Piggy Bank!

I had to jot this one down, because it made me laugh so hard.

Yesterday Tucker was playing with something he shouldn't, and I told him to quit playing with it. Being his typical three year old self he keep in playing with it. A second time I said "Please don't play with that Tucker ,we don't have the  money to replace it," and this time (with a little smile) I got this response :" I have money in my piggy bank you can have." I was quite taken back, so I just sat there for a split second. You know how fast your thoughts go. I thought " man I am in big trouble if I have a three year old that smart." They need to send expecting parents to school, because I think that kids are getting smarter and smarter.

Tuck's new bedroom!

My son is now a official "Big Boy." He has a big boy bed, and new room. He loves it. The bed frame was given to us by my mother and father- in law. It was a OK yellow, but when I started looking for  bedding the brown worked better. The book shelf was given to us by my old bosses. When he retired from the laundry business he took up wood working. I have a few items he made, and gave to me. In fact the shelf at the foot of the bed(if you can see it) was also given to us, I think for are wedding. (I want to eventually paint that one of the blues that the picture frames are in)  His shop is amazing. Randan drooled when he saw it.  The room is a bit bigger then the room we had him in. I like it because there is a lot more storage. It can stay more organized. Everyone who knows me knows that's a huge thing. It also is at  the other end of the house which has its pros and cons for me. Pros: We don't have to be as quiet. Cons:  What if a fire started. it was fun putting this together for him. I am steel working on the decorating part. You can see I started with his name on the wall. I have seen this done in many forms and always thought it was a fun idea. I had a lot of wall space to fill. It worked perfect. All in all I like the room and am glade we did it.

Brushing teeth!

We are learning how to brush our teeth. I am sad this picture doesn't do what I saw justice. He had toothpaste all the way up to his hair line. He got this tooth brush for Christmas from his Aunt Rhonda. I guess it's more powerful then he thought. He has hit the independent stage. He sayes: "Me do it." We  are trying to teach him to say "I". He is stubborn just like his two parents. What can I say.

Three Years!

Two days ago my mother-in-law called wanting to know if I was home. She had something to drop off. I told her I was, and this is what she dropped off.  A gerbra daisy in a bud vase. I think that it is just lovely. She wanted me to know that she was thinking of me. What a sweet gesture. It was three years to the day that my dad had passed a way.  A few nights ago Randan, and I were talking about Leap Year.  We couldn't remember how it went. If we gain a day or loose a day. I knew just who to call to solve this delima. The only problem  was  he wouldn't be able to answer my phone call. I miss my dad yes, but I will tell you what I told my mother-in-law. I am so glade to have the knowledge of the gospel.

Tucker's Third Bithday

Tucker just turned 3 yeas old. Wow! I cant believe it. I just went through all the old pictures on my computer and saw all the pictures I took when he was a few months and a year and two years. It really took me back.  I just need to get him potty trained. He has been so stubborn with this concept.

For his third birthday we decided to take him to a new place that just opened about 4-6 months ago called Jump-n- Jiven. the have a lot of the blow up slides, bouncy things, and obstacle courses Tucker loves slide. At a park that is pretty much all he will do. January is such a hard time of year for that sort of stuff, so we decided this would be perfect.  I think he had a really fun time. He is also way into dinosaurs, so if you cant tell that is what his cake was this year. I didn't have a lot of time to get way creative so its just a generic cake. He got to keep  the dinosaurs on top so I don't think he cared much what it looked like.

Trunk-or-Treat

I really didn't want a picture of me like this in here, but I did want a picture of Tucker and Randan. I was so busy on Halloween that this is the only picture we had of Tucker in his costume. We wernt sure if Tucker would let us dress him up this year. I bought the crayon costume last year when all the costume's went on sale, and when I pulled all the Halloween decorations out I got his costume out to see what I needed, and to try it on him to make sure it fit (remember I bought it in 2010. I guessed, and hoped it would fit for 2011). He wouldn't put it on. We would ask him what he was going to be through out the Holiday, and he would reply: " A Blue Crayon," so we keep are fingers crossed that he would put it on at the twelfth hour. On Halloween When he was taking a nap, I got my costume on, and makeup done. When he woke up he saw me, and decided it was OK to put the crayon on. We went to our wards Trunk- or - Treat. This picture is of us handing out our candy. I love Halloween. Always have.

Pumpkin Patch

This year Randan, and I wanted to have a nice garden. Last year was my first attempt, but it failed miserably. This year I tried harder, and we did better. We got a few tomato's, not as much as we hoped for, but a taste. Loads of  strait neck summer squash, potato's, and these pumpkins. I wanted to have some to carve for Halloween. I have never planted pumpkins before.  I got a variety called Cinderella," and they came out very short and squatty. Needless to say we didn't use them to carve. There just wasn't enough  room to do any thing. I think it would have been to tough to cut in to any way.  Lets just say next year will be better. Lesson learned. We could on the other hand stack them on top of each other, and the became pumpkin snow men. Look at the positive. Right!