3 Men & A Little Lady: June 2008

Friday, June 27, 2008

Hoppy 1st Birthday Owen!

Owen will be turning 1 on June 29th, so we threw him a frog party with the help of lots of good friends. I know Owen had a great time. Here are some of our favorite shots from the party. Huge thanks to Darcy for all the wonderful pictures.

His favorite part of the whole party was having the "Happy Birthday" song sung to him and eating cake.

Best Buddies! Ryder Harris, Orin Patterson, Owen, & Mason Ugapo

Having fun in the sun!

Owen loved all the presents. Thanks again to our wonderful friends for being so kind!

Ian's favorite part was eating all the sweets!

Drew & Ian thought the slip-n-slide was a blast!

Drew ate several plates of nachos!

Thanks again to all of our friends for helping us celebrate Owen's 1st Birthday!

Sunday, June 22, 2008

To Cook or NOT to Cook......

With it being so hot lately I have had no desire to cook. Not only is the desire not there, but I am bored making the same recipes over and over again. I would be fine eating watermelon all summer, however I feel like my little men should eat better. We have done the chicken nuggets, pizza, and PB&J sandwiches way too often, so last night I felt like I should make something a little more healthy for the boys. Kenny went in on an emergency right when I was contemplating what to make, so he wasn't even going to be there to eat. All the more reason not to slave away on a homemade meal. The boys are fine eating anything, but I decided I must make something other than our regular "fast foods." I decided on lasagna for Drew and Ian and ravioli for Owen. I whipped up the food quickly and the boys devoured their yummy nutritious meals. I felt much satisfaction in the dinner I prepared, I couldn't have done it without those Weight Watchers frozen meals in the freezer! If anyone has some yummy, quick, & kid friendly recipes please send them my way.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

We Love You!

Happy Father's Day Kenny! I asked the boys what they like to do best with daddy and these were their responses: Drew said, "I like to read with dad." Ian said, "I like to play toys and drive with him." (Kenny let's Ian sit on his lap and steer the wheel as they drive around our neighborhood.) Owen's face lights up the minute Kenny walks in the door from work and says, "DA DA." He also loves when daddy shares his Popsicle with him! I love how wonderful of a father you are to our little boys. You are so involved in their lives and definitely give them the attention they all so desire. I love our nightly family walks and bike rides up to the bus park where we play a round of tag until it gets dark. We all love you and appreciate the amazing father that you are. Thank you for all that you do.

Friday, June 13, 2008

He Touched IT!!!

I am excited to post my first blog. I love to read all my friend's and family's blogs, so I thought it was time to start one for our family. As I sit down to blog, both Drew and Ian are supposed to be laying down for naps, however I hear them each in different bathrooms yelling back and forth to one another that they are going yucky. I then hear Drew giggling as he yells, "Owen's touching my poo!" To my amazement my 11 month old has escaped the computer room and is in playing in the toilet behind Drew! So this is my life: mother to 3 very active boys. They definitely keep me on my toes, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I hope by blogging that they will read these someday and appreciate all that I do for them!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

{Banning Pool}

We are excited for the new pool that opened this summer in Banning! The boys had a blast and I love that it is 0 entry. Everyone had a fun day of swimming!

I have the cutest little boys ever!!!

I look forward to spending many fun hours at this pool! The boys start swimming lessons next week!

They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

We are not a family who eats beans, so when Drew went to a friends house to play and eat dinner, he was hesitant to eat the burrito that had refried beans in it. When I picked him up he said to me, "Mom she put mud inside the burrito!"

Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

Drew was reminding me about how when we saw macaws in Hawaii, that one of the macaws was chewing on a woman's hair. He said, about the macaw, "Thats not very nice, it's not choosing the right."

My favorite word Drew and Ian used to say when they were toddlers was, Laddie- for water. I thought it was such a cute word. Owen comes to the fridge and points his little finger and says, "Wa-Wa" for water. So cute!

Last night Kenny went in on a call to deliver a goat and Ian came into our bed. He climbed in and snuggled up beside me, he usually snuggles into Kenny. I asked him why he was snuggling with me and he said, "I can snuggle you because daddy isn't here mom!" He is such a daddy's boy.

Ian is such a daddy's boy. The other night Kenny had to go to the clinic and Ian was sobbing for him for a good twenty minutes because he wanted to go too. When I asked him why he was so upset he replied, "I just want my daddy, he is my favorite boy!"

Birthday parties celebrated in California are usually BIG! There is always a huge jumper, pinata, food for the whole family, and tons of presents. Well we went to a party last night and the boys spent 2 hrs. jumping in a big jumper. On our way home we saw another party going on that had an even bigger jumper with a slide attached. Ian asked, "Can we go to that party too?" I replied, "We don't even know who those people are. " His response, "Well lets just go ask them their names."

As we prepared to go to the Glenwood Springs pool in Colorado with Kenny's four sisters Drew impatiently said, "Come on girls, you're taking too long!" Kenny told him, "Get used to it, this is what men do, wait for girls to get ready."

Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"