Quote of the day...from the mouth of Trenton

I was cooking dinner yesterday and Trenton was helping me. I was getting out the spices and he was asking what each one was. I got out the cumin and started mixing it into the ricotta cheese. When I said that it was cumin, he thought I said HUMAN. He starting screaming...."EWWWW!!!! I DON'T WANT TO EAT HUMAN!! Is it a girl??" I was laughing SO hard!! I love that boy!!

It's offically official...I have two boys for sure!!

Today was quite the adventure. We had the doors open to try and cool the house down and the front door had been blocked so the little man (Kaydon) could not get outside. Well, I guess big brother (Trenton) thought it would be fun to move it. I had no idea because I was in my mom's office talking to her. All of the sudden I realize how incredibly quite it was in the house (for anyone that has a boy you know what that means...haha!!). So I go to look for them and realize the front door is open. I had an escaped little guy out there in the front yard that I thought had just made it to the rocks. I ran out and got him and got the supposed one rock out of his mouth. Well...later in the evening the truth became evident. Kaydon had a poopy diaper that I thought I would never, ever see in my life. In this kids diaper was bits and pieces of leaves and also a rock...and no I am not kidding. I love my boys!! They keep life interesting....but there is definitely no doubt about it...they are boys!! I guess I can't trust Trenton to leave the chair in front of the door now. He wants to share BIG adventures with his little brother. :-)

Valentine's Day

So I LOVE to bake. It isn't as much fun down here in AZ as it was in Washington just because of the weather difference, but I still love it. Every Valentine's Day I make Derek some sort of treat and his favorite breakfast. Trenton likes to help me cook and so he helped me make all of these different treats for his dad and the other family around us. I let him lick the bowl or the beaters after we mix something (hey, it's one of the best parts). For some reason this year he insists that he has to try something to make sure that "it tastes good" He doesn't want someone to "suffer" if it doesn't taste good. It is too funny. We made frosting for the cupcakes and he had to try that. The cupcake mix, cake mixes, cookies, everything he had to try. I don't care if he tried the smaller treats after they were made, that was fine, except for the heart shaped cake that we made for dad (Derek). He was upset that I wouldn't let him eat the cake because he needed to know that his daddy would like it. I told him that there wouldn't be any for daddy if he ate it, but he didn't seem to care. He wanted to make sure it would be tasty. He ended up not eating it, but when he woke up from his nap and found out that daddy had tried it he was upset. He made me call daddy to make sure that the cake was okay.


Now Kaydon got a balloon for his Valentine's gift from his dad and me. It was a cute little monkey balloon. Trenton wanted to play with it so we told him that he needed to make sure the ceiling fans were turned off so it wouldn't get popped. Trenton was really good about it throughout the day until later so Derek or I would remind him. We would say, "No Trenton, make sure the fan is off." Kaydon would watch this throughout the day (he adores his big brother). So Trenton was reminded later about turning the fan off so he ran and turned it off. The fan had not stopped completely and the monkey balloon slipped out of his hand. POP!!! Trenton was upset and Kaydon was upset. Daddy gave up his balloon to Kaydon to play with. Every time Trenton would get near his balloon he would say "A no no no no no Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin" and growl at him. It was too funny. I guess he is protective of it. :0)

Trenton spoiled me with a basket full of a bear, a rose, and chocolate. He also got me a beautiful heart necklace and cute earrings. Overall it was a super fun day with lot of laugh.

We hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day too with some fun memories!!