Tubing !

We went tubing at a place called Soldier Hollow with some good friends today.    We got a groupon for 1/2 off and 1/2 off is good people.
This place takes reservations, so they don't over crowd the hill which is even better.

The little boys didn't get to go last time we went and we were super excited to take them down the hills.
Ryan refused to get on his tube hooked on the pulley to take you up the hill.    Eventually I threw him in and yelled...."go go go !" to the girl running the line :)  3 tubes later he jumped out of his and they had to stop the whole stupid thing.     I talked the girl into letting him ride on my lap on the way up.   She agreed "this ONE time" and that's all he needed.    After going down his first snow hill at 26 mph....he was hooked.
We played for 2 hours, had some hot chocolate and went home.
SO much fun !

Our group minus 3.  

Ryan and his Mommy J.

Nate on the other hand would have gone down alone and in front of everyone in line.   Thanks to his super great big sister he got to go down with her almost the whole time.  They both had so much fun.

I'm only gonna say cheese one more time woman.   LAST PICTURE.

J splitting up the hot chocolate in the lodge after.

Spencer and Cam blew bubbles into their hot chocolate to cool it down.

It didn't really work so we went outside and grabbed a couple of chunks of ice from the deck and threw them in .   Cooled it right down.   A little gritty...but what the heck !

Wordless Wednesday

If you haven't seen this. you need to :)

This Moment Friday

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

Ok, so I forgot my camera.   But I took the kids bowling and for pizza after hitting the Treehouse Museum.   All but the last 5 minutes was AWESOME !   you know, with a 1 adult to 5 kid ratio.

Theme Thursday

And the theme this week seems to be CAM !
Yesterday, January 18th, 2012.  Cameron lost his very first tooth.    He also swallowed it. :)

Syd told us the very first time her tooth moved that very first degree in her mouth.   and we heard about every single degree change after.  And the day it finally was either pulled, knocked out or fell out, was a big deal.
Cam was talking to me Tuesday and his bottom teeth looked wacked.   I asked to see them and realized one was darn near out.   I asked to pull it.   he refused to let me.   I tried to convince him.   he stood his ground.    Such a difference.
I think as I wiped his tears away and comforted him about how we could write the tooth-fairy a letter and explain to her that he swallowed it, I might have said, "see, that's why you should have let me pull it."  but I'm not exactly sure.   But lets just agree that I was right.

This is what a smile looks like when you say smile buddy and show me your missing tooth.

Prooooooooooooooogreeeeeessssssssss with vibraaaaatooooo !

I wanted SOOOO badly to tell you this yesterday....but it was all wordless on Wednesday so I had to wait.
But like the pictures from wordless wednesday it had to do with my Cam man dude guy so I'll share it today.

I'm peeing a little.  This is all so exciting.  I can't even TELL you how happy I am today.
So.  last week.  or it could have been a month ago at this point I'm still in a bit of a fog and can't really remember what today is.
Any ways.  what was I saying ?
OH RIGHT !  last whenever. I normally leave the choice of vegetable up to my children who actually eat them.  Nate didn't really have a chance to put his 2 cents in before Cam offered up CORN !   Whatever.   I've heard these empty threats before.   I've eaten my fair share of cold corn off of some wasteful schmucks plate.
This time he wanted me to know he was serious.   As I was putting the foods in their separated places on their plates... I served up the standard 2-3 kernels of  corn on Spencer and Cameron's plates.   Cameron stood with his chin to the counter and asked for more.   I let a couple more kernels fall from the tip of the spoon.  He then requested "LOTS MORE" excitedly....so I heaped a spoon full filling the small area which is normally void of any attention.....he took his plate and walked to the table.
As I headed back to the table with drinks for everyone I noticed Cam shoveling (and I mean fist fulls, not even using a fork) of corn into his mouth.
(jaw drops to floor right ?)
He did it again with peas a few nights or a couple of weeks later.   NO KIDDING !
My kid who won't eat ANYTHING that is said to grow in dirt ate corn and then peas.

and if you mention that they aren't really even vegetables...that they are the crappy sugar filled ones that don't have any nutritional value....I'll stab out your eyes with a corn husk.  because DAMN IT HE ATE VEGETABLES.
It's been 2 years people.

SO WAIT !  IT GETS BETTER !
I make fruit smoothies for them.   I use the frozen bag of mixed berries from Costco.  Blueberries blackberries raspberries etc.    I add yogurt a banana and milk and blend.   It's delicious.   Everyone loves them.   EXCEPT FOR CAM !
"they have chunks mom"
so I would blend it until there was nothing but smooth
"I can still taste it mom.  it's crunchy"
referring to the seeds.
I offered it every time...just like you are supposed to and either one of the other kids would drink it after everyone left the table....or it was wasted and washed down the drain.

Yesterday.   Cam drank his smoothie.    THE WHOLE THING.  almost.
just drank it up.
AND WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW IS I ADD DROPS OF VITAMINS IN IT TOO !!!!!!
and sometimes I add it to his drink at night.

HA !

I can't tell you how much hope this gives me.
It's that there is a chance of him eating something besides crackers, chicken nuggets and PB&J's.
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uuuuh.  sorry.  I must have lost consciousness with all of this joy and hope in me.

This was a picture from March 2010  Cam is 3 1/2.

Reflecting makes my heart flutter !

Wordless Wednesday

Holy cow....do you know how long it's been since I've done a wordless Wednesday ?   A long time.
I was going to title this sinusitis pressure Wednesday and post pictures of my very inflamed and over filled sinus cavities....but that's as gross as it is impossible so you'll just have to take my word for it.

Well, I guess I screwed up another wordless Wednesday now didn't I.
Ok,  here we go.   wordless Wednesday.