Road trip!

We packed up the van with 3 suitcases, 2 potties, a baby bathtub filled with crap, an ice chest, a grocery bag full of food, a carryon size suitcase with just toys, the double stroller, a baby carrying backpack, 3 boys, a dog and I'm sure some other crap I am forgetting to mention; and headed out to Phoenix. 25 minutes into the trip Myles was asleep, 1 hour 40 minutes in we got our first, "are we almost there?" 2 hours in Finley was ready for dinner which I tried unsuccessfully to feed him from the front. 2 hours 15 minutes in we pulled over to rearrange, food went up front the second bucket seat got unfolded and mom went to the back, poor Sophie got her space reduced significantly:(. We made it to our scheduled breakfast stop ahead of schedule (about 5am) luckily Denny's is open 24 hours. Breakfast was pretty uneventful until some regulars showed up but did not order their usuals and confused the cook who had to make the guy's pancakes 3 times because they kept sticking because of stupid (he used a different inappropriate word) Louie the "swing" shift cook. After breakie I took over the wheel to let hubby get some sleep. After a failed attempt of blasting music and cold air I had to relinquish control because I was too tired (I know, I know, I got more sleep than him.... But someone tell that to my eyelids!) I did, however, successfully navigate through the snow storm:). I got to drive one more time for about an hour into Flagstaff (my eyelids cooperated much better the second time around) I had fun watching the peaks come into view and had some very nostalgic moments upon arriving in Flag. Even though in my heart I wanted to stay a relive my NAU memories, we decided to keep pushing through to Phoenix. We had our first and only meltdown (and it wasn't even a full fledged one) about 25 minutes away from my parents house.... Which if you know my kids (or read my coffee table blog:)) you probably know what a miracle that is. We sang songs to combat the crankiness and arrived almost exactly 24 hours after leaving our house in Omaha.... Now we are off to bed to await the adventures that lie ahead!

Mommy Adoration

Why do us moms feel the need to take pictures of everything, and then post them? I started to post this picture on Facebook thinking it was so cute how his foot was out of his jammies, but then I realized that no one else would find this as amusing as I did..... So I'll blog about it instead (after all is that not the cutest foot you've ever seen;))

good boys

They did it! It was touch and go there for a while, but they got their 5 magnets and a piece of candy. I thought about giving magnets for compliments too- yesterday Kaden told my hair was "ahhhhh-mazing!" He also said while looking at our wedding pictures, "Is mommy a beautiful princess?" Nothing like a little boost to the ol' self-esteem by a 3 year-old.

Coffee Table

 Before

After

Is it weird I had a picture of my coffee table and was able to post a "before" picture. Anyways, this happened while asking for advice on discipline. My life is ironic. I love the pot holder, not sure what they were doing with that maybe the coffee was hot? 

After, after

We started a new system. Nice = magnet in the box. Naughty = magnet taken out of the box. 5 magnets = candy. Coffee all over basement floor = new discipline/reward system in effect immediately. 

Target

We went to Target today and this was our conversation on the way in:
Kaden, "I want to go in the blue doors."
Mom, "No, I'm getting coffee and that's by the green doors."
Kaden, "yeah, but the blue door are really nice."

Hello.

I have 3 boys. Kaden is 3, Myles is 2 and Finley just turned 2 months. 2 toddlers and an infant, my house is a zoo. I tried to blog before but found I didn't have much to say. I don't know what will come of this blog, but my idea is to share the funny things my kids say and do. I hope you enjoy it. I hope I enjoy it.