Coloring Easter Eggs

Last Saturday we began our busy Easter weekend. We started out the morning by going to the dry lake bed to ride dirt bikes and four wheelers with the Ashby's and our new neighbors. It was a lot of fun. Jantzen couldn't get enough riding in, that's all he wanted to do. It will be fun when he gets his own dirt bike this year. We didn't realize until we got home that we all got a bit too much sun...yeah, I forgot the sunscreen.

After we all got cleaned up we got ready to color our Easter eggs. Jaron and Jantzen were fascinated by everything I had to do to get ready for it. Jaedyn was taking a nap so she didn't join in the fun, next year she will. The boys colored on their eggs with a white crayon before they put them in the dye. Jantzen mostly drew smiley faces, it was cute.


Jaron was okay putting the eggs in the colors by himself, but Jantzen was a different story. He freaked out when I showed him how to do it, so most of the time I had to put his eggs in the colors for him. He did, however, figure out a way to do it himself...he just dropped the eggs in the dye. I quickly put an end to that, I didn't want coloring all over my tile. Jantzen got a little more comfortable holding the eggs after a little while.




I accidentally dropped one egg on the table before it was colored and Jaron had the perfect solution...he ate it! He LOVES hard boiled eggs! He just kept coloring his eggs while he ate, he's such a multi-tasker. Jantzen said he wanted an egg to eat too, but when I gave one to him he said, "No, I want a yellow one". When I told him the yolk inside is yellow he said, "No, I want it yellow like when you scramble it". I had to inform him that it's only yellow then because it's mixed with the yolk...yeah, he didn't want one after that.


After their eggs were colored and dry the boys added stickers. There were a lot of cute stickers they could have used, but they both only chose the sports ones.



Here are the finished products. I think they did an awesome job. You can even see some of Jantzen's faces on his eggs. We even made an egg for Jaedyn since she wasn't there to help. She got her very own "princess" egg, it's too bad she can't eat it. I'm sure Jaron will help her out with that.


We all had a lot of fun coloring eggs. After we were done we ate dinner and then watched "Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakqual". The boys love that movie, they laughed the whole way through it. It was a busy, but fun day. I look forward to more days like this with my family.

Toy Overload!

Poor Jaedyn, this is what happens to her when I set her down for a minute while I go do some chores.

I put her down the other day, turned my head for only a minute, and when I turned back around I saw a pile of toys on her. At first it looked like a "Where's Waldo" picture, but Jaedyn's a LOT cuter! Apparently Jantzen thought she needed some toys to play with, so he brought down some of his stuffed animals off his bed. This is now a regular thing for him to do any time she's sitting on the floor.

Here she's saying, "What just happened?"


When she realizes there's a bunch of toys for her to play with she thinks, "Which one should I play with first? There's too many to choose from". BTW, I love how her little foot is sticking out among all the toys...too cute!



Jaedyn loves to chew on everything, as all babies do. Here she's thinking, "Let me see how Pluto tastes. GRRRR! Take that Pluto!"

Jantzen will just have to deal with wet toys when she's done. You would think he'd learn by now, but he hasn't. I think he loves her too much to let it bother him.



"Now on to something else that will make my teething gums feel better. Aren't I just so adorable?" Of course you are my little princess.


After playing for a while, Jaedyn fell over and was done. Her face is saying here, "I'm so exhausted now. I think I'll take a little break from playing".


Jaedyn is getting funner and funner every day. The boys are really liking the fact that she sits up so they can play with her better. They can't wait until she starts crawling and walking around. Little do they know that she will terrorize them for all the times they get in her face and won't leave her alone. That will be a fun day to see how they react to her being mobile, but for now I'm going to enjoy her being immobile.

Arcade Fun!

This last weekend we had a great time with our family and some friends from Utah. Josh's friend Chris (he was Josh's best man at our wedding) was in town with his family for a mini vacation. We were excited to see them because it's been a long time since we have. We got together for dinner at the Excalibur and after went to the arcade that they have downstairs.

Jaron and Jantzen were sooo excited when they got there, why wouldn't they be...video games everywhere, that's heaven for them! First thing Jantzen saw was this big statue of Sponge Bob. Now, I'm not a fan of Sponge Bob at all and I don't allow my boys to watch the show (I'm such a mean mom), but I let Jantzen have his picture taken with him because he thought it was cool. I just love how he had to do exactly what Sponge Bob was doing.


Chris got some stuffed animals for the kids and they love them. Jantzen has named his "Boba Fett". I thought he was getting over the whole "Boba Fett" obsession, but I guess I was wrong.


The boys, including Josh, had a great time playing games. Jantzen had to get in some dancing action with "Boba Fett". They had fun playing air hockey. I think Jaron won, but I'm not for sure.





The boys gave their stuffed animals to Jaedyn to play with while they went to play more video games. She loved it! At first she didn't know what to think about them, but then she started having fun with them. I think when she was done they were a little wet from her chewing on them. She's so cute!





Before we left I wanted to get a picture of Josh with Chris. Right after I took it a security guard came up to me and whispered in my ear, telling me that I can't take any pictures on the casino floor. I'm surprised he didn't check my camera to make sure I didn't take pictures of anything I'm not supposed to.


We all had a good time hanging out with good friends. The boys had a blast and have already asked when they can go back to the arcade and play.

