cade and taylor

I was just browsing through my pics from the summer and found these two videos that we took of Cade and Taylor- TOO FUNNY!! Only problem is it made me miss my Taylor girl like crazy!! Enjoy!!

KIDS!.....

Things have been pretty much the same old around here- My life is feeling very monotonous and I am in desperate need of a VACATION...

my sweet hubby surprised me and got us tickets to THRILLER by Odyssey- We had a fun date night with no kids- and It was very relaxing! I love going to dance concerts, I always critique and think in my head- "I could totally do that..." and then I remember that I've had three kids and can't even touch my toes anymore- ha! (and back in the day, I know I was never that good anyway....BUT, I CAN spin a rifle like it's nobodies business!)

I feel like life with kids is constantly changing- we'll have times where I feel like we've totally got the parenting thing down, and then the next day the monsters come out and I wonder how my kids will ever survive with a mother like me...

Like now, we are definitely in a struggle...my sweet Cade (imagine that) is going through a "testing phase"- he is constantly testing me and seeing how far he can push me. I never knew I could feel so many different emotions in one day, sometimes even in five minutes. He is so dang smart and I know he's just playing me- examples...

I leave Dax in a room with Cade and walk away for 30 seconds...Dax starts screaming and I run back in the room to Cade either smothering him, pushing him over, pulling on his legs, or whatever it might be and I instantly yell, "CADE!" and he looks at me, "oh sorry mom, I forgot"... (seriously this happens at least 75 times everyday.)

on the flip side- Some cute things that he's doing right now

He is totally confused about BYU and UTAH. For those of you who don't know, Dave is a HUGE Utah fan, and my dad and Dave's dad are both BYU fans- so the grandpa's are always trying to get the boys to be BYU fans- (this does not go over well with dave.) Well, I got a phone call from Cade's preschool teacher and this what she tells me...

"Today at school I told the kids to go find their favorite colored toy and Cade says, "I'm going to get a BYU color!....because they don't SUCK!" and then he brought me a RED toy!"

Cade is always saying "GO BY-UTES", and "I want to give you a BYU hug"....weird!

And Austin is another topic too- He's learning how to tell me "no"- and although he is still very obedient- he has figured out how to throw his own fits. It usually consists of his hand going immediately to his eye to cover up the tears that are forming. I am just thankful that he will listen and we can usually talk about what ever is bugging him and figure out a way to fix it. negotiation- a daily occurrence in our house.

The greatest thing about having a five year old in the house- is that he is such a great helper and he is pretty much independent! I love that he can dress himself (I have to choose the clothes), he brushes teeth alone, he even hangs his backpack up after he gets home from school- without me asking! He loves to "tend" dax and he's always very helpful in getting me diapers- now, if he could just change them! :)

and this brings me to Dax- my Sweet baby boy has got to be teething- he has been such a grump today and he is such a MAMMA'S boy!!- and he is officially crawling! He's not too fast (which is nice) but he is definitely mobile! (and I hate that!)

So after this novel I am feeling guilty about being so negative!- I guess I'll have to hurry and do a new post and write about how much I love my kids! Because I DO! I really do!!

so not meant to be a mother of boys...

really? Boys? Stinky, sweaty, bugs, snakes, and FROGS. Well, a frog- GROSS! Seriously, I really don't think I was meant to have all boys- I can't tell you how bad I HATE everything I just listed above- but a few weeks ago my sister (who is a mother of four boys) brought Austin home from playing and in his hand was a slimy frog! I did not want that thing anywhere near me- they are disgusting! Even the joy that gross thing brought to my boys was not worth how yucky it was! So they made him a home in a bucket in our back yard and finally it was time to take him to the stream and let him go. I couldn't even hold the plastic thing it was in- Boy was I glad to see him go!

On the Austin Update- he has gotten to be the VIP in school this week. Not sure exactly what it means other than that he gets to hold the door open for all the kids on their way to recess, and that he gets to be the special helper for the teacher- but man has he loved it! He is really liking kindergarten and I am learning that homework is not going to be so fun!

I know that my last post was all about the crazy wrestling matches that go on at our house constantly, but I can't resist a moment like this...I had just gotten the boys out of the bath, I got Dax dressed, and left him in his room....when I came back to get him this is what I saw. (don't mind cade in the nude- he is my "free spirit")- All three of them were playing so quietly!! This sight was SO CUTE! They were showing dax different toys and cade was "reading" him this book...Just goes to show that yes, we do have some peaceful, happy moments in our life too! Daxton is growing like crazy! He is so much fun and I just can't ever get enough of him!! Right now he is loving popcorn. Not sure he should really have it- but he LOVES IT! He gets so excited and it's so cute to watch him chomp it with his chubby cheeks and his lips go in this straight line across his face- like a bitter beer face/old grandpa face...too cute for words...

He is almost crawling which I am so sad about! He gets up on all fours and then he leans forward and drops right on his belly- he's got the backwards movement down pat, and he call roll anywhere he wants to go- any day he'll be on the move, then I'm really in trouble!! And watch out Cade- I think Dax has attitude!

And on the Cade update...He always has some kind of battle wound and the newest is across his face- he ran full speed into a dresser. It was pretty sad, but he's got a cool scrape to show for it. But the best part of this whole incident is...the day after he scraped his face he was over at Celesta's and she found him and Kambree painting their faces- well, his scratch was still open so the paint got in the scratch and stained it purple. So yes, he went to school with that paint all over his face. (I joke that he is my homeless child- because pretty much he wears whatever he wants, he won't let me do his hair (and he's in desperate need of a haircut), and he doesn't wear shoes or underwear- ever! (like I said before, my "free spirit")

(the blue under his nose is not paint...just some Gatorade...) ha!