Scott's real Birthday

Here is the sad truth. I was just done with it being Scotty's birthday. I didn't want to hear him ask for more presents again. Or ask if his friends could come over again and bring him more presents. I feel like both my boys are getting to be really spoiled. So I'm putting my foot down and I'm not buying them stuff when we go to the store. Usually I will let them get a small toy or a candy treat if they have a big enough smile on their face when they do the asking. But no more. If they want to buy stuff they need to do their chores and earn some money.

Anyways... We had to do something for his actual birthday. He said he wanted a whale cake so we made him this:

 I forgot to give Mike his fork at the same time as the cake.

It was a very easy plan. I was glad that he wanted that. I also let him pick his dinner. This year he wanted pizza. So we made pizza and I let him decorate it himself : ) We did have a fun little party for him.

Also Grandma Anderson sent him some money for his birthday so we went out today and bought him this really cool block set. I think it is the stage in between Lego and mega blocks. They were called trio, I had never seen them before but they remind me of those square blocks I played with in elementary school when we were learning to count and do math. They are really cool. I really like that they come with a book that is easy to read and follow for Scott. At the top of the page it tells you what parts you need so Scott has to recognize the number written out, then count it out and find the pieces and then figure out how to put it together. So I think it is going to make him smarter which is also cool. Mikey really liked them too. Yeah and they were fun for me too. I like that they really snap together so you can play with the thing you made when you are done. He also got a Bakugon toy. His new obsession. So thanks Grandma and Grandpa you got Scott some really cool toys this year for his birthday. We will try to call again to say thank you in person.

Does this face remind you of anyone else?

These were our first cherry tomatoes : ) They were yummy.

Where are we going? Clap Clap Clap... To the beach!

It was a beautiful day!! I think it was 28* the perfect day to go to the beach!! After some confusion about where we were going we finally had directions in hand and were ready to go by about 1:00. We went to lake Huron and it was blue and clear and good to swim. In Anderson tradition we stopped by KFC for some chicken to eat there. I also made some potato salad and got a lot of fruit. Here are the boys eating.

The boys loved playing in the water. They had a great time playing together.

I buried Scott in the sand and made him look like a merman. 

 

The boys had a fun time pressing their faces into the sand. They are boys that's all I can say. lol

Scotty did get his tongue covered in sand. But I couldn't get the camera out in time and he was able to spit. Yuck. I think he learned his lesson:)

Mikey made a rock tower. And Scotty found a big stick.

It makes me so happy when I see the boys playing together. I think the sicker I am getting the closer the boys are becoming. So another high five for morning sickness. We ended the day with another Anderson family tradition of getting ice cream cones!! My husbands favorite flavor of ice cream is vanilla so that is mostly all we ever have at the house. So I'm not really tempted to have ice cream so much. But the ice cream at the shop was so good. It was a fruity cheesecake kind. By far the best ice cream I have had in a very long time. I think it might be the best I have had in my life. yum yum yum. They even had spider-man flavor for the little guys and Tyler got caramel cheesecake. :)

An interesting potty training idea

So Mike is old enough to be potty trained. He is capable of doing it. He can nap without having an accident. He just doesn't mind sitting in his pee if he has a diaper on. But if I let him run around with a bare bum he is perfect. Too bad my husband doesn't approve this method. Underwear just doesn't work with him. One funny thing that the boys really like to do is pee at the same time. So whenever Scotty has to go he says to Mikey, "hey lets go pee at the same time."  They think it is really fun to make the pee touch. They will race for the bathroom and it really helps Mike to get the motivation to make the trek to the bathroom. I think it is so cute that they are best friends and they literally want to do everything together. LOL!!! Sorry no picture with this post ;)

FireWorks!!

So Tyler hates going to the fireworks because there is so much traffic after the show. So I decided that I would just take the boys and we would have a fun time. We packed up the car and headed to Tyler's school parking lot to see the show. We got there and it was about a half an hour till the show. So we decided that we would go a little closer. We got out the stroller and the camping chair and headed to the water. We did get the perfect spot. We were waiting till the show started and we were having a great time.

Sadly this is mike 10 minutes before the show started.

And this is Scott 5 minutes before the show started.

I could not wake them up. I shook them. I took off their blankets. I sat them up and dropped them back down. Nothing. Finally I tickled them. Scott woke up to see the finale. Here are some pictures.

Good thing that I really love fireworks because I didn't really think of a way to get back to the car if both the boys were sleeping. All I had was our cheap umbrella stroller. And we had our double camping chair which is quite heavy. Scott was too tired to even sit in stroller. He kept crying that he wanted to sit on his knees, but if he did that there wasn't enough weight to keep the stroller balanced. I put the camping chair strap over the back of the stroller and balanced Mike (who was completely dead to the world) on the chair. They were heavy. And we had to go up two big hills. And I was wearing flip flops that I had to take off to be able to make it up the hill.  To make things worse that was the first time that I had ever been to that part of campus and it was really dark. I was following the crowd to across the field and I went in the wrong direction to the car. So instead of walking in a straight line to the car we made a giant V. I had to ask strangers for direction twice. I really had no idea where I was.  At least Scott was whining so much about having to sit in the stroller that he eventually woke up Mike, and Mike walked the rest of the way to the car. He was really cute he was saying I'm being strong and walking for baby. But yeah. I really don't advise going to the fireworks alone with two young kids.

