BIG BOY

I don't know exactly how it happened, but somehow, he just potty-trained himself. It was like a miracle. I honestly thought that the stories you heard about kids potty-training themselves were just urban legends, but as it turns out, it really can and does happen. I am the very lucky recipient of one of those amazing children. I should have posted it forever ago, because he's been in "Big Boy Undies" for a month and a half now. He is so fun, and I am so thankful that he is such a little smarty! I love him in underwear too, his little bum is so fun to pinch!

Here are some of the funnier things Aidan has said and done over the last few months.

Today, we were in the car and I had one of the kids tapes playing. An annoying song came on and Aidan said, in a snotty voice, " I hate this!", to which I said, "Aidan, please talk nice!" and he said, "Ok, Mom", then in a very soft and "nice" voice he said, " i hate this." Apparently he thought I didn't like the "way" he said it. 

He is way into being "naked". If his shirt is off, he instantly starts to run around saying" I NAKED-MAN". Apparently he's one of the slightly less well known of the super-heroes, but his powers of making me laugh are unparalleled!

Earlier this week, I overheard him in the next room, playing with his "guys" and telling them very heatedly over and over again, "That not fair! THAT NOT FAIR!!!". I think they had it coming personally, those "guys" never seem to play fair!

Today we had a friend come over to play with Ethan after school. Her name is Sydney. Aidan and I were on our way to pick Ethan and Sydney up from preschool and I was explaining to Aidan that Sydney would be coming over to play. Aidan is struggling quite a bit with his "His vs. Hers and He's vs. She's". It's hard to get straight when you only have brothers. So, I told Aidan that Sydney was coming home with Ethan and Aidan said, "Sydney? Him's coming to play at my home?" and I said, "She's coming to play." to which, he said, "She's Him's coming to play at my home?". I was laughing, but even harder when after 10 minutes, I still could not get him to repeat it the right way. He is such a nut!

His latest thing he says all the time now is, "I don't wuv you Mom." and then almost instantly, "I do wuv you Mom."  Shoot, I love this kid!

Want a Real Cinderella for your daughters Party?

Check out this link, my good friend Janeece dresses up like Cinderella for Birthday Parties. She is literally the cutest thing on earth!

Cinderella Princess Party

The Funniest Valentine

My brother's (Koby's) little girl (Kaylen), who is 7, typed this Valentine letter for her Dad without any help from anyone. My Mom came downstairs to find this letter printed out. I thought it was hilarious!

Mason's 6th Birthday

I am so far behind with my blogging, I don't know if I will ever truly catch back up. But, I have to try at least, right?   Here we are back on December 27th, 2008. Mason had an awesome 6th Birthday. He was so so spoiled, he had 3 parties. For years I've felt guilty about the poor kid's birthday being right after Christmas, so this year, I decided to make sure it was all about him, and it really was. He had about 15 friends and cousins over on the big day for a super fun Batman Party. Mostly they just ran around like maniacs, but they also played a few games and ate some pizza and cake.
Lori gave me this game idea and it was so cute. The kids drew a picture of Mason and decorated it, then played "pin the nose on Mason". 
Here is Ethan, being the "loner" as usual. He's so funny, he doesn't do well with crowds, but he warmed up to it eventually.
Here they all are, eating their pizza and waiting for the cake.
After cake, we also had a ton of fun with a Transformers Pinata (they didn't have a Batman one at the store), but I was too busy helping with it, so I didn't get any pictures.
They gathered like mad-men to give Mason his presents. They were all shoving and yelling, wanting him to open theirs first. It was so cute.


How cute is that? Mason lucked out that Gene-Boy and Bennion were here for Christmas, so he got to have them at his party.
Here is our family party, which we had the next day, on the 28th. Our Oldham Family Christmas Party ended up being on the 27th after Mason's friend party, so we decided to have the family party the next day, when things had calmed down a little bit.

Do you think he likes it? heehee.

Here is Party #3. It's kind of a tradition in my family that we have the kids parties at Chuck E Cheese, which the kids love and most of us adults do too.
Here is my cute Dad with Aidan.
This picture of Ethan cracks me up. He looks so serious.


My cute Mom and Dad picked up this cake for Mason on the way, because I was running to late to get one.
All in all, I think he had a pretty awesome birthday. 3 parties, tons of presents, and lots of cake.....what more could a kid ask for? I love this little boy. He is such an awesome kid!

I LOVE SPRING!

I think that this is a turning point for me. Fall has always been my favorite season, but this year, I think Spring is going to take the lead. I know we're still not really out of the winter weather yet, but the weather today is so amazingly wonderful that a blizzard striking tomorrow couldn't wipe the smile off my face, because now I know, that Spring really is coming!