Taiden's 4th Birthday Party

Taiden's party was a little over 2 weeks ago.. AMAZING that I'm posting pictures already right?!? Anyways I'll break it down I guess.. According to Devan I go overboard with parties... I think I toned it down this year for sure. Last year the theme was candyland and we had a LOT of candy.. .I didn't get many pictures though... :-( Andrew had just gotten a new camera though so I might have to hit him up for some of the ones he took if he still has them. Back to this year though. This year's theme was Spiderman. I have NO clue why Taiden wanted Spiderman so badly as he's never even seen a Spiderman movie or show, but for the past 8 months he was insistent on a Spiderman birthday party. For his party I made and lamenated food labels. We had Peter Parker's Pizza, BBQ Symbiotes, and Super Hot Symbiotes (BBQ and Hot Wings. You'd have to be a super dork like me to know what symbiotes are), Spidey Bites (New Parmesaen bites from Dominos), Aunt May's Fruit Tray, Mary Jane's Triple Threat (Pasta salad, with chicken pasta and lettuce. Except I forgot to put the lettuce in! Again super dork.. Mary Jane was an aspiring broadway actress), Madame Webb's Mystery Salad (Salad from Wendy! Throwback to Spiderman cartoon I used to watch), Doc Oc Tentacles (Chocolate Covered Pretzel Sticks), Green Goblin Juice, and Spiderman's Power Punch. They looked like this.

Lamination!

We had a few games and I actually had a schedule for the flow of the party this year. It was super nice and worked out perfectly. We ate first, then we played Pin the Spidey on the Web. (Pictures on my other camera I guess.. I'll have to upload those). Then we did Musical Chairs. Kids first then we played with the adults. I think Aiden won that one (he was to big to play with all the 3-4 year olds lol. Sadly no pictures or video from this. Then Spiderman VS Venom Ball toss. I just let the kids 'battle' each other 2 at a time to see who could get all their balls in first. After their turn I gave them their goodie bags for the Pinata which was next.

My nephew Jashawn

Ms Khari

Emma

RaChelle

The birthday boy

He was so SERIOUS



Walker



Paul

Then we had cake and Ice Cream and called it a day.



This cake was huge. Thanks Devan!!

 I think over all the party was a success. I'm still learning. I can't wait for the next one... June 16th everyone! I'm already planning in my head and I'll probably start my spreadsheet next week! Yes I'm THAT crazy anal much of a planner.

These pictures are from Maisy's party the week before.

Kiddo Updates

Mr Kade
IS FOUR! His birthday was this past Saturday. While he was sleeping I blew up about 20 balloons and put them in his room as well as decorated his ceiling with streamers. He was so excited when he woke up. Him and Khari spent a good 15-20 mins just kicking them around before Khari decided she wanted to ea beckfaaaas (eat breakfast). I was so glad I did it. (I almost forgot and ended up waking up early in the morning to do it.) We are not doing his party until this Saturday so he told everyone that they couldn't tell him happy birthday until the day of his party. A mean face and a growl was given to everyone I forgot to inform of this before they had a chance to say it to him.
This kid is can be wild one. He started out so calm. Never climbed on anything,didn't really get in to much. Then came the YELLING. He had one tone of voice for a long time and while nerve wracking it was so him and I loved it. He is kind of crazy in the jumping off the couch typical 4 year old stuff way, but he is still wary of things like rides at arcade type places. I personally would rather be strapped in a seat than rolling backwards over the side of a couch, but that's just me.
He can be so sweet at times. He will come lay next to me and just rub my face and say "I looove you momma". LOVE IT. I was pretty sick last week and he stayed in the room with me insisting that he had to be there to take care of me and making sure I knew that when people are sick they can't go to work. (Poor Devan is sick this week and TK was pretty upset with him for going to work today!)
He also has what Dev calls the Turner Temper. He will be perfectly fine one minute and if things aren't going his way he blows up in a flash. (Wendy and Heather agreed it's a Turner thing when I told them about this, but living with my little brother I know he gets QUITE a bit of it from my side as well.) A quick trip to his room usually cures this. (For about 5 minutes ay yi yi)
He is so smart. Everyday he wants to practice his letters in sign language. This is A and THIS is S. Right? Is how it always starts out. I can not get anything past this boy. If I tell him we will do something once (be it 5:30 am and the thing to do is at 9pm) the kid remembers. No wonder he wanted to be an elephant for halloween. An elephant NEVER forgets!

