Gardener

This year I decided to plant some tomatoes, instead of begging my mom for some every year. I'm no skilled Gardener, nor am I willing to try to be one. However, I figured a couple of tomato plants couldn't be too difficult. I have been successful in my tomato growing all because of all of the help I have received from my Gardener. Not only is he a very big help when it is time to pick the tomatoes, but he is devastatingly handsome. He goes out everyday and monitors the progress of my tomatoes, and quickly alerts me when they are ready to be picked. He does not like to eat these tomatoes however, but that just leaves more for me. Maybe next year I can attempt to grow some cucumbers with the help of my handsome Gardener! I was able to sneak a few pictures of my Gardener last night when he was picking the tomatoes.

Cabin

On sunday morning Nick and I decided to take the kids up to my dads cabin and spend the night. Everyone else was already up there and we thought Jax would think it was cool to play with Gabe, and ride the 4-wheelers. When we asked Jax if he wanted to go up to Papa Kirk's cabin for the night, he was so excited. He said to me "Mom, im so happy that it makes my tears come out." Jax got his backpack and immediately started the task of deciding which toys to take up to the cabin. After he had found the perfect toys, and we had packed our clothes we left. Jax was rather impatient on the drive there as you can see from the picture. Ella decided this was a good time to get some beauty rest.

When we FINALLY (according to Jax) made it up to the cabin Jax was so excited! He instantly hopped on the 4wheeler with his uncle Obeey. Yes, I realize he does not have a helmet on, but it was just a short ride and Colby went very slow.

Of course the minute we pulled into the cabin Jax wanted to go on ANOTHER ride because that one wasn't long enough. So Gabe and Jax put on their helmets and went for another ride. When they got back of course Jax wanted to go again, but it was time for lunch. After lunch Nick and I took Jax down to where there were a few horses. We took a couple of carrots so that Jax could feed them to the horses. He loved feeding the horses, he didn't want to pet the horses he just wanted to feed them and look at them.

Jax went on several 4wheeler rides and played with Gabe. He had a blast spending time with his Papa Kirk. Ella even got to sit on a 4wheeler too!

Shoes

I took Jaxson the other day to get some new shoes for preschool. It took quite some time for him to find shoes that were COOL enough for him. Every pair I would hold up he would say "mom, those shoes are not cool enough for me" of course he would use his big boy voice when he was saying this. I would laugh when he would tell me this and he would sigh, apparently he thought I did not understand the importance of finding the perfect shoe. Finally, after trying on several pairs of spiderman, lightning mcqueen, and incredible hulk shoes. We found the perfect shoe! But then we discovered it was not his size, his reaction to this was OH DARN IT! Luckily I found the "perfect" shoe in his size. He was thrilled, he couldn't wait to get home and put them on. When we were getting ready to go on our nightly walk Jax put on his new shoes and looked at me and said "Hey mom, I got a great idea! I should take a picture of my cool new shoes!" I told him that was a great idea, so he went and got the camera. These are the pictures that Jax took all by himself of his super cool shoes!

Little boys

Little boys are made of snips and snails and puppy dog tails...oh ya and bugs too.
My mom watched the kids today while I went to an appointment. When I got to her house to pick the kids up, Jax could not wait to show me what he had found. He picked up a jar and grinned and said "look mom" in this jar was a beetle. Only a little boy would think this was the coolest thing ever. My mom then informed me that we were free to take our little beetle home with us (thanks mom) this of course made Jaxson's grin even bigger. We took the beetle home and as soon as we got out of the car Jax dropped the jar, of course this shattered all over the garage floor. Jaxson wasn't too happy about this, but I was able the catch the beetle in a different cup. We took the beetle inside and Jax put it in his little bug habitat, he has been waiting to find a bug worthy of this habitat. Now, thanks to his Soma he has found one. He spent the majority of the day looking at his new little friend. Who he now affectionately calls Barty. So if in the middle of the night I feel something crawling up my leg (and I don't mean Nick) I will know who to blame. Thanks for babysitting mom, and thanks for the newest member of our family.

