Check Out the Handsome Devil!!!

The weirdest thing happened last night! When I got home from school, Tate asked me if I would please cut his hair. WHAT??!?! He told me he wants it cut for his fieldtrip (which was today, to the Children's museum in Salt Lake) Seriously - I think the rash (read previous post) affected his brainwaves or something spectacular like that!!

So we cut his hair. I just use clippers to do it - and his hair is so baby-fine it makes it next to impossible. The long strands of hair just move outta the way of the clippers. Grr.. but after a long while we got it all taken care of. (I think he wanted to impress the girls today or something...)

Check him out!!!

Moral of the story: When you want your child to get their hair cut, blog about it, and then give them amoxicillin and voila!! Hair cut time!!

Polka Dot Mystery

This is the tale of the polka dot mystery at our house...

So the other day I notices a crazy rash on Dayton's should blade - it looked like Prickly heat rash... I didn't worry so much. Then when Tate got home that day he too had a similar rash on his arms. Odd. The next day I notice it on Tate's back, so I check his belly. Its there too. Tate tells me it itches a little - that's when the Bendadryl pill swallowing attempts came into play... Yesterday morning it had creeped up his neck and onto his face. Dayton's was now a little bit spread but not much, and I notice Oaklee's is on her arms and legs.

When Tate was little he was the KING of crazy rashes - it seemed he always had a silly rash somewhere, plus he has eczema so the polka dots didn't give me and immediate "Dr alert" - but with it now everywhere on him, and the two babies too, I decide to take Tate to the Dr to get a prescription ointment for said rash. (Taking all three kids is just asking for chaos)

The Dr says it looks kind of like 5th's disease but some symptoms don't match up. As a mere shot in the dark he swabbed for strep. Um yep, positive for Strep!! Strep + rash = Scarlet Fever. How exciting! And 3 of 6 kids have it. You should see how much Amoxicillin I came away from the pharmacy with!! Sheesh! 4 regular bottles and one big one!!

So how am I such a mother-of-the-year that I didn't know my kids were sick?!? When Tate was little he had this too. He never complained of a soar throat or any sickness at all and suddenly a rash appeared. Total de ja vue! Seriously. And my poor babies. I'm completely surprised that Kyndi doesn't have it. She spends more time with the babies than anyone else. And how did Tate get it? Crazy! But there you have it. The Polka Dot mystery at my house has been solved for now... (And for those of you travelling this way for birthday celebrations on Sunday, do not fret, they are anti-bioticated, and no longer contagious)

A Hairy Tale

My dad once said "I wouldn't want hair all over my head" in an attempt to get my brother to do his hair...Needless to say we all cracked up at what he had said.

If you read my previous post about a pill and a strawberry, then you undoubtedly saw the picture of Tate with his not-so-boyish hair. In fact, his hair is a disaster. Unfortunately for me, Tate idolizes his uncle Jameson (my youngest brother) well, that's not the unfortunate part, the unfortunate part is that Jameson's hair looks like this:

Don't get me wrong, I actually really like it on him but sadly Tate wants to be just like him in every way so he refuses a hair cut. (and it doesn't look so lovely on Tate cuz his hair is just a crazy mess) Now there are those of you I'm certain, who are thinking "you're the mom, you tell him he has to cut it" But I figured we'll let it go for now, I think he'll eventually get sick of it in his eyes and want it cut. Or perhaps James will decide out of the blue to cut his own hair so then Tate will - and if all else fails, I'll force a cut upon him come time for my sister's wedding. (Don't worry Shar)




Tate has a long way to go to catch up with James. And please know, he is wearing a blue shirt, not purple as it may appear on your screen...

A Tale of a Pill (and a strawberry too)

I think it is so hilarious when little kids can't swallow pills. They can swallow mouths full of candy but not a little pill. Tate has some crazy hive-ish rash and I gave him a Benadryl pill. He filled his mouth with water and swallowed - it was still there. He tried again, this time sloshing the water around, it was still on his tongue where it started. Again he tries and does not succeed - and by now the pill is slowly deteriorating... he has a look of total disgust on his face. He tries once more and the look on his face turns to sheer joy - it must've worked this time. Yep! He proudly sticks out his tongue and nothing remains except a streak of pinkness.

This reminds me of a story of my sister Samantha from when we were little. (Have I told this story on here before?) She always had the hardest time swallowing pills - but give her a situation where she has just snuck into the strawberries and doesn't wanna get caught and she can suddenly swallow the big ol berry whole!! How do we know this? Simple - she was sick later that night and happened to puke - not only did she swallow the strawberry whole, she puked it up whole too!! (Maybe TMI, but it was hilarious!!) I remember us sibling were totally wigging out over the crazyness of such a feat! And she can't swallow a teeny tine pill?? (She'll never live this one down, sorry Sam)

I do find it amazing that Tate can swallow big ol' mouthfuls of nerds and all kinds of other crazy stuff - but not a pill? Its so psychological it cracks me up!

