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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Comparing smiles
You know these are my favorite smiles, but I just had to compare to Tyler's. Chris is 10 months and Tyler is close to a year I think.
A tribute to Tyler
Tyler Scott Petersen
So I love my little 3 1/2 year old, but I need to document some of his personality so we can laugh about it later. Tyler likes to have things his own way, just like any 3 year old. Every morning he asks to say our family prayer- this isn't so much a bad thing but we have a prayer wheel so that everyone gets a turn. He pulls his morning fit and whines and he usually says his own prayer after whoever's turn it was. Tyler and Damon constantly fight over toys. They both want whatever the other one has. Tyler really struggles with waiting for his turn. The other day we were riding bikes at the church and Tyler wanted to ride. It was Damon's turn and Tyler was pulling a fit and trying to push Damon off the bike. I tried to take him to time-out but he is getting too strong for me to hold. So by the time we got back to the bike Damon had gotten off - good right? no, didn't help. Tyler still was screaming his head off, don't ask me why - he got what he wanted right? Anyway, we left the church and went for a drive - about 20 min. later Tyler finally calmed down. I don't know why he has such a hard time calming down - whew, that was a trying afternoon.
Tyler can be super silly and super sweet too. He says "I love you mom" at least 10 times a day for no apparent reason. He had fun making faces this day:
Another story about yesterday. This is a thanksgiving decoration that I put up. I wondered about the suckers, but told the boys we could eat them later and that we would just look at them right now. Well, of course Tyler kept asking about them - so I decided that I would put them away. I forgot. During quiet time Damon asked me where did all the suckers go? I was a little shocked. What did Tyler do with them? Of course he ate them. We saw a nice little pile of sticks and wrappers in the garbage can. Tyler was asleep at time so I decided that I wouldn't say anything until he asked for some more candy. Then it would be 'so sad,' he wouldn't get any more candy because he ate all the suckers without asking. Damon sort of ruined this plan by being the 'mom' ahead of me, but Tyler did say he was sorry and didn't have any other candy that day. I wasn't too upset, it really was funny - of course a kid is going to eat candy if it's sitting right in front of him. At least they were small suckers :)
Before:
After:
One last thing about Tyler, he is more particular about his clothes than Damon. He still thinks it's summer and wears shorts all the time ( with or without a shirt). I will usually get him dressed in the morning in pants and a long-sleeve shirt or sweatshirt, but when we get home he finds his favorite red shorts and red shirt and puts on his red boots when we have to go outside. He cracks me up sometimes. He also doesn't like his picture taken right now, as you can see from this look:
So that's a little bit about our lovable, adorable, cuddly, cute little Tyler.
So I love my little 3 1/2 year old, but I need to document some of his personality so we can laugh about it later. Tyler likes to have things his own way, just like any 3 year old. Every morning he asks to say our family prayer- this isn't so much a bad thing but we have a prayer wheel so that everyone gets a turn. He pulls his morning fit and whines and he usually says his own prayer after whoever's turn it was. Tyler and Damon constantly fight over toys. They both want whatever the other one has. Tyler really struggles with waiting for his turn. The other day we were riding bikes at the church and Tyler wanted to ride. It was Damon's turn and Tyler was pulling a fit and trying to push Damon off the bike. I tried to take him to time-out but he is getting too strong for me to hold. So by the time we got back to the bike Damon had gotten off - good right? no, didn't help. Tyler still was screaming his head off, don't ask me why - he got what he wanted right? Anyway, we left the church and went for a drive - about 20 min. later Tyler finally calmed down. I don't know why he has such a hard time calming down - whew, that was a trying afternoon.Tyler can be super silly and super sweet too. He says "I love you mom" at least 10 times a day for no apparent reason. He had fun making faces this day:
Another story about yesterday. This is a thanksgiving decoration that I put up. I wondered about the suckers, but told the boys we could eat them later and that we would just look at them right now. Well, of course Tyler kept asking about them - so I decided that I would put them away. I forgot. During quiet time Damon asked me where did all the suckers go? I was a little shocked. What did Tyler do with them? Of course he ate them. We saw a nice little pile of sticks and wrappers in the garbage can. Tyler was asleep at time so I decided that I wouldn't say anything until he asked for some more candy. Then it would be 'so sad,' he wouldn't get any more candy because he ate all the suckers without asking. Damon sort of ruined this plan by being the 'mom' ahead of me, but Tyler did say he was sorry and didn't have any other candy that day. I wasn't too upset, it really was funny - of course a kid is going to eat candy if it's sitting right in front of him. At least they were small suckers :)Before:
After:
One last thing about Tyler, he is more particular about his clothes than Damon. He still thinks it's summer and wears shorts all the time ( with or without a shirt). I will usually get him dressed in the morning in pants and a long-sleeve shirt or sweatshirt, but when we get home he finds his favorite red shorts and red shirt and puts on his red boots when we have to go outside. He cracks me up sometimes. He also doesn't like his picture taken right now, as you can see from this look:
So that's a little bit about our lovable, adorable, cuddly, cute little Tyler.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Fall Photos
Here are some other things that happened this weekend.
