Motivation

Caden earns stickers. When he earns enough stickers, we let him pick out a toy, treat, or one time it was bamboo. I'm teaching him to be patient, to work, to make goals, etc.

The promise of a sticker also motivates him to comply with my requests.
I wondered how many stickers it would take to get him to try a new food ... one he has previously gagged on to the point of throwing it up - a tortilla. The magic number was eleven dinosaur stickers and some time on the computer. (He liked the tortilla, ate the whole thing, and had another one later that day!)
BRIBES WORK! - I mean REWARDS work. ;)

She's So Vain -

She probably thinks this post is about her.

Mirror, Mirror on the wall...

...who's the most adorable baby of all?!

Green Day

My Pot Of Gold Is Right Here!

Circus

Yep, the circus came to town and we went for Corinna's Birthday! Thanks for the invite! I think Caden thought he was on a date with her. ~ His little arm was draped around her the whole time (sorry), but he had a BLAST riding that elephant with her! The clowns stole the show. He just laughed his little heart out watching those clowns beat each other up. To top it all off, we made his whole night when we bought him a ridiculously overpriced light sword souvenir. [I admit, what could possibly be cooler than a light-up sword when swords are your favorite things in the entire world?]

Our little showman...

Her flower will spray water on you if you come too close...

St. Patty's Day

Caden: So how about if we have a blue day tomorrow? And if Daddy doesn't wear blue, I'll check him out, and I can pinch him.

Me: Okay. Good idea.

Watch Out Daddy!

Spring Break

Adam's mom came to visit for Spring Break! We had a wonderful enjoyable happy time! It went by way too fast. I'm so glad I get along with my MIL so well. She's such a fantastic grandma. Even though she lives too far (in Alaska), she's still a HUGE part of Caden's LITTLE world. It was so nice to have an extra pair of hands to help us spoil our more than cute kidlets. I just LOVE when family comes to adore my babies. ;)

First up - the Rainforest Cafe. We had to see what all the fuss was about. It was neat, but next time we decided we will just order the volcano cake and no food. Caden didn't really like his pizza and Ambree was so scared of the Gorillas, but my coconut shrimp was really yummy and it was nice to eat out. You only live once, right?



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We went to a family fun place - similar to Chuck E Cheese - and played every single game in the entire joint... We spent about five hours there! Ha ha. Admission comes with a pizza buffet, so we filled up on lunch AND dinner ~ and of course DeSsErT.

I got a hole-in-one!


Caden and Adam raced in the go-karts...


...and of course they won first place.

Tummy Time

Teething - slobbery fingers all the time...

Caden's face is goofy because he's trying to act like a baby...

where's the pause button...or slow motion at least?

I have the cutest kids, but they are growing too darn FAST!
CAT is getting much too heavy to carry to bed...
And AT is 5 mos old already, but wearing 12 mos clothes!

Quit it, you two!

Boy Oh Boy

Hmmm ... Daddy's Boy?

Caden calls himself Agent #99. Ha ha.
I'm #66, Ambree's #10, and Daddy - He's Agent #1 of course!

Pretty In Pink

This is a story -
About a girl named Ambree...

...whose pictures are too cute to just pick one...