One of the things I love about Kaden being in school is that he gets to attend the birthday parties for all the other kids. This month has been a BIG birthday month for the kids in his class. Three weeks ago there was a birthday for a little girl in his class Diana. We were not able to attend that one nor did we attend Elsie Ann's birthday party the weekend after that because of Karsyn's beauty pageant. This past weekend however, we made up for missing those. There were two parties for classmates and then we also celebrated my birthday. Saturday we celebrated Chloe's birthday at the Tallahassee Museum. It was a Jake and the Never land Pirates theme. When we got to the party, we went on the nature trail and saw all the animals. The kids got to play on the playground and have an egg hunt for treasure! They had pizza that was catered by Chloe's dad who works at Barnaby's Pizza. The kids got to eat cookie cake and watch Chloe open her presents. Kaden had a blast. Most of his classmates were there to celebrate.
On Sunday, we helped celebrate Bryson's birthday at Trousdell Gymnastics center. It was such a neat party. The place was only open for the birthday guests so we had the whole gym to ourselves. They had several trainers there that helped the kids with all the different stations. They had a bounce house and the got to jump on the trampoline and play in the foam pit. They had a foam ball fight which was really fun to watch and they all sang Happy Birthday underneath the big parachute. The best part about the party was all the adults got to relax and watch all of this because the trainers did the work! There was a small room that we all had cake and ice cream in. The kids REALLY had some fun. Kaden loved the party. This will be something I will remember for one of our kids parties!
Later that day, Kevin and I got ready to go out to eat for my birthday. His parents kept the kids for us and set up for cake with the other grandparents while we were gone. Kevin and I went to Carrabas for dinner. It was delish. My mom bought a really cute cake for me. Kaden got to help me blow out the candles. It was a really nice ending to a very busy weekend!
I will post pictures soon!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Liar Liar Pants On Fire
Kaden has become quite a fibber lately. I know he doesn't understand what a lie is or that he is lying to me. I think he does it our of fear he is going to get in trouble. I just don't want him to start a bad habit out of it.
He was coloring the other day and I told him that he could only use the marker to color on the coloring book. I said if he colored on anything other then the coloring book, I would take his trains away from him. I listed a few of the examples that he could not color on so he knew what was expected of him. Some time passed and he and Karsyn both had been in and out of his room. I went in to pick up his toys and I saw marker on the wall. At this point he tells me that Karsyn colored on the wall. She did have the marker in her hand so I couldn't punish him for something I didn't know if he did or not.
The next day I gave him another chance with the markers. This time Karsyn was taking a nap. Kaden came running up to me and says "Mommy, there is marker on the kitchen tile". For some reason I did not believe him. I didn't think he knew what tile was. But sure enough there was marker on the kitchen tile. I asked him what happened and he looks up at me and says "Karsyn did it". I knew for a fact that was a lie because she was not even up from her nap. I proceeded to give him several chances to tell me the truth and he kept up with his act. I put him in time out not only for lying to me but also coloring on the floor with the marker.
So today, Karsyn was sitting on the couch drinking her milk and watching TV. Kaden was standing next to her drinking his juice and watching TV. All the sudden I hear her scream and start crying. I turned around to see what happened and Kaden immediately tells me that Karsyn hurt herself. (this phrase has become an everyday phrase in our house). I knew that couldn't have been it because her cry was the type of "I'm in pain" cry instead of her typical "he pissed me off" cry. So I asked him what happened and after a few "she hurt herself" responses he tells me that she hit him. I was like, there is no way that she would be crying like this if she hit you. So I told him if he didn't tell me the truth he was going to go to bed without reading stories. Finally he tells me that he hit her. I put him in time out for not only lying to me yet again but for hitting her. The funny part about this story is, while he was in time out he kept saying "this is ridiculous" "this is not right". I couldn't help but chuckle a bit.
I sure hope this lying phase passes sooner then later! Its annoying!
He was coloring the other day and I told him that he could only use the marker to color on the coloring book. I said if he colored on anything other then the coloring book, I would take his trains away from him. I listed a few of the examples that he could not color on so he knew what was expected of him. Some time passed and he and Karsyn both had been in and out of his room. I went in to pick up his toys and I saw marker on the wall. At this point he tells me that Karsyn colored on the wall. She did have the marker in her hand so I couldn't punish him for something I didn't know if he did or not.