The Fools of April

So really, I don't like this day. I worry most of the day that I will fall into some guillable trap or have a run in with a prankster of some sort. Not fond of April Fools Day at all. That said, I am having serious contemplations over perhaps texting Kamron to tell him I took a pregnancy test... this could be funny - although I am quite certain he'd wet his pants in an instant and perhaps even convulse into some outrageous heart failure issue. So perhaps I better not... but it could be fun... Oh decisions decisions.... Do I wanna so totally freak him out or should I just let it go??? Okay, I'm just going for it... sending him a text...

A Serious Case of BedBugs...

We found Oaklee a Toddler bed for an awesome deal at a yard sale - it has small-ish rails on the sides to prevent her night time roll-out issues. We put it up in her room and she was all excited about it until we moved the crib over to Dayton's spot and she realized he'd be sleeping in it. She cried. I tried cheering her up by making her bed, putting her blankets and pillows on it, and her 'mouse' - Eventually she warmed up to the idea.

The next morning I could here her giggling and talking (in her bizarre foreign language) so I went to get her out of her room and I found this:

How stinkin cute is that?? Apparently she climbed onto the toy box and then up the railings into his crib. She had all the blankets thrown on the floor. And where are his pants??? Oaklee can be found with him almost every morning. She's now figured out that she can throw toys in before she climbs in and then they'll have plenty of entertaiment.

Kid Quiz

This was a note on facebook I did - I though it appropriate to post here as well:

I did this 'kid quiz' with Kyndi who's 4:

1. What is something mom always says to you? - Get Dressed

2. What makes mom happy? - Cleaning up your room

3. What makes mom sad? - That you don't clean your room

4. How does your mom make you laugh? - Tickling me

5. What did your mom like to do when she was a child? - Watch TV

6. How old is your mom? - 15

7. How tall is your mom? - 14 inches, Am I right?

8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV? - American Idol

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? - Eat breakfast, eat lunch and eat dinner

without me

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? - American Idol

11. What is your mom really good at? - games

12. What is your mom not very good at? - Monopoly

13. What does your mom do for her job? - Help Tyson Morrissa and me and Tate

14. What is your mom's favorite food? - Cereal

15. What makes you proud of your mom? - That she helps me

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? - Blues Clues

17. What do you and your mom do together? - Watch TV

18. How are you and your mom the same? - We both have hair

19. How are you and your mom different? - because she has different clothes than me. I have

little kids clothes and she has grown up clothes

20. How do you know your mom loves you? -Because she says you're the cutest girl.

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? -(We did Kamron): His "muh-staticky" hair

and they draw in the dust on the tv together

Twinkie Eater...Sort of.

So it was snack time at our house (3pm). Dayton sat on my lap and watched as all the kids got their snacks and started to eat them. Suddenly he got completely jealous of all their food and started kicking and making some odd noise (Like a mix between a grunt and a tiger). It was obvious he wanted them to share. I put him in the high chair and gave him a Twinkie thinking he would just gnaw on it for a while. I was wrong. He took it with both hands, smashed it to smitherines (sp?) - the cream was oozing between his fingers. He didn't even make one single attempt to put any in his mouth. He just kept smashing it more and more in his little fists. Suddenly his finger went to his mouth... you could see the look of realization on his face... "This tastes good" ... He has now been licking his fingers for the past 20 minutes, and the twinkie remains on his tray, now completely forgotten.

The Case of the Missing Child

My two babies share a room. Dayton sleeps in a playpen type bed and Oaklee has a crib. We recently converted her crib into a miniature daybed by removing the rails off of one side. I had decided she was big enough to try out the "big girl" style.

She was all excited about her "new bed" got in, jumped around and settled down to sleep. A few hours later, Dayton was crying so naturally I went in to check on him. I got him settled down and turned around to check on Oaklee and this is what I found:

She was no where in sight!! I checked everywhere that I could think of to no avail. I started feeling panicky - not real logical, I know, since she was obviously somewhere... And then I heard a soft little breathing sound and look where I found her:

So stinkin funny!! How does one roll out of bed without waking up, and then continue to sleep peacefully under the bed?? At some point she must have woken up and discovered her crazy spot, cuz by morning she was back in her bed.

The Rest of the Best

Here is our Splash Mountain Picture... Notice Kyndi's face! (With Kamron in front, Kyndi took on a lot of water, and because she's so short, she got it all in her face - I covered her eyes for the splash of the big hill and my sleeve was soaked!)

The 'A' in California Adventure

Not sure what ride this was... Maybe Thunder Mountain Railroad...

Tarzan's Treehouse

Captain Kyndi Sparrow

Aladdin and Jasmine...

These last 2 pictures were taken while we waited for the rest of the clan to go on Indiana Jones (she was too short for this ride) The previous two pictures were taken while waiting too... (I forgot to mention before, every stinkin ride we went on, Kyndi had to be measured and re-measured, the rides require 40" in height, she's barely 40. Glad she grew a few months ago...)

