Change of Plans

This morning we woke up and planned to hit the zoo for the day. We packed our lunches, snacks and drinks and awaited for Aunt Lori to arrive and away we went. We made it to the zoo only to discover that they were having a festival for Latinos and it was packed, we would have had to park almost a mile away and walk over. We knew we wouldn't be able to see much so we decided to go to a park over in Scottsdale for our picnic lunch and some play time.

We made it to the park and ate our lunch and then the kids wanted to play in the play area. Cameron enjoyed himself by doing the monkey bars, and swinging. He also spent some time with his Aunt Lori.

Morgan on the other hand decided she would play in the sand. They have an area where there are misters to moisten the sand so you can actually build sand castles and such. Morgan took right to the sand and water, she dug her hands into the sand. She played in the sand for a good hour and had a blast, covered from head to toe.

With Morgan covered head to toe we couldn't very well put her in the car all sandy and muddy. So off to the bathroom for a quick bath in the sink. She had sand everywhere, but she had lots of fun. While Morgan is having a blast, Aunt Lori is having a stroke watching her get all dirty and enjoying it so much. But the fun just continues...

After leaving the park we head to a place called "YogurtLand". You choose your flavor of yogurt (they have like 20 different flavors) and then you add whatever toppings you want, it is all self serve so you can load them up. Cameron thought this was pretty cool.

And Morgan well she too enjoyed the yogurt, but again made a mess and insisted on cleaning the floor when she dropped some yogurt on it, Aunt Lori didn't handle this very well either. Morgan is like a small tasmanian devil, she always leaver her mark where she's been.

What a great day we ended up having...sometimes a change of plans turns out to be a good thing :)

Morgan gets a big girl bed

Our kids have been so different when reaching milestones. Cameron was so easy going and went right along with the plan. Morgan on the other hand likes to test us and do things at her own pace. We tried to move her into a big girl bed a few weeks ago. Her crib turns into a bed and so we took the front off and we have a cute little bed, not so much. Morgan did not want anything to do with the bed she wanted her crib back. So we gave in and let her back in the crib. A few weeks ago I saw a cute little bed at Babies R Us and thought she might like that.

Rich put the bed together this past weekend and she loves it!!! On Saturday night was her first time to sleep in it and we didn't do too bad. Only took her an hour before she kept getting out of bed. Went into check on her around 12:30 or so and she was sprawled out on the floor, so I put her back in bed. About 6:00 the next morning she comes wandering into our room. Always a little scary the first time they do that, and snuggles right in bed with me.

Morgan is not such a baby anymore...I don't think we have any "baby" things left in the house. No diapers, no crib..makes me a little sad knowing my little princess is growing up so fast.

I feel so blessed to have her and love on her.

Second Video of Morgan Being Silly

This is the second video of Morgan that same night.

She is so funny and has the best expressions.

Morgan Being Silly at the Dinner Table

Everynight at the dinner table always brings something new with the kids. They pretty much always refuse to eat what we fix and complain the whole time. Lately Morgan has been pushing her food away and yelling yuck the moment the food hits the table. She then plays with it and figures everything to do but eat it. Cameron is pretty much the same way.

Last night she decided to entertain us as well. Cameron is in the background practically joking on his food he was laughing so hard so don't mind him he is not joking and continues to live...

A New Year ='s New Beginnings

I can't believe 2010 is already in full swing and life has returned back to somewhat normal after the holidays. Having Cameron home for 2 weeks has been fun but we totally lost our routine and schedule and lived in chaos, no bed times, get up when we want, eat when we want. So this week getting back to school and work has been a little tougher than I anticipated. Back to the grind as they say.



Cameron was not too excited to go back to school because that means he can't play the Wii or his DS very often. And if he gets in trouble at school he loses it completely so not a lot of playing time this week :( On another note Cameron starts baseball this week and we are super excited, Rich is going to be the assistant coach and I will be the team mom, and Morgan will run around like crazy. In February Cameron is going to join another league and start playing competitive baseball, we are all ready for that. He has been practicing a few times a week. For Christmas he got a pitch back so he can play by himself in the backyard when we don't want to join in.