The next day I gave him another chance with the markers. This time Karsyn was taking a nap. Kaden came running up to me and says "Mommy, there is marker on the kitchen tile". For some reason I did not believe him. I didn't think he knew what tile was. But sure enough there was marker on the kitchen tile. I asked him what happened and he looks up at me and says "Karsyn did it". I knew for a fact that was a lie because she was not even up from her nap. I proceeded to give him several chances to tell me the truth and he kept up with his act. I put him in time out not only for lying to me but also coloring on the floor with the marker.
So today, Karsyn was sitting on the couch drinking her milk and watching TV. Kaden was standing next to her drinking his juice and watching TV. All the sudden I hear her scream and start crying. I turned around to see what happened and Kaden immediately tells me that Karsyn hurt herself. (this phrase has become an everyday phrase in our house). I knew that couldn't have been it because her cry was the type of "I'm in pain" cry instead of her typical "he pissed me off" cry. So I asked him what happened and after a few "she hurt herself" responses he tells me that she hit him. I was like, there is no way that she would be crying like this if she hit you. So I told him if he didn't tell me the truth he was going to go to bed without reading stories. Finally he tells me that he hit her. I put him in time out for not only lying to me yet again but for hitting her. The funny part about this story is, while he was in time out he kept saying "this is ridiculous" "this is not right". I couldn't help but chuckle a bit.
I sure hope this lying phase passes sooner then later! Its annoying!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Big Boy
Kaden had his second ever dentist appointment this morning. We went 6 months ago for the very first time. Although he was shy, he did great on that visit. We sat back in the cleaning room with him and he let the tech do what she needed to do and then let the dentist look at his teeth. There was no fussing or crying. I was expecting the same routine to happen this morning when he went back for a cleaning. Kevin took him by himself this morning so what I am telling you is from what Kevin told me.
Kevin said they got there and immediately the hygienist called him back. Kevin got up to go back there with him and she told him that she just wanted Kaden by himself. If I were there I probably would have thought this could go one of two ways. He could go willingly or he could go screaming and crying. Kevin said he went willingly. After about 15-20 minutes they came back out and called Kevin back so that the dentist could go over what he saw with Kevin. The hygienist told Kevin that he did great. He let her clean his teeth and look at his gums. He even got to get a toy motorcycle from the treasure chest and a spider man tattoo and a sticker. He was so proud of himself. He told Kevin how well he did as soon as he saw him. The dentist said everything looked great!
I called Kevin a little later that morning to ask how it went and he told me just that! I was SO proud of our boy! He is growing up so quick. This is yet another milestone that Kaden has accomplished in his almost 4 years of life. He amazes me every day!!!
Kevin said they got there and immediately the hygienist called him back. Kevin got up to go back there with him and she told him that she just wanted Kaden by himself. If I were there I probably would have thought this could go one of two ways. He could go willingly or he could go screaming and crying. Kevin said he went willingly. After about 15-20 minutes they came back out and called Kevin back so that the dentist could go over what he saw with Kevin. The hygienist told Kevin that he did great. He let her clean his teeth and look at his gums. He even got to get a toy motorcycle from the treasure chest and a spider man tattoo and a sticker. He was so proud of himself. He told Kevin how well he did as soon as he saw him. The dentist said everything looked great!
I called Kevin a little later that morning to ask how it went and he told me just that! I was SO proud of our boy! He is growing up so quick. This is yet another milestone that Kaden has accomplished in his almost 4 years of life. He amazes me every day!!!
Monday, March 4, 2013
Weekend Update
This weekend was a busy busy weekend. I am actually looking forward to the week to kind of slow down a bit.