And there you have it, the best of the Pics we took.

Pictures as Promised

Here are some pictures for everyone's enjoyment:

Mr Toads Wild Ride:



Sword and the Stone

Toon Town - not quite strong enough...

All in Jail

Minnie Mouse...

Mickey Mouse...

Kam's piano talents

Buzz Lightyear

Pluto

Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)

Teacups (They went on this ride 3 times and begged for more!)

More pictures coming later...

Adventures in CandyLand...

Kyndi kept calling California Adventure, "Candy Land". So apparently we went to Candyland and Disneyland.

We had a blast!! The first day we went through California Adventure and rode just about everything - most of the stuff there are Lagoon-type rides, so we skipped a few. But here is a bit of what we loved:

Soaring Over California - this is a flight simulation-type ride, where you soar over various parts of California, and its awesome and oh so relaxing. Kamron called this "the relaxing ride" We rode this about 5 times over the course of the whole trip. (Kamron's request) Oh, back up - I failed to mention that in this ride you are flying over a golf course, pretty low to the ground and someone on the screen hits a golf ball towards you - Kamron ducked. It was hilarious. Everytime thereafter we checked to see if he ducked.

Muppets 3D - not my favorite 3d show - but they seemed to enjoy it - Kyndi loved it so much this is what we found her doing at the end:

(Sound asleep)

Tower of Terror - This was the very first ride anyone attempted and on the first go, Kamron and Morrissa were the only two brave enough. They loved it. Two days later Kyndi and Tyson decided they wanted a try - so I made Tate go too (and me) - Tate was none too thrilled but he went. He was nervous as heck, in the end they mostly loved it. Tate said "I did not like that ride" and Kyndi was crying because everytime we went downward she flew upwards. Not fun for her at all - and all in the dark too.

Turtle Talk with Crush - This is the coolest show ever!! For those of you who have never been, it is a MUST see!! It's Crush the turtle from Finding Nemo, and it's hilarious, and I still can't figure out how they did it...

California Screamin - This is a huge ol' roller coaster that goes from 0 to 45 mph in no time flat. Kyndi was too small so she and I stayed off - but the rest went, and LOVED it. (Too bad they waited until the last day to try it out...they didn't have a chance to ride it again).

It's Tough Being a Bug - A 3d Bugs Life show. Pretty cute. Watch out for the bugs!!

Oh, we also went and found out what Disney characters we were most like; Kamron - Buzz Lightyear, Me - Cinderella, Tyson - Cogsworth, Morrissa - Lumiere (she apparently didn't understand the 'Are you a Sir or a Madam' question), Tate - Jiminy Cricket, Kyndi - Dot (the little purple bug from bugs life).

At Disneyland there are way too many rides to name them all - but here are my three faves:


Thunder Mountain - A roller coaster in a train - Tate was scared of rides so I told him it was just a train ride - he ended up loving the ride! The first time we rode this ride Tate and Tyson were sitting together and right behind them was a special-needs man who kept yelling "Heyaw" every couple seconds (Like he was commanding a team of horses) It was pretty entertaining. The second time on the ride, Kamron did this same "Heyaw" for our entertainment (and everyone else's on the ride). Hilarious.

Space Mountain - A big ol' rollercoaster in the dark. Too much fun. You think you know which direction you'll go and you're always wrong. I was worried over Kyndi on this ride (and many other rides) that she'd be scared to tears, but not so. She'd squeal with laughter on every stinkin ride (Except Tower of Terror of course)

Splash Mountain - I've gotta see if I can scan our picture from this ride on here - cuz its a great one - Kyndi kept getting splashed in the face down every hill cuz she's so tiny (she didn't like that part).

Honorable Mention - Honey I Shrunk the Audience - a 3d show where you get shrunk and there are explosions and loose mice. I mention this show as honorable mention for two reasons. 1 - At some point there is a 3-d explosion in your face and once again, Kamron ducked - even worse this time than before. So hilarious! And even better, there is a point where thousands of mice get loose and their tails whip your legs...twice. The first time it whipped, Kyndi pulled her legs up onto her seat, the second time she screamed in terror and cried. Total Hilariousness!!

The kids all said their favorite was Soaring Over California - but I'm not so sure about that...they requested to go on the BuzzLightyear shooting ride all day everyday. Thats a pretty cool ride - You ride along a track and its like you're inside a video game trying to defeat the evil Zurg. You have a gun and you shoot targets - it keeps track of your score and everything. One time Tyson scored 248,000!! That's a huge score!!

A few things we learned:

*Our boys are HUGE chickens compared to the girls (Kyndi begged to go on everything and was disappointed by the 3 rides she was unable to ride due to shortness)
*Tate has to use the bathroom way more at Disneyland than anywhere else in world! (seriously, like 25 times a day!)

*March is the perfect time to go - mild weather and no lines (we practically walked right onto most of them!)
*Our kids are way too easy to fool!

...More pictures will be posted later...