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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Dewper

Every Thursday morning at the mall, there's a little music show with a giant prairie dog named Dewper. The kids LOVE him! I took them to the show today and...

Hannah got to prance around in a congo line behind Dewper shaking some African morocca thing!
She was so proud of herself!

Mason was content to just kick it with Mom on the carpet.

My kids think Dewper is, like, a ROCK STAR!
After the Dewper show, we cruised outside for about 2 1/2 minutes by the pretty fountains...but then we started to combust into flames. It's friggin' H.O.T. today!
So we headed back inside for one last AIR CONDITIONED stop at Border's Books where Mason just pulled all the toys off the shelves....
...and Hannah played with the bead game and we read some books. Good, Fun, FREE entertainment!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

#1 and #2

Okay...I know I'm a terrible mother to do this....but I'm just so dang proud of my little baby boy! He's finally learning to potty train! A couple weeks ago, I was just telling a friend, "Oh Mason's not even CLOSE to wanting to potty train!" And now here he is peeing in the toilet...and YES, even doing the #2 today!!! What a big boy he's turning into! :(

I feel like having a diaper-free house is just right around the corner...just as long as Mason doesn't relapse! Hopefully he won't kill me one day for posting these pictures...but he's so stinkin' CUTE!




Sunday, July 26, 2009

Cool Weather Camping

This past Tuesday, Jim took a couple days off from work. It's been really hectic for him lately so we decided to skip town for a few days. We borrowed our friend's motorhome and headed up north to go camping with our other friends, Brooke, Brian, and their two sons, Brody & Bryce. It was sooooo nice getting out of the insane heat of the valley...and we even got rained on a little bit each day! The kids had so much fun playing together while the adults just kicked back and did a whole lot of nothing.


Bryce was sad about something...so Mason tried to make his buddy feel better.
We headed down to the nearby Willow Springs Lake one afternoon...so everyone except me and Brooke could do some fishing. She and I just sat on the shore and drank beer. :)

The kids took a little dip after fishing. It looks like Hannah's saying, "Whatever BOYS! I'm OUTTA here!"

Bryce and Hannah go to preschool together. They weren't that close to each other during the school year...but whenever our families hang out now, they are INSEPARABLE!
When we first arrived, Mason hopped on Bryce's little 2-wheeler with training wheels. To say he "rode the wheels" off that bike while we were camping is an understatement! He is such a natural (way better than Hannah, in fact). Bryce is getting a new bike for his birthday today...so Brooke and Brian told us to just take this little 2-wheeler home with us for Mason. He's STILL riding the wheels off of it!





Saturday, July 18, 2009

Line 'em up!

Mason doesn't typically care if things are neat and orderly. But apparently when it comes to hair rollers, he's all about organization!

I watched him from around the corner as he placed each roller next to another until they were all lined up.....then he would do it again!
Maybe this is a sign that I need to bring out another new toy that's stashed away in the closet? If they're resorting to playing with my hair styling tools, maybe they're really bored?

Friday, July 17, 2009

Pretty Pretty Princess

Lately, Hannah's been VERY into dresses, pretty hair-do's...and anything else that makes her feel like a princess. She actually ASKED me to make her look like a princess the other day and TAKE PICTURES OF HER! Bestill my heart! I jumped at the rare opportunity!




Bath Blizzard

After Christmas and birthdays, I usually put 2/3 of all the gifts high on a shelf in the kids' closet...to be pulled out on a rainy day (as if we have those in AZ!) I just find that the kids are so overwhelmed by all the new toys, that they really don't appreciate any of them unless they're introduced one by one.

I had forgotten about this one really cool present that somebody (forgive my lack of memory) gave Mason for Christmas. So I pulled it out a couple weeks ago and it's been a hit with the kids ever since! Introducing: The Bath Blizzard!


Just pour in some bubble solution...add a little water....


...and the bubbles just keep coming and coming and coming. Sometimes the kids will let the entire tub fill up with the bubbles and then they wear them as hats and beards!

My little bath boy :)
And here's Hannah demonstrating her odd teeth brushing techniques!






Monday, July 13, 2009