Squeaky clean

Paxton just loves mischief right now. Found him in the dryer today-hope his brother doesn't turn it on with him in it! Ha Ha!

burger king

Who doesn't like a good Burger King crown?

We went to Burger King tonight for a little dessert. Grandma gave us a gift card to Burger king for Christmas so we decided to use it tonight for some ice cream! The kids played a little on the playland and ate some yummy ice cream cones. Paxton would not wear his crown right side up. He preferred it this way. Funny boy

Caiden is in to big cheesy grins like this now days. I've tried to tell him to tone it down, but he thinks this looks good. Guess he wants to show off all those teeth before they fall out!

Boys will be boys

 The container on Caiden's head is their laundry basket. They were supposed to be getting ready for bed and they got a little distracted. This is why they are both in their underwear. Caiden can make Paxton laugh so hard and I love it when they are playing together instead of fighting!

 Of course Paxton had to take a turn in the basket-he was laughing so hard as Caiden bounced up and down on the basket! Funny kids!

They sure can be good boys sometimes.

Valentine cookies

So today I tried attempting to be a good mom again and had the boys help me make sugar cookies. It was going really well until Paxton spilled some sugar on his pants, which wasn't a big deal, but apparently after a minute of being covered in it, he soon started to cry. This sugar cookie recipe is the best! Unfortunately it's a two day process so the boys had to wait until the next day to actually make them.



 We got out the dough and the cookie cutters and I let the boys go to it! Caiden wanted the gingerbread man cookie cutter and Paxton just liked to squish his fingers in the dough.

They liked to help put the icing on and of course they liked to eat them!

Daddy came home and took this cute picture of us and our big mess!

Paxton turns two!

We had Paxton's second birthday party at our house with all the grandmas and grandpas. We had strawberry shortcake instead of cake and ice cream because Paxton just likes to eat the icing off cake.

Grandma Cathy captured this great picture with her camera. He has the cutest little smile! Good thing since he is now really a terrible two!

 He got a lot of great presents from the grandparents, but mom and dad had to get him something special so we got him this Mcqueen car and he loved it. Too bad he could only drive it inside since it's so cold out.

We sure do love our little two year old even if he's a handful!

Messy Paxton!

I think we have daily messes from our little Paxton and I recall we had similar messes when Caiden was a toddler too. It seems like I am constantly getting him out of the toilet or sink or someones drawers! Below is a small sample of the little messes he is constantly getting into!

This is lip gloss out of mom's purse. I'm sure I did not leave my purse on the floor, but I guess I left it within reach of his little fingers. Such a pretty boy!

 This is a repeat of the lip gloss mess, but on a different day-I really need to find a new place for my purse!

 Making Caiden's birthday cake- you have to let the kids lick the spoon right?

This mess was not a fun one to discover, and sadly, is one that was repeated in our bedroom twice! I finally had Jayson install the child locks on our bathroom cupboards cause I was tired of hauling the carpet cleaner out to clean up toothpaste!  Oh the joys of parenthood!

Making cookies

Jayson loves snickerdoodle cookies. I thought it would be fun to surprise him with cookies when he got home from work! I like to try and capture the moments when I make an attempt at being a good mom cause, believe me, it doesn't happen often! I made sure the boys put plenty of sanitizer on and we got started! Caiden loves to help me "make". He loves using the blender and measuring the ingredients.

Unfortunately, in my mind, these kind of activities play out much better than they actually do in real life. So shortly after we got started I had to eliminate one child from the situation because it was getting out of control-i.e. flour all over the place, the boys fighting over who gets to do what. So Paxton went down for a nap and Caiden and I finished up.

Caiden helped roll the dough into balls and roll it in cinnamon and sugar!

After a long afternoon, the cookies were a success! Jayson came home to warm, homemade cookies, hyped up kids and an ornery wife! Good times!

Get-a-way to Park City

I found someone to cover my evening shift so we could take a Friday night and go on a little over-nighter to Park City! We bought an entertainment book from Caiden for his school fundraiser and it gave us a discount on the room so we thought this would be a fun thing to do since there isn't much to do in the cold winter!  We went to eat at Ruby Tuesday's-we always liked to go there in Tennessee and there isn't one close to our house so that was fun! Then when we got to the hotel, we changed into our swim suits and hit the pool and hot-tub! Caiden loves hotels and swimming so he was in heaven!

I would like to say we slept great, but unfortunately the people in the next room were not in to sleeping so they were loud and we had to call the front desk on them twice! We woke up and ate a delicious free breakfast and then hit the outlet stores! We spent a lot of money in Old Navy and the Lucky Brand stores-Merry Christmas to us! Ha Ha!

Cute Caiden

Caiden got a hair cut today and the stylist thought it would be fun to put some color in his hair! He thought he was pretty cool! Cassidy is one of our neighbors. Caiden loves to play with her because she is so full of energy just like him! They get along really well. We are eating at a restaraunt-they love to play "kitchen".  We will be very sad when Cassidy moves away in the spring.

The other night when I put Caiden to bed, he wanted to sleep in our bed so I let him. He always has to sleep with "Mousey". Mousey has been his favorite stuffed animal since he was about three and he always has to sleep with him and sometimes takes him with us when we go out. When I put him to sleep in our bed, I guess he thought Mousey would like his own bed so he made one for him on our window bench. Good imagination to use a package of wipes for the pillow, a kitchen towel for a sheet and my pajama pants for a blanket!

Naughty Paxton

You've got to love toddlers! We had just finished giving the boys their bath for the night and got pajamas on and were ready for bed when Paxton escaped me while I was distracted with Caiden. Unfortunately, I neglected to drain the tub right after the boys got out and Paxton decided he was not done with his bath yet! He climbed in all by himself with his pajamas on! Silly kid! We decided to capture the moment instead of yell and get mad-looking back, I think that was a good decision! What a naughty, cute kid!