Candy Canes

Tonight we went to dinner over at my Mom and Dad's house. Alexis always seems to find something new she wants, and this time it was an old box of candycanes. So of course all of the kids had to have one. Levi had one, and after getting it all over his hands and face, I finally had to take it away. Needless to say he wasn't too happy about that and proceeded to scream at the top of his lungs for a few minutes. He eventually got over it, but right as we were getting ready to go, he came up to me with another candy cane that he had found. Me being the mean mom that I am said, "no more candy canes honey" So of course he found someone else he knew could not tell him no (that would be grandpa) So I walk into the front room, and there is Levi happy as can be sucking on his cany cane. I didn't want to have to go through the screams from earlier in the night, so I put off taking it away from his as long as possible. But I finally did take it away when I buckled him in his seat, because I didn't want him to choke on the way home. So of course then came the screams. He stopped right before we got home, but he was still quite mad at me. I couln't resist getting camera out to capture his cute little pout. But mommy knows her Levi..all I had to do was say "tootie!" to get him giggling and back to his normal self. I was glad I had my camera handy to capture how quickly his mood changed. haha

I think I am in for trouble......

The other day my good friend Dara and her daughter Elisabeth came over to hang out. Elisabeth is exactly 2 months to the day younger then Levi. they always have so much fun playing, except for the occasional push and shove. They were playing at my kitchen table, and Elisabeth pushed Levi. Dara told Elisabeth to say sorry and without thinking twice, she gave him a big hug and then a great big kiss! Dara and I thought it was the most adorable thing ever, so of course I had to run and get my camera. They didn't mind doing it once more for the camera =) Then at the end of our visit, we said "say goodbye guys".. and they gave eachother another big kiss, without us even telling them too! We are already planning a future yearbook photo for this one. LOL =)

Slip 'n Slides are NOT just for kids =)

Many of you know that we recently moved, and we now have a back yard!! We love it so much and our kids are having so much fun being able to go outside and play whenever they want. We bought them a swingset, and Brandon came up with the idea that we should get a slip 'n slide, and put it at the bottom of the swingset slide so the kids can go down the slide, and directly onto the slip 'n slide (our backyard has a hill, so that makes it even more perfect) So we went and got them one, and we set it up. Alexis was loving it from the start. Tori, needed a little coaxing, and Levi wouldn't go within 10 feet of it. (In the picture of him below I had just asked him if he wanted to go on it. If you look closley you can tell that he is saying no haha) Well it was a very hot day outside, and with no air conditioning that water was looking pretty good to me, so I decided to give it a try clothes and all. It was so much fun! I fianlly talked Brandon into doing it too. Brandon and I joked that our kids have 2 "big kids" for parents =) I guess all the annoying comments from people such as "you can't have kids you are just a kid yourself!" have a little teensy weensy itty bit of truth to them =)

Casa Bonita

Tonight we went to Casa Bonita with Brandon's sister, brother, parents and their families. Now Casa Bonita is known for having the worst Mexican food in Colorado, so I was very pleasantly surprised. I actually thought it was pretty good! It was not the best mexican food I have ever tasted, but it was not the worst either. I also remember going there several times growing up, and having to wait in a huge line that winded around and around. Maybe everyone else has heard the rumor about the bad mexican food too, because we got right in! All in all I have to say that is was a very fun evening, and we definetley will be taking the kids back again. It was so fun to take them through the cave that I remember so well as a child, and to see the divers dive off the cliff, and watch my kids eyes get so big with amazement. It brought back some fun memeories. As I am sitting here typing this my stomach is starting to feel a little queasy... hmmmm maybe the food wasn't that great after all

Fun at the Zoo

Yesterday Summer, Tisha and I took our kids to the zoo. It was a crazy fun filled day, and at times we joked that it felt like we were on a field trip with all the kids we were trying to coralle. There were 9 kids in all. It was well worth the madness, just to see my kids faces light up everytime they saw a new animal. Levi in particular was very excited about everything. I could hardly pry him away from each animal to move on to the next one. By the end of the day we were exhausted and ready to go. I got totally lost on the way home, because I was following Tisha and we got totally seperated from eachother, It was a stressful few moments, but needless to say, we found our way home. Today the plan was just to stay home and recover from our crazy funfilled week, but I just got a call from Summer saying that everyone wants to go to Casabonita so off we go!

Fun with Cousins

Brandon's sister Summer has been in town this past week with her four kids so we have had a lot of fun. We had Tallyn and Maddy spend the night one night. Other then a few quarrels, they had a blast, and were very excited to get to sleep on the big blow up mattress in the front room, and watch Pippi Longstocking before bed. I couldn't resiste snapping a picture. I couldn't believe that they could all fit comfortably on this mattress.

Sneaky Partners in Crime

So...I bought some cute little fake tattoos for Alexis's Birthday Party. And the night of the party, I was upstairs working, and Brandon comes up with a smile on his face and says.. " You will never guess what the kids did" I knew it couldn't be too bad since he was smiling. He then told me that he found all three of them in the bathroom with the bag of tattos applying them all over themselves. (I am sure that Alexis helped with Levi's) I told him he better run down and get a picture. Anyone who has ever put on a fake tatto before knows that they don't come off too easily. So you can imagine how wonderful they looked when we took them to the water park the next day. Look at how Levi is Looking up to his sisters in this picture. He will do just about anything they say. =)