funnies

Bastien-

brushing their teeth at night is usually Steven's job. One night we were driving home late and Steven's all "Its a good thing their teeth are already brushed" (they weren't) and i said "daddy wants you all to be the brown-toothed kid at school" and then Bastien's all-

"How about we be the tomorrow brushed toothed kids?"

Bastien went with me to Walmart to buy Lion King, and on the way back he's said. "tomorrow i am going to draw something beautiful...i'm going to draw the ocean. and a hot air balloon. two of them." then he started telling me things he knew how to draw better. " I dont draw stick people anymore. I can draw pants and shirts. I could draw Grandma in her pajamas..." Ha! I guess we know what gma wears a lot!

Jasper-

he is always coming up with fast answer to something. embry said "dont leave us in the car mommy. a bad guy can take us. ...oh ya but there are windows" Jasper-"He could punch the windows! (he said it like-duh!)

we were waiting in the car while Steven was looking in Ross and i was like "Ohhh daddy's taking forever! Jasper- "Maybe him dead?" me, 10 minutes later. "Oh my gosh he's so slow!" Jasper-"cause he's an old man" and embry kept repeating it over and over like it was his joke....hmmm.

Jasper has the cutest little voice so it makes it even more cuter and funnier.

And Embry-

well this video says all you need to know about Embry.

(and Jasper's "what the? what the?" like "wow you're weird")

train museum

on Sat the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale was celebrating their new train museum. It was 10,000 sq. ft (thats whatthey said) of trains on tracks goin' all over the place!they had halloween trains,trains with buzz and little models of what trains going through Mesa, Chandler, Superior, etc. looks like. it was fun to see all these cute little old men who you could tell thought of these displays as their babies. they were so proud. as well they should be cause it was all really cool! i almost wish my boys were obsessed with trains like they used to be, but i think they still appreciated it.

this baby had no clue what was going on-but if he's anything like his brothers, he'll be a train lover soon. and we've got lots of them for him to play with.

september in instagrams

i love instagram! because most of these pictures- i probably wouldn't have taken the time to go get my camera for. my itouch doesn't take the greatest pictures, especially with bad light..but instagram makes everything look more fun! so, here is a month of what i see & do all day-

Bastien's 2 bottom teeth are growing back in. and is getting his back molars.

the boys had their dentist checkup this month-

all squeaky clean teeth!

i started doing that mommy school i found on pinterest. the boys had so much fun with the letter A. and when i say started, i mean. we still haven't done the letter B, yet. :/

we found this "back to the future" shirt at Target. Embry and I were so excited. He loves watching the train pushing the car part and the end of the 3rd one.

the boys went to their first circus.

my friend Camille had her first baby, little Jet.

he is so dang cute, he looks like a perfect little doll with that head of hair.

here they are getting a first taste of eachother.

we found a little green friend that stayed on our porch all day. even Bastien got to play with him when he got home from school. finding a nice bug like this is a big deal for little boys!

playing with that cornstarch-gak stuff. ive been trying to be more relaxed about fun things for the boys that make big messes. i need to get over it..kids are supposed to be messy, right?

10 pm-Embry just barely fell asleep. my night owl.

after a trip to LeeLee's we stopped for a Boba slushie! We used to get them all the time at this Boba Cafe right near our apt in Oklahoma. I can only handle a few of those smooshy balls in my slushie but the boys love them. embry yelled "I love eating those brown balls!"

Jasper making Finnick laugh

i tried a recipe on Pinterest, finally! These Pink Lemonade cupcakes turned out so cute and yummy. I'm only a fan of the cupcakes that have a dense-thicker texture (like Sprinkles cupcakes) and these were like that! The flavor basically came from using Pink Lemonade Concentrate, i wonder if they would turn out just as good with other flavoring?

Embry called dibs on Finnick's leftover babyfood.

Quik Trip slushies after playing bball with daddy.

Finnick is 6 months!

he has his 2 bottom teeth, and 4 more coming in up on top.

i was saying how well he was handling it. but then a couple days later-he started screaming about everything and woke up the next 2 nights. I guess 4 teeth coming in doesn't feel too great. He has a cute mad face, though.

just some stuff

the hurricane simulator at the mall. 2 whole dollars of ..

"can i get out now?"

jasper had tried it at a past mall trip and wasn't even going to attempt this silliness again.

(playdate with nicole and boys-late 2010)

this picture brings back so many memories of our treks to the park! (2009-2010) Bastien was a handful at the park in those days. But they had a lot of fun moments, too. This picture is the best. Paka is still a celebrity in our house.

we found Bastien's old woody doll in a box and Embry claimed it. and carried it around for 3 days like this cause he's cute. then he lost the hat and tried to break him, like he does with all his toys. i have to write about this so i dont forget- we took the boys to the dentist today for a cleaning. and they were all laying in the 3 chairs they have in the room and Embry says to the lady.."My teeth are dirty" like he was self conscious about it. the hygenists(?) were all tickled about what he said, and we all laughed.

we went to the circus last week and it was great. it was a small one, but i liked that. and we had awesome seats. i kept wishing that the ring master was the bad guy from Water for Elephants. (Doesn't he have the coolest voice?)

i kind of felt annoyed for this bear..like, why would he want to sit in a chair? but that lady was feeding him some kind of honey cereal and he was really cute eating it...so maybe he was happy. except..i kept thinking,I bet everyone in here is secretly wishing that THIS is the show where the bear goes nuts on that lady, right? 'She doesn't look like she really enjoys feeding me this cereal..' Or during the uneventful tiger show..the tiger takes a swipe at the mean guy glaring and bossing him around with that big pokey stick? that would be entertaining!

just kidding.. it was actually really entertaining. it was a long show. with an intermission, too. and my kids sat mesmerized the whole time.

we gave finnick a first taste of rice cereal and he wasn't too impressed. i tried it later with apples added. and still didn't like it. my first oatmeal kid. he likes it with more apples than oatmeal but doesn't want apples by itself. i found the perfect combo for this high maintenance baby! actually i think he just isn't excited about the whole eating babyfood thing, yet. This picture is of me tricking him to get his mouth open.

and a few more because you need.... to look at my baby!

he loves to get a hold of my, Bastien's ..any ones hair he can get a hold of! i love how Bastien is with Finnick. it's just really cool seeing your once baby being sweet to his little brother! Finnick is a silly kid. if you show him a toy or plastic bag..something that makes a crinkly or squeaky noise. he gets all weirded out and makes this funny growling noise. i love his personality!

this little froggy (toad) is out on my parent's porch every night! he loves to sit on the doorstep. my parent's porch light is a motion sensor light that never seems to work so i always tip toe around when i'm coming up to the door at night because i dont want to step on this little guy! he's come into my parents house before and bastien picked him up and he peed all over him. Bastien will still pick him up if he sees him outside. that's love!

Every day after Bastien comes home from school they play in the backyard. and every day i say " dont turn the hose on today!" (Because they had turned the hose on the day before and gotten dirty/muddy) But every day I hear the hose at some point and i also hear "It was Embry!" Here is an example of an extreme hose day.

Having a backyard is essential for Boys!