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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
OBSESSED
I love all the different stages and phases my kids go through. Taylor's first love hands down, was Barney. Chase wasn't that into it, in fact his first true obsession was Blue's Clue. At the very young age of like 9 months Chase would sit and watch that show as long as it was on. Anything else he lasted all of about 10 seconds. Talan never really had anything quite the same way that Chase and Taylor did at that age, expect for his sword, that thing use to go everywhere with him. Maybe Elmo would come in at a close second. He did like ELmo quite a lot.
Anyways, Chase has a new obsession. He has caught the Lego bug. No big surprise there. Legos are right up his alley. He has always been fascinated with building and figuring things out. Puzzles are still a favorite past time of his. At the age of about 2-3 years old Chase would sit at the table and do puzzles as long as they were there for him to do. At that age it was about the only thing that he would do that required him to hold still. Chase is loving Legos so much right now that he could seriously play with the little things for HOURS! Watching him play and have so much for hours is awesome. Finding random pieces of legos all over the house, not so awesome. I'll bet you can't guess what he is getting for his birthday this year???
Easton also has a new obsession too. Playing in the toilet. So much fun! (enter sarcasm here) These are the things Easton lives for right now...1. a open gate to the stairs, he is such a climber, 2. babies his own age, oh my goodness he gets so excited when he sees a little person he will literally try and eat them, and 3. a toilet lid lifted up in the bathroom. I tell ya if he sees any of these things he books it like MAD trying to get there before someone can stop him.
And a little side note, worth writing down. Today was Talan's preschool classes Halloween party. As soon as Talan puts his Darth Vader mask on he morphs into character and starts singing the Darth Vader's theme song. dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You know the one. Today his teacher told me that he is seriously the FUNnest kid! I told her try getting mad at him. I made Chili Verde for dinner tonight and halfway through dinner Talan told me, "mom I don't like this." I told him yes you do, he has had it before with no problem. Then he told me "No I don't. See mom watch this," then he proceeded to put some of it in his mouth and then spit it back out in his hand, then he told me "see mom, my mouth don't like this."
Anyways, Chase has a new obsession. He has caught the Lego bug. No big surprise there. Legos are right up his alley. He has always been fascinated with building and figuring things out. Puzzles are still a favorite past time of his. At the age of about 2-3 years old Chase would sit at the table and do puzzles as long as they were there for him to do. At that age it was about the only thing that he would do that required him to hold still. Chase is loving Legos so much right now that he could seriously play with the little things for HOURS! Watching him play and have so much for hours is awesome. Finding random pieces of legos all over the house, not so awesome. I'll bet you can't guess what he is getting for his birthday this year???
Easton also has a new obsession too. Playing in the toilet. So much fun! (enter sarcasm here) These are the things Easton lives for right now...1. a open gate to the stairs, he is such a climber, 2. babies his own age, oh my goodness he gets so excited when he sees a little person he will literally try and eat them, and 3. a toilet lid lifted up in the bathroom. I tell ya if he sees any of these things he books it like MAD trying to get there before someone can stop him.
And a little side note, worth writing down. Today was Talan's preschool classes Halloween party. As soon as Talan puts his Darth Vader mask on he morphs into character and starts singing the Darth Vader's theme song. dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You know the one. Today his teacher told me that he is seriously the FUNnest kid! I told her try getting mad at him. I made Chili Verde for dinner tonight and halfway through dinner Talan told me, "mom I don't like this." I told him yes you do, he has had it before with no problem. Then he told me "No I don't. See mom watch this," then he proceeded to put some of it in his mouth and then spit it back out in his hand, then he told me "see mom, my mouth don't like this."
Monday, October 18, 2010
Fall break
Taylor and the boys had a week off from school last week and we lived it up BIG TIME! I don't think we could of squeezed in one more thing. The first part of the week we met my family in Disneyland, then the day after we got back our very dear friends from Utah the Hafens came for a visit. It was so fun having them here. Chase and Talan also had their first T-ball game last week. It worked out that this year since Talan's birthday is the end of August and Chase not until November that they get to be on the same team. So fun for them to be together. I remember when I was deciding if I wanted to get pregnant while Chase was still so young, the idea of my boys being on the same sport teams growing up really was a selling point for me. Isn't it funny the things us moms think about.
All Talan kept saying about Disneyland was that he wanted to see Mickey's house. I didn't even know that he really knew who Mickey was. What a treat that at the end of the tour of his house we actually got to meet the man himself. Another family picture. Cort keeps asking can we ever have enough family pictures?? I'm sure you can guess what my answer to that question would be. I am so in love with my family.
face painting fun
Cousins getting ready to go on Soarin Over California. These two couldn't have been more excited to finally be together again.
Haunted Mansion one of my favorite rides.
The Monsters Inc. ride proved to be a little too intense for Talan this time around. Have I ever mentioned how much I love this kid!
We tried to make every moment count with the Hafens here. We went swimming a couple of times, hit up the visitor center at the temple, had a Halloween party, we were busy bees. It was a lot of fun. Thanks again to them for coming.
Friends forever. 1st sleepover together. I think? These two have known each other since birth. When they were babies they had their very own language. They have a very special bond.
Halloween fun. Bobbing for apples.
Swimming. The 3 musketeers
Could these pictures be any cuter of my sweet boys? Last week at their game Talan was running to home base the same time as the other team was. Well, Talan held his ground when those ten other boys all came running to the base he was standing on. Talan just stood there fighting for his spot on "his" base.