Mess maker

When getting ready to have a baby, in addition to buying diapers, wet wipes etc. might I also suggest a vaccuum cleaner? Why? Because the moment your child turns a year old he or she, in addition to the temper tantrums. Will start making messes. Yes, your perfect little angel WILL make messes! How do I know this? Because Ella has recently figured out that it is fun to drop her food on the floor. She has also perfected the "innocent" look as well. This is why I recommend having a vaccuum cleaner on hand. Today she decided that instead of eating her turkey dog, it was funner to throw the pieces on the floor. I had just got done cleaning up her breakfast mess. When I told her no she looked at me with the perfected innocent face, which made me laugh. Then when I got her out of the highchair, she decided that it was now a perfect time to eat the turkey dog. Apparently she prefers to eat off of the floor rather than her clean highchair tray. Of course I obvioulsy did not let her eat the turkey dogs off of the floor, which then resulted in a temper tantrum. She really is a picked on little princess. Might I also suggest a swiffer wet jet in addition to the vaccuum cleaner? This is of course if you can afford the swiffer, the cleaner, and the batteries it takes to make the damn thing work. However, they do come in rather handy for cleaning up "Ella" messes. Yes, I realize I have officially become a dorky house wife when I am blogging about vaccuums and mops. I have accepted the fact that my days of being cool are now over. As long as my kids think im cool, im happy.

Ouch!

Last night while Nick and I were finishing up with the garage Ella was in her umbrella stroller and Jax was pushing her in it. Nick and I had just turned our backs to put some toys back in the garage when I heard Jax start screaming and Ella start crying. Nick and I looked and her stroller had tipped over and Ella was on her face (don't worry Mom and Bonnie she is ok) this is not something a mommy wants to see. Nick and I ran over to her and Nick picked the stroller back up and I got her out as fast as I could so that I could hold her and comfort her. Meanwhile Nick ran over to Jaxson to assure him that sissy was ok, he was so upset that she was hurt!! I think he might have cried harder than Ella. Once I picked Ella up she quit crying, after I pried her little fingers from the death grip she had around me I could really look at her and make sure she was ok. Of course at this point my heart is pounding and I am shaking! I thoroughly checked every inch of her to make sure she was ok. She has two little scrapes just under her left eye and a little tiny bruise by her eyebrow (hopefully this bruise won't get bigger) I was just glad that my little girl was ok and Jax was glad that his sissy was ok. He had to keep asking us if she was ok, he was very worried about her. I gave him several hugs and told him not to worry because sis was ok, she just had a little boo boo. I think he was worried she was going to have to go to the doctor and have another shot. Im sure this wont earn me the "mother of the year" award any time soon. But as Jax and Gabe always say "accidents happen and that's OK!"



This picture was taken before our little accident

Daddy's helper

We cleaned out our garage yesterday (yes George and Bonnie, we really did) there were a bunch of big dumpsters delivered in the neighborhood yesterday so we decided to take advantage of it. Jaxson was a big helper for daddy. He was right there next to Nick all day helping him. Nick would load stuff into Jaxson's wagon and Jax would put on his "work gloves" just like daddy, and he would take the stuff over to the dumpster and throw it away. Jax loves it when he can help his daddy with stuff like that.

This is what princess Ella did while we cleaned out the garage.....

So big!!

By the end of the day Jax started saying "how come we are working for YEARS in the garage?" this made us laugh. By this point he didn't want to help anymore, he wanted to ride in his escalade and play with his toys. There wasn't anymore fun stuff to throw into the dumpster, cleaning the garage had lost it's appeal as far as he was concerned. Actually as far as Nick and I were concerned too, but we kept going and now the garage is finally done! I had to take some pictures of Jaxson's feet, by the end of the day they were BLACK from being such a big helper all day! We had to do some serious scrubbing in the shower to get these feet clean again.