Tantrums and Tickles

Here is a running list of things that make my kids mad:
Dallin-
1.  Not having a sippy cup in his hands
2.  Being given water in his sippy cup
3.  Seeing other kids with sippy cups and not getting to drink from their sippy cups
4.  Only being given one sippy cup when he can see three.  He wants all three.
5.  Being put to bed without a sippy cup of water.  Below is a picture of Dallin sleeping (and although he wasn't exactly "put to bed") you can see there is a sippy cup by his foot.  This is the key to getting Dallin to sleep, and is also the only time his accepts water in his sippy cup without a fuss.....he's complicated.


















Quin-
1.  Having to wear his eye patch.  To the right is an image illustrating this one.  Quin in time-out for hitting after being told he must wear the eye patch.
2.  Being told to wipe his bottom more than once.  We will just leave it at that.

Things that make my kids happy:
Both boys:
1.  Fuzzy/Cuddley/Soft items.  These items include but are not limited to stuffed ewoks and fuzzy scarves you are trying to sell at your garage sale.

 Things that make Dallin happy:
1.  Getting his hair blow-dried.   Below is a picture of Dallin in an ultimate state of bliss as he get's the blow-drier turned on him.

2.  Pulling all of the cards, receipts and cash out of mommy's wallet and spreading it throughout the house.

3.  Giving his favorite snacks a ride on his monster truck.  It is a rare occurance to find this monster truck without some sort of food on the back.  As you can already tell, food and drink are very important to Dallin.

5.  Looking at his shoes and trying them on.  His current favorite pair is his red crocs.

Things that make Quin happy:

1.  Going to Legoland and riding the Dragon and the cars.  He also enjoys miniland where you can just walk around and see things like the Ewok village from Star Wars built in a bush.

2.  Digging.  Quin love digging in the dirt in Grandpa's yard (may you Rest in Peace Snowdrop flowers that Grandpa planted).  He also loves going to the beach and bringing his dump truck and excavator to help with his digging adventures.

3.  Watching this show on Netflix:

However, sometimes Mommy gets lucky and is able to convince Quin not to watch Godzilla and to watch Tinkerbell instead.  Our last showing of Tinkerbell inspired the building of this fairy-house.  We will let you know if we catch anything.  In fact I think we might be seeing Tinkerbell in the not to distant future.....

Dally Turns 2!

 Here are some highlights of Dallin's second birthday:

 Dally woke up to a room filled with balloons.  Usually when Dallin wakes up he wants to eat immediately.  However we were able to hold off his rumbly-tummy for a while with these little beauties.

Check out this dynamic duo.  I should entitle this picture "born to be wild". 

After breakfast we went to the Vista Sports Park to try out Dally's new trike.  This was Quin's favorite gift that Dally received as is illustrated in the background of the picture below:

Dallin loves to run.  And man he is fast!  He is officially at that "on-the-go-constantly" stage.  Since we have moved to Cali, Dallin literally spends 75% of his day outside (half of which is spent running).  He comes in for meals and to sleep.  But other than that he is usually outside or banging on the sliding door to go outside.  

 Next we had Dallin's favorite meal for dinner- spaghetti.  I think everyone enjoyed it!

 This was followed by gifts.  The biggest hit of the night was a Mickey Mouse from Nana.  Yes, I know he looks like he is going to eat Mickey in the picture, but in actuality he is screeching with joy.

We ended the day with a little strawberry shortcake (notice Quin gearing up to blow out the candles).  My boys love their strawberries, so this treat was a hit!

I love this little boy.  He isn't a baby anymore (I may or may not be tearing up a little bit....).  I am so proud of him.  He has gone through so much in his short little life and had so many great accomplishments despite these struggles he has had. He has such a joyful spirit about him.  I could just sit and watch this little guy all day.  He does the funniest things!  I'm so glad to have this little two-year old!

Happy Easter