Routines

Our life if full of routines but the one that never seems to change is Morgans wake up and morning routine. It goes like this, wake up 5:38AM, not crying but talking and playing if you don't go get her she starts crying. I get up go get her bring her to our bed and try and pray she goes back to sleep but 6/7 times I am out of luck. Downstairs we go, once down there she has to sit in the corner of the couch with both blankies in hand. I feed the dog and then "toot and puddle" comes on and she has to have 4 ritz crackers and a glass of water. I must be sitting right next to her during this process, and then we eat breakfast and then anything could happen.

This morning Morgan snuck out the back door with the dog and played in the sprinklers. She loved it but soon realized it was a bit chilly.

I hate getting up so early but on the other hand I love this special time we have together. We don't get a lot of alone time together so this for us is our special place everyday. I just hope it continues as she grows older. I do love my little girl so much... I know it means just as much to Morgan because when dad gets up and goes in her room she crys and crys even harder when he takes her down stairs.

Saturday full of rain and fun

Can you believe that it rained pretty much the whole day, and did I mention it was freezing out part of the day as well, I don't think it got past 62 degrees.

We started are day off by Cameron having an 8:00AM baseball game, we weren't sure if we were going to play or not so we headed down to the field and we decided to go ahead and play because the rain had let up a bit, we only had 5 players show up. By the time the first inning was over with it was raining pretty hard and the kids were freezing so we decided to call it a game. Morgan was so cold her lips were turning blue. We got home and the kids stripped off the wet clothes and put their pj's back on and we just hung out all day doing nothing, it was nice.

After Morgan got up from her nap we decided to do some painting. But as you can see things were going good and then I turn my back for a second and you can only imagine what happened, yep they decided to paint their bodies :) They had a blast doing it and even more fun in the tub washing it off.







































































































The pictures tell the story on how much fun they had painting. Needless to say they were both whisked off to the bath tub for some more fun. They were amazed at how black the water got, but odds are pretty good when you mix that many paint colors together.


After our arts and crafts we made some dinner and then it was time to do the Easter eggs. I really wasn't thinking when I let them paint then a bath and then to do Easter Eggs, needless to say Morgan had 2 baths and Cameron only required 1. I will post painting easter eggs with Easter pictures. Happy Saturday

Cameron

While at the park on Sunday Cameron wanted to go across the monkey bars but was afraid to, he was justifying to himself why he shouldn't cross them.

Morgan

On Sunday we went down to the park to play and then we came back and had a late lunch. I was doing the dishes and Morgan was being unusually quite while eating her lunch, and I looked over at her and she was sound a sleep still trying to eat lunch. I took a video clip of her.

A weekend with nature

This past weekend we took the kids camping, it was Morgan's first time to go. We went to a place just outside of Payson. We love to camp, Rich and I would go all the time before the kids were born, but have only gone twice, since we have had the kids. We all had so much fun that we will continue to make efforts to get away whenever we can.

Once we arrived at our campsite we started unloading the car and Rich set the tent up and I orgazined the food and such. Once the tent was up the kids were running in and out of it going in circles, I just knew one of them was going to fall over from being so dizzy. Rusty was excited to arrive as well, he loves to camp. Basking in the sun and getting lots of new smells in are his favorite things to do while he camps. Cameron brought his scooter to ride around and had fun going up and down all the hills. Morgan loved walking the dog everywhere, at home I don't let her hold the leash, but she is a natural when it comes to walking Rusty. We also discovered that Morgan was in heaven with all the dirt, I have never seen a dirtier kid. The moment we washed her hands, they went right back in the dirt they went, she maybe a future Trailwalker after all. Needless to say she had a blast.

We tried going on a hike but we didn't get very far at all, the kids were not really up for the adventure, so we headed back to camp and did some more playing in the dirt and waiting for night time so we could make the smores. This was the highlight for Cameron, he thought it was pretty cool being the big brother and making smores for Morgan.

The nights were freezing the temps got down to 33 degrees but we all snuggled together and tried to stay warm. We learned that Morgan will not sleep with a pillow and likes to snuggle far down into the sleeping bag which makes it impossible for me to be covered up because then her head would be covered up, so I did freeze part of the night, but well worth it.

It was a great weekend to get away and spend some time together without all the distractions of life. Cameron starts baseball when we get back so it will be a while before we can take off for the weekend again.

Potty Training...the fun has begun

Well we decided Morgan was ready for the potty training. She will let us know when she is wet and likes to sit on the potty. So today we started letting her pee on the potty and we have gone twice successfully and sat on it several times today. We do have one slight problem, now she does not like wearing her diaper and is taking if off. Today she had already gone poop and took her diaper off, because she was so proud of herself, not the best time to take the old diaper off. Hopefully she will get the hang of things pretty fast. It took us only 1 week to potty train Cameron but he was also 2 1/2 years old.

Cameron and the ducks

Since I can remember Cameron has had an amazing amount of love for animals. It doesn't matter what kind of animal it is he loves it and could watch them for hours. Every time we go to the park he loves to feed the ducks and just sit and watch them. He would go to the zoo every day if he could. Unfortunately with Morgan we don't always get to do that, she would rather jump in then watch the ducks.

These pictures also show how big Cameron is getting, he is turning into such a handsome young man, he is growing so fast..

On Saturday we went over to Freestone and watched the ducks and the kids played for a while and then we rode the train.