Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy....

I was trying to make a video this morning to illustrate just how much Delcan talks. It's non-stop...all day long. Did I mention it's non-stop? No matter where we are or what we're doing he talks all the time. And in the morning its always Mommy this, Mommy that, Mommy, Mommy Mommy!! You try and count just how many times he says it. It seems to be more frequent in the morning. Must be trying to make up for the 12 hours he was asleep!

They said what?

We are on day 2 of Declan going to bed without his plug!! He got it this morning at 6am because 1.) He was having a hard time settling himself back to sleep and 2.) There was no way I was getting up for the day at that ungodly hour! He didn't even ask for it at nap today but he's been talking ever since I laid him down. "Time Out "Bruder" "Be Quiet "Bruder" "Bruder" "Bruder" "Boo Bruder." Bruder?"

Yeah he's asleep just like you should be!


The other day as we were drove past a church that was having a block party. They had several bounce houses up. This was the conversation as we passed...

Declan: "Bouuunnnccee Hoouuussseee" (he was trying very hard to enunicate)

Carson: Good Eye "Dekan"


Today we were picking up toys before nap time and the conversation went something like this.

Me: Come on boys lets pick up our toys.
Carson picks up a few then keels over in pain.
Carson: Mommy my tummy hurts.
Me: Oh no! What's making it hurt buddy?
Carson: Picking up all these toys.

Oh the pain caused from picking up those toys.

A little golfing, a little go-karting.

On Friday I stopped and grabbed some donuts after work for breakfast the next morning. The decision may have something to do with the fact that I am lazy when it comes to making breakfast, but who's keeping track? We had a busy day planned and there is no better way to start your day then to feed your children lots of chocolate and sugar before 8am. They were thrilled to say the least and are now requesting donuts for every meal.

This picture is blurry but I still wanted to show Declan's odd way of eating a donut. I'm not sure if he's actually eating it or trying to snort the frosting.

Either way this is the end product when he's finished. The donut pretty much intact, just missing the frosting.

And this is Carson's end version. At least he ate some of the donut. And have no fear Declan took care of that chocolate frosting. That's what brothers are for I guess.

After our sugar high was in full swing we ran to the farmer's market. In addition to our awesome sweet corn my wonderful husband also got me these. They smell fantastic! Thanks honey!!

After nap we headed out to a friends birthday party where we played mini-golf and rode the golf karts for most of the afternoon.

We may need to work on his form a little bit.

When all else fails you can just push it in with your hands. I think in the golf world that's called a "gimmie."

Declan just carried around my club and ball. He refused to set it down. So glad I paid for that round!

Declan trying to stay cool while watching brother on the "go-go-karts."

All buckled in and ready to go.

Wave to mommy and Declan!

Apparently I was more scared them him.

He talked NON-STOP the entire time I drove. I have no idea what he was saying because I couldn't hear him but it didn't stop. He loved them!

This and That

I'm trying not to think about the fact that we are already 6 days into August. It's too depressing to think of fall coming and being stuck inside with the boys. I've said it before but we are having so much fun being outside, going to the pool, eating on the deck and just enjoying summer as a family. Luckily we don't have much planned for the next month so we can really soak it all in.

Last week it was just windy enough to get the kites out.

Carson and Dean had a blast playing with it.

Trevor and I bought a play kitchen for the boys this weekend. I found it on craiglist for only $20! Go me! The boys are thrilled and haven't played with anything else since Sunday. There's a small highchair on the one side of it and both boys have tried climbing into it.
They don't exactly fit so we've put every stuffed animal in there and fed them. It's been really entertaining to watch their imaginations take over.

Carson's favorite piece off food seems to be the corn. Mmmm, can't wait to get some real corn at the farmers's market.

Declan has become our "wadermewon" king.

Carson likes it too!

Every morning Carson usually asks me, "whadda we doin today mamma?" This morning was a little off since I was at the dentist so I told him I wasn't sure yet. He reponded by telling me he wanted to go to school. He got a new backpack this weekend and it even comes with a water bottle holder so he was beyond thrilled when I showed him that his sippy cup fit in there.

He starts school on Sept 2nd and last night Trevor asked me if I was going to cry. I'm not sure I'll cry but I have had a lot of mixed feelings about it. On one hand I think, he's only 3 does he really need to go to school? But on the other hand I know he is going to love it, he'll learn alot and meet lots of new friends. Plus its good socialization for him. But we aren't going to talk about school anymore (I might cry) and just enjoy the rest of summer!

from the mouths of babes

A couple of funny things heard around our house lately.....

They are doing a school supply drive at my church this month. So on Sunday I gathered what I had bought for Carson's school supplies and decided to donate them to the church. I put them in a bag and handed them to Carson when we were at church and showed him where they needed to go. He was pretty proud to carry the bag and put it in the box all by himself. Fast forward to yesterday and we were getting ready to go to the pool. As he was coming down the stairs he informed me that we also needed to stop at the store because Jesus needs more crayons!

On our way home from the pool on Monday (hmmm, I sense a pool theme here) Declan was in his seat chatting away about anything and everything. Carson just sat quietly looking out his window. About 3 blocks from home Carson turned to Delcan and pretty much yelled, "Be Quiet Dekan!" Glad to see I'm not the only one who goes crazy sometimes.