Ms Khari Rhyssy poopoo girl (Sad Nickname right!?)
Is 19 months and is a sassy little firecracker! She is the opposite of her brother and has always loved to climb on things. She is into everything (mostly the dog food and water ugh) and jumps off anything and everything. She is a DAREDEVIL. If a someone else is doing it.. Well then she can do it too! The other day I posted on FB a video of her and Taiden climbing up the fridge! (Later I will post it on here if I remember) I turned around (from cleaning up her mess of dog water) and she was halfway up the fridge! I don't think she got as high as she did the first time because we were all laughing so hard, but wow that girl is a monkey!
She is also a little sweetie like her brother. Riding in the car she calls out everyone's name and tells them I wah woo. It is so cute and makes my day. She pats my face too. She will keep calling your name until you answer and then keep saying I wah woo until you say it back. She is always bringing you your phone if she finds it anywhere. Mama. Phone? She always wants to help when I'm cleaning except when I sweep or vaccumm she HATES those things. She is constanly wiping down the house. It would be a help except you can tell how little I dust due to the spots she can't reach... *yikes*
This girl is a DIVA. She has to pick out her own shoes and if you pick something she doesn't want to wear. You get a strong NO and she will pick something else. She loves "neckace"s and her babies. She has 3 'sets' of babies. She has 2 Princess Tiana dolls, 3 little ugly dolls from target (I bought 2 of them so I can call them ugly) and 7 ADORABLE Cabbage Patch Cuties (Link). She has all but the turtle (I messed that one up by letting a friend buy the last one thinking I'd be able to find it again) the monkey and the frog (I think they are both not as cute as the others). She goes through phases of which set she will play with.
She is the sweetest little sassy, diva firecracker ever and we just love her!

Now for some pics of them sleeping. Cause I'm just weird like that.

He sleeps like this all the time. Even sitting up in his carseat haha.

Look at those eyelashes, No look at those lips. Oh just LOOK!!

Christmas Time is here!

Gosh here we go again. I wrote this early December and forgot to post it! Gah. Now my layout's about to change again haha.

Tis the season to be Jolly! Hence the new layout. Here are a few pics of our 3 trees and our advent calendar.



Family Room Down Stairs



Living Room Upstairs



Taiden's tree in his room

Our Xmas Countdown Chain

Taiden at 3.75 the post.

There is to much this kid is doing to put in the sidebar. So I'll sum all of that up and more!

Taiden Taiden Taiden.

