another day at the park....

After enduring the terrible weather this weekend, we were blessed with a beautiful day today. Of course, that meant another visit to the park. This time we went to the playground that is in our complex. Charlie didn't hesitate to try the slide this time. He went straight for it.

Hoping that Cannon will be walking soon because I think it will make the park experience much better for all of us. This time he was much less content just watching and was very frustrated that he couldn't keep up with his bro.

It was great that Daddy was able to come because he helped Charlie play on some of the equipment that he normally stays away from.

After daddy helped him once, he had the confidence to do it by himself. Then he did it over and over again yelling "I totally nailed it!" each time he got to the bottom.

Cannon reeeeaaaalllly wanted to go down that slide.

Eric talked Charlie into trying the monkey bars just once. After much protest he did try it but was not won over.
After we were there a while a few other boys showed up. One asked if Charlie went to Sandy Elementary School. Charlie told him he was going to go there in the fall for Kindergarten. I asked him if he went there and if he liked it. He was in the 4th grade and he said he didn't like it because there was too much "swearing" there. Then he started to sing a song about Sandy Suckamentary. Oh boy. I don't know if I am ready for this.

weekend wrap-up....

We didn't have the best weather this weekend, so a lot of the things we planned to do with Rodger and Anita didn't pan out. A few things we did do:

- Got a cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes for Rodger's birthday. Of course we just had to. He agreed it was the best cake he had ever had. Smart man.

- Tried to go to the Mayan restaurant. It is one of those dinner with a show type places where they do cliffdiving around you as you eat mexican food. Charlie has been dying to go since he found out he was not the one that would be doing the cliffdiving. Every time we drive by there he says "It is the employees that do the cliffdiving there, not me. I could not do that. Nooooo way." We got there at 5:00 and there was already a 45 minute wait. Nobody was up for that, especially Cannon. The waiting area was dark and Charlie was completely freaked out. He was shaking and insisted that I keep my arm around him so he would be safe. Even though we had to park 326 miles away and walked all the way to the restaurant in the falling snow, we decided it was best to go somewhere else.

See? They loved it.

- Rodger and Anita experienced their first visit to IKEA. We got there early enough for Charlie to get into SmaLand. He made a mask out of a paper plate. Of course they loved the place. Who doesn't? I saw some red with white polka dot dining chair pads that I think I might need to go back and get. hmmm.....

- Eric, Rodger and Charlie took a tour around downtown (I stayed home for Cannon to nap) and ate lunch at the Red Iguana, one of the restaurants featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. It is Eric's mission to visit all the restaurants that show has visited in SLC. I am not too bummed about missing this. Not a huge fan of authentic mexican food. Taco Bell is where it's at.

- Dealt with Daylight Savings Time. I am still not sure what I think about the springing forward. I do appreciate the extra daylight in the evenings. And it might work out to get Cannon to bed a little later so he can sleep in a little later. I am crossing my fingers on this one.

- Cannon slowly warmed up to Rodger and Anita. By slowly I mean that by the end of tonight he would get within a foot of them and they could touch him briefly without a freak out. Too bad they are leaving in the morning, they may have actually gotten to hold him by the end of the week.

grandparents are awesome....

Grandpa Rodger and Grandma Nita are in town this weekend and Charlie is completely over the moon about it. He could not wait for them to arrive and he pretty much did not leave grandpa's side the entire evening.
He was trying to talk him into sleeping in his bed with him instead of going to their hotel. He was just sure there was plenty of room on his twin bed for all 3 of them. He wasn't convincing enough and cried when they left. Cannon on the other hand was not too sure of our guests. He would smile from a distance but if either of them even tried to get close he would lose it. Hopefully tomorrow he will warm up, he just doesn't know what he is missing!

two more pages to share.....

I finished up a few more pages this week. It feels so good to be making this a priority right now.

This page has been in progress for months. It started with a different design with different papers and I was just not happy with it. It has been getting shuffled around my table for a while. A few nights ago I decided I was going to just get it finished. I ripped it apart, got out some different papers and am happy to call it done.

I just love this line from Crate Paper. I got to use it in one of the Freehand Scraps kits a few months ago, but I had purchased some as well. I still have a ton of it so I have a feeling it will be showing up on a few more pages.

They are already slid into the page protectors and into the album, which I have to admit is one of my favorite parts. Must be the organized nerd in me :)

making us happy today...

A few things making Cannon happy today....

Playing with my cell phone and changing all the settings. How does he get it unlocked?

Eating food off of everyone else's plates and refusing the food on his plate even when it has the exact same things.

Trying to stick his fingers in my mouth.

Smacking his lips whenever you say the word "kisses".

Pulling all the food he can reach out of the cupboards and all the toilet paper off the roll.

Saying "hi".

Chewing on his electric toothbrush.

A few things making Charlie happy today....

Legos, legos and more legos.
Playing Super Mario Brothers on his Nintendo DS and finally beating a level all by himself.

Getting to play Beatles Rockband at BestBuy. Specifically Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, his favorite Beatles song.

Getting his own hotdog combo at Costco.

A few things making me happy today....

Having a fresh stack of photos printed from Costco.

Our washer and dryer. I will never take them for granted again.

Finishing up a few more scrapbook pages.

surfing etsy.

Finally getting the smell out of our garbage disposal, I hope?!?

A few things making Eric happy today...

Drinking an upside down single shot caramel machiatto from Starbucks.

Getting to sleep in after working until 2:00am last night.

Having the day off.

Playing Beatles Rockband at BestBuy. (boys will be boys!)

Modern Family and Criminal Minds are on TV tonight.

look alike?...

When Cannon was wearing that maroon argyle sweater last week I remembered that I had taken some photos of Charlie in the same sweater. I thought it would be fun to dig them out and compare.

So what do you think? Can you tell they are brothers? I always forget that Charlie's hair was so white when he was younger. Cannon's is obviously much different. They both have those amazing blue eyes. Their noses look similar. When I found out I was having a second boy I had hoped that they would look alike. Partly because Charlie was just so cute and why wouldn't I want that again? And partly because I thought it would just be adorable. Now that Cannon is here and I have never thought they looked much alike, I love that they are different. They each have their own unique looks and personalities.

It is still fun to compare though. From this comparison, I think they have more similarities than I thought they did....

i leave the room for one minute...

And look who goes digging in the garbage.





At least he has good taste, Sonic is my favorite too.