Buckle UP!!!

My children will be featured in the "Wildest Richest Rodeo in the West" this summer. We signed Brynn and Bryson both up for the Mutton Bustin' this time around and have been practicing frequently with their father being the animal.  Bryson will go during the Friday night session (June 26) and Brynn (because the coordinator loved her super cute name) will go during the final round on Saturday June 27th.  Last year Bryson was seen on the news and we missed it. So I will set up my DVR just in case they both win and get to be on TV.  

one fine day

Tonka was in some serious need of a brushing. After cleaning him up we took the kids on a bike ride down by the river again. One of the best things about Reno is that within a few miles of our homes there are dozens of parks and trails for our leisure. 

An hour past nap time. Can you tell?

Glamma!!!

One day when Bryson was at school and Hud was down Brynn came up to me and said: "Mom! What the heck are we gonna do today? {pause} OH!!! Do you wanna do a makeover on me?!?!"

Ummm, Heck yeah, I do. Duh!

She kept saying "How much more makeup can I have? How much?" Daddy wants me to do her hair like this all the time.

Movin' on up

This year we moved Bryson up from T-ball to FARM. They have players from 6-9 years, use a pitching machine that pitches up to 60 mph., and the boys have to wear cups!!!  At first Bryson hated it but now after games he doesn't want to take it off. I think he feels really big wearing it. Tanner is coach again and they have a lot of the team from last year. 

Can you tell its only about 25 degrees?

What I've been up to

At the beginning of March I had nothing to do. I mean nothing (aside from the normal duties of motherhood). It just about killed me. I hate not having projects and things to do which make feel somewhat productive during the day. So I had to hunt down some new (and now fave) little projects. And I'm bringing out the inner-seamstress in me. Or trying to.

Bryson loves his new shirts and will only wear these 5

Brynnie got to go on another date with Daddy and I made her this pink shirt

...and this cherry dress

I ran out of jam so I had to make more from my frozen strawberries. With the leftovers I made fruit roll-ups in my new dehydrator.

With Debi's AWESOME new bread recipe I've been baking all our own bread and rolls and cinnamon rolls. Killer!

And we're potty training again.

This kid is so dang cute! I love seeing him in his little "unnies".

Decode

I know I complain a lot about what a difficult child Hudson is but we love him so much. He is crazy and wild and into everything but he is so fun right now. My favorite stage of toddler-dom is the learning-to-talk stage.  We spend all day laughing at the things he says that are so cute and once we find a new phrase we make him repeat it over and over. He has the best manners and says please and thank you for everyone. He also greets every single person at the store and asks "whats that?" for everything as well. Here are some of the cute things he says.

Every time we take a corner in the car he yells "WOO HOO!!!  YAY Mommy!!"

When I find him with something he's not supposed to have he hands it to me and says "OK hee go. Thank you."

 "You seeyus Dude?" (are you serious dude?)

"Oh, that's AWESOME"

"Why? I'll die?" (when I tell him to stop climbing or jumping off something.)

"Oh, cu-ute" - mostly directed towards Brynn or her dolls

"Oh this is good GOOD!"  -eating anything

Whenever I tell the kids to get ready to leave: "Mom. Wab?" (he always thinks we're going to the lab. He loves it because they have an alhambra water thing that he always makes a big mess with)

Everytime he's about to get in trouble he starts crying "Mommy I hab owies" (Liar!)

When I drop Bryson off at school: "Mommy. No Huddy go nigh-nigh." (he knows he goes straight to bed when we get home)

"I-self" - for just about everything

"Mom. Where Dad? Wolk? Fowmoos?" (he thinks Tanner's always seeing farmers)

At bed time: "Night Mom. I seep Bysie moom." (can't wait till he can sleep in Bryson's room)

"Yub you!" (Hudson tells us a million times a day how much he loves us)

"Soddy" (sorry)

If I don't answer to "Mom" in a millisecond he starts yelling "Gosh! Kim!!!"

"Pee-ee peas" (pretty please!!!)    "Geels" (girls)

"Dats gushing" (that's disgusting)

"See-yull" or "EE-meal"  (cereal or oatmeal - says this before anything else when he wakes up)

And if you preface everything with Mom or Dude you've got Huds own little vocabulary.

Hallelujah!!!!!!!!

Those of you who scrapbook will appreciate this. Those who don't scrapbook will not understand what a huge feat this is.  

I. Am. Caught. Up.!!!

I've only had all my crap on the table for the last 4 months but I am finally caught up in all 4 of my books. YAY!! Now I'll take a hiatus for the next year and get way behind again.

And even better than getting that massive thing over with is that Hudson is FINALLY sleeping through the night again. The last two months he has been waking up multiple times for no apparent reason and screaming his head off. It was killing us. One night I counted 7 times!!! But with some good ole amoxicillin for his ear infection and new allergy meds we're good to go. I can't believe I can roll over at 6:30 a.m. and not want another 4 hours of sleep.