Big Brothers Are So Much Fun!

Jaedyn has the best big brothers ever! Jaron and Jantzen are so good to her even when she's getting in their way.

Jaron and Jantzen were having BeyBlade battles the other day and Jaedyn made her way into the middle of it and wanted to join in on the fun. She would toss her own BeyBlade in the stadium with theirs which would make their BeyBlades stop. Instead of getting mad at her, the boys just let her play with them...it made me happy that they did that instead of yelling at her like they do to each other sometimes. Jaedyn had so much fun playing with her brothers, they played BeyBlades for quite a while. It was fun to watch Jaron and Jantzen try to teach her how to play. Now, she's constantly wanting to play with the BeyBlades, even when the boys aren't around.







After they were all done playing BeyBlades, Jaedyn climbed onto Jaron's back, so he decided to give her a piggy back ride...she loved it! He always makes her laugh when he does that.


Later that day Jaron was picking something up off the floor (I don't remember what exactly that was) and Jaedyn came out of nowhere and climbed on his back again. She really has a love of climbing on him and he doesn't mind. He's such a good sport to play around with her so well. I guess he's just her own personal jungle gym...


Jaedyn is one lucky girl to have such awesome brothers to play with. They are so kind and loving towards her, I wish they'd be that way to each other more.

Lazy Bums!

This weekend we went to St. George for Josh's moms birthday. His sister Amy was in town with all her kids, so we decided it would be fun to let our kids spend the weekend with their cousins they don't see very often.

The kids had a ton of fun with their cousins and I think they were all worn out by the time we got back home. The first thing Jaedyn and Jantzen did was lay down on the couch with their pillows instead of helping the rest of us unpack the car. They thought they were being so cute...



...and they're right, they are both cute, but next time they're going to help unpack the car before they get to lay down! I think it's so funny how much these two are alike.

A Rare Day In This Neck of the Woods...

Today I was at a friend's baby shower and when I walked out the door to leave I saw big snow flakes falling out of the sky, it was so cool! It's a very rare thing for this to happen here, but it did...it was actually snowing! This is only the second time I can remember it snowing here since we moved here 6 1/2 years ago. When I got home the boys told me all about it and so I let them go play in it for a little bit. They were so excited and they decided to do some play fighting, they're so dramatic...






I keep saying this, but one of these days I hope we can move somewhere where it snows a lot more than this, but Josh disagrees with me. He doesn't miss it at all and I do. I can dream can't I?

My Not So Little Super Hero!

Meet "Super Saver", my not so little super hero...

(Here he's getting ready to take off flying, don't you love the flip flops?)


(Here he's getting ready to fight the bad guys)


(Here he's "actually" flying...so funny!)


(Here is his "I'm an awesome hero" pose)


Yes, I know that his super hero outfit is a "little" small, but he insisted on wearing it. It used to be Jaron's Power Ranger costume when he was 5 years old and has since been passed down to Jantzen, except he's growing at such a fast pace that he's outgrown almost all the costumes we have.

He totally cracked me up when he came outside in it and was running around "saving" the world. I had a hard time not laughing, he's such a funny, creative kid. He definitely keeps us all laughing and I think our life would be less exciting and humorous without him...We all love you buddy, thanks for keeping us all safe from the bad guys!

Beware of the Jantzilla!!

I hear the "Jantzilla" is a crazy, scary monster...so watch out! I ran into him the other day while I was out shopping and he really scared me, wouldn't he scare you too if you ran into him?...


(You gotta love the dollar store for cheap entertainment for the kids)

Homework Time!

I think Jaedyn feels a little left out when the boys are doing their homework because she doesn't have any yet...I wouldn't be complaining and I don't the boys would either. To remedy this, she has started making up her own homework to do while the boys do theirs.

I caught her the day doing her "homework" with Jaron, it was so cute! She was really getting into it and I think Jaron enjoyed doing homework with her.



She was concentrating very hard. I wish I knew what was going on in her head while she was doing this. And sorry Josh, I think she's going to be a "righty".



Here's her "I'm so cute" smile...I love it!!


I hope when she's older that she still likes to do homework, but she probably won't because her brothers don't.

Cub Scout Egg Drop

Yesterday Jaron had his annual Cub Scout Day Camp. One of the things they were doing this year was an egg drop. He had to build a 6 x 6 box with an uncooked egg inside. They were going to drop it off a ladder and see if the egg breaks or not. Josh helped Jaron make his box out of wood, cotton balls, part of an egg carton, and tape.

Here's the box they built all lined with cotton balls to keep the egg all nice and comfy...


Then they put the uncooked egg in a small part of an egg carton and wrapped it up with tape...




Doesn't that egg look nice and comfortable?


Then it was time to seal it up. Jaron helped Josh screw the lid on. I think he really enjoyed using Josh's power tools.


It was then time for the dropping of the eggs. The boys didn't actually get to drop their eggs themselves, unfortunately, but they all seemed to enjoy watching anyway.



Time to see if Jaron's egg broke...



Did it?...


Nope! Jaron was so excited that his egg didn't break. He had a nice strong box that kept it safe, along with a lot of cushioning. Not all of the boys were that lucky, most of the other eggs broke.


Jaron said he had a lot of fun at day camp. His favorite parts were the egg drop and shooting the BB guns. Now he wants a BB gun...we'll see about that later!

Reading Time With Jaedyn

Jaedyn LOVES books, and I'm so happy that she does. I got her some new books for Valentines Day and she hasn't put them down since. Almost every time I turn around I catch her reading one of them. I hope her love for books continues as she gets older.

The other day I caught her reading one of her books to her baby "Hello Kitty". It was the cutest thing ever to watch and listen to her read the story in her own little language. The only words I could understand were "Mimi Mow"...that's how she says "Minnie Mouse".



She is just so stinkin' cute!