Every Prince Needs a Crown

Last year at the dentist Braden had two little cavities that needed to be filled and he was a real champ when he got them filled; no meds. Unfortunately about a month ago one of those fillings fell out and cracked his tooth in half. We took him to the dentist to get it checked out and discussed our options. We decided the best thing to do was put in a crown. I was a little nervous that my baby was going to have to be anesthetized but Kam wasn't worried at all. Go figure though...that is his profession. 

Today was the big day and Braden did amazing. I was surprised with his enthusiasm about the whole thing. He couldn't wait to have a silver tooth! We got to the dentist at 7 am and they gave him some medicine and then we waited for about an hour before starting. We sat in the waiting room and watched Scooby Doo. The medicine made Brady really hyper and he was talking about a mile a minute. When the hour was up they took him back; Kam went with him and I stayed in the waiting room with Carter. Everything went really smoothly and Kam said that just before he fell asleep Braden kept saying really silly things like "I feel spinny" and "I feel like I'm sleeping in my bed." The best part was when it was all over and he was waking up. He was so out of it. His eyes would get really big and he would look around like he'd never seen anything before. The dentist said Braden was one of if not his best patient ever. On the way home we got him a smoothie and have since been hanging out having a quiet day. I'm so grateful everything went okay.

Getting ready to take the medicine.

Falling Asleep.

 During.

Waking up.

A Crown for my Prince.

It's Getting Hot in Here

We are loving the warm weather here in Henderson. Our pool opened the beginning of April and the boys have already been swimming a few times. Yesterday the temps reached to 90 (only a glimpse into the HOT that awaits us) so we decided to cool off in the pool. The pool is not heated and was cold but we still had a great time. I'm sure our pool fun will only get better and better, especially since swimming lessons start next week.

It's Always Fun When Grampa Comes

Last weekend Grampa dicided to get a way and we are so grateful he came to hang with us. We had a really fun time with Grampa. We went to the library, bowling, out to lunch and dinner, got ice cream, and played lots of games.  Our favorite though were Grampa's amazing magic tricks and playing don't fall-off.

Thanks Grampa for coming to visit. We love you!

Happy Easter

We had a fun Easter weekend at our house. On Saturday, dad stayed busy fixing his car while the boys and I spent lots of time in the kitchen making cookies, dying eggs, and coloring Easter pictures.

On Easter Sunday, we got up early to quickly get ready for church (our church is at 8:30 am) and were surprised to see that the Easter Bunny hadn't visited us yet. Braden told me that the Easter Bunny probably knew that we had early church and that he didn't want us to be late so maybe he would come while we were at church. What great logic, and I completely agreed. So we left for church in hopes that he would visit while we were gone.

At church, Carter gave his very first talk in primary. He did so well. When we got to primary Carter was excited to sit in the front and anxiously awaited his turn. When it was time, Carter ran to the little pulpit, climbed up and pulled the microphone down. I came to help him and he delivered his first line perfectly. He then put his head down and acted as though he wasn't to sure about everyone looking at him, but that only lasted for a second and he stood up tall and gave the rest of his talk. I was so pleased!

Jesus Christ is the Perfect Example to Me

After church the boys were super excited that the Easter Bunny had finally come!

Before we let them gather any of the eggs, the boys had to find their Easter Baskets. They found them in their rooms. The boys got some fun toys to use in the swimming pool, new beach towels, squirt guns, watches, bubbles and chalk.

Cart didn't want to stop to go potty...

...he did though, but was not happy about it.

Then the Hunting Began!

 

Each of the boys found a special Golden Egg that had money in it!

Counting eggs.

The rest of our day was pretty quiet but as always had a great time being together eating egg salad sandwiches, watching The Muppet Movie that Gramma and Grampa sent, and eating lots and lots of candy! 

Happy Easter!

April Fools

What a fun April Fools Day. My sister Megan came down to visit us for the weekend and she helped me plan some fun tricks to play on the boys. The first trick of the day unfortunately backfired though. We did a little bed switcheroo with the boys while they were sleeping. Braden woke up at 3 AM upset that Carter was in his bed and just moments later Carter woke up with a blood curdling scream! Turned out he didn't know where he was and was very scared. His little heart was just racing. We felt so bad that we let him spend the rest of the night in our bed, resulting in no sleep for this mom and dad. Luckily, however, all our other tricks were received much better.

For breakfast the boys ate cereal, but when they poured their choice of cereal they got a big surprise - the cereals had been mixed up! Later for lunch, we tricked the boys by giving them what they thought was orange Kool-Aid but was in fact orange Jell-o. 

 

After lunch we went for a walk. The boys love walks and love looking for treasures along the way. Just as we headed out the door Braden spotted a "lucky penny" and attempted to pick it up. Carter even helped but they couldn't get it, it was stuck! (We had super-glued it to the sidewalk.)

Our last trick of the day was at dinner time where we had dessert for dinner and dinner for dessert. 

Meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato frosting.

Pound cake french-fries with red frosting ketchup.

Thanks Megan for your help tricking the boys. It was a lot of fun. I think the best part of the day was Braden trying his hardest to trick Kam and me. He got a spider to scare us and took a safety pin (with Dad's help) and made it look like it was stuck in his finger to trick me. I love doing fun things with my little family. Next time, though, I'll remember not to involve anything that may take away from a good nights sleep!