My boys love Animal Planet's Gator Boys. Ever since the show came on, Jackson and Cullen have been obsessed with watching it. They even pull out their stuffed alligator and pretend to wrestle it during commercial breaks.
Gator Boys was on last night right before bed time. Nothing too unusual. In the episode, the guys from Mississippi were talking about the Roux-ga-Roux legend. Of course, the episode played up the Roux-ga-Roux, and the Gator Boys ended up playing a practical joke on one of their guys.
After everyone was tucked in bed, Jackson comes out about 20 minutes later having to use the potty. When I'm putting him to bed, he tells me he's scared of the Roux-ga-Roux.
"It's going to get me," Jackson said.
As cute as I thought it was, I tried to explain the Roux-ga-Roux wasn't real. That didn't work, so I did the next best thing. I pointed at his night light and said, "The Roux-ga-Roux doesn't like light, so your night light will keep you safe." That was a little more convincing, but he still needed more.
I pulled out the big guns.
I grabbed his stuff alligator and put it at the end of Jackson's bed. I told him, "The alligator will keep you safe and scare off anything it sees. It will bite them!" That did it!
As I left his bedroom, I decided letting him learn about the Roux-ga-Roux was probably not my best parenting moment. He had seen the episode before, so I really didn't think anything of it. Apparently, he's old enough now to put two and two together. No more talk of legendary creatures named Roux-ga Roux in our house.
Only a minor parenting failure on my part. :)
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Pictures from Sedona
Here are few pictures of Andrew and I in Sedona. We are not standing in front of a backdrop. The backgrounds are au natural. It is just that gorgeous there.
Andrew and I did a bit of free climbing while out on one of the cliff faces. We were about 10-15 feet up off the ground. Luckily, Andrew didn't fall.
Need Coffee
It is now 10:25am and I am just taking my first sip of coffee. Said coffee was freshly brewed about 10 minutes ago. It is mid morning, and I am just getting my caffeine fix.
Why so late?
Getting 3 kids taken care of in the morning by yourself takes time. Especially when I didn't want to get out of bed. Cullen woke me up before the sun was up and crawled into bed with me. I wasn't awake enough to put him back in his own bed. Hence, we both slept in until 7am when Jackson made an appearance.
After making pancakes from scratch (yes, I consider Bisquick from scratch), everyone got dressed and ready for the day.
A few quick errands later, I was lagging when I realized I have yet to make coffee for myself. Now the kids were watered, fed, dressed, and ready for the world. I more or less had a quick shower, made myself look decent enough, ate a quick breakfast, and decided that was good enough.
With coffee in hand, I am now watching my two oldest play with balloons while Sawyer is trying not to get trampled. I think the dogs are in hiding. Jackson and Cullen already had their first major balloon injury when not watching where they were going and bonking heads pretty hard.
But I have coffee now, and that is all that matters.
Why so late?
Getting 3 kids taken care of in the morning by yourself takes time. Especially when I didn't want to get out of bed. Cullen woke me up before the sun was up and crawled into bed with me. I wasn't awake enough to put him back in his own bed. Hence, we both slept in until 7am when Jackson made an appearance.
After making pancakes from scratch (yes, I consider Bisquick from scratch), everyone got dressed and ready for the day.
A few quick errands later, I was lagging when I realized I have yet to make coffee for myself. Now the kids were watered, fed, dressed, and ready for the world. I more or less had a quick shower, made myself look decent enough, ate a quick breakfast, and decided that was good enough.
With coffee in hand, I am now watching my two oldest play with balloons while Sawyer is trying not to get trampled. I think the dogs are in hiding. Jackson and Cullen already had their first major balloon injury when not watching where they were going and bonking heads pretty hard.
But I have coffee now, and that is all that matters.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Parents on Vacation!
I have an excuse on why I haven't written anything in awhile. I was on vacation! A child-free vacation! Whoop! Whoop!
Andrew and I went to Phoenix and Sedona for a few days last week while my Mom was kind enough to watch the kids. My brother lives in Scottsdale, so we stayed with him before heading to Sedona.
Our vacation was wonderful and relaxing. We did nothing but lounge by the pool reading and swimming all day long for one day. I think I finally convinced Andrew we need several days like this at a resort for our next vacation. And he agreed! A little sun, sunscreen, water and a good book was all that was needed.
Our next day, we drove to Sedona, which is about 2 hours away. We stopped off at Montezuma's Castle to tour. We arrived at our bed and breakfast early afternoon. After getting settled in and hearing a speech about bringing our flashlight with us to look for scorpions and rattlesnakes, we headed out for a hike. Our B&B sat right next to a few major Red Rocks which provided a gorgeous view.
Our hike went around Bell Rock. We weren't able to go all the way around. We had to head back so we wouldn't miss our Pink Jeep tour. If you have never been to Sedona or Red Rock Country, I highly recommend going. The views are beautiful. There are a lot of trails to hike and outdoor things to do. It truly is amazing. Our Pink Jeep tour was 2 hours of greatness. Our guide was hilarious which made the tour even more fun. The views were spectacular since we drove up into the National Forest and were around 4000-4400ft up in elevation. I'll post some pictures once I get them downloaded.
Friday, we took a detour back to Scottsdale through Jerome and a National Forest. The drive was beautiful. We drove through a dust storm and rain storm once we got back to Phoenix. I've never seen a dust storm before. It was very interesting watching in blow in from afar. Once the storms past, we headed back down to the pool. We had to live it up while we didn't have the kids.
I flew home on Saturday while Andrew headed west for a business trip out of the country. Granted, it would have been nice to fly home together, but we don't always get what we want.
Overall, the trip was pretty great. We plan to go back to Sedona and stay longer next time. The Grand Canyon is only a couple hours drive away, and we would both really like to go there. Once the boys get older, it would be a good place to take them hiking.
