Two Little Trouble Makers

Today, Kaiden and I went over to Mindy's house so he could play with his cousins. Mindy and I were sitting at the table talking and Kaiden and Sisi were in her room playing toys so we thought. It had been quiet a little to long so Mindy went and checked on them and I heard her yell "You Two." So I ran in the room and this is what we found. I said who did this. And Sisi said, "Sisi did it." She got a green marker and colored all over the hall walls, Mindys bedrooom door, her bedroom door, all over her walls and toy box, some on her face and all over Kaiden. Mindy and I just started laughing and of course I had to run and grab my camera so I could take pictures. Mindy says everytime Kaiden takes a step, I take a picture! It's probably true. I take a ton of pictures. But anyway, I'm sure Kaiden did some of the damage to. Sisi I'm sure did most of it because Kaiden had marker all over his face, on the back of his neck, down his legs, under his arm pit, and all over his toes. Mindy has been having problems with Sisi writing on the walls. I swear those two are hell on wheels when they are together. They both look so innocent, but they aren't!!!

Day Two of Potty Training

Once again, we had two accidents today. I was watching the neighbor kids today and they were riding on Kaidens bike and Kaiden looked at me and said, "I pooped." Mike walked over to him and we thought he might of peed his pants, but nope it was poop. So Mike took him into the bathroom while I grabbed some wipes. I went to clean out his undies and Mike said what are you doing. I said I'm going to clean them out. He took them and said we are throwing these in the garbage. That is so disgusting. He told me if he has any accidents just to throw his undies away because they are so cheap to buy. So when we are out I am going to send him to the store to get some more so he can see how cheap they are. The ones I bought at Target were 5 pairs for $10.00. That's not so cheap honey!
Anyway, we had one more before we went to bed. I was out shopping and didn't take him until we got home so it was probably my fault. I need to work on that.

First Day of Potty Training!

I finally decided today that I needed to buckle down and get Kaiden potty trained. He was probably ready to do this a couple of months ago but mom has a hard time staying home. So I thought now is a good time since we will be home the next couple of weeks. He did really good. Only 2 accidents today. I put him in Elmo underwear and took him every hour and around 12:00 of course mom's A.D.D. kicked in so we went to Mindys. I put him in a pull up thinking he might have a accident but he didn't. Mindy has a little toilet that plays music when you potty in it and he thought that was pretty cool. The only bad thing was it's so small he peed everywhere. Then him and Sisi would fight over who sat on the toilet.
When he got up from his nap, I forgot to take him. Twenty minutes later I remembered and he had peed his pants. Later on I took him outside to play and he started crying and I could see that he peed.
Other than that, he has done really well for the first day. I'm sure there will be many more accidents but I can't wait until he is completely trained!
The next plan is to take away his Mimi (Binki). That will be a horrible day. Then we will need to teach him how to sleep in his own bed.

Grandma Day!

For those of you who don't know, Kaiden and I go and visit my grandparents every Wednesday. We have lunch and hang out all day. We have been doing it ever since Kaiden was born. It's so funny because I will have friends call me up on Wednesday to hang out and they say, "Oh I forgot, it's grandma day."
We went over today because we can't make it on Wedensday. We had lunch and took the kids outside to play. It was so hot they wanted to run through the sprinklers. So we took their clothes off and let them run in their diaper. We usually don't do this, but since it was hot and we didn't have their suits we didn't care. They had so much fun. They ran in them for about 2 hours. Then they laid out their towels on the hot cement and told us they were sun tanning!! I thought Kaiden was going to fall asleep.
It's always fun times and good memories at grandma's house!!

Zoo Day

Yesterday, Mike and I decided to take Kaiden to the zoo. We called up our friends to see if they wanted to go so they met us up there. When we got up there, it obviously was the wrong day to go. There were cars lined up and down the street and a line to get into the parking lot. It was crazy. So we ended up parking clear up the street. I think everyone had the same idea since it has been the first good weekend this year. The workers told us it was so busy because the Madagascar part opened this weekend. Once we got in it wasn't that bad. The kids had alot of fun running from one animal to the next. We went and seen the Madagascar part and I think Mike and I were disappointed to put it nicely. There were cockroaches, turtles, snakes and two things that looked like big cats. Yeah, pretty stupid.
Kaidens favorite part was riding the train. We had to wait in line for about 15 minutes and he was so excited. He loved it. Once we got off he started crying. He wanted to stay on it. Then he found the water ball and he was fine. He had so much fun with his friends.

