Stop

Stop whining. Stop saying "no". Stop asking to go to Target. Stop jumping off the coffee table. Stop dropping food on the floor for Addison. Stop eating all the marshmellows. Stop opening the fridge. Stop wiggling around when it's time to get dressed. Stop sassing me. Stop talking for just a minute. Please, stop.

Keep giving me big hugs. Keep "fixing my kisser", keep laughing hard when I tickle you, keep sharing with your sister. Keep chasing us around the house. Keep saying "I love you" and "Te amo". Keep asking Addison if she had a good nap. Keep singing your silly songs and sentances.
Keep playing with playdough and paints. Keep pulling "Bob" around the house with you. Keep talking about buses, trains and sharks. Keep whispering "Good Morning".
Do keep reminding me how thankful I am Heavenly Father blessed me with you.

*My friend Carrie inspired me to write this. Thanks for the idea, Carrie.

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who participated in my Scentsy drawing! I had an awesome response. A very lucky winner was drawn on Friday the 20th!
I'll have more drawings from time to time, so please check back.

Race Cars

Mcayden got a surprise in the mail today. Auntie Renee (my bff in WA) sent him a fun, b-day present. He is really excited to have a new race track. He designated the red car for Addison and he gets the green car. They both love pushing the lever to watch the cars race down the ramps and hear the repeated "vroom, vroom" sound it makes. Again. And again.

A friend came over the other day and Mcayden excitedly grabbed this toy and brought it in to play. Of coarse we couldn't hear each other over the "vroom, vroom".
I smiled and said, "Thank you Renee." Just wait for Andrew's B-day! :) LOL
Love ya!

Mcayden Seeing Himself on Video

"That's YOU, Addison!"

Three Times a Charm

ONE

I wanted to make Mcayden a cupcake train cake this year, so I bought a silicone cupcake-train-puzzle cake a couple of months before. Thankfully I tried it out a couple of days before his party. The cupcakes did not come out of the silicone in one piece. The tops came off and the bottoms stayed stuck. I was so disappointed.

TWO

My friend Janell loaned me a 3-D train cake pan. The night before the party, I baked the cake. The toothpick came out clean. When I opened the pan, I found that only about 1/4 of the cake had baked perfectly, the other 3/4 was cooked unevenly and was doughy in parts. (I followed the directions to a "T".)

THREE

I didn't have time to try the 3-D cake again, so I decided to make a train with cupcakes. I looked online and got the idea of how to do it. Thankfully they turned out great. It was really fun decorating the cupcakes. And most importantly, Mcayden and his friends thought it was yummy.

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Mcayden's birthday with him!

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Hearts are For Girls

Mcayden had just finished a water-color painting, when I added a couple of red hearts to it.
"For Addison?" he asked.
"No, for you, Mcayden."
"Hearts are for girls mom. I don't want it... I'm a boy. It's for Addison."

Yesterday, Mcayden was feeling sick and my mom said, "Bless your little heart."
Mcayden replied, "I don't have a heart. Hearts are for girls."

Happy Valentine's Day!