I only wish our vacation could have lasted a little longer, but life beckons as usual. I'm just happy we had a few days alone with each other.
Andrew and I went to Phoenix and Sedona for a few days last week while my Mom was kind enough to watch the kids. My brother lives in Scottsdale, so we stayed with him before heading to Sedona.
Our vacation was wonderful and relaxing. We did nothing but lounge by the pool reading and swimming all day long for one day. I think I finally convinced Andrew we need several days like this at a resort for our next vacation. And he agreed! A little sun, sunscreen, water and a good book was all that was needed.
Our next day, we drove to Sedona, which is about 2 hours away. We stopped off at Montezuma's Castle to tour. We arrived at our bed and breakfast early afternoon. After getting settled in and hearing a speech about bringing our flashlight with us to look for scorpions and rattlesnakes, we headed out for a hike. Our B&B sat right next to a few major Red Rocks which provided a gorgeous view.
Our hike went around Bell Rock. We weren't able to go all the way around. We had to head back so we wouldn't miss our Pink Jeep tour. If you have never been to Sedona or Red Rock Country, I highly recommend going. The views are beautiful. There are a lot of trails to hike and outdoor things to do. It truly is amazing. Our Pink Jeep tour was 2 hours of greatness. Our guide was hilarious which made the tour even more fun. The views were spectacular since we drove up into the National Forest and were around 4000-4400ft up in elevation. I'll post some pictures once I get them downloaded.
Friday, we took a detour back to Scottsdale through Jerome and a National Forest. The drive was beautiful. We drove through a dust storm and rain storm once we got back to Phoenix. I've never seen a dust storm before. It was very interesting watching in blow in from afar. Once the storms past, we headed back down to the pool. We had to live it up while we didn't have the kids.
I flew home on Saturday while Andrew headed west for a business trip out of the country. Granted, it would have been nice to fly home together, but we don't always get what we want.
Overall, the trip was pretty great. We plan to go back to Sedona and stay longer next time. The Grand Canyon is only a couple hours drive away, and we would both really like to go there. Once the boys get older, it would be a good place to take them hiking.
I only wish our vacation could have lasted a little longer, but life beckons as usual. I'm just happy we had a few days alone with each other.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Errors
I've been trying to post of couple of videos. For some reason, Blogger does not like me and won't let me upload said videos. I'm working on, but until then please be patient.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Pacifiers and Shot Glasses
I've been looking for Sawyer's pacifiers all morning. It seems I either have 4 right in from of me or I can't find any at all. This morning it was the latter.
As I'm searching underneath furniture and through toy bins for pacifiers, I remember where I had hidden a few.
In the kitchen cabinet, next to the shot glasses.
Voila! Pacifier found!
I'm not sure what this says about me as a parent. I keep random, extra pacifiers next to my collection of shot glasses. I will not over analyze this. At least the liquor cabinet didn't have any in it!
As I'm searching underneath furniture and through toy bins for pacifiers, I remember where I had hidden a few.
In the kitchen cabinet, next to the shot glasses.
Voila! Pacifier found!
I'm not sure what this says about me as a parent. I keep random, extra pacifiers next to my collection of shot glasses. I will not over analyze this. At least the liquor cabinet didn't have any in it!
Friday, June 28, 2013
Tortilla Mask
Last Friday, we had fajitas for dinner. Andrew grilled the meat while I sautéed the peppers and onions. It was a family effort kind of dinner.
We were sitting around the kitchen table enjoying dinner when Cullen decided to make a mess. He unwrapped his tortilla and pulled everything out of it. He was smearing sour cream and guacamole all over his plate while simultaneously dipping the fajita meat in it to eat. It was mess, but he was eating and containing it to his plate. It wasn't too worried.
Amongst the mess, Cullen picked up his tortilla and bit a hole in the center of it. He held it up to his face to see through. Andrew leans over and whispers, "I bet he makes another hole for his other eye." Sure enough, he did.
Next thing I know, Cullen's bitten three holes in his tortilla to make a perfect mask to fit his face. He's holding it up to face growling and smiling through it.
Andrew and I are doing are best not to laugh. I didn't want to encourage him to play with his food because we've been trying to curb playing at dinner. Especially with food, but I had to admit it was really funny. I had to turn my face away and cover my mouth because I was not doing a good job not laughing. Andrew finally composed himself enough to say, "Cullen eat your dinner. Don't play with it."
Cullen was so proud of himself for figuring out he could make a tortilla mask out of dinner. I'm glad the kid has imagination. I'm just over the whole playing with his food phase.
We were sitting around the kitchen table enjoying dinner when Cullen decided to make a mess. He unwrapped his tortilla and pulled everything out of it. He was smearing sour cream and guacamole all over his plate while simultaneously dipping the fajita meat in it to eat. It was mess, but he was eating and containing it to his plate. It wasn't too worried.
Amongst the mess, Cullen picked up his tortilla and bit a hole in the center of it. He held it up to his face to see through. Andrew leans over and whispers, "I bet he makes another hole for his other eye." Sure enough, he did.
Next thing I know, Cullen's bitten three holes in his tortilla to make a perfect mask to fit his face. He's holding it up to face growling and smiling through it.
Andrew and I are doing are best not to laugh. I didn't want to encourage him to play with his food because we've been trying to curb playing at dinner. Especially with food, but I had to admit it was really funny. I had to turn my face away and cover my mouth because I was not doing a good job not laughing. Andrew finally composed himself enough to say, "Cullen eat your dinner. Don't play with it."
Cullen was so proud of himself for figuring out he could make a tortilla mask out of dinner. I'm glad the kid has imagination. I'm just over the whole playing with his food phase.
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