Spring Break

I guess I should post a little bit about our Spring Break, it was nothing spectacular but we had fun. The kids took the cushions off of our chairs and made beds and forts in the family room all week. They even had a "sleep over" in the front room.



We tried going to the Botanical Gardens but were turned away because there wasn't any room for non-members. Instead we drove over to Jared's work and went out to lunch at a brick oven pizza place called, Grimalldis. We ordered 2 large pizzas and ate it all! I think Elizabeth had 4 huge pieces all by herself.

One night we met Jared after work at our favorite fishing spot and got a lot of bites but didn't hook anything. Blake is in this weird stage where he will not let me change him out of his pajama shirt. He does it almost every day it is getting kind of annoying, I think if I didn't have to change his diaper all the time I wouldn't be able to get off his pajama pants either.


We also went to the Southwest Museum with Aunt Angie and Zad. The kids love this place. They had an exhibit about 1001 ways to use poop. Blake had fun grabbing all the different rubber replicas of animal poo. They also had a story about a monkey that eats coffee beans and after it poos people gather the coffee beans out of the poo and make coffee out of it. Gross, now Kayla thinks all coffee is made out of poo. :)

On friday we went to Cheescake factory with Uncle Mike. Kayla woke up on friday morning with a little cold and was upset she was going to miss her special day but luckily she felt better by lunch time. About a month ago we went to Cheesecake factory with uncle Mike and all Kayla wanted was chocolate cake but when she had a bite of the key lime cheesecake that is all she talked about for a long time. So this time we ended up ordering 2 to share and 2 to take home to share with dad later. It was a great day to end our spring break.

Jared decided this week it was time to teach Blake how to go pee in the toilet so we headed off to Target to get him his very own potty. When we got home we set up his potty in the kitchen Blake was very excited and stripped off his clothes and just sat and sat so we all started going about our business and left him alone. Apparently boys are made a little bit differently than girls and when a boy sits on the potty they need to do one more extra step or else pee goes flying strait forward, which of course we figured out a few minutes later. So now when he gets on his potty we get to tell him to hold down his winkie. After he went pee we rewarded him with a cupcake which is what he has in his hands in the photo.
The next day Blake was still pretty into going pee so he kept stripping off his clothes to use the "potty". I guess he just figured any chair would do and ended up taking off his diaper and peeing on the recliner. Oh well it needed a good cleaning anyways. :)
So now a few days later he is not that interested in it any more and neither am I, he is not even 2 yet so I figure I might wait a few more months to try again but we will see.

Fishing

When Jared was in school we used to go fishing all the time, but ever since he graduated we never seem to go. The weather was so nice this weekend so we decided to get out of the house and go fishing. Elizabeth always loves to play with the worms! I think it is totally nasty! These worms were great though they wiggled and danced like crazy.
Before we headed to the lake we stopped at Subway and grabbed some sandwiches. It is always yummy to eat while you are fishing, worm guts and sandwiches, yumo.
We had a pretty good time, we didn't catch any fish but I did catch a duck! I was feeding the ducks some of our left over sandwiches and one duck decided to grab the worm that was lying next to me that was still on my fishing pole. I held on tight to the pole so he wouldn't drag it off while Jared came running to un-hook the duck. He wasn't quick enough, the duck broke the line and took off with the hook still in his mouth.
Jared likes to fish but thinks it is too much work to have to rig everyone up, so if we ever go again I get to learn how to help tie knots. I don't mind that, but I am not putting a worm on the line, that is just too gross.

Car Ride part II

On the way home from the store......

Elizabeth: Ewwwwwww
Me: What is going on back there?
Kayla: Blake's digging for gold.

February updates

Blake is loving the camera this month, he is taking the best pictures. On this day he had on Jared's backpack, a belt for a necklace, and a backwards hat. He just loves to get dressed up and zoom all over the house on his bike.
Did someone say wrestle? Blake loves to wrestle, if you are on the floor watch out, he will jump and stomp all over you.
Kayla is a goof ball and loves to act crazy when the camera is out.
Elizabeth hurt her wrist this month. She fell on it a few times throughout the week. So on valentines day night she was in so much pain Jared took her to the E.R. The doctors there thought she might have damaged her growth plate but weren't sure so they wrapped her up and told us to go see a specialist. Luckily no fractures or damage just a sprained wrist. I think she liked all of the attention she got at school though. :)

Dressing like dad

The kids like to get Jared's motorcycle gear and dress up. Blake zooms around on his trike making the cutest motorcycle noises.

Car Ride

When we were out and about today this was one of the conversations in the car.....

Elizabeth: Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider.

Kayla: Wow! That is great! Ha Ha boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider! (she said this over and over for a few minutes) So boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider because girls are already stupid and boys need to go to get more stupid, right mom?