Morgan is talking like a weed and going to start a new preschool this winter. She really is a social little butterfly and needs to have that interaction with other little ones. Her and Rich are checking out a school today, it will be part time just a few days a week.



Rich and I are doing great. We have definetly had some challenges in 2009 but nothing we haven't been able to handle. Keep pushing along and trying to keep up with the kiddos.

Happy 2010

Christmas Eve 2009

The holidays this year have been really fun because the kids are just at that perfect age where the magic is still alive. Were still figuring out our family traditions and what works best for us and something that the kids will always remember when they are older.

We want the kids to understand the meaning of Christmas and why we celebrate this day. Cameron was excited to celebrate Jesus' birthday and for a school paper even wrote his favorite Christmas story was the birth of Baby Jesus, and all the visitors Jesus had. One day on the way home from school he was reading "The Story of Christmas" and when he came to the part about Joseph and Mary, he asked me if we had anyone in our family named Mary, I told him I had a cousin named Mary and then he said Dad's mom is named Mary. He then asked me if they were named after Jesus' mom and how come we didn't name Morgan Mary. I love how his little mind works:)

We started our Christmas eve doing some last minute shopping, making sure we had all the staples we needed for Christmas dinner and stuff to make cookies for Santa. We got home early afternoon and baked some cookies and then off to church we went. The kids got their Christmas Church clothes. I love the fancy dresses that Morgan gets to wear, and Cameron always looks so handsome in his vest and tie.

After Church we went to my sisters for dinner and opening of presents. We are lucky to have my parents visit us this year for Christmas and it was our first Christmas with my sisters oldest son Sam.

After a great dinner and lots of fun we headed home to put out milk and cookies for Santa and to read the Night before Christmas.

Cameron set out the cookies for Santa and Morgan did not like the idea of setting out cookies and she doesn't get one.

We put the key out of the front door so Santa could come in and then off to bed for the little ones.

Cameron's Best Day Ever!!!

Well, in Cameron's words "the best day of his life". Today I took Cameron to go see "Star Wars in Concert". He knew I bought the tickets a few weeks ago but his behavior at school has been so bad lately that I told him I gave the tickets to his good friend Austin and he wasn't allowed to go. Not really giving the tickets away and not being able to sell them, I couldn't let them go to waste. So Rich and I talked about it and we have been really hard on Cameron lately we decided a 6 year old needed a break and a good day. Rich had homework to do so I got to take him. Secretly I really wanted to go with him so I could see his face and how he reacted.

All day he kept asking me where we were going and I would just say "not sure yet". So once it was time to leave he wanted to eat lunch at Subway (his favorite place), so that was our first stop.

After lunch we were headed out, the stadium is about an hour from our house so the whole way there he kept trying to guess where we were going. Once he saw the stadium he asked me if he was going to a football game and I said maybe. He then continues to say, that is a really big stadium not sure if I am ready for something so big, I just smiled inside. He kept talking about how cool it was to watch the Cardinals play for the first time, and asked if it was tackle football and if people were going to bleed. As we drove past the first stadium I told him we weren't going to a Cardinals game but we were going to the Hockey Stadium where the Coyotes play. He then goes on about how he has never been to a hockey game and how cool it was going to be. So we parked the car and walked inside the stadium, and there was a huge sign for "Star Wars". I told him that Daddy and I loved him very much and we decided to let him see the concert, he hugged me and said "I love you so much and this is the coolest thing ever". He then said, does Dad know we are here? I told him yes. We continued on and there were displays of the characters and then we saw storm troopers walking around and got lots of pictures.

Once inside and we found our seats, we were in row 27 from the stage. The show started, laserbeams and smoke were all over the place. The concert was a full orchestra playing Star Wars music while scenes were being shown in the background. The guy who played CP-3O was the narrator and did an awesome job. The show lasted for about 2 hours and had Cameron's undivided attention the entire time. He was sad when it was over. All the way home he just kept saying how awesome it was and he had so much fun. When I put him to bed tonight he told me this was his best day ever, and thank you for such a fun day!!!

This will be a day we will both remember and I am so thankful I shared it with him. To see his face lightup when he saw where he was going was priceless. He smiled the entire time we were there and truly loved every moment of it.