Bills

My beautiful, darling children were on a mission to drive me insane earlier today. I had some bills to pay, which had I been smart enough I would have paid them while Ella was taking one of her two naps today. However, I was not smart enough to even think about these stupid bills that come every month no matter how bad I wish they wouldn't until AFTER both of Ella's naps. Im lucky I even remembered them at all. I set Ella on the floor with what I thought was an ample amount of toys to keep her occupied for a little while, and Jax was playing with his legos. I figured it wouldn't be too difficult to pay these bills quickly while the kids entertained themselves. WRONG!!!!! Jaxson started running around the room like a mad man, and Ella sat at my feet and whined. I asked Jaxson to just settle down for a minute while mommy did this and then he could go outside. This little bribe of mine did not work. He completely ignored me (he must get this from his dad) and continued acting like a caveman on speed. Ella just continued to whine and cry at my feet and say mamamamamamamama until I thought I was going to scream. So I decided to pick her up, this made her stop crying but she just started hitting the keyboard and trying to stick her finger up my nose. So I put her back down on the floor. Again she started crying and giving me the saddest look you have ever seen. Although at the time I didn't think the face was that cute, I was just trying to keep my cool with my kids. Which I mananged to do, and pay the stupid bills. I did learn an important lesson today. In the future I will ALWAYS pay my bills while my beautiful, wonderful children are sound asleep in their beds. This is necessary in order to keep my sanity. Miraculously the moment I was done paying these bills, my son started acting like a human being again and my daughter returned to the sweet innocent little girl that she is.

No I do not have a picture for this post. I didn't think any of you wanted to see a picture of me tearing my hair out.

Preschool!

Yesterday was Jaxson's first day of preschool. This is his second year of preschool, and next year he will be going to kindergarten. When he woke up yesterday morning he was so excited to go to preschool. It was "red" day yesterday. He wore a red shirt and got to take a red show and tell. He chose his fire truck for show and tell, this was of course after much deliberation he had to make sure he had the perfect show and tell. Nick had the day off yesterday, so he got to come with to drop Jax off at preschool. Jax was a little hesitant when we first pulled up to preschool, but he was a big boy and got out of the car and blew Nick and I a kiss. He took his teachers hand and walked in to school. When Nick and I picked him up he came out with a grin plastered on his face. He showed us what he had done and told us all about it. I can't believe he is so grown up. I am so proud of him!

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.