Chris getting into some fun:
The boys helped Doug outside to take care of the yard - thanks so much boys.
More cute smiles:
I also made donuts this weekend. Never done that before. They turned out pretty good too. It was fun, but time consuming. It just took awhile for them to raise and to fry and frost them. I gave most of them away since who can eat 45+ donuts in one day.
Chris getting into some fun:
The boys helped Doug outside to take care of the yard - thanks so much boys.
More cute smiles:
I also made donuts this weekend. Never done that before. They turned out pretty good too. It was fun, but time consuming. It just took awhile for them to raise and to fry and frost them. I gave most of them away since who can eat 45+ donuts in one day.
More Halloween Fun
Our Halloween week started off on Tuesday at Damon's school. They had a Fall Festival with food and carnival games. We just played the games and the boys had fun. The duck pond was a favorite of Tyler's. We carved pumpkins the night before and Damon had fun bringing it to school to show everyone and get a prize for participating. Damon was Batman this year, Tyler was Spiderman, and Christopher was a Lion.
Love eating the donuts on a string.
Catch those ducks
Damon showing the teeth he got at the Carnival - watch out!
We also went trick-or-treating at the library on Wednesday. It's nice because it's mostly inside - we just go around to all the different offices and halls in the city building.
On Friday the nearby city of Jensen did a Pumpkin Walk. It's not the grandest, but still a fun outing- if you get there early. There is not much parking so I'm glad we got there early enough to be close and still have some daylight. It got pretty cold so we didn't stay long. We saw some fun pumpkins (the Cat in the Hat was the favorite) and the boys had fun in the hay-bale maze. I was very grateful as we left that we were not in the HUGE line of cars waiting to get there to find a place to park.
Playing in the leaves by the Church where we parked.
We don't get very many family pictures, so we'll take what we can get.
On Saturday the City Recreation Center put on a pretty good Halloween Carnival and hey it was free. The kids got to walk around the outside and go "trick or treating" to the different people sitting around the sidewalk. They got plenty of candy. Then inside they have a regular carnival with a fishing pond, ring toss, bowling, cupcake walk . . . The boys had a lot of fun. Chris was starting to get fussy, but he did really well the help of some Cheerios. It was pretty loud in there, so I couldn't blame him for being a little upset.
Damon posing while we wait in line.
Tyler not wanting his picture taken.
This is the one I tried to sneak later - oh well.
Mini Golf
Bowling for Bones :)
After dinner Damon and Doug and went to a few houses before it started to rain. A lot of the neighbors wondered where Tyler was (he was done and stayed home). They are such a duo - they do everything together. I'm so glad they have each other to play with, even though they fight too.
And of course we need to show our littlest trick-or-treater: Christopher is so good to just go along with everything. He made a very cute lion - thanks for letting us borrow the costume Aunt Tannie.
Again, my favorite cheesy smile:
Got to show the tail.
Happy Halloween!
Love eating the donuts on a string.
Catch those ducks
Damon showing the teeth he got at the Carnival - watch out!
We also went trick-or-treating at the library on Wednesday. It's nice because it's mostly inside - we just go around to all the different offices and halls in the city building.
On Friday the nearby city of Jensen did a Pumpkin Walk. It's not the grandest, but still a fun outing- if you get there early. There is not much parking so I'm glad we got there early enough to be close and still have some daylight. It got pretty cold so we didn't stay long. We saw some fun pumpkins (the Cat in the Hat was the favorite) and the boys had fun in the hay-bale maze. I was very grateful as we left that we were not in the HUGE line of cars waiting to get there to find a place to park.Playing in the leaves by the Church where we parked.