Friday, Kevin took Karsyn to a daddy/daughter dance at a church here in town. His boss had two extra tickets and offered them to him. I was super excited when he told me about the dance. There was a dance a few months ago and I didn't hear about it until the day of, so it was too late for them to go. This one seemed like it was WAY better! The theme was a 50's sock hop. The whole church was decked out in everything 50's. The sanctuary had beautiful chairs and tables set up for "diner food". There were balloons everywhere. There was a balloon arch and they had a huge dance floor for the little girls to dance with their daddies. They also had a "drive in" movie theater. The chairs had car door props along side of them to make it look like you were actually in a drive in movie. Kevin and Karsyn shared a popcorn while they watch tangled. They stopped by the soda fountain and got a soda pop and some sweets at the sweet shoppe. They also had a photo booth with props and a photographer. Kevin said that Karsyn had such a fun time but was really interested in the decorations and pulling them down more then anything. They got to dance together and just spending an evening just the two of them. I was so proud of Kevin for setting this whole thing up by himself and actually enjoying his time with Karsyn! I think next year she may be able to enjoy the actual festivities a little better.
Saturday morning while I took Karsyn to her dance class, Kevin took Kaden to a Dr Seuss birthday celebration at Applebees. The Leon County Reading Council put on a Green Eggs and Ham breakfast. The kids got to read green eggs and ham AND pancakes while they got to listen to Dr Seuss stories and children's music. Kids got to dress up in their favorite Dr Seuss characters or any character of their choice. Kaden wore his Mickey Mouse t-shirt. The place was all dolled up in Dr Seuss. After breakfast they went to Home Depot for their kids event. Every first Saturday of the month, Home Depot has little building kits for kiddos. They get to build trains, cars, bird houses, etc. They cute to use real tools and they even get a cute orange apron just like the ones that the employees wear. Kaden got to build a race car all by himself. Kevin just held the pieces together while Kaden got to hammer. He did a GREAT job. When Karsyn and I got home, he was so proud to show us what he had made.
Sunday was Karsyn's Beauty Pagent. It was our first one. I was under the impression that it was more of a natural beauty pagent without a lot of glitz. When we got to the mall there were girls all decked out with make-up, hair, and expensive gowns and dresses. They clearly are pros at this stuff. I began to get really nervous. I am a competetive person so it was only natural that I was competetive for my daughter. I wanted her to win! We were in the 1 year old catagory because she was not 2 by the cut off. The under 1 year olds went first. They lined up on stage first and then walked one by one down the front of the stage to the judges and then back. After they went, it was our turn. There was 2 other girls in our division. We also lined up and then one by one went to the front of the stage in front of the judges. Karsyn did VERY well. She stood holding my hand and waited her turn. She walked by my side down to the front of the stage. She was a little shy in front of the judges and she didn't really wave or blow kisses like I would have wanted her too. She smiled slightly but none the less she looked beautiful. We had to wait for the entire competetion to be over befor awards. Luckily there wasn't a whole lot of contestants. Each contestant got a trophy and a tiara. In each catagory there was a Queen and if you signed up for the extra categories (prettiest eyes, best attire, best personality, etc) then you got medals. We did not sign up for those, just the beauty part. Karsyn got second place (last place) bummer! I was a bit disappointed. Clearly I am her mother and I wanted her to win. Either which way she did great and I was so VERY proud of her! After the pagent the guys went to play golf and my mom and I did some grocery shopping. We had dinner over at my in laws and then came home and FINALLY relaxed!
Friday, Kevin took Karsyn to a daddy/daughter dance at a church here in town. His boss had two extra tickets and offered them to him. I was super excited when he told me about the dance. There was a dance a few months ago and I didn't hear about it until the day of, so it was too late for them to go. This one seemed like it was WAY better! The theme was a 50's sock hop. The whole church was decked out in everything 50's. The sanctuary had beautiful chairs and tables set up for "diner food". There were balloons everywhere. There was a balloon arch and they had a huge dance floor for the little girls to dance with their daddies. They also had a "drive in" movie theater. The chairs had car door props along side of them to make it look like you were actually in a drive in movie. Kevin and Karsyn shared a popcorn while they watch tangled. They stopped by the soda fountain and got a soda pop and some sweets at the sweet shoppe. They also had a photo booth with props and a photographer. Kevin said that Karsyn had such a fun time but was really interested in the decorations and pulling them down more then anything. They got to dance together and just spending an evening just the two of them. I was so proud of Kevin for setting this whole thing up by himself and actually enjoying his time with Karsyn! I think next year she may be able to enjoy the actual festivities a little better.
