How We Train Our Dragon!!!

A little while ago me and the boys had hit up the Walmart one afternoon! We were walking through the clearance section and came across some really cool towels from the movie how to train your dragon! I decided that I would get both of them one since they were only a couple of dollars! When we got home and opened them up they were kind of small but oh well! Trey thought that it was cool from the start, Jack not so much! But now a few weeks later this is what has happened......


Jack thinks that he is a Dragon! He puts it on right after he gets out of the shower and he fly's around in it all morning long! When he has it on he likes to be called Dragon too, not Jack!

He likes to sit at the front window and watch people mow their lawns! He is obsessed with lawn mowers! One day we got an ad in the paper with mowers on it and we haven't been able to throw it away because he loves to look at it!

He does everything with his dragon towel on his head it's super cute until you try to take it off! He is so cute zooming around holding out the wings and pretending that he is flying!
Usually he takes it off by lunch time but not today he was a dragon at lunch too! When he went down for a nap after lunch he still had it on! I don't think that he is going to come back from being a dragon today! I think that this little dragon phase that he is in is just so darn cute! You can't really capture all of his cuteness in pictures! I just love him he is my cuddly little guy and I'm glad that he hasn't grown up so fast! He is just content being a mama's boy and I just love it even if he is a dragon!

1 Year of Preschool Down!!!

Today was the day!!! Trey survived his very first year of preschool and so did I! He is going to miss it so much and he already can't wait to go back in August! They had a book fair for the parents while the kids practiced and we found some really good flash cards to help him and us with his Spanish over the summer!

Here is my little man posing for his last day of school pic!

Here he is with his class singing the apples and bananas song! In Spanish of course!

This is a video of them singing their hello song that they sing every morning! Watch the whole thing because there is a part were they are suppose to sing quiet but Trey sings his little heart out as loud as he can!

Here he is getting his special book and diploma!

I love this little man!

Grandpa Bair was able to leave work for a minute so that he could some and see him! He was so proud of him!

It was so cute! The whole time that Trey was up there singing he was just staring at Grandpa with a big grin on his face!

Great Grandma Bair came too! Thanks for coming and being a part of Trey's big day!

I'm one proud mama! He has come such a long way and has even taught us alot during his time in preschool!

Trey just loves his Daddy and he was so proud of him too!
Trey and Teacher Kris! She has been such a great teacher! She is so great to the kids. She is such a great sport to put up with all those kids since she is like 8 months pregnant! We can't wait till August when we get to see her again!

Preschool has been so great for Trey! He has made so many friends learned so many things and he has got to have some really great experiences at this school! I'm so glad that we stumbled across the Union Bilingual Preschool!

A Lesson In Wood Chips!!!

Sometimes my kids do stupid things. I like to think that I have taught them well. Taught them things that they should and should not do! But then there are times when they do things that I'm not really prepared for! Today was one of those days! Jack was down for a nap and Trey was up on our bed watching cartoons! I was down in the kitchen and I could hear Trey making some weird noises! I decided that I better go and check on him to make sure he wasn't doing something that he wasn't suppose to!

But he was, he was laying like this trying to sneeze of all things! I asked him what he was doing and here is were I get the response that I was not prepared for, "I stuck a wood chip up my nose and I'm sorry, I can't get it out!" ....WHAT!

It was like the movie One Fine Day when the kid put a marble up his nose! I looked up there to see if I could see it and it was just out of my reach, but not the tweezers I thought! But I can just imagine if I had to stick tweezers up Trey's nose...it would have been the end of the world! Seriously! So I plugged one of his nose holes and told him to blow it out! Trey has never got the concept of this so I was living on a prayer that he would get it this one time so that he wouldn't suck in and get it more jammed up there!

Thankfully he got it on the second time! It flew right out! Trey freaked because obviously it had blood on it! I was relieved that I didn't have to be that mom that takes her kid to the hospital because he stuck a wood chip up his nose! Well lesson learned he will not be sticking things up his nose anymore.... until he forgets and does it again!

Other than that it has been a great day! We spent the afternoon watching for the bus.....just another typical day living with boys! Love 'em!

P.S. If you are wondering were the wood chip came from, it came from the park yesterday! It got stuck in his shoe!