Actually I think it would have been really fun if they didn't sleep through it. If they had enjoyed the fireworks it would have all been worth it. Anyways Happy Canada Day!!

Canada Day!!

Happy Canada Day!! We went to Guelph for a day at the park. We had a lot of fun because Daddy came.

Here is the boys in front of the big clock.

We played in a little bounce house. And we got to ride a carousel. And ride a pony!

They got their face painted. And we just had a fun time. It was all free to do the activities. We just paid a 5$ donation when we went in. So the lines were very long. But the boys did have fun between the lines. The drama of the day was we lost Scott for a few minutes. They actually found him really fast but then I was lost. So the boys were together and I was lost :( It was scary. But we found him and we were thankful.

First Real Face Painting

We just had a really fun night at Tyler's work BBQ. They had a nice dinner and then they had face painting for the kids and a candy throw. Scott was so excited to get his face painted. He chose a yellow and red warrior mask. The painter lady was super talented and she did a great job. When she held the mirror up at the end Scotty was speechless. I think he thought he looked cooler than he had ever before looked. He was so proud of his face. Mike was a little shy about it but he eventually let her paint him to be the incredible Hulk. He looked cool too. He did lick it a little when she was trying to paint a big mouth on him. But he still looked cool. And he was proud to look like hulk too. He went around and growled at everyone, and they all pretended to be scared. I'm glad that my husband spends his days with such nice people. They seam like a great bunch to work for :) Here are the pictures of their cool masks:

The only problem was that it was practically bed time when they got their faces painted. Because it came off so easily I didn't want it getting all over their beds. Mike was OK to get it washed off. But it was like I was taking away Scotty's best friend. He cried for like a half an hour about how I ruined his life and that he wasn't cool any more. It made me doubt. Maybe I could have cleaned it out of his sheets. The only way that I got him to settle down was I printed him a picture of himself so he could snuggle with it. He did let me know that he was still very upset but he could live with it as long as I promised that we would get his face painted again. Hopefully they will have face painting on Canada day and I hope that we can get it done early enough in the day that it will wear off by itself:)

We did get the car started.

So sorry I should have wrote that we got the car started. Still not sure what was wrong with it but we unplugged the battery from the car. Then let it sit for 10 minutes. Hooked up the same battery, and it magically started :) And Tyler took us out for dinner :)

Strawberry Picking

The boys had a great time picking strawberries:) I really didn't know how much fun picking strawberries could be. They were so excited to be able to pick so many strawberries at once.We were actually able to pick 6 pounds before they both were done picking.

They kept talking to all the others picking. Saying: "look how many strawberries I picked." And we got to ride down to the field on a golf cart which was a lot of fun too.

This is Mike dancing with the first strawberry he ate that day!! They were in love.He was in little Mikey heaven.

Before bed that night Scotty said that he had so much fun and that he really wanted to go again. Too bad that the season is almost over. But the best thing about summer is all the fruit!! I think this is our healthiest time of year. I don't know what fruit will be ready next but I do know that we'll be there:)

Changed Plans

So today I had the day planned. Going to urgent care in the morning to get a referral to get a Dr.. Then Strawberry picking followed by visiting teaching in the late afternoon. Unfortunately, that is not how it turned out. We went to urgent care but after the quick visit with the dr. the car wouldn't start. Don't know why, it was just dead. I don't understand cars when it can be working fine forever then you just jump in and... nothing. So what do you do? We did have a small umbrella stroller in the trunk so we set out for home. Mike actually walked about half the way. Scotty didn't really feel like walking but he did walk a few blocks when Mike couldn't walk any farther. We made it to a Mc Donalds about two thirds of the way home. We stopped for a bite to eat and got something to drink :) To make it the rest of the way home I had put my purse over the stroller handles and Mike sat on it like a swing. Another reason for a woman to carry a big purse!! I thought it was so funny. The boys were pretty happy as long as Scotty didn't lean his head back on Mike's arms. It was some good exercise. About an hour of walking. We will just have to figure out what to do with the car when Tyler gets home from work. I have faith that we will just go back and it will start. I really don't know why it didn't start before. Hopefully it will all work out.

So now That we are home all day with no plans I am so bored. I can't take it. I'm going crazy. I told Mikey's teacher that I would make them some painting smocks for their class, and I really should spend the day working on that, but I feel too sick to do it. I need something exciting to do.

The best thing I could come up with is blogging about how big the jungle garden is getting. Here is the picture:

 You can't even see the tomato cages any more.

The cucumbers are taking over. They are everywhere.

I think that is a baby cucumber. Not really sure but it's something.

Tomatoes are coming in. These are a big kind of tomato, We have a bunch of cherry tomatoes that have been big like this for about a month, but they are still green.We have a pumpkin plant that has no pumpkins yet. My sister already has big pumpkins so I feel sad about that. There are no peppers or zucchini yet. I don't if I need to do something to make it work. Everything else is doing well.

There is a cherry tree right along the fence line. I want to make cherry pie and cherry jam!! I can't wait for that either!! I think that's all I got for today. Time to make dinner.