Declan insists that he climb into the car and into the carseat, ALL BY HIMSELF! It wouldn't bother me except it can take about 23 minutes each time, I'm not exaggerating. The other day I was in a little bit of a hurry but mostly just didn't feel like dealing with him getting into his seat. Here is how the conversation went.

Me: "Come on Delcan, get in your seat, we aren't pissing around today."
Carson: "Yeah Delcan, we aren't pissing around."

Oops. Guess I need to watch my mouth.

Weekend on a budget

Trevor and I have tightened the belt so to speak on our budget. I'm not really sure it could get any tighter but somehow we've found a notch or two. So that means finding stuff to do that is free! So what does a family do on a Saturday night to entertain their boys?

Why, they go to Lowe's and drive the tractors around of course! I'm not sure who had more fun, daddy or the boys?

Carson decided he wanted to go fishing today. Sure! That fits perfectly into our "free" entertainment lifestyle. He carried his tackle box around for an hour or so waiting for Declan to wake up.

Carson sure doesn't have his daddy's nose. That'd be my round nose on his face.

Thanks to the monsoon weather we've been having this week everything is nice and green (and the grass needs mowing. Blah!)

Even Declan took a turn at casting. But he would prefer, "no help daddy."

And when your bored with fishing what can you do next.....that's free?

You take silly pictures of yourself while looking in mommy's viewfinder, of course.

I wonder how long this cheap entertainment will last?

A list of my thoughts

I have lots of things on my mind that I want to mention on here and there isn't really any order to them so I'll just make a list. How fun!

* This morning around 1:30am. I heard Carson come out of his room and shut (er, slam) the door closed. Something he does regularly. I opened my eyes just a crack waiting for him to appear at my bedside. He didn't. I listened for a few more seconds wondering what he was doing. And the next thing I heard was the door to the garage opening. I slapped Trevor awake and told him to go see what he was doing. I'm not sure why I didn't get out of bed to go check. By the time Trevor got out of bed and down the stairs Carson had already made his way into the garage and was trying to get back in. We're not sure where he was going or what he was trying to do. One thing we do know....it gave us a good scare. This morning he said he was trying to find grandma but I'm not even sure he remembers being out there. It's a good thing he makes a habit out of closing his bedroom door when he leaves because had I not heard that I'm not sure what would have happened and I don't even want to think about it.

* It's the middle of July and BOTH of the boys have a cold. In July? Really? Those parenting Gods can be cruel people.

* The boys and I have been going to Target on the Friday that Trevor gets paid. We get all our essentials, browse through the toy isle and then have lunch at Target (mmmm...Pizza Hut). I was thinking about skipping today and going tomorrow morning when Trevor said, "You can't skip it's tradition." And he's right. This simple little errand has become a tradition for us and I love it. So do the boys because they usually get a cookie for desert!

* We've been on a stirct plan to rid Declan of his plug. When we went on vacation he had it in for the entire trip. So when we came back I vowed to not necessarily take it away but to vastly reduce the amount of time he had it. The first few days were tough and I thought I was going to lose my mind but it's gotten alot better. He only has it in his crib now! However, since its out most of the day now......he NEVER stops talking. And more then half the time its, "Mommy wook" "Mommy wook" MOMMY wook" MOMMY WOOK." All day long. And he doesn't stop until you acknowledge whatever it is that he sees. Today it was a crane and a big balloon and then McDonald's. Good thing he's so darn cute.

* Carson is going to be a car man just like his daddy. He was about to lose his mind today when we saw not 1 but 2 Chargers on our way to Target. And every car he sees has some sort of relation to a car from the movie Cars. Today we saw Ramone, Flo, Mack and Filmore. And they looked nothing like any of them but he insisted they were.

* The other day we were at the park and there was a huge rainbow filling the sky. We pointed it out to Carson and his response, "Jesus sent us that rainbow." Ahhh, good parenting moment!

* Carson's favorite phrase these days is "Sometimes they do that." It's pretty comical.

* Declan LOVES to check out the potty after Carson has gone. Regardless of what's in there his reply is always, "Big poops bruder" followed by "wittle poops too bruder."

* My garden is completely overgrown. It needs to be at least twice as big. My tomato plants are ridiculously huge. Yesterday we came home and they had all fallen over. Check out this tomato mountain.

You can almost see the humidity in these pictures. It's been like soup outside lately.

* My engineering husband rigged up some posts and they are now standing up. Sadly, we lost about 20 tomatoes because we had to cut them back. Hey, that's a lot of spaghetti sauce that we won't get! And yes, there are two shovels in the ground helping hold them up. He's resourceful!

* Declan was trying to get Tickle Me Elmo to laugh today and he couldn't get it so he just laid on him and away he went.'


* Carson starts school in a little over a month. Ack! I got a list of the school supplies he will need at Target. For a kid entering preschool that list is quite long. Kleenexes, cups, play-doh, enough glue to last a life time, markers, pencils, backpack, band aids, etc. It goes on and on. I picked up a few things today that were on sale. I know he's going to love school but a part of me is sad and still wants him to be my baby and home with me all the time. But buying all these things is exciting. Reminds me of when I was little and got all new supplies. Then I'd spend the next few weeks until schools started organizing them and putting them in my backpack. So much fun!

* I have to work tonight but we get to wear jeans. How is it that just being able to wear jeans makes going to work so much more bearable?