Day at the Zoo

We had a fun trip to the zoo a couple of weeks ago. The kids had no school and the weather was gorgeous, so we thought we would take advantage. A great time was had by all.

Preston especially loved picking the gorilla statue's nose. (What is it with boys?)

Love the gorgeous Colorado weather!

I Give Up

I am at a complete loss. I am convinced that child-proofing doesn't work with Preston. Everything we try, he figures it out. It's like he's an evil genius or something. I have decided that I am just going to have to buy one humongous safe, and put anything dangerous or lethal in it (which might as well be half our house as far as Preston is concerned). Until recently, the only safe place (or mom's only have a break place) was his crib. No longer. He has figured out how to lower the side of his crib, and can now climb out. I spent 1 1/2 hours yesterday putting him back in his crib and raising the side of it back up. He did finally fall asleep after much weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth (mostly on my part). One of the best things about Preston, life is always exciting with him around.

Last night Trent and I were so lucky to be able to go and see Phantom of the Opera. I have read the book, seen the movie, and have listened to the music a ton, but this was the first time I had ever seen it in theater. It was AMAZING. I absolutely LOVED it. Trent's parents had given me tickets for my birthday. (Thanks mom and dad!) If any of you get the chance to go see it while it's here, it was outstanding! The actor who played the Phantom was phenomenal! All of the actors in it were, but him especially. He is the first and only actor to have played the Phantom and Jean Valjean (Les Miserables) on Broadway. Sorry, I'll stop gushing now, but it was sooooooo good! Wish I could see it again.

Today Vivi tried out the new jump rope she got at the ER the other day. She was having so much fun! She wasn't quite sure what to do with it at first, so I showed her how it worked. All I can say is it has been a long time since I have jump roped. She laughed and laughed at me. So I turned it over to her, and she had a blast with it. I was amazed she could even jump, she was laughing so hard.

Ouch!

I don't know what happened this weekend! All I know is I should have kept my big mouth shut! I was telling some friends the other day how my kids haven't been sick all winter and that we haven't had to go to the doctor at all (except for well checks). Well, what do you know, but two days later Trenton wakes up with a raging fever and is throwing up like crazy. (Thank goodness we have a steam cleaner). We had our first visit of the year to the ER yesterday. Vivi (poor girl, she takes after her mom), was running down the hall, tripped on some air, and landed forehead first into the door jam. Split her head right open. So off to the ER she and Trent went. Six stitches, a new book, about ten stickers, and a jump rope later, she came home all patched up. Trent said she was so brave and didn't make a peep or move a muscle through the whole thing. Just when we thought our night couldn't have gotten any more fun, Preston proceeded to chug a third of a bottle of children's Motrin. Trent had poured a dose of Motrin for Vivi, turned to give it to her, and when he turned back around, there was Preston, guzzling down the bottle of Motrin. Yes, we called poison control right away. Good to know that typically, when a kid Preston's size swallows that much Motrin, the worst that happens is nausea and vomitting. We didnt have any of that, thank heavens. He slept like a rock that night.

Mom! You Better Come and See This!

Vivi came running up the stairs the other day yelling, "Mom! You better come and see this!" I went downstairs to find Preston standing on the counter (yet again) with all of the cupboards open and a bag of Hershey Kisses sitting on the counter amid many (did I say many? I meant many, many, many, many) little silver wrappers, all empty. How he did eat them all so fast? I don't know. All I know is he is quick and doesn't miss any opportunity to be sneaky. I had gone upstairs for all of one minute to throw a load in the washer. The funny thing is, I didn't even know we had Hershey Kisses in the cupboard.

That's not Natural!

So, I'm not even quite sure what to say about this one. Only that it's kind of freaky the things Trenton can do with his skinny little body. He can also suck his stomach in all the way to his back bone. I can't even count how many times he's done that while saying "Mom, I need food! You're starving me!" Although it may look like he's "starving" he's already begun to eat us out of house and home. Where does it all go? I wish I had his metabolism!

Prima Ballerina

Vivi started her new tap/ballet class this last Monday. She had been begging me to put her in dance class for the last little bit, so with the help of some great friends, we found a wonderful class to put her in. She has the funnest teacher, Miss Becca, and Vivi is already having a fantastic time! I couldn't get her to smile for me in the pictures I took. She was into some serious poses that day.

Life with Preston

What a fun few days we've had! A few days ago, I found Preston with my tube of mascara, and as you can see, he had some fun with it. Saturday night, my mom was so kind to watch the kids for us while we went out to dinner with some friends. Hopefully she'll be willing to watch them again after Preston's little incident. After Trent and I had gotten back to my mom's to get the kids, my mom and I were upstairs visiting, and the next thing we hear is "Oh no!" coming from downstairs. Soon after, Trent came upstairs holding Preston face out at arms length, and Preston was covered in what looked like blood. It turned out to be red nail polish! I wish I had had my camera with me. He not only had gotten it all over his pajamas, but he had also painted both of his cheeks with it, and his hands were covered. I'm telling you, when I first saw him, it looked like he had just stepped out of a horror movie. Last, but not least, today after church, we had all come home and gotten in our comfy cozy jammies, and I was just starting dinner when I heard a noise in the bathroom. I immediately knew it was not good. I opened the door to find wet, soggy toilet paper all over the floor, and about a gallon of water, and in the midst of it all is Preston with the toilet brush just having a grand old time. What else could I do but run and grab the camera? Needless to say, he needed a set of clean pajamas after that.

Caution!

So, I went into the kitchen this morning after waking up and saw this little note on the floor. Apparently, Colson had spilled his cereal and milk on the floor, and after mopping it up, thought he should make a warning note so nobody slipped on the "wet floor". What a funny kid!