Sometimes Life is so Hard...You Fall Asleep!!!

This last week was rough! Jack got sick on Tuesday! We thought that maybe we was just teething but then Trey got the same thing on Friday! So much for this mom knowing anything! Jack was miserable for 2-3 days it wasn't fun. He would just cry and cry and cry! He wouldn't sleep unless I held him the whole time which meant I was a very tired mama! Finally on Friday he was back to the Jack that we all know and love! He was running all over the place being silly hooray! But then Trey got the sickness which followed with me starting to feel the sickness a few hours later! We basically just had a fever for about a day followed by a super sore throat! It wasn't fun! Trey moaned alot laid where ever he fell and it just wasn't fun!

We still tried to get him to eat even though he wasn't feeling well and this is what happened after a few bits of food! He plopped on the couch and was out like a light! He didn't even move when Jack came over and played with his toes! Luckily he was better by Sunday to go to church!

This week must have really took it out of Jack because after we came home from church yesterday this is what the little man looked like while we at our dinner! Poor little nugget! I was laughing the whole time that we were eating because he was trying so hard to stay awake but those little eyes just wanted to close! We cleaned him all up and put him down for a nice nap! I'm hoping that this week will be better than the last and that Richard doesn't get the sickness because we all know that that will be the end of the world ;) Just kidding Rich! I promise that I will have something more exciting to write about sometime this week, but for now you will just have to enjoy the boys falling asleep with their food!

This Old House!!!

So sometimes when you buy an older house you end up with older things! That is our case, we bought a slightly older home about 20 years and it came with some old things that needed updating! Like when we walked into it after it was officially our house, I realized it was pink.....everywhere! I didn't notice that all the walls were pink to go along with the pink carpet in one room and all the pink counter tops! All the walls were pink except our sitting room, they were a nice sea foam green! It was beautiful...that's why I changed it...as fast as I could! Even if I was a few weeks pregnant with the Trey Baby! This house is coming together in a slightly more updated version! No more pink anything, now it is nice and neutral! One thing that has been bugging me for along time is this.....

This beauty of a fireplace! I have loved this but hated and I mean hated the gold! I just said grandma to me! it was scratched and just didn't look all that great! So my brain started rolling how was I going to fix this and do it cheap! I was going to spray paint it that's how! So this morning I prepped it all up, went to walmart, got some high heat spray paint and came home!

Here it is in the middle of the project! I had to open all the windows and doors down in the family room and get a fan just so that we didn't suffocate or anything! Jack's nose is full of black boogers now!

But it's worth it because holy AMAZING! I love it I wish that I would have done it forever ago! I wasn't in my crafty/home decorating prime then! I decided to paint the mantle black also and I'm in love! I'm so glad that I did it!

Everything just seems to pop off of it more and it draws the eye to something nice and pretty instead of something ugly! But now I have to paint our entertainment center black because it just doesn't look right! That is a project for another day though! I'm sure that Richard loves this, one project leading to another and another and another! But if it makes me happy and the house look good then it's OK....right? Thanks so much Richie for putting up with all these projects that I do! I love you!

What Do You Do on Wednesdays?!!!

Most Wednesdays we get to go with Richard to Salt Lake! He goes to pick up film and we are lucky enough to get to go and spend time with him! It may not sound like fun to be sitting in a car just driving down to Salt Lake really quick and then driving back.....but it is a great family bonding time! I'm sad that it will have to come to an end in a few months we Trey starts going to school 3 days a week! I will really miss it even if no one else does! We start off the morning like this....


Well not all of us just Jack! He will probably kill me one day for putting this up but I couldn't resist! Look at that butt it's to cute!
We all pile into the car...we usually take my car but the car seats were already in Richard's car so he took his! There is a lot of Richard looking like this on the way down...especially if he got in a lot of trouble the day before! But he does manage to squeeze in a little talking with me and the boys, usually about Lagoon!

Trey likes to read books, even if they are about princesses! I think that Grandma Princess must be hoping for a girl in our future someday since she is the one who gave us this book! ;)

Jack likes to read books about animals and enjoy the scenery! We also like to rock out to the Chipmunk soundtrack!

I took a picture of myself just so we would know that I was indeed there also!