Saturday morning while I took Karsyn to her dance class, Kevin took Kaden to a Dr Seuss birthday celebration at Applebees. The Leon County Reading Council put on a Green Eggs and Ham breakfast. The kids got to read green eggs and ham AND pancakes while they got to listen to Dr Seuss stories and children's music. Kids got to dress up in their favorite Dr Seuss characters or any character of their choice. Kaden wore his Mickey Mouse t-shirt. The place was all dolled up in Dr Seuss. After breakfast they went to Home Depot for their kids event. Every first Saturday of the month, Home Depot has little building kits for kiddos. They get to build trains, cars, bird houses, etc. They cute to use real tools and they even get a cute orange apron just like the ones that the employees wear. Kaden got to build a race car all by himself. Kevin just held the pieces together while Kaden got to hammer. He did a GREAT job. When Karsyn and I got home, he was so proud to show us what he had made.
Sunday was Karsyn's Beauty Pagent. It was our first one. I was under the impression that it was more of a natural beauty pagent without a lot of glitz. When we got to the mall there were girls all decked out with make-up, hair, and expensive gowns and dresses. They clearly are pros at this stuff. I began to get really nervous. I am a competetive person so it was only natural that I was competetive for my daughter. I wanted her to win! We were in the 1 year old catagory because she was not 2 by the cut off. The under 1 year olds went first. They lined up on stage first and then walked one by one down the front of the stage to the judges and then back. After they went, it was our turn. There was 2 other girls in our division. We also lined up and then one by one went to the front of the stage in front of the judges. Karsyn did VERY well. She stood holding my hand and waited her turn. She walked by my side down to the front of the stage. She was a little shy in front of the judges and she didn't really wave or blow kisses like I would have wanted her too. She smiled slightly but none the less she looked beautiful. We had to wait for the entire competetion to be over befor awards. Luckily there wasn't a whole lot of contestants. Each contestant got a trophy and a tiara. In each catagory there was a Queen and if you signed up for the extra categories (prettiest eyes, best attire, best personality, etc) then you got medals. We did not sign up for those, just the beauty part. Karsyn got second place (last place) bummer! I was a bit disappointed. Clearly I am her mother and I wanted her to win. Either which way she did great and I was so VERY proud of her! After the pagent the guys went to play golf and my mom and I did some grocery shopping. We had dinner over at my in laws and then came home and FINALLY relaxed!
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| so pretty in her tiara |
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| checking out her trophy |
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| I am so proud of this pretty princess |
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| getting crowned. |
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| waiting for her turn to go to the front of the stage |
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| Date night with mommy |
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| playing on Papa's phone |
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| Daddy Daughter Dance night |
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| so pretty |
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Weed-wacking the Bush
Since having kids I am ashamed to say that I have kinda let myself go. I used to be really skinny before getting pregnant with Kaden. With Kaden I gained 53lbs. After I had him I lost most of the baby weight but I never got back down to my pre-baby weight. Then I got pregnant with Karsyn and gained 13lbs. Since giving birth to Karsyn almost 2 years ago I have yet to loose any weight. I am at the highest weight I have ever been in my life. I have stopped caring how I look most of the days. I pick up Kaden from school wearing yoga pants and a t-shirt most of the time. I even wear those same clothes on the weekend when going to the mall or just out and about. I barely put any make-up on and even when going out to eat depending on where we are going I might switch the yoga pants for jeans. I may put some powder and some mascara on and I usually always wear my hair up. If I don't do any of that stuff, do you really think I take the time to shave my legs or even my down south area? This may be a little TMI for some so if you don't want to get private then you may want to stop reading. The blog title may be a bit vulgar for my taste but when I thought it to myself tonight, it seemed fitting lol.
I hate shaving! What girl really likes to shave? I shave my legs during the summer months because of the fact that I wear shorts. Since I am not at a comfortable weight or body image that I would like to be, I do not wear swim suits so with that said I don't shave my vagina very often. I hate to say this, but I really don't care if my husband likes it or not. If he is getting what he wants then he should be happy either way! This topic came up because of the fact that I am going to my annual pap tomorrow. (My GYN). So I don't shave for my husband but I WILL however shave for my gyno. I know that might seem strange to some. Those people obviously do not know what my OBGYN looks like. He is a very good looking man. It seems strange to have a semi-stranger looking at your vagina that is almost unfindable so I like to tidy up a bit before going. Am I the only one who thinks like this or do most women who are married and have kids think like this as well?
