Don’t let the 2 year old babysit

The other day I was trying to finish up some work on the computer and Brynn had woken up early from her nap.  So I asked Kason if he would go up and play with her in her room.  He said yeas so after a few minutes I went up to go get them.  I walked into the girls room and Kason wasn’t there playing with Brynn.  So I checked his room, my room and both bathrooms.  He wasn’t anywhere!  So I went back into the girls room and this is where I found him

 

He had climbed into Makenna’s bed and tucked him and his monkey in for a nap.  He was just so cute but no help to me or Brynn!

The Forgotten Blog

Wow! It's been awhile since I've posted anything. I think the last 5-6 weeks have been too crazy for me to handle. But I was thinking today of somethings that I wanted to right down before I forget them.

First, Brynn got her first tooth this last weekend being 7 1/2 months old. It was just one of the bottom front ones. We were spending the weekend in Park City for my dads 60 birthday. Brynn has been such a great sleeper since she was 2 months old and the first night we were there she kept waking up crying which is so unlike her. And the next morning I realized that she had gotten her first tooth! Poor girl just didn't feel good. Then today (4 days later) she got her second tooth on the bottom. I got smart with this one and gave her some Tylenol. It's been a rough few days around her with lack of sleep between Brynn, Wes and I but hopefully she gets feeling better soon.

Now today Makenna had her first field trip at kindergarten! They went to Cornbelly's up at Thanksgiving Point and what do you think was her favorite part? Riding the bus! She has been wanting to ride a big yellow bus for as long as I can remember and the poor little girl has to walk or get a ride to and from school each day. But today she was able to go on her very first bus ride and she was ecstatic! I don't think she even slept last night because she was so excited! And apparently the ride lived up to her expectations because she said it was the best part of her field trip. I'm glad she could go and have so much fun.

And Kason. Not much is going on with him right now. He misses Makenna when she is gone to dance and school so I want to get him started in something at the Legacy Center in January. But he is just my favorite little guy in the whole wide world. He is so much fun right now even though he asks millions of questions, repeats everything Makenna says, never stops talking, and has even started throwing 2 year old tantrums. He is just so adorable and I just can't stand it! He totally makes me smile every day and I just love his big hugs.

Wow, they just grow up way to fast! I think if I could I would freeze time right now. All three kids are at such fun ages and I love it so much. I want them to stay little forever.

Dinosaur Museum

I love how Thanksgiving Point does $2 Tuesdays every August so two weeks ago I took the kids to the Dinosaur Museum.  Kason has been asking to go forever so I thought he would enjoy it.  And although it was crazy busy and packed with tons of kids you just can't beat the price.  It is so expensive to pay full price so to go for $2 was definitely worth it.  Here are some pics of the kids having so much fun! 

 

Out front waiting to get in.  The line really wasn't that bad at noon!

 

Seeing the dinosaurs!

 

Brynn hanging out in the stroller

 

They just loved this shark for some reason!

 

Just digging for dinosaur bones!  Probably the best part of the day!

Swimming Lessons

I signed the kids up for swim lesson's and Kason's class was the parent/tot class so I got to attend the class with him.  I was going every day but then last Friday Weston took his lunch break and came to the class with Kason.  They had lots of fun.  Kason is loving the water and does everything he is asked to do.  He can blow bubbles, do his ice cream scoops, jump from the side and he can almost climb out by his self.  I think he would have had it all mastered except he's been sick all this week and not able to go to class.  Poor kid.  And he was having so much fun!  Oh well, we'll just have to wait tell next year and I'm sure he'll do great again!

And here are some pictures of Makenna in her class.  I really don't like her teacher, she's actually really awful but oh well.  At least Makenna is in the water being supervised and hopefully learning something.  She is still pretty timid in the water and doesn't like to get her face wet but she is doing good.  I just hope she's learning enough for survival skills if she were ever in that situation.

Foam Days!

Lehi had their annual Foam Days just before the 24th of July and we just could not miss it.  I think Makenna talked about it all year long!  She was so excited to go and we were so excited that Grandpa Southwick came and played with the kids.  He announced the countdown to jump in and then he came and jumped right in with the kids and got covered!  It was fun to watch and the kids really enjoyed it.

Foam!!!

Grandpa, Kason and Makenna

We remembered goggles this year!  Although they don't help much when they are on top of the head!

Kason wasn't very sure of the foam but he still had lots of fun.