Finally after a hour and a half in the car we arrive and the candy place! We didn't go inside which I'm kind of sad that I didn't get a picture of the walls and shelves of candy and other theatre stuff!

This is the depot this is were all the film arrives for pickup and were is leaves to go back to wherever it came from! In all the times that we have gone with Richard we have never been inside! There is walls and shelves filled with film that is very heavy and I can just imagine Trey getting smashed by one of the movies! So we stay in the car and sing and talk about what movies we are picking up!

Here are the movies that we picked up. We usually have a whole car load but I guess this week is not a good movies week since we only got these!

After that we head to Kaysville to have lunch at Arby's...yes it is the same every week it is our traditon! Jack loves the curly fries!
Trey likes to help get the sauce and while we wait for the food me and Trey talk about which one is the arby's sauce! He doesn't like that one because it is spicy!

After lunch we drive back home to Logan. Richard drops us off at the house and we play or clean till he comes home! We have such a good time together as a family even if it is just being in a car with each other for a few hours! We are lucky enough that we get to spend that much time with our working man! We love you Daddy and we love spending time with you!

Mother's Day 2010!!!

Mother's Day was fabulous this year like it is every year! I woke up to my wonderful boys and hubby bringing me wonderful cards that told me how much they loved me! It was great! We got all ready and went to church! Richard had to give a talk about Mothers and gave me and his mom a few shout outs about how great we are! He told a few stories about the boys and Trey was so embarrassed! It was kind of funny he kept hiding his face because everyone was looking at him and he just couldn't stand it! I was a little nervous about being left with the two of them by myself but they were both amazing and Jack didn't even have to be taken out in the hall! Trey also sang in Sacrament with the primary! It was so cute to see him up there so little with all the kids singing to the moms! It was so sweet! He didn't want to go up there at first but I got one of my primary girls to take him up and hold his hand so he went and did great! I think that he just liked holding Brooklyn's hand it made him feel like a stud! My Dad cooked Dutch oven for the moms that afternoon and it was great as always! Then we headed to Grandma Princesses house to wish her a Happy Mother's Day! It was a great day, long but great! For my present this year I asked for paint! You may be thinking that this is a weird thing to ask for but I really wanted to paint our bedroom! It has been bugging me for a while so I thought that this would be the prefect Mother's Day gift! Richard didn't even have to do anything because I went and bought it and did all the work! Our room was navy blue before and it was good for awhile but it was time for a change. It took me 4 days to get all the painting done since I could only do one wall at a time! But I love it!

I spray painted this mirror that I made Richard take out of his bedroom from his parents house forever ago! I thought that I would be able to find a place to put it! It only took me a few years but it finally made it on to a wall!

Here is a view of the curtains that I found! I got them at Ross for like $5 in the clearance section! They matched perfectly! What a steal!

Our other wall, I still have to do something about this lamp it is way to white for my taste. I will have to ponder this for a few days and then see what I come up with!

Our wonderful bedding! I got this bedding clear back in Feb. It had pretty much been the inspiration for the room! I love it! It is very different from the rest of our house a lot more cool and fresh feeling!

I got this vinyl saying at Kohl's for $3! Also a mega steal! It is so cute I just love it! I feel like I finally have an adult bedroom! It is just so cozy and it makes me want to stay in there all day! It was the perfect room to wake up in on Mother's Day! Thanks to the wonderful man and 2 little men in my life for making me so very happy on this day and everyday! I love all 3 of you very much! I am one lucky little lady!

Before I was a Mom....

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put him down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy,
the love,
the heartache,
the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom .

I was looking for an idea for something to do with our primary class for their moms and I came across this poem! I started to read it and just started crying like the crazy person that I am! This is exactly how I feel about being a mom and since it is almost Mother's Day I thought it was a great thing to share! My boys have brought me a whole new life that I could have never imagined having! I love them so much and I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world! They bring me such joy everyday even on those days that I think that I'm going crazy! Trey always has a funny or sweet little thing to say to me and Jack melts my heart every time he comes and gives me a hug and says my mommy! I feel the love that they have for me everyday and I hope that they know how much I love them! I LOVE being a mom and getting the chance to be with them every moment of their little lives! Happy Mother's day to all the moms/grandmas out there but especially the ones in our life! We appreciate all that you do and thank you for being the great examples that you are!