Quest Children's Museum

Last week Jackson had spring break so we spent the week enjoying life without a schedule, other than Kenzie's nap. I really like not having a schedule. On Tuesday we went to a children's museum we haven't been to. The kids had a lot of fun and both Kenzie and Jordan cried when we had to leave, which wasn't so fun for me. But other than that they were happy and had a great time.

Kenzie playing.

This is Jackson in the place that's for kids 3 and under (I figure he's small and looks like he's 3...) He loved it in there though. There was a leaf slide, which is what he's on, that he called an alligator slide and he loved it. He also loved a cool train track in there too.

Jordan on a leaf under the leaf slide. He wanted to lay down for the picture for some reason.

When wer were in the little kids section Kenzie just wanted to go up and down the stairs since she could go up without holding onto anything. She could make it down the stairs by herself, but wanted to hold my hand. (You can see my finger in the picture. She kept whining until I put it out for her to grab.)

Jordan playing with some magnet gear toys.

Mackenzie getting down after playing with the wooden stick toy. She was very cute sitting up there but by the time I got my camera out she started getting down.

I just think this picture is funny. I wanted them to both look at me so they turned their heads to look at me, but didn't look with their eyes.

Now they're both looking.

There was a big section of water stuff. Kenzie loved the water and ended up with wet pants after falling a few times on the ground.

Kenzie going down the leaf slide. She loved it. She was very sad when we had to leave the it.

Doug's getting old...

Doug turned 28 yesterday.

After I took a picture of Doug and Jackson, Jordan wanted me to take a picture of him. But he wouldn't even smile for it.

The boys.

Doug with his first presents.

Jack and Kenzie watching Doug.

I love Jackson's expression. I love how excited he gets for everyone's birthday.

We made Doug a treasure map in order to find the rest of his presents.

Looking for the treasure. Neither of the boys told Doug where it was. I was proud of them for keeping the secret. Jordan almost gave some of the secrets away a few times though.

Finding the treasure.

Doug's excited about his presents.

All the kids ready to open the presents.

Jordan gave this present to Doug. As soon as he saw it at the store it was all he wanted to get Doug. The funny thing is, I almost got it for Jordan for his birthday. I guess I should have. But I thought it was a good gift for Doug since they can play it together :) . Jackson gave Doug a new Wii game that Jackson thought looked fun...

Opening the present from Jackson. Both boys made a card for Doug and put a bow on the present. They like bows.

Doug was very happy and surprised that he got a 3DS. Although he played it later that day and got a headache so I'm not sure it was a great investment.

Doug let the boys open the last 2 presents. Isn't he nice?

Kenzie and daddy. I told Kenzie to make a happy face and this is what she did.

We went to my parents' house around lunch time and watched conference, ate dinner, and had cake and ice cream. Doug wanted carrot cake this year so I made him one. It turned out pretty good I thought. Doug said he liked it and even went back for seconds which most likely means he wasn't just being polite. It was my mom's birthday the day before and she didn't have any cake fore her birthday (I told her I'd make her one, but she said she didn't need one...) And she wouldn't let me put 80 candles on the cake for her and Doug so I made the candles write 52 inthe cake for her. She said she didn't need to blow out the candles to celebrate her birthday so only Doug did...

Kenzie waiting for the singing and cake.

My dad lighting the candles.

My mom.

Doug enjoying everyone singing to him.

Doug blew out all the candles in one breath.

My parents.

Doug having cake and Jordan eating ice cream. (The boy really doesn't like cake.)

Kenzie loved the cake though. Jackson didn't like the cake but he loved the frosting. So he just all the frosting off the cake then asked if he could have another piece and just eat the frosting off of it...

28 Things About My 28 Year Old Man

1. He likes new socks.
2. He thinks 4 kids would be a good number for us to have. (I disagree...)
3. He wishes we lived in California.
4. He's Elder's Quorum President at church.
5. He doesn't watch TV much except when basketball is on.
6. He likes the house to be clean.
7. He always does the dishes after dinner.
8. He loves playing basketball and golf.
9. He's the youngest of 8 kids.
10. He doesn't really like chocolate that much.
11. He is now a proud owner of an Android.
12. His favorite cereal is Recess Puffs.
13. He married a very cheap girl who doesn't buy him his favorite cereal very often since it hasn't been on sale in a long time and he doesn't even complain.
14. He takes sandwiches to work whenever we have the stuff to make them.
15. He had strep throat a few weeks ago and realized that he loves penicillin.
16. He's a very good speller.
17. He never complains about what I make for dinner. He's just happy that I make it.
18. He likes to watch The Office on Netflix since we have it for free for the next month.
19. He's a computer genius.
20. He's likes to eat healthy food.
21. He likes to eat a lot of food.
22. Whenever he's home he almost always changes Kenzie's stinky diapers. If that's not love (for me) than I don't know what is.
23. He loves new technology and is always quick to embrace it. I'm usually the opposite.
24. He usually cuts his own hair.
25. He likes to read manuals of new things we get to make sure we use them and put them together correctly.
26. He was recently told he looks like he's about 22.
27. He has good handwriting (at least compared to me.)
28. He's a good man. I'm glad I married him.

Little Helpers

Kenzie loves getting dishes out of the dishwasher to set the table. She doesn't care if they're clean or not. She also doesn't care how many she grabs. I thinks there's 7 plates on the table in the picture (and 2 on the ground not in the picture), a bowl and a cup. She has to stand on the dish washer to reach a bowl or cup, so I try to discourage that by putting them away before she tries to grab them.

The kids love helping me cook, especially Jordan. Anytime I'm going dinner he runs over to help. His favorite thing to help with is shredding the cheese because we have an electric shredder. Most the time when I'm making dinner he asks if we're going to have cheese. Jackson mostly likes to help with desserts. Kenzie is just starting to want to help some. She likes stirring things.

Nursery

Since Kenzie is 18 months old she gets to go to nursery at church. We were excited for her to be able to start going, especially Doug since he's the one that has been taking care of her the last 2 hours of church. She loved it. Doug dropped her off and said she didn't cry at all. The leaders said she was great. I was happy Jordan was in there with her to make the transition a little easier. Although I think she would have been ok either way. She could run around and play with toys and eat snack. What's better than that? I asked Jordan if he played with her and shared with her and took care of her and he said yes. He told me that she looked and one of the boys and he was mean to her. I asked if he told the kid to be nice to his little sister and Jordan said "No, he's not my friend." :)

Jack's Haircut

Before:

After:

Woe is me!

Yesterday, Jackson stayed home sick and at one point I asked him what hurt and he said his head, shoulder, tummy, knuckles, and cheek. :)

The top of Jordan's finger was peeling last night and he kept saying his finger was broken. When he was in bed he said sadly, "I don't want to sleep with my broken finger." I asked him if he wanted me to cut it off, but he didn't.

Jordan just came in and showed me his knuckles and said he "got hurt really bad." He wanted me to kiss it better. Then as he was moving away from me he hit his side on the nightstand and said he hurt it. I blew a kiss and apparently it went to the wrong spot because he showed me where his real owie was and that made it all better. I'm glad blown kisses work as good as real ones for him.

I love my kids. They say cute things that make me smile.