Catch Up...

Have I mentioned my kids don't sleep?

They don't.

And if they do, it goes something like this:

...Karson goes down...Ella wakes up....Ella goes down...Karson wakes up...

Which means...my laundry isn't getting done, so blogging is definitely not getting done.

Guess what?!  My laundry is currently done...and BOTH kids are in their beds.

IN THEIR BEDS & ASLEEP.

ok my laundry isn't really done but just pretend it is

So a few random things....

Karson loves corn on the cob.  

A lot.

Corn on the cob tastes best if eaten with your eyes closed. 

 And even if it doesn't...it makes for cute pictures.

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This face makes me laugh.

 

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DJ works an alternate schedule in the summer.

1 week he works four 9 hour days, and one 8 hour day.

The next week, he works four 9 hour days, and has Friday off.

Friday off means family day.

One family day we spent at the Zoo.  It was fabulous. Karson loved the monkeys....which is good because that is all our zoo has.

Our Zoo is pathetic.

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 "Mama, eat dinner outside...please?!"

Every single night.

We eat dinner outside more than we eat dinner inside.

I love this.

The little things that I hope he always remembers....summer dinners outside.

 

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This picture is old...but I didn't know I had it and it makes me very very happy!

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I got a $5 bag of corn and a bucket for at the local feed store at the beginning of the summer.

I keep it in my trunk, and whenever we need a free outing, we head to the duck park.

He loves it.

After his bucket is empty, we head to the playground to play.

Did I mention, I have memories of the duck park from when I was his age?

 Do you spot the 2 baby ducks?  This picture was taken a few months ago, we were at the duck park this morning and Karson was very sad that the baby ducks grew up into Mommy & Daddy ducks.

Ella likes the duck park too.

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Our sweet Ellary was baptized at the beginning of September, and while that deserves its own post..it just isn't going to happen.

 

her little booties were mine when I was a baby

Funny story, for whatever reason, our church had Karson recorded as being a girl.  So he has been referred to as Ellary's "Big Sister" quite a few times....I called and had that changed yesterday. :)

Ellary is on the bottom left.

 

After her baptism we had lunch at our house.  I loved decorating for a girly party.

 

...and with that my sweet girl is awake. 

Happy Tuesday!

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Happy Friday.

Linking up with Jeannett at Life.Rearranged for InstaFriday.

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 1. Nana is the only one that can get my girl to sleep.

2. Pretending she is tired.  She isn't.  She never sleeps.

3. Random...pull odds and ends out of the fridge to make dinner...obviously a hit with Karson.

4. Hanging out with Ellary while Big Brother naps.

 5. Playing in his sand box while camping at the beach.

6. Coffee...with a beach view...not much better!

7. "Say 'cheese' baby 'yella.'

8. Teeny tiny tap shoes for Karson.  I can't wait to see how much he likes his dance class next week. 

 9. My beach baby.

10. Ellary's Baptism Lunch decorations.

11. Playing Choo-Choos.  Serious stuff around here!

12. Love them!

 13. Hurricane Karson...notice all the trains.

14. Riding on a train in MI City...Karson Heaven.

15. Trying to eat her toes....at 11pm...still not sleeping.

Have a good weekend!

My Favorite Picture of the Summer

 

{DJ & Karson :: Holland State Park :: August 2012}

Paci Broke

There is some sad news at the Smedley House.

 

Yesterday, after Karson woke up, his paci broke.

I had no intentions of stopping the paci in the next year.

I figured at 3, we would make it only at bed, and we would start talking about being done with it.

Except, Karson has thrush.

Thrush that will.not.go.away.

Thrush that keeps coming back.

His paci is making it impossible to get rid of.

So yesterday, when I realized it had come back, again, I hid all but 2 of his pacis and cut the nipple off both of them.  I didn't draw attention towards them, I just sat them back down where he had put them.

 

 I texted DJ:

"I cut Karson's Paci...if he flips I am giving him a new one...but I am going to try."

  

I was sure he was going to flip out, but he didn't.

He told me paci had an "owie" and asked if we could "go paci store.  Buy neeewww paci."

I explained that when little boys get big, their paci's break, and then they are all done with the paci.

He didn't fight me, at nap he took his broken paci with him.

Then he walked back out of his room, slammed his broken paci on the table, and said trying to hold back tears:

"Mama no paci.  Paci broken." 

He slept for over 3 hours.

When he woke up, he said:

"Mama, fix paci?"

I told him I couldn't fix it.

He asked if Molly could.

I laughed...and we moved on to the next thing.

Bed time was a little rough, but only because he didn't want to go to bed, he never once asked for his paci.

So this morning we celebrated.

When he woke up, we made "breakfast cookies."

Aka: chocolate chip pancakes

He helped by scooping out all of the baking powder into the little bowl.

The eye lashes...he is still so little...but he is getting so big!

Our "No More Paci" celebration called for the fancy glasses.

And  the red You are Special Today Plate.

A family tradition: special days call for the red plate.

He was so excited to have a special breakfast with Mommy.

I clinked glasses with my two year old, with our special glasses filled with apple juice, and celebrated another mile stone of growing up...no more pacis.