want bee cereal for breakfast?" he will not say "yes", he will say, "bee cereal, k" (as in "bee cereal, okay"). Honestly I can't even think of him ever saying the word "yes". He just repeats what he wants do to and then adds a "k". It just cracks me up. He will nod though sometimes. "Go outside, k", "put on shoes, k", "drink of milk, k".
He sings songs. He really was more of a "dance along while other people sing" person. But lately he's been singing his ABC's (he's got the rhythm down, the letters get a little unclear in the middle), twinkle twinkle, and my favorite is Row Row Row Your Boat. He sticks his spoon and fork in each side of his high chair and moves them back and forth while singing, "Row, row, row your boat. . . ." my favorite part is the "Merrily, merrily merrily. . .". He even made up a song, it goes, "Lullaby, Lullaby, close your eyes. . ." so sweet.
He loves to "see friends", especially at our playground. He talks about his friends a lot. Especially Sylvia, Gordon, Ruby and Caleb. He is very polite, he will always correct himself if he forgets to say please (with a reminder :)). Often when he is playing with a toy that someone else gave him he will look at me and say, "Thank you Grandma!" or "Thank you Aunt Jessica" or "Thank you (name of whoever gave him the present)" along with the sign for "Thank you". I should add it sounds more like "ankch you". He received Candy Land from his friend Ruby for his birthday and calls it "Ruby's game" and adds "Thank you Ruby!". The other day he found a pair of bright green sunglasses he received in a del Taco kids meal and told us, "Thank you Tacos!".
He can now pedal his trike a little bit and jump off of two feet. He can even climb the big ladder at the University Hills park and go down the tall slide. We've been going to this park a lot off and on over the years and I couldn't believe he was finally big enough to do that. It was always sort of something he didn't notice because he wasn't be enough but just two weeks ago, he tried it and just kept doing it over and over.
He likes to cook with me and watch what I'm doing in the kitchen. He still likes his "people" or Little People and Trains. He received a Batman play set for his birthday and loves playing batman, especially with daddy. It was a little surreal for me to watch him playing with such big boy toys.
He likes our daily routine. He really likes being with mommy. After a year and a half of just running to nursery at church he suddenly got really clingy and also will put up a little fuss going over to someones house to play if he knows I'm leaving, but he seems to be a little better over the last couple weeks. It seemed like just a phase. He loves to eat dry cereal and milk. He also likes pizza, hot dogs, and "treats". At the grocery store or at Target I'll sort of be talking to myself and say "hmm, what else do we need". He'll always have an answer. He'll put his little hand up to his face and point with one finger and say, "ummm, hot dogs!" or "ummm, stickers!". (by stickers he means band-aids). He'll fake an owie just for a band-aid.
He likes to watch Disney Jr. online and also Phineas and Ferb on Netflix. We've started potty training and I let him pick out two packs of underwear. The store had seriously EVERY character imaginable and he chose Phineas and Ferb for both. He will ask to wear his Spiderman shirt every day but unfortunately most days it's in the laundry.
He loves his little brother. It's been an adjustment for him to have Sean crawling and pulling up in the last month. Sean wants to be right where Max is but of course Max needs his space sometimes. Max will always bring him his baby toys and with a little coaxing will share his toys. They like to yell back and forth at each other, Max: "Bah!" Sean: "BAAAAH" Max: "rrrrraaaaaarrrr" Sean "rah rah rah!" it's cute. They wrestle and giggle together. The other day I asked Max, "Isn't it fun having a little brother?" and he got wide-eyed, nodded and said, "yeaaaah!!". Just today he told me Sean is "so hass-som" (handsome).
He was looking at a photo of Jared and I kissing in front of the temple on our wedding day and when I asked him who was in the picture he said, "Sleeping Beauty!".
He loves books and the library. Some recent favorites are "A Cake all for Me" by Karen Magnuson Beil and "From Head to Toe" by Eric Carle.
He still sleeps with his stuffed Woody, Curious George or Corduroy, "Corder Bear" every night.
I love you Max! You are sweet, cuddly, handsome, mischievious, stubborn, funny, silly, crazy boy and I love every bit of you!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Love, Humming Birds, Monsters. . .
I over heard Max saying, "huuug baby!" when I was in the kitchen. I grabbed the camera and snapped this . . . little buddies.
I did prompt the kiss. . .
and then one moment later it's back to this . .
I grabbed this off the clearance shelf at Lowes when we were there getting some garden stuff. Ever since I hung it out we've had humming birds non-stop! They love it. Sun up to sun down they are there!
One Sunday afternoon I camped out by the back door to try to snap a photo, but 20 minutes later, this is all I got! They knew I was there somehow and were just flying by and diving away, wouldn't stop to take a drink.
So the next day I chose a more strategic spot and snapped these. . .
I was able to sneek away on Saturday and see The Vow with a friend. Driving alone somewhere is kind of a treat for me, I cranked up the radio and heard this song. I guess it's old but it was new to me, I've loved playing it back via YouTube this week.
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