Cotton Candy and Rainbow Snowcones

Kashton has been telling me for weeks that he wants to play soccer in the circus when he grows up. That and being a super hero is pretty much all he ever talks about. So when I found out that the circus was in town I jumped at the chance to take him. He loved the clowns and the acrobats the most. I am sure that he would have loved the tigers but we were so far away he couldn't see them.

When I was little I remember getting cotton candy and rainbow snowcones at the circus so I had to get him one of each. He wasn't a big fan of the cotton candy but he sure did love the snowcone.

During intermission Kashton rode on an elephant. Since that was pretty much the greatest thing that had ever happened to him he was done after. We went straight home and told daddy all about our fun time at the circus. He keeps telling me that he can't wait to go to the circus with his Grandma the next time its here. At least he enjoyed himself.

Our Day With A Dog

Earlier this week my sister and brother in law decided that they just did not have the time they needed to devote to their adorable little puppy Rowley so they started looking for a home for it. Kashton begs me for a dog all the time and tells me how much he misses Chief at every dog sighting. I decided that we would take the dog in.

Look at this cute little face and tell me how I could not fall in love with him. But he was a biter and Kashton was scared of him and Mike did not want him and we were going to have to train him and and and... so we decided after only one night of keeping him that he had to go back. I sat Kashton down and had a very grown up discussion with him about it. I told him that we could not keep the doggie and he got sad and said then I wont have any doggie. I asked him if he even liked Rowley and he told me no but that he really wanted a dog. So I told him that he could play with him one more time and then we would take him back to Sarah.

They played in the front yard and Kashton told me that he was mad at me for taking Rowley back but he was okay about 5 seconds after we dropped him off. We went to Target from there and...

This is the dog he came home with. Much more managable for mom and dad and he takes care of it all on his own. He even made Superman (yes that is what he named his dog) his own bed. He made sure it was right next to him at night because he didn't want the dog to get lonely.

Green and Black and Blue

I always think of fun things to do for holidays just a bit to late. This year on St. Patricks day Kashton and I went for a picnic at the park with his friend Kolton. I should have got food for it earlier but I didn't think about it and then I was scrambling around looking for something green to feed him. Yes I am that mom who wants to give her son green food for St. Patricks day. I found everything that I could, dressed my kid in green and headed off.

Not only did I get green grapes and green cookies but I found a green juice and put it in a green jug.

After we ate Kashton played on the park for a long time. Unbeknownst to me he hurt himself but we will get to that in a minute.

We came home and I gave him some St. Patricks day pictures to color. Again I didn't think ahead, I wanted him to do a craft for the holiday but I didn't get anything for him to do so he had to settle for coloring.

I left for work and after a few hours I received a frantic call from Mike. He could not get Kashton to wake up from his nap. He had a lump on his head and his eye was black and he was acting weird. Kashton said that he was chasing his friend down the slide and he went down head first and hit his head on the ground. He never cried or told me anything at the park. Weird. So Mike called a nurse and she said to keep him awake for an hour and see how he acted. Poor little kid wasn't feeling so well. His swelling has gone down and he is acting much more normal now but it was quite the scare. And how did he not tell me anything when it happened? Crazy kid!

Busy Day and No Camera

Wednesday of spring break we had all sorts of fun and so of coarse I forgot to put my memory card back in my camera. We started out the day at the Jump Zone with Rissy, Braxton, Avery and baby Ian. The Jump Zone is a wonderful place that has a bunch of bounce houses that kids can just run around and go crazy on. And boy did Kashton go crazy. From there we went to Kashtons first dentist appointment, it went really well and not only does Kashton have great teeth but he acted like a big boy in the chair too. His reward was going to Chic-Fil-A to eat and play in their playplace. We were there for a good long time and he still wanted more so it was home and to the park for Kashton and daddy.

Kite flying &

Playing in the back yard.

Followed by some BBQ and family time made this a greally great day for the whole family. I am so greatful that I get to spend some time this week with my wonderful little boy and my amazing husband. I don't know what I would do without them.

I Love Babies and I Love Elephants

The weather was warm enough on Tuesday to go to the Zoo. Kashton was so excited he couldn't contain himself. We pulled into the parking lot and it was as full as it could get. We had to park across the street and walk over. If it were up to me I would have turned around and gone home but I knew Kashton would never have it so we found a spot and hiked on over.

Kashton was really good the whole time we were there. In years before he has always tried to run off by himself and I end up feeling like I am having a panic attack by the time we leave but he stayed right beside me the whole time and just looked atthe animals and told me all about them. When we were walking between exibits he would pretend that we were in a parade and would march and tell me that I needed to march in the parade too. We got to see the bears wrestle and growl at each other and we got to see two monkey chasing each other around their cage. He thought it was wonderful.

When we were talking about going to the zoo his aunt Sarah told him that there were baby elephants at the zoo. He turned and looked at me and said "Mom, I love babies and I love elephants so I am really going to love baby elephants." Well he wad correct, he loved the baby elephants. He told me it was his favorite part of the zoo.

The last stop on our way out of the zoo was to pet the goats. We got all the way through the line at up to the gate and Kashton told me that he had to go to the potty. So off the to potty we went. The womans restroom was closed for cleaning and the family restroom had a line of about 20 in front of us so a woman told us she would watch the mens room and we could go in there. Kashton walked right up to the sink and said "I want to pee in a urinal mom" I had to pull him away before he actually started peeing. He is so funny. It was such a wonderful day at the zoo and Kashton can't wait to go back.

My Day Got All Tangled

Since I feel like I don't have a whole lot of time to devote to just focusing on my wonderful son I decided that the week of Spring Break was going to be spent of things that he would enjoy. We made plans on Monday with my sis-in-law Sarah and her boys to go to the zoo and enjoy the new elephant exibit, but alas the weather did not cooperate. So instead...

I took Kashton to the dollar movies and we saw Tangled. It was his second time seeing it but my first. I really enjoyed it and for the most part he did a good job. He always has to have popcorn and a drink when we go to the movies but this time I brought candy for him as well. He seemed to really enjoy this addition. I even taught him how to use his licorice as a staw in his soda.

When we got home we spent the rest of the day playing candy land and wrestling with daddy. This is by far daddies favorite past time, he can not get enough Kashton wrestle time.

How I Know I Am Getting Old

I go to 1 year old's birthday parties instead of 21 year old's birthday parties.

My idea of a fun day is gardening with my child.

I got so excited about these measuring cups that I bought at Pier 1 that I wanted to tell everyone about them.