Kids say the darndest things

I just had to write a few more things down. Max was sick last week, he was getting his big molars, and then ended up with some canker sores in his little mouth. It was tragic... anyway, a couple days ago he came up to me and said "mommy you made my mouth feel better, thank you so so much! You are a crazy woman!" It was so random, and cute all at the same time. I loved it.

Tonight we were watching a Christmas special on t.v. and a commercial for Jadore with Charlize Theron came. She was ripping off all of her jewelry and then she unzipped her dress. It showed her dress hitting the ground and Max said, "uh oh, mom she naked now. Her shirt fell off on to the floor!" He makes me giggle. What a little stinker. We better really pay attention to what we say around him now!

Merry Christmas Everyone! We are very excited for the holiday's and so is Max! It's been so fun watching him this year. He wants to sing all of the Christmas songs a million times every night before bed, and he keeps saying "it's Santa time" instead of Christmas time. I keep trying to explain to him that we like to focus on Christ, but that's kind of hard to explain to a 2 1/2 year-old! He loved decorating the Christmas tree with Mom and Dad, and kept saying "right here? Okay mom! It's perfect!"

I wanted to write down some of the funny things he's been saying lately so I can embarrass him when he's older.

He thinks he's really funny lately and for some reason he thinks the words 'tomatoes' and 'eyeballs' are hilarious. Whenever I ask him a question he just responds with one of the aforementioned words and cracks himself up! He makes me laugh all of the time.

He also knows how to tease really well. He calls everyone by the wrong name on purpose and then giggles mischievously!

He really loves his puppies right now and snuggles them all the time. They chase him all over the house and attack him with kisses when he falls down, it's really precious. He also thinks it's o.k. to lick me all the time! It's really gross and he loves it when I react dramatically!

When people ask him how old he is he says "55!" Then after they give him 'the look' he says, "NO, I'm two, ha ha ha!"

I got called to nursery a few weeks ago and while I was handing out the snacks Max said "Mama, come sit by me." When I sat down he handed me one of his treats and said "here you go mama, you can have Max's treat!" I loved it!

He loves all of his cousins and aunts. He and Con played swords for hours and they really enjoy their cars and trains. He also loves his aunt Lisa (she's 6), she dresses him up and they play doctor, jump on the tramp and build tents. Lisa is the first person he calls for when we get to my mom and dad's house.

I could go on for days, but these are just some of the funny things he's been doing lately. I love that little stinker!

Let's Cruise Baby!

Sorry for the picture overload, but I wanted to document our glorious cruise. It only took me all night to download these stinking pix!
Here we are trying to look elegant on our first formal night! My hair is so dark right now! Yuck!



That's our first port (Grand Turk) in the background, canceled due to windy conditions! My hair explains everything!




These beautiful pictures are from Puerto Rico! We hiked in the Yunque rain forest and the guys jumped into this beautiful waterfall. I'm a chicken, so I don't participate in these dangerous activities!
Here we are in sunny St. Thomas. We just hung out at a couple different beaches. It was very beautiful, but the beaches were crowded with crazy drunk people!



Mike celebrated his 27th birthday on the cruise. Jordon thought he would make it a special one by shoving his face in his cake. It was hilarious. He used both hands and I didn't think he would ever let him up for air!

Here we are at Half Moon Cay. Holland America owns this little island, it was my favorite port by far! The sand was like corn starch (seriously), and the water was crystal blue! I loved it! Someone found a crab and put it right by Mikey's head while he was taking a nap! It startled him a bit, but it was harmless!
This was my favorite part of the trip, coming home to "Superman Max!"

Here's some of the pumpkins we carved at out brother and sister-in-laws annual pumpkin party. Go to Dan and Brooke's Blog to see the full collection.

Long Random Post!

Happy Birthday Papa Lew! My awesome Dad just turned the big 5-0. I love him, he is a great Daddy and example to me! Love you Dad!




Okay, so this is going to be long, but I had a lot of cute pix to post, so brace yourself! We took the kids to the pumpkin festival this weekend and they had a lot of fun activities, starting with eating donuts off a string with no hands! They all did a great job, and we laughed our heads off!






Andie and Lisa got to do a lot of fun things at the festival, the decorated cookies, got temporary tattoos and face paint, decorated pumpkins, and went pumpkin bowling. We will definitely go next year!


Cedar City has a lot of random parades, this was the sheep parade, there were a lot of big trucks, some horses and; of course, some crazy sheep. ... Random, but fun!

Okay, new subject, this is Mike's brother Ty. He was playing the piano with Max and I just thought it was a really cute picture...


Also, just another cute pic of Max, I was trying to take some pictures of him for a fall photo contest but he wouldn't cooperate! He is screaming in all of the other pix from that day!

We got some Lightning McQueen undies for Max to maybe encourage him to want to use the big boy potty. They were huge on him, as you can see, and he kept telling us that they were Connelly's (his cousin.) When we asked him if he wanted to use the potty he said "I can't mom, I'm just a tiny baby!" I don't know where he got it, but he makes us laugh every day! It will be a while before we cross the potty training bridge!
This weekend we also did a little arts and crafts and Max discovered his love of "cuttin!"
Just another cute pic of the kids as they are trying to delay bedtime. They are all so cute together!
Cute little stinker!

Rockband!

We love our new Rockband! Mike won a Wii from his company banquet, and since we already had one we decided to trade it in for Rockband. We jam out almost every night and have mastered some sweet skills! Jake and Michelle came over a couple weeks ago and we played for hours!
The kids were exhausted after we finally finished. They were delirious1 They are so cute when they get giggly!
Max loves to 'rock out' with us. He just screams into his little microphone the whole time!
Emmy was digging the drums! Jake was having a hard time controlling her. She is a little musician in the making!