Grandpa got sprayed with the foam!

After the foam they went over to the firetrucks and they had a big hose sprinkling water down like a shower so you could clean off.  Kason screamed and we all laughed!

So much fun at foam days.  We can't wait tell next year!

Summer Days

I am torn.  I am loving our lazy summer days but I am getting excited for the fall and for it to cool down.  So minus the time that we have been sick, I have been trying to pack our weeks with fun summer activities.  Here are a few things we have been doing lately.

 Brynn, just hanging out at the splash pad!

 Kason and a friend enjoying a snack break at the splash pad

 Kason loves to help out and he loves to play in the dirt. So weeding is the perfect activity for him! 

 Running through the sprinklers!

 What a model.  I don't even know where she learned this but we might be in trouble when she gets older!

 Poor little girl just had to sit there while I tried to clean up the flower beds before our curbing was put in.  She was a good sport though!

Next up we have a camping trip, swim lessons, Aladdin at Tuachan and Wicked!  I am really looking forward to the rest of July, August and September!  I can't wait!

Cute kids!

I was going through picutes and I just thought these were really cute of the kids.

The Princess and the Dragon

I think we need to invest in some boy dress up clothes.  Last week this is what the kids came down the stairs wearing.  Kason's dragon outfit was his Halloween costume from when he was 1. 

And then today Kason started wearing Makenna's dress ups.  He was all decked out in a pink dress!  I really need to get this boy some boy stuff to wear!

Random Update

Weston told me the other day that I haven't updated the blog recently so I thought I should post something.  So this might be a little random but here is an update of all of us.

Weston and Katrina

Weston is back from Washington and we are so glad that he is.  There is talk of him heading to Vegas in May but with this company I've learned that you never know for sure until about a week before he is supposed to leave.He is the best dad and gets up every night and changes Brynn's diaper and then I'll feed her.  He even let me go to bed last night at 9:45 and he stayed up with Brynn and then put her to bed.  He is just amazing!  I have been just trying to get back into the swing of things.  I've actually even made dinner a few times!  I've tried to start jogging again but that's kind of hard with three kids so I've only been twice.  Hopefully next week I'll start taking some classes at the good ol' Legacy Center.  So if anyone wants to come with me please let me know.  It is so much easier and a lot more fun going with someone.

Makenna

I found a cute new braid to do and I tried it today.  It is called an uneven braid.  It's kind of hard to see in the pictures but I thought they turned out really cute.  Her hair is more than half way down her back.  I'm going crazy with it because I don't like long hair and I don't know what to do with it.  I think once it's summer time I'm chopping it off.  That's if I last that long!

Makenna is loving preschool and is so excited for kindergarten.  It is all she can talk about.  Well that and every holiday she can think of.  Easter. St Patricks Day, her birthday, foam days, the 4th of July and Fathers Day.  Never mind Mothers day, it's just Fathers Day she cares about!  I know, I know Weston is the greatest. :) No really he is, he is everybody's favorite around here.  Now, back to Makenna.  She loves, loves, loves dance and is taking at two different studios this year.  She is so excited for dance recital.  She also loves to play with friends and she loves dessert.  She is such a girly girl and loves pink and purple, and having her nails painted.  She has even started coming shopping with me.  Well, that is if I buy her a new shirt or something, then she enjoys coming with me.  She has also started with emotional drama and moodiness.  She's always been more pleasant with Weston than with me but now it is the full force girl moodiness.  It's actually really funny sometimes.  So even with all the emotional drama she has been such a good helper with Brynn.  She loves helping me and holding her.  She is so good to play with her and give her, her binky again so I can get ready in the mornings.  She is great and I'm so glad she is willing to help me out.

Kason

Isn't that the cutest boy you've ever seen?  He wanted a picture of his new flip flops.  He's still not sure if he likes them but he does like stinkin' cute in them.  Well the big news with him is he's potty trained!  Finally!!!  I started a few months ago but it was so hard when I was pregnant.  So we started again maybe two weeks ago and it sure was hard with Brynn but he is doing awesome!  He still doesn't like to tell mom he has to go so I have to just take him a lot.  But if your grandma or dad he will tell you and it is a whole lot easier.  I don't know what it is about my kids but the like to rebel against their mom!  I was so tired of changing 20 messy diapers a day between two kids so one day I told Kason I wasn't buying any more diapers.  So instead I went to Target and bought a bunch of dollar "prizes" and a couple bags of candy.  When he goes number 1 he gets a treat and when he goes number 2 he gets a toy or prize.  The reward system has really helped with him.  He's done great and even wakes up from naps dry.  Such a good boy.  And now that he's potty trained he gets to eat fruit.  And boy does he love fruit!  He gets so excited for apples, strawberries, pineapple and mandarin oranges.