I absolutely LOOOOVE this picture. There's just something about it. I just had to include it. I think I'll frame it and put it in their room.
Last night was our Sunday night movie. Tay and I were the only ones who made it through the movie. I couldn't help myself I had to snap a picture of Cort and Talan fast asleep together.
All Talan kept saying about Disneyland was that he wanted to see Mickey's house. I didn't even know that he really knew who Mickey was. What a treat that at the end of the tour of his house we actually got to meet the man himself. Another family picture. Cort keeps asking can we ever have enough family pictures?? I'm sure you can guess what my answer to that question would be. I am so in love with my family.
face painting fun
Cousins getting ready to go on Soarin Over California. These two couldn't have been more excited to finally be together again.
Haunted Mansion one of my favorite rides.
The Monsters Inc. ride proved to be a little too intense for Talan this time around. Have I ever mentioned how much I love this kid!
We tried to make every moment count with the Hafens here. We went swimming a couple of times, hit up the visitor center at the temple, had a Halloween party, we were busy bees. It was a lot of fun. Thanks again to them for coming.
Friends forever. 1st sleepover together. I think? These two have known each other since birth. When they were babies they had their very own language. They have a very special bond.
Halloween fun. Bobbing for apples.
Swimming. The 3 musketeers
Could these pictures be any cuter of my sweet boys? Last week at their game Talan was running to home base the same time as the other team was. Well, Talan held his ground when those ten other boys all came running to the base he was standing on. Talan just stood there fighting for his spot on "his" base.
I absolutely LOOOOVE this picture. There's just something about it. I just had to include it. I think I'll frame it and put it in their room.
Last night was our Sunday night movie. Tay and I were the only ones who made it through the movie. I couldn't help myself I had to snap a picture of Cort and Talan fast asleep together.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Schnepf farm
Last weekend we hit up the coolest pumpkin patch ever! (Which it just had better of been considering what we paid to get into it!) :) It is located on a farm just outside of Queen Creek. We picked the perfect night to go. It wasn't busy at all, we practically had the whole place to ourselves and the weather couldn't have been more Fallish. That cool crisp in the air, ahhh it was perfection! I doused myself in hand sanitizer to ward of the mosquitoes seeing how they love to nibble on me. We went with our cousins/friends the Nelsons, who are always a good time.
Here's our pumpkin patch going crew. Don't mind Chase. Sigh. Boys will be boys.
Cute kids.
Easty and me on the carousel.
The kids were so excited to go on this roller coaster. I'm not sure Talan understood what it was though, until we were actually on it. But true to his nature the kid had no fear and got right on. Taylor and Gavin got to ride in the front. I LOVE the picture Cort got of them.
LOVE this kid.
Chase 1 and Chase 2 were inseparable. BFFs for sure.
Easton just along for the ride. This kid is so chill still and is always just happy to be there. Hopefully his easy going nature with stay with him and it's not the calm before the storm. :)
Lots of pumpkins to choose from. However, for 12 dollars a pop we decided that maybe we would get ours somewhere else. But the patch did make for some cute pictures and you know I liked that!
Chicken fighting.
Road rallying. I seriously want one of these little cars to cruise around the neighborhood in. Maybe a Christmas present Cort??
There was also a petting zoo with a slide that you had to go down in order to get in with the animals. No pics of that sorry. I was enjoying watching Talan too much, I forgot to take pictures. Oops. So not like me. Talan was a hoot. We were walking through looking at all the animals and when we came up to the turkey my cousin asked the boys what is that pointing to the turkey and one of the boys said that's a chicken and Talan said "WHOA! That's a big chicken!" and then when we were walking past the cow Talan screamed, "Hi cow!" and then bend down and gave the cow a huge "MOOOO!" I couldn't help but laugh. Cort keeps telling me he's going to be our little class clown. I think he may be right. Thank you Nelsons for the fun filled night.
Here's our pumpkin patch going crew. Don't mind Chase. Sigh. Boys will be boys.
Cute kids.
Easty and me on the carousel.
The kids were so excited to go on this roller coaster. I'm not sure Talan understood what it was though, until we were actually on it. But true to his nature the kid had no fear and got right on. Taylor and Gavin got to ride in the front. I LOVE the picture Cort got of them.
LOVE this kid.
Chase 1 and Chase 2 were inseparable. BFFs for sure.
Easton just along for the ride. This kid is so chill still and is always just happy to be there. Hopefully his easy going nature with stay with him and it's not the calm before the storm. :)
Lots of pumpkins to choose from. However, for 12 dollars a pop we decided that maybe we would get ours somewhere else. But the patch did make for some cute pictures and you know I liked that!
Chicken fighting.
Road rallying. I seriously want one of these little cars to cruise around the neighborhood in. Maybe a Christmas present Cort??
There was also a petting zoo with a slide that you had to go down in order to get in with the animals. No pics of that sorry. I was enjoying watching Talan too much, I forgot to take pictures. Oops. So not like me. Talan was a hoot. We were walking through looking at all the animals and when we came up to the turkey my cousin asked the boys what is that pointing to the turkey and one of the boys said that's a chicken and Talan said "WHOA! That's a big chicken!" and then when we were walking past the cow Talan screamed, "Hi cow!" and then bend down and gave the cow a huge "MOOOO!" I couldn't help but laugh. Cort keeps telling me he's going to be our little class clown. I think he may be right. Thank you Nelsons for the fun filled night.
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