I usually don't talk this openly about these things with people. This just came to my mind while I was in the shower tonight and I couldn't help but think that there are more people who do the same!
Anyways.......
I hate shaving! What girl really likes to shave? I shave my legs during the summer months because of the fact that I wear shorts. Since I am not at a comfortable weight or body image that I would like to be, I do not wear swim suits so with that said I don't shave my vagina very often. I hate to say this, but I really don't care if my husband likes it or not. If he is getting what he wants then he should be happy either way! This topic came up because of the fact that I am going to my annual pap tomorrow. (My GYN). So I don't shave for my husband but I WILL however shave for my gyno. I know that might seem strange to some. Those people obviously do not know what my OBGYN looks like. He is a very good looking man. It seems strange to have a semi-stranger looking at your vagina that is almost unfindable so I like to tidy up a bit before going. Am I the only one who thinks like this or do most women who are married and have kids think like this as well?
I usually don't talk this openly about these things with people. This just came to my mind while I was in the shower tonight and I couldn't help but think that there are more people who do the same!
Anyways.......
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Photo Bomb
Here are the photos I said I would upload from Karsyn's observation week at dance.
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| Pretty Princess |
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| Big Brother being so good at his sisters dance class |
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| Our little Ballerina |
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| Waiting for class to start |
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| Walking low to the ground |
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| Butterfly legs |
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| Playing with the bean bags |
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| Jumping over the bean bags |
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| So pretty! |
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| putting her bean bags in the line |
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| walking on the bean bag line |
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| High five Ms Melanie |
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| Pushing her bean bag across the floor |
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| The famous parachute! |
Friday, March 1, 2013
Nightmare
I had the worst dream early this morning. I woke up terrified and shaking and had a difficult time shaking it out of my mind. I think I even went back to dreaming it again, after I woke up from having it.
I dreamt that Kevin and I were in our bedroom with Karsyn. She has an obsession with closing doors. She thinks it is hilarious to close the doors in our house (cheap toy, so I am not complaining). She happened to shut the door in our room. I could hear from behind the closed door, our alarm system chime as if the front door had opened. I got a little freaked out because I thought that Kaden (who had been in the living room) maybe opened the door and was going to walk outside without us. This has never happened EVER so I don't know if I would (in real life) be concerned about this at this point anyways. He knows better is what I should say! Anyways back to the dream. So as that being the first thought that crossed my mind, the second thought turned to my panic thoughts and I thought maybe someone was invading our house. Kevin was opening the door to see what was going on and for some reason I told him to open it slowly just in case it was a burglar. As we were opening the door, we say just arms sweep Kaden up and all I hear is him screaming for MOMMY! I woke up at this point. It was the worst dream I have EVER had! I have had some pretty bad and really strange dreams before but this tops them. I think I have been watching to many Bones episodes that deals with tragedy! I am not one to think much into dreams so I don't really know what my dream could be telling me or saying about me. Needless to say, I was pretty tired today!
I dreamt that Kevin and I were in our bedroom with Karsyn. She has an obsession with closing doors. She thinks it is hilarious to close the doors in our house (cheap toy, so I am not complaining). She happened to shut the door in our room. I could hear from behind the closed door, our alarm system chime as if the front door had opened. I got a little freaked out because I thought that Kaden (who had been in the living room) maybe opened the door and was going to walk outside without us. This has never happened EVER so I don't know if I would (in real life) be concerned about this at this point anyways. He knows better is what I should say! Anyways back to the dream. So as that being the first thought that crossed my mind, the second thought turned to my panic thoughts and I thought maybe someone was invading our house. Kevin was opening the door to see what was going on and for some reason I told him to open it slowly just in case it was a burglar. As we were opening the door, we say just arms sweep Kaden up and all I hear is him screaming for MOMMY! I woke up at this point. It was the worst dream I have EVER had! I have had some pretty bad and really strange dreams before but this tops them. I think I have been watching to many Bones episodes that deals with tragedy! I am not one to think much into dreams so I don't really know what my dream could be telling me or saying about me. Needless to say, I was pretty tired today!
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