We don't get very many family pictures, so we'll take what we can get.
On Saturday the City Recreation Center put on a pretty good Halloween Carnival and hey it was free. The kids got to walk around the outside and go "trick or treating" to the different people sitting around the sidewalk. They got plenty of candy. Then inside they have a regular carnival with a fishing pond, ring toss, bowling, cupcake walk . . . The boys had a lot of fun. Chris was starting to get fussy, but he did really well the help of some Cheerios. It was pretty loud in there, so I couldn't blame him for being a little upset.Damon posing while we wait in line.
Tyler not wanting his picture taken.
This is the one I tried to sneak later - oh well.
Mini Golf
Bowling for Bones :)
After dinner Damon and Doug and went to a few houses before it started to rain. A lot of the neighbors wondered where Tyler was (he was done and stayed home). They are such a duo - they do everything together. I'm so glad they have each other to play with, even though they fight too.
And of course we need to show our littlest trick-or-treater: Christopher is so good to just go along with everything. He made a very cute lion - thanks for letting us borrow the costume Aunt Tannie.Again, my favorite cheesy smile:
Got to show the tail.
Happy Halloween!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Pumpkins
For family night activity last night we carved our pumpkins. Damon could take his to school today to show everyone - they are having a contest of sorts for each class. He of course wanted to do a batman one - and I think it turned out pretty well. I helped - but Damon did do some of the carving. Tyler didn't do too much, but had fun anyway. Happy Halloween.
Say Cheese
So Chris has these two looks that I've been trying to capture - I haven't gotten the perfect one yet, but these are close. He does a really squinty cheese, that Tyler used to do too. It's so cute. Then he also pulls his bottom lip over his top one sometimes. You just can't help but smile when you see a baby smile.
Such a happy boy.
Tyler fell asleep as batman the other day - priceless. (His face was very sweaty when he woke up). As you can see we've been in a "take my shirt off" kick lately. Whenever the boys are playing and say they're hot, they take off their shirt. I don't really like it, but I'm trying to not make a big deal of it and just let it phase out - hopefully.
Such a happy boy.
Tyler fell asleep as batman the other day - priceless. (His face was very sweaty when he woke up). As you can see we've been in a "take my shirt off" kick lately. Whenever the boys are playing and say they're hot, they take off their shirt. I don't really like it, but I'm trying to not make a big deal of it and just let it phase out - hopefully. 
Happy Birthday Doug
Well, Doug turned 31 this year. We didn't do a big surprise party like last year, but I stayed busy during the day to make his birthday special. I made up a basket of goodies to give him at work. I made his cake all in one day (fondant too). I usually make the frosting ahead of time, but I thought up this idea at the last minute so we did it all in one day. Thankfully Chris was being extra good. I made a nice dinner with rolls as well. And I also did my normal grocery shopping and laundry. Whew, it was a busy day, but fun. Doug got a new Wii game: NBA Jam (hence the cake) and he's had a lot of fun with it - sore arm and all. I also got him the new Biography on President Monson. Happy Birthday Doug, we're so glad you're here and our Dad!
He's heating up... He's on Fire!
He's heating up... He's on Fire!
New Shelves
So we moved the pictures we had in the hall to go with the new shelves we got. this is in the boys' room. We're planning on getting name blocks for Damon and Chris too. My small attempts at home decor :)
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Random pictures
Well, just a few random pictures of what's been going on around here.
Christopher with two of his friends, Lincoln and Logan.
Christopher can get around now a little bit. It takes him awhile since he just wiggles and rolls. But I find him under the crib a lot if I leave him in his room for a minute.
The boys and their silly faces:
Just give the whole basket to Christopher and he's good for awhile.
We played some basketball for a little while yesterday, even I got in on the game - for a minute. Tyler is still pretty good for a 3 1/2 year old. Damon just likes to be silly with Doug and tries to steal the ball from him.
Christopher with two of his friends, Lincoln and Logan.
Christopher can get around now a little bit. It takes him awhile since he just wiggles and rolls. But I find him under the crib a lot if I leave him in his room for a minute.
The boys and their silly faces:
Just give the whole basket to Christopher and he's good for awhile.
We played some basketball for a little while yesterday, even I got in on the game - for a minute. Tyler is still pretty good for a 3 1/2 year old. Damon just likes to be silly with Doug and tries to steal the ball from him.
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