     This kid has learned so much new stuff I don't even know where to start. Let's talk about how SMART this kid is. He just picks up on stuff so quickly. One day he was just like what comes after 20? (He's been able to count to 20 for a while now) I said 21 and he was like then 22? And we now count to at least 100 everyday. We will alternate numbers. ie Me-1 TK-2 Me-3 etc. If we don't want to do it with him for the thousandth time he will just count by himself. He could probably count to 200 (just because once you get to a hundred everything is on repeat), but I'm usually done at about 127. He loves colors and animals, everyday we are all a different color and a new animal. Today I was a purple goat. (Funny tidbit, yesterday he said Daddy can't be ducks with us because he farts and people who fart are not allowed to be ducks! He says the funniest things sometimes!)  He also taught himself how to write a few letters over the summer. One day we were outside playing with chalk and he just started writing random letters all over. I have never sat down with him and taught him how to write, he just did it one day. He can write, D, T, O, A, I, F, E X or K (they look the same half the time lol), Y, C, N, W, H, L, U, and V.
     He is such a loving little boy. He will just randomly stop what he's doing walk over to someone and say "I love you ____" in just the sweetest little voice then go back to playing. It is so cute when he does that to Khari (even tho half the time she yells NO and pushes him away). He is VERY sensitive. You know how they say how ever you were as a child yours will get you back and then some? Well there is no easy way to say this but BOTH of my kids are crybabies. If you slightly raise your voice at TK he is under the table bawling his eyes out. He likes to say mommy mommy mommy, daddy daddy daddy 500 times in a row so a little WHAT? And he's crying. It's so sad, but hey my mom would ask me why I didn't do the dishes and I was like waaawaaaa I'm the worst daughter ever... So I see where he gets it from! He just wants everyone to be happy with him. He asks me all the time. Are you happy at me? Even if I'm not I always say yes because I just love to see his smile when I say yeah and I wouldn't be able to stand the hurt in his eyes if I ever said no.
     He just loves chocolate milk! Granpa (Van) brings him a jug every week and keeps some at the hook. His go to drink there is orange, but now he asks for Granpa to see if he has some chocolate milk for him.
     He still loves to dance and will break out dancing anywhere if he hears music. He makes up songs about any and everything. Is your shirt blue? Well TK will make up a song about how you're wearing a blue shirt but yesterday you were wearing green and maybe tomorrow you'll wear purple! I love his spunk and spontaneity.
     Some where along the line he has given up all form of caring about where his toys go. The little area in the family room for toys is a hot mess and everything is jumbled together. I don't even look over there for fear of a heart attack. But he is still a clean freak when it comes to other things. Randomly he decided he needs to clean his room everyday (It doesn't really get messy cause he's not in there that much.). When I come home he always shows me that he made his bed and cleaned his room and doesn't it look nice and am I so proud of him?!? (I am) He also likes to wash his hands a billion times a day. {Side story.. Someone (I'm looking at my brothers here) decided that instead of walking to another bathroom in the house or better yet going in the closet and getting a new one, they would just put water in my soap. So TK decided he needed to do that too, with a full bottle. He ruined 2 NEW bottles of B&BW soaps last week and I was not happy. So now he gets to be supervised when washing his hands.}
    He loves spending time at Granma and Granpa's house. Everytime we go he asks if his 'friends' are going to be there (I told him they are his cousins and he said yeah I know, but they are my friends to okay?). He just loves hanging out with them. My mom watches the kids Thursdays and Fridays while I'm at work and I'm glad they get to have that time with just her to bond. Taiden just loves his Nana!
     Taiden is the best big brother. He knows Khari's routine and likes to help get her ready for bed. He always wants us to all read books together in Khari's room at night. He makes sure she is included in things when we play games and such. He gives her hugs when she cries and likes to get in her crib in the mornings (He taught her how to jump on the bed!). He loves her so much and I can't wait to watch them grow up together.
I love my quirky kid. He is the best best best as he would say!

Now hopefully I'll blog more and I won't have to cram 7 months of changes and stuff into a short little post!
Khari's coming soon!

Taiden at 3/Sidebar Repost

I've been meaning to update this for a while now, but with the old editor it wouldn't let me paste this and I'm WAY to lazy to retype it all out... Here is TK's old side bar.. Check out the new (In a few minutes.. gimme some time sheesh!)

Taiden at 3

Has a very adult way of talking (in a good way)

Is 39 inches tall and weighs 28 pounds...

Is freaking THREE!!!

Is kind of a bully...

Is still SCREAMING...

Is the light of my life.

Likes balls and blocks...

Likes colors, ABC's and counting...

Likes to name his Gabbas...

Loves his baby sister Khari...

LOVES to dance. Even with no music.

Loves to wash his hands.

Makes a song about any subject!

Punishment is gettng his books taken away... My child. He will do anything for books!

Says- I can do whatever I want. *sigh*

Talks and talks and talks...

Tells me everyone he loves everyday.. It's a long list of Aunties and Uncles...

Thinks he's the boss. And told me so...

Wants to drink the milk out of his bowl, and mommies bowl and daddies bowl every morning...

Will get mad if someone puts his toys in the wrong spot. He is my child..

Thirteenth Month

Taiden,

I’m sorry I haven’t written you a monthly letter for a LONG time. But I’m going to try to get back in the habit! You have grown and changed so much!
You started walking at the end of 9 months, and got pretty good really quick. It’s so hard to sum up the last 5 months so here’s a list of some things about you…

• You love to bring me books and climb on the couch with me to read (although you never let me read to you)
  
• You clap after everything you think you did right and when you hear YAY! or thanks
  
• You HAVE to have two of everything.. One in each hand
• I think it’s so cute that you just sit on the bottom of the stairs with a book or toys and kick your legs.
  
• You go down for naps pretty easy, you just have to talk your self to sleep
  
• You love to give kisses to everyone you see if someone asks for one
• You like to wave bye
  
• You cry when Daddy takes out the trash or walks the dog.. You stand and look out the door or window
  
• You LOVE to throw things
  
• You spit at me when I tell you no or not to do something :(
• You only bite me
• You give Chaos ‘loves'
• You can say
  

* Mom

* Dad

* No

* Yeah

* Dog

* Down

* Stop

* Hey

* More

* Mine

* Night Night (nigh nigh)

* Stinky (tink)

* And you try to mouth a lot of things we say

It’s impossible to document EVERY little thing about you.
But I love you so much and although I’m sad nothing will ever be the same, I’m excited to see how you change in this next month..

