How to Potty Train Your Monster!

We've been working on potty training with Mason for a while now. I thought that checking out some "potty" books at the library might help. I don't know if they are helping, but he LOVES the book "How to Potty Train Your Monster". He practically has the book memorized. A couple of weeks ago I took these pictures of Mason reading it to Noah and his best friend Colter! I wish I would have taken a video clip of it! Super cute and fun to watch.

Lil' Luna Crafts!

Ok. So, if you love crafts you have to check out this blog. Lil Luna. My friend Kristyn is very tallented and has some really good ideas! Here's the link:

http://mylilluna.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

Bang! Bang!

We went to Payson a couple weeks ago for a spontaneous day trip. Our first stop was at the Denny's in Payson! We don't usually take the boys out to eat for obvious reasons, so they really enjoyed it! My boys LOVE pancakes... it is a good thing they had an all you can eat special going on!

We then took the boys to a secluded area to let Mason shoot his 22 for the first time. A couple years ago my Dad (Grandpa Faler) gave us a small 22 rifle for our family. Mason had a blast and kept wanting to shoot it over, and over, and over! Every time it ran out of bullets he'd say "Again! Again!" or "More bullets Dad!" Noah was just happy to be out side and playing in the dirt.

Thanks again dad for the awesome rifle! Mason loves it!

Miracles do Happen!

My sister Maddy had her 4th baby yesterday! She has 3 boys and decided they would be surprised and not find out the gender of this baby! We were all a little nervous because Maddy REALLY wanted a girl even though she didn't say it much. What if she was having a fourth boy?!?!? Boys are great but... you have to have at least one girl! So, I am happy to...

Welcome Baby Katelynne!

Isn't my niece beautiful?
I got really excited because I got to make her some fun hair flowers! (If I ever get a baby girl watch out! I think I'll buy Ribbons and Lace out! :)

Doesn't Maddy look great?! I'm so happy for you Maddy! You deserve this beautiful little angel!

Jump and Shout!

Well summer is here! Time to find some cool places to hang out. Jump and Shout is AWESOME! (Except for the price $10/kid!) On Tuesday's it's only $5 so we went today with Lindsey and her kiddos!) The kids had a blast and couldn't get enough of the climbing around, slides, and bouncing. Noah stayed with Sydney most of the time! He just absolutely LOVES her!

Mason and Colter were INSEPARABLE! They followed each other EVERYWHERE! They also wouldn't hold still for 2 seconds, so I didn't get any decent pictures!

Lindsey was so cute with the boys! At one point they convinced her to chase them. I am really upset because I thought I was filming Lindsey climbing through the maze (it was really funny because it's a maze made for toddlers not adults) but my camera had died! Oh-well live and learn! She sure is fun and the boys LOVE her! Even now Noah's helping me put up the videos on the blog and he's saying "LINDSEY! LINDSEY!" really excited!

At the end of our adventure we bribed them with fruit snacks to get a good picture of the boys!

FYI - I am thinking of buying a summer pass to Jump and Shout. $50 for 2 & 1/2 months (per kid age 2 and up). The package includes 1 free large pizza, 2 buddies passes, and some raffle drawing thing. I'd only have to pay for Mason so I am seriously considering it. It'll be nice to have a fun A/C place to go to.

Anyone else up for a summer play place? Or have any other ideas?

Gorgeous Weather

This past week the weather has been absolutely WONDERFUL!!!! On Tuesday, I think the high was 70 degrees! I love it. We definitely have to enjoy every moment of it while we can. Summer is just about here.
On Wednesday, spontaneously I decided to load the boys, Buddy, and softball gear up and jog over to my moms. (My sister Maddy and her 3 boys are staying with my mom temporarily until she has her baby, then sadly she is going back home to Puerto Rico where her hubby is!) We played Ring around the Rosies, T-Ball, and just goofed around!

This is our boys' attemp at a PYRAMID! I think they did pretty well between giggles!

Mason just LOVES his cousins! He is always saying "I want to go see my cousins!"

Jogging Delema... Solved!

OK! I really enjoy jogging. Mostly because it's free, burns lots of calories, and it gets me outside! I take my boys jogging with me most of the time. (Thanks to my wonderful husband who bought me an awesome double jogging stroller.)

I often think about what I'll do for exercise when I have 3 kids. (This is NOT an announcement. I'm not pregnant! :) I only have a double jogging stroller and I can't imagine trying to push a triple stroller around the neighborhood. (Do they even make those?)

Tonight while watching my adorable niece Ella, I learned it's possible to go jogging with 3 children and my huge dog. Mason was so sweet with her. (I think a little too sweet!) He took his responsibility very seriously! Poor Ella, he smothered her with "loves" the whole jog! (We only went for a 30 min. jog because it was getting dark.) All 3 kids did REALLY well.