So Comfy

Our little Jaedyn is the cutest little baby with such a cute personality. She has recently graduated from sleeping in her swing all the time (her reflux is FINALLY going away) to just at nap time, but she still loves it!

Jaedyn is a major wiggle worm when she sleeps and it's the cutest thing to watch her. She has always had to have her face planted in the side of the swing or covered by her blanket, but then she started moving her whole body. Sometimes she will have her leg and arm dangling over the side of the swing...she always turns on her right side.

It doesn't look very comfortable to me, but she sleeps like a baby (hehe!) for hours this way, so it apparently is comfortable enough for her.




Jaedyn won't sleep in her crib all the time yet, and she's still in our room. Josh is having a hard time letting her go...okay, I am a little too. She's our last baby and it's kind of sad that she's growing up so fast, but I know that there's more fun times to come.

Our Jaedy Bug is 7 months

I can't believe our little Jaedy Bug is already 7 months old. She is growing so fast. It's fun to see all that she accomplishes and how she grows every month. She is getting funner and funner every day.

Here are some things about Jaedyn at 7 months:

*She weighs 16 lbs.

*She is 27 in. tall
*She's starting to roll over better

*She rolls from side to side to move around the floor

*She sits up all by herself

*She loves to sleep on her side

*She still loves eating peas more than anything else

*She's finally getting over her reflux

* She loves to pull off her socks and shoes

*She likes to sleep in her pack 'n play at night and nap in her swing during the day

*She gets really excited to pull others' hair

*She makes her brothers cry when she pulls their hair

* She loves to play with her daddy's goatee

*She tries to suck her thumb when we're not looking

*She loves to stick out her tongue

*She tries to yell, but she's not very loud yet

*She's very ticklish, especially on her tummy

*She giggles all the time

*She said "yum" the other day while I was feeding her

*She's happy all the time

* She has started sleeping in an hour longer in the morning and still sleeps all night

* Her smile is so precious

* She's starting to give hugs

*She loves to play with toys, especially her brothers' Bionicles
* She loves to grab at the camera when I try to take her picture

* She has the most kissable cheeks

* She's still the cutest baby in the whole world

Happy St. Patty's Day

Yesterday, the kids and I had a fun St. Patty's Day together full of everything green. Before we did anything, I took some super cute pictures of them before they got all dirty from playing and eating. Jaron and Jantzen had to wear matching green shirts and Jaedyn just looked so cute and girly in her outfit. Jaron was so excited that she was wearing short sleeves again, he picked out a bracelet for her to wear.


I can never get away with taking pictures of the kids and not having the boys smother Jaedyn with kisses. Sometimes I can tell it bugs her, but other times I think she likes it. They are just sooooo cute!!



I made Jaron and Jantzen their annual green St. Patty's Day breakfast. This year they got green pancakes, green eggs, green blueberry muffins, and green milk (I forgot to do that last year, but I remembered this time). They even got to use their green plates and cups. Jaron is on track break so I was able to do a little more without having to worry about rushing out the door to get to school on time.


They both enjoyed breakfast a lot. Jantzen was concentrating on eating his muffin so much that it looked like he was mad about something, but he wasn't. All he wanted all day was more green muffins.



You can't really tell in this picture, but Jantzen had a green milk mustache so I had to get a picture. He was so proud of it. You can, however, see the caked on muffin crumbs on his face.


Later on the boys went outside to play (the weather is perfect here right now) and it was warm enough that they had to have some otter pops. Of course they had to choose the green ones.


Before dinner I made them some green chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Jantzen loves to help when I make cookies. I think it's because I let him lick the cookie dough off the beaters, a kid after my own heart. At first I let him lick the beaters before I added the green food coloring, so I had to wash them , add the color, and then let him lick them again...he didn't have any problems with that, as you can tell. He enjoyed every minute of it.


The kids had a lot of fun having everything green for St. Patty's Day and I love making fun traditions and memories for them to enjoy. Jantzen said he wishes we could have everything green all the time, I don't think I could handle that much food coloring in everything, but it's fun to do once a year. HAPPY ST. PATTY's DAY!

Baseball Has Begun!

Last Thursday Jaron played his first ever baseball game. He has only played soccer, but really wanted to give baseball a try. He was really nervous to play, but he has practiced a little with Josh and I think he's super excited to learn a new sport.

Before we left for his game I wanted to get a couple pictures of him, of course he had to give me some cheesy poses. He wanted it to look like he was catching the ball. Silly kid, I love how he's so excited to play.




Here's Jaron getting ready to go up to bat. He looks a little nervous. He told me in their practice before the game that he hit the ball and hoped that he could do it again.


Jaron ended up striking out, but in his defense the kid who was pitching was really good. His pitches were really fast, I'm not sure I would've hit them either. He does look really cute playing though.


He played an outfielder position next to Jace...surprise, surprise. I saw him chase after one ball, but most of the time I watched both him and Jace dancing and goofing around. They are such characters when they are together.


Jaron's team ended up winning...yay!! After the game the boys got to enjoy the best part of the sports season...hot dogs, nachos, pizza, pop, and if they're lucky, cotton candy.


Even though he struck out on his turn batting, Jaron said he had a lot of fun. I'm glad he has such a good attitude about it and I hope that as the season goes on that he will get a hit and enjoy it even more.

Good Luck Buddy!