I love you Buddha Butt
Mommy

Taiden's First Year Video Montage

So I just realized that I never posted my one year old video! Which I finished on Taiden's birthday. The main reason is cause my movie editor sucks, I wasn't able to upload it to even YouTube! So I bought a new one, but by then I was to irritated to do it how I did it the first time... But here it is..

Favorite Words

Taiden has two favorite new words.
No and Yeah.
He says them both constantly and I think he's starting to REALLY understand what they mean... He tells me NO! then runs down the hall or he'll shake his head while saying it. But I also think he just really likes saying those words.

Good Times

I have been watching Eliza 5 days a week for about 2.5 hours since the beginning of January and it's been really fun. I take tons of pictures but I have yet to post any so I just thought I'd post a few from last week or the week before.. who knows.. haha

The first thing she does when she gets here or after she eats is kick off her shoes and go straight for Taiden's LITTLE ball pit I got him for his birthday... She loves it!

Peeking through the hole in the top.
Little Miss Mischeivous.
Her smile face? Haha ask Nat about that...

She also likes to take books in there and read... I hear "I'm going upstairs to get books now okay Summer? Okay?"
Having Eliza over is a blast and I'm really glad Taiden has someone to play with on an almost daily basis.

Last week (or was it the week before?) I also watched Walker while Lesley was at the flower shop (oh yeah it was for Valentines so it was the week before) and he FINALLY convinced Taiden to go DOWN the stairs and to eat chicken 'nuggets'! Thank you Walker!
Here are a few pics from that day...

I thought this was so cute!
I still didn't notice what Walker had in his hand...
Then I saw Taiden going for more...
Finally saw that Walker had one too!
Sneaky sneaky!Taiden was pretty bored after I closed the fireplace haha

During this post I heard a faint sound of clapping then Taiden came giddily into the room. Crap I thought he's up to something.... I ran out of the room and saw the bathroom door wasn't closed... this is what I found...

And this is what he came back for...


Good times...
Good thing there is a washing machine in the same room and that is right where they all went!

This time last year...

This time last year Taiden was born. I don't even know what I'm feeling right now... So I have nothing to say. But I will try to write a more detailed post of my actual feelings and stuff tomorrow.. But we all know I'm a procrastinator so who knows.

Taiden Now

My Buddah butt...

Says

• Dog
• Down (to the dog! haha)
• More (and signs)
  
• Mom
• Dad
• No
• Hi
• Yeah

Will

• Walk
• Run
• 'Brush his teeth'
• Bite
• Hit you (and laugh)
  
• Close the door in your face
• Throw tantrums
• Slap you in your face (Not funny)
• Spit
  

Is

• A squatter
• A spitter
• A hitter
  
• A thrower
• A gatherer
• An organizer
• The sweetest spitter, thrower, and hitter ever.

Taiden Tuesday Week 17; 49 Weeks

Hmm... Sorry I didn't hear you I was too busy stuffing food in my mouth.
MMM... More grahamys... Banana.. Yum...
What do these do?
Silly Mommy..
Oh. You're killing me. Stop. Please!
Oh you silly goose!

X-mas

Okay so... This post could be short or long, composed or erratic... I don't know yet...

We had a really good x-mas and all though Taiden couldn't really rip open his presents (I'll never buy foil wrapping paper again) he had fun trying! He got tons of clothes and some toys he really loves...


The minute we came in room he went straight for these shoes! We had to hide them to get him to unwrap a gift!

He loves his Brobee! He dances with it, it's so cute...
Cars! Like father like son...
The blocks have to be his favorite toy... He automatically knew to stack them... pretty funny... You'll also notice he got a baby Vsmile... not that he plays with is haha.Check out his hair! I LOVE it.. and I'm SICK of hearing people say I should cut it... Hint Hint mind your own!

More cars... and crap everywhere.He found his candy cane!
Blocks, blocks blocks!
And... Cars again! haha.

Later on we went to Gramzee Turner's and opened MORE gifts!
Did you know Taiden and Santa are boys? That's why he got so many awesome presents!

Digging...
Hmm... What's in there?
Finally paper I can rip!He loves these bowls!
Another present from Gramzee!


And so now that I'm done uploading 5000 pictures I don't want to type anymore...
Oh well... Taiden Tuesday later today...