Camping Trip at Palisades

Palisades is one of Mike and I's favorite place to go camping. They have a golf course, lake, playground, fishing and a six mile ATV trail. We went up there last week with the Hines and Fabert families. Oh and my brother and his girlfriend. When we arrived on Thursday the guys wanted to go golfing. So we decided to sneek the kids on the course with us. Kaiden had so much fun with Brandon and Michelle's boy Jordan. They drove the golf carts and putted on the green.
The guys took the kids fishing while us girls stayed back and played games. We also took the kids to the playground. While we were walking there I felt something fall in my hair and on my jacket. I looked up and there was a robin sitting in the tree above me. Yes, it crapped in my hair and on the front of my jacket. It made me sick. I have to say, I've never been pooped on by a bird before.
In the evening we let the kids roast marshmallows. Kaiden thought he was in heaven. He had marshmallows all over his face and hands. He was a mess!! We had a great time for the four days that we were there.
We were just so excited to finally get out this spring and go camping. We look forward to many fun camping trips this summer!!

New York Trip

What a blast!! My grandma takes all the grandkids that graduate to New York for their graduation gift. I had a cousin that graduated last year and 2 cousins plus my sister Carly that are graduating next year. So my grandma thought she would just take them all in April. And of course I always invite myself because it's honestly my favorite place to go. My grandma took me their for the first time when I graduated and I loved it so much I've been back 6 times since. My grandma wasn't able to come at the last minute but I told her I would get her back there next June since my husband will be sending me there for my 30th birthday. He just doesn't know yet!!!
When we got there the ride from the airport to the hotel was a hoot!! There was 14 of us and only 4 of us have been there before. So the other 10 didn't know how people drive in NY. It was so funny to see there face's. I posted a few pictures of that.
We had so much fun. It was funny to see all the reactions from my cousins when we got to time square. They couldn't believe how crazy busy it is there.
The night we arrived we went and ate at the Star Dust diner. It's decorated in the 50's and all the waiters and waitresses sing. It's a fun place to go eat at. Then we walked over to the Empire State Building. It is fun to see the whole city at night. On Thursday everyone but Mindy and I went to the Statue Of Liberty. That took up much of their day. Mindy and I shopped the whole day in Time Square. Everytime Mike called I was shopping. He said aren't you sick of it and I said that is what I came here to do. That night some of the crew went and seen Lion King while the rest of us ate pizza and shopped. Then we came back to our room and made posters for the Today show.
My cousin had me up Friday at 5:00a.m. to go stand in line for it. It was all worth it because we were on TV. They stood right in front of us and did there broadcast. My dad, grandparents and a few other family members seen us. Meredeth walked right up to my cousins and I and shook our hand. Later that day we took the bus down to Little Italy and had lunch, went to China Town and then right to Canal St. We got some killer deals on purses.
On Saturday we went down and seen St. Patrick's Cathedral. We also shopped on 5th Ave. and went for a carriage ride through Central Park. We had tickets to see Wicked at 2:00 and can I say AMAZING! I have been to alot of Broadway shows and I think Wicked is my favorite.
On Sunday we did some last minute shopping before we had to pack up to leave. And of course with the shopping gene that runs in my family, my mom sisters and I had to run across the street at the last minute to buy another suitcase. We had to open our suitcases in the lobby of the hotel and shove stuff in the new one. Yes, we are crazy. If I have to buy one more suitcase on a vacation, Mike is not going to let me go anymore!!
When we got back into Salt Lake, we were all going down the escalator and Mike, Kaiden, Mindy's family, and my grandparents were down at the bottom waiting for us. It was so nice to be home. I was glad we at least had one picture with the grandkids and my grandma in it since she was the one that had paid for their trip.