Mouse in the House

So yesterday night Matt came into the kitchen and saw a mouse run across the stove. I know YIKES!!!! We set out all our mouse traps and hoped that we would catch the little varmit. Latter that night we were in bed and Matt got up to get me a glass of water he saw the mouse on the COUNTER!!!! All I heard was stomping and wrestling and a loud thud. Note: you animal lovers might not want to read this. Matt said that he chased it across the stove then to the end of the sink where all my clean dishes were and then it dashed back to the stove from where he came out of. Just as he was crawling into the back of the stove Matt grabbed his back and threw him against the wall. Who needs mouse traps when you have a husband!

New Words

Jake learned TWO new words the other day. Which is huge for him because I can't remember the last new word he said. And to have him say 2 on a single day just made my day. He said TWO and CUTE ( or toot) is how he says it. Jake is loving preschool, and I think it is helping a little. Jake is also teaching all my daycare kid" word that he made up like "hey D", and "no day." They repeat it exactly like he says it and think it is so funny, and I don't know what they means and I am sure they don't either.

Aiden has picked up a few of the things that Jake says like "ah ah" which is for-Curious George. Baby is for his blanket, he also is in love with the word no. I can ask him any question the answer is always no.
Mommy- Do you want a treat
Aiden: NO!

Mommy Do you want to go bye bye
Aiden: no

Mommy: DO you want curious george
Aiden: no

He doesn't realize the difference between yes and no. I am just waiting for the day when Aiden is the one teaching Jake how to talk.

Happy Halloween

Jake LOVED Halloween. He got a ton of practice before Halloween with all the parties and Trunk or Treat so by time Halloween came he knew just what to do. He loved painting his carved pumpkin, he loved the candy, his dash costume. He loved to knock on all the doors and he even learned how to say a new word, well I will let you hear it for your self. It seemed like this year I could really see Jake get really exciting.




Aiden on the other hand HATED his costume. He threw a huge fit and didn't even want the candy at the first three houses that we went to. But then I guess he realized that the tiger suit wasn't coming off. I had to hold Aiden the entire 2 hours that we were gone. So by time we got home my arms were dead tired. The video at the bottom gives you a little idea of how much he loved it.




If you cant tell Jake is Dash from the Incredibles. I gave him a couple options from the internet and that's what he picked. I even had little leather gloves like Dash has but by time we got home the gloves came off.



I love fall. Here is some pictures that we took on a little hike up the canyon.




One of my favorite traditions is carving pumpkins on Halloween. Jake loved painting his pumpkin. And Aiden loved trying to eat the paint off of it. I have to say this is the first Halloween that the kids really enjoyed.




Here Aiden is sharing his sippy cup with Mr. Pumpkin Head

Man Cold

When I saw this video I just about died laughing. I don't know why but it seems like girls handle colds better than guys do. At my house I seem to be immune to all the diseases that come in and out of the house but poor Matt seems to catch every little bug- and he doesn't handle it well. Maybe it's because I am exposed to it all day long, or perhaps because I find myself washing my hands every 10 minutes-expecially after wiping noses all day long.

Right now we are stocking up on vitamins and cold/flu medicine. We are also gargling salt water and flushing our sinuses with nasal flush rinse -which is my all time favorite "NOT"!!!!

So the next time your guy gets a nasty cold just rub his forehead and say "poor little bunny." I just can't wait!

Is it just me or do guys handle colds worse than girls?

Dare Devil

I think when Jake grows up he is going to be a professional stuntman. This is not the first post titled "Dare Devil". I mean what kind of a kid comes up with this kind of stuff on their own? Do all normal boys do this kind of stuff?

And yes of course I told him to get down because he was going to fall and did he listen? Let me just say he didn't get hurt too bad. Lesson learned because he didn't do it again:) Sometimes kids just have to learn it the hard way.

Finally some Peace and Quiet

I just wanted everyone to know that LIFE IS GOOD AGAIN!!!! It has been an emotional traumatizing and difficult week for both of us. I am so happy and relieved to say that Aiden has finally given up on his bottle. I can't believe that it took 6 hard days! And I did not give in ONCE. The only reason I didn't cave in during this time is just the thought of having to go threw that again made me want to go hid in a dark closet.

I know he hasn't forgotten about it because he still goes and sits under the drawer of where the bottles were kept. I think the biggest thing that helped was buying a sippy cup that he could suck on like a bottle. It took forever for him to accept it but now he is eating and not crying so that is WONDERFUL especially for me.

I forgot to mention in the previous posts that Aiden didn't want anything to do with me during that time. He only wanted Matt, and must of been really mad at me especially during the first 5 days. Now he has seemed to forgive me and LOVES me again.

After taking the bottle away he has decided that he doesn't want anything to do with his crib. Maybe its because he has spent the last 5 days screaming in the dark at the top of his lungs. Or maybe it was a painful reminder what was taken away from him. All I know is before the whole bottle thing he loved his crib and loved to sleep and NEVER cried-even when he wasn't tired. For one he learned how to climb out of it during his fits of rage and so one night I decided to let him sleep in Jakes bed. It worked like a charm. He cried at the door for like 2 minutes and then climbed up on his bed and fell asleep.

I think I have learned a hard lesson here. No bottles after 14 months!!!!

Day 4

When I came home from game night Aiden was still up and it was 12:00 a.m. He cried (I mean screamed) until 1:30 a.m. I think he spent the night sleeping on the floor because when I found him he wasn't in his crib. Poor baby.