Silly Kids

 

My parents got back from Denver last week and upon return from their trip they surprised the kids with all sorts of gadgets from the convention. One of which were these sill glasses. Meet George and Peggy. When the kids put on these glasses Parker and Paige disappear and George and Peggy take their place. I thought these were hilarious and that the kids looked so goofy in them. Every time one of the kids put these on I couldn't help but smile or laugh. I love these kids!!

We Cut It

 

I finally did it, I was hesitant because I didn't want to change my little baby to a little boy so soon. It was time though, the back of his hair had become quite the ponytail, almost 3 inches long. He was starting to have either a rat tail or a biker pony tail, neither of which I wanted him to have. So one morning, July 1st, I sat him in his Bumbo chair and cut it all off. As soon as I cut the back I instantly thought he looked better. Then I buzzed the top and that instantly changed him. But I still think he looks like a baby, just a little more grown up. It looks so much better and has to be cooler for him during the summer. I think he liked it too!

Mr. Personality

Little Paxten is developing a personality. He still loves to be held by mom and I can get a good belly laugh out of him occasionally. He loves to smile at others and is generally a pretty happy kid. He still struggles to take a good nap, but manages with just the cat naps. He is eating good and recently tried green beans and loves them. He loves to be outside and usually calms down as soon as you walk out the door, although he isn't too fond of the kiddie pool that we have in the back yard, I think it's too cold! He still isn't rolling over, but I am in no hurry for this little guy to become mobile, although I am sure he can't wait to be able to keep up with his big brother and sister!

Father's Day

 

For Father's Day the kids and I created a candy poster for Matt that included snickers, extra gum, 100 grand, sweetarts, payday, mounds, and some other candy bars. We also gave him these cute sodas. I made the ones with the ties and the kids got the other ones in Primary. I thought it was funny that we had come up with the same idea to give the dad pop. I found the idea online at How Does She, I love that site!

We also visited the grandpas and gave them similar posters and pop as well. It was a hit and I felt like the kids were able to contribute this year so it felt like it was from them a little more than me.

Circus Time

 

The circus came to town on the 15th and I convinced my mom to go with us. I wasn't about to take 3 kids all by myself since Matt would be working that day. The kids were so excited to go and to see the elephants. They were each allowed to pick one ride before the show started. Parker picked riding on a camel and Paige picked riding on an elephant. The camel was 2 tickets and the elephant was 3 tickets. Each of the tickets was 2 dollars, so between the two rides it was $10, and each ride only lasted maybe 1 minute. What a rip off!! Paige was scared to death riding on that big elephant, I wasn't about to pay another $6 to ride with her, so she was up there with a bunch of strangers and looked like she didn't enjoy the ride on bit. But I guess it is a memory for her and me as well. After the rides we went into the tent to try and get a good seat before the show started. As soon as we walked through the doors they were trying to sell us light up toys and junk like that, $15 for a light up sword, I don't think so. I had to play the mean mom by telling the kids "no" to several of their requests. They each got to pick one treat to eat, Parker picker $4 cotton candy and Paige picked a $3 snow cone. I was going to go broke, luckily since my mom came she ended up paying for a lot of the stuff. The show was alright, it didn't flow very smoothly, it seemed like there was a lot of waiting for the next act and a lot of trying to sell more things from coloring books to peanuts, popcorn, soda, and candy apples. The kids were ready to leave before the intermission. We managed to convince them to stay and we saw the elephants perform and the trapeze people. It was fun to take the kids and for a night out. But it was sure expensive. My mom and I joked that the object of the circus was to get our money!!

4 month check-up

I was a little slow in getting Paxten into the Doctor for his 4 month check-up. But we managed to squeeze it in yesterday. Our little boy is doing good, growing but is still small. He is in the 6th percentile in height and weight. He now weighs 12 lbs. 13 ounces and is 24 inches long. So he has grown 2 inches and gained almost 2 1/2 lbs since his 2 month appt. He may be slowly growing, but at least he is gaining and getting taller. Parker and Paige were both on the small end of the growth charts as well, so I am not concerned about Paxten at all. The doctor said everything else looked good, it was a short appt. not much to discuss, but I felt like he was in a big hurry and we were just another patient. Not that I wanted to sit and visit with him about nothing, but he didn't even talk to me about introducing cereal of solid foods. I already have done that, but if I didn't have other kids and this was my first I wouldn't have known when to start them. It just wasn't a very informative appt. I guess I should be the one asking questions. Oh well, at least I didn't have to wait in the waiting room for 45 minutes!!

Parkerisms

Sometimes Parker can truly crack me up. I don't know where he gets it from! The other night we were at the church getting things ready for a Relief Society meeting. I had to bring the kids along because Matt wasn't home yet. As we were getting things ready, tables put up and food together Parker went into the kitchen, which happened to have about 5 other ladies in it. He looked at my mom and said "uh awkward" and turned around and left. What??? Where did he learn that? And does he even know what that means? Well he must because he used it in the right situation! Silly kid!

Also about a week ago he told me that he likes to play next door because one of their little girls is cute. I was visiting with her mom on Sunday and told her what Parker had said. She then proceeded to tell me all the funny things Parker says when he is over at their house. For instance, he told their daughter MaryAnn that I wasn't his real mom, that I was his step mom. As she was believing him he just kept on embellishing the story. Then he told her that he has to live in the run down shed by our house and that the only thing he has to eat is cereal. She totally believed him and was looking at her mom like she was so sad and felt so bad for him. Luckily the neighbor knows us and knows that is not true. She looked at MaryAnn and told her that Parker was making it up and just teasing her. Why would he say stuff like that? What a stinker!!!

Another day he was at the neighbors house and they have a bunch of toys outside in their garage. Parker was in their looking for a toy and all he could find was dolls and girl toys. He looked at their mom and said, "don't you have any weapons?" She thought that was hysterical. Sometimes he says the funniest things!