 
Brynn

This little sweetheart is now 6 weeks old and is the best baby I have ever met!  She only cry's when she is hungry or needs a diaper change and she is so happy!  She has started smiling and she even rolled over twice from her stomach to her back!  She loves tummy time, her brother and her sister, napping in her swing and playing under her gymini play mat.  She has been sleeping about 6 hours at night for about 2 weeks now and it is wonderful.  Her active time of day is between 9-11 at night.  She is such a night owl but she is still simply the best baby ever!  She looks like both the kids.  She looks like Makenna with a bow on and looks like Kason when she doesn't have a bow on.  It's pretty funny.  But we sure do love her and are so glad she is apart of our family!

Our Big Helpers

Now that we're all feeling better we have let the kids hold Brynn.  And for some reason that opened a whole new world and they think they can help with everything.  I still get paranoid when they grab her Binky since I don't want germs on that but I am relaxing and letting them get blankets and burp rags and diapers.  Both Kason and Makenna sure do love their little sister and love to help out.  They are going to be great older siblings to Brynn.

Kason's 2 Year Pictures

I took Kason to get his 2 year old pictures the day before his birthday this year.  I learned my lesson from last year when he broke his arm 5 days before his birthday and then was covered in hives from his amoxicillin.  I didn't get pictures for 6 weeks after his first birthday because I didn't want the cast or the rash in his pictures.  Needless to say I was totally prepared this year.  We went to a place here in Lehi called Camera Shy and they did the cutest job!  They had so many different options and Kason really cooperated so I think we got some really cute ones.  There were a ton to pick from so it was hard to order prints.  Anyways here is our handsome little man!

Kason's new bed

I have been wanting to get Kason switched over to a big boy bed for a few month's now so I started looking around at different beds we could buy.  I couldn't find anything I liked for a decent price.  So I showed Weston a picture of one I really liked from Pottery Barn but it was really expensive of course.  (I just really liked how the head and foot board looked like the bead board that is in Kason's room.)

Well Weston said "I could make that!"  So I put him to work.  It took longer than expected because things kept coming up at work and with the holidays but we finally got it finished!  I just absolutely love it and all I can say is that I have the best husband in the world!  He can do anything and I really appreciate all that he does for us.  Oh and Kason really likes his new bed!  There seems to be this invisible bubble around his bed too because he hasn't even tried to get out of it.  He gets right up in to bed when it's bed time and he will just lay there and call for us when he wakes up.  He is such a great kid!  We sure do love him!  Now I hope I haven't just jinxed us!

He looks so teeny in it!  But we got some cool Buzz and Woody sheets and he just loves it!  Now we just need to get a comforter/blanket and a step stool.  It's a little too tall for him but he'll grow into it!

Kason's 2nd birthday

Kason had his 2nd birthday 3 day's after Christmas and this year he was so much fun!  He will still in the mode of opening presents and he was being pretty cute.  We had a Mickey birthday party complete with Mickey decorations, a Mickey cake and a Mickey pinata.  We had family over for presents and cake and ice cream and he was so funny when we opened his presents.  He was very particular to wrapping paper.  He had to open all his Buzz and Woody wrapping paper first and he did not want to open the purple wrapping from my parents.  It was so funny!  And after every present he unwrapped he had to take it to Cam's girlfriend Savannah and show it to her and then he would take it to Weston's mom to put in a pile.  It was pretty cute.  I still can't believe he's getting so big!  But he is so much fun to have around and we all love his happy personality.  Love you and Happy Birthday Kason!!!  

 These were some of his decorations.  You can't see them very well but in front of the TV were his Mickey Mouses and then there was a really cute Mickey and Friends Happy Birthday sign.

 His Mickey Mouse cake.  I think he turned out cute!

 I think these were the cutest cupcakes ever and they were so easy to put together!

His Mickey pinata!

 Opening a present!

Kason with his cake!

Thanks to everyone who came and helped celebrate his birthday! He definitely got spoiled and our house now looks like a toy store!