St. Patrick's Day

I was so excited to attempt to make corned beef and cabbage today and I didn't have time to go to the market yesterday.  Since I don't really want to wait a whole year to have it again, I think I will cheat and make it tomorrow.  I'll be honest, I'm a little scared.  I've never used a crockpot so we'll see how my little experiment turns out.  If anyone has any words of wisdom, I will gladly accept them. 
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!! :)

Jaxton, stars, and ice cream

Last night I took Jaxton out for ice cream... just me and him.  It was so much fun and he was so cute to watch.  Lately he has been telling me that he is sad and he needs hugs and kisses.  I think he misses when it was just me, Mitch, and him.  I asked him if we paid too much attention to Kayla and he told me "yes, I'm sad".  It broke my heart.  Needless to say, I thought it very important that the two of us have some alone time, so I had Mitch stay with baby Kayla and I took Jaxton out for some ice cream.  Our ice cream parlor of choice was cold stone creamery and, on the way there, he was so amazed by the stars.  He told me that they were pretty and asked if I would take one out of the sky so he could keep it.  Then we walked into cold stone and he thought it was so great that we could pick our ice cream and put whatever we wanted in it. We had sweet cream ice cream with reeses peanut butter cup chunks in a chocolate coconut dipped waffle bowl.  I think that the ice cream was bigger than his whole face and he was so dang excited!  We sat down and shared a few bites and then he couldn't wait to get home to share it with Mitch and Cynthia.
I just love that all it takes to make a little kid happy are things like stars, ice cream, and sharing.

A slumber party and a snow day!

Yesterday I took the kids to Mom's house to visit with everyone. When we left our house it was just snowing lightly and it wasn't sticking to the ground. By the time we got up to Mom's house we had the windshild wipers going as fast as they could go and the ground was covered. It's a good thing that I packed the diaper bag extra full because we ended up having a surprise slumber party at Grandma's (grandma to the kids, that is) house! Jaxton was so excited to sleep in the same room as Uncle Mark. It didn't last too long though. Me, being the picture fanatic that I am, had to go in and take one of Jaxton. The flash woke him up and it was all downhill from there. Mom, Mark, Jaxton, and I all ended up sharing a bed just so Jaxton would even consider laying back down. He didn't fall back asleep until something like 5:30/6:00am and then was awake again once Kayla woke up. All I have to say is thank goodness for Mom. She eventually kicked me out of the bed so that I could get some sleep. I ended up in Mark's bed while the rest of them continued to share. Wheww, what a night!

This morning we woke up to a winter wonderland and had lots of fun playing in the snow. Jaxton helped his Uncle Mark build a snowman named Bob. It was great fun...

The funny things that Jaxton chooses to be intrigued with...

Jaxton is so funny. He has come to the realization that we all have nipples. A few days ago, at the dinner table, he just blurted out, "I have nipples, mommy has nipples, baby Kayla has nipples, sissy has nipples, and daddy has nipples!" I couldn't help but laugh. It was so funny!
Ever since then, he feels the need to point it out regularly.

It's been a while

Well I feel like it's been forever since I've posted anything. It's so wierd how life just seems to pass by so fast. I lose track of time. I have been anxiously awaiting the birth of my sweet baby niece, Payton, and she is finally here! Congrats Brenda and Eric!!! Life in the Scorsone household seems to just be the same as usual. Work, home, work, home...

The kids are constantly changing. Jaxton is so close to being fully potty trained. He seemed as though he was regressing for a few days but I think he's back on track now. If only we could master the art of not peeing at night... that would be amazing. Baby steps I guess. He's very in tune to everyone's emotions and he's figured that if I'm upset with him all he has to say is, "I just love you, mommy", and I won't be mad at him anymore. This worked at first but I'm learning to stay strong through his cuteness. Sweet boy... I can't help but love him.

Kayla is, as always, into everything. She still loves the bathtub and, even if there's no water in it, she still tries to climb in. She was successful once when we weren't looking. There was, of course, no water in it (We would be looking if there was). Being that it was an empty tub this made for a not so soft landing. Between that and the fact that she has discovered the toilet paper roll, we now have to leave the bathroom door shut at all times.

She stands now too, kind of. She's not really brave enough to let go of anything and stand solo. She did stand up by herself once with no support, but once she realized she was standing, she fell right on her bum. It was cute. And she loves to walk while holding onto our fingers. I can't believe how big she is already.

Kayla discovered she loves balloons


Look at my legos Mom!


Jaxton and his big brown eyes

So Big!

The kids are getting so big. I can't even believe it. They play together all the time and it is so cute. I still can't believe how well Jaxton has adjusted and you can tell that he and Kayla really just like each other. He's not so good at sharing most of the time but he always wants her in his room with him and she constantly follows him wherever he goes. And when she's not able to follow Jaxton around everywhere, she will find something else to occupy her time. She loves to play "so big", and she has discovered the fun of the bathroom. She loves the bathtub. Whenever it is just a little too quiet, I have learned that the first place I should check is the bathroom. I always find that girl trying to climb in the tub. We are learning to leave the door shut.

Jaxton and Kayla playing together


Kayla playing "So Big!"


Here is Kayla wearing one of the dresses that I had when I was a baby...
 











Kayla and Uncle Mark

One hectic night...

Oh my... there are no words to describe. Last night I had so much to do and hardly got any of it got done. Cynthia was doing homework and yells to me from the office, "why isn't the external hard drive working?". My stomach immediately drops. We have everything important on our external hard drive. After an hour of trying to find out what the heck, it turns out that our computer recognizes that something is connected to it but tells me that it won't work because "the device has malfuntioned...". It then continues to tell us that we need a replacement. I was so upset! Not to mention that Cynthia had a school project on there that she had been working on for months, due tomorrow, and if it wasn't recovered she would have to start all over again. Needless to say, that put me in a pretty bad mood. On top of it, Jaxton decided that today was the day he wasn't going to listen to anyone... He's throwing things in the house and knocking things over, talking back, throwing tantrums... and he's learned to lie. We were in time-out like a million times. I finally yelled at him and resorted to giving an early bedtime as a punishment. I always swore to myself that I would never say "if you don't be good, you're going to bed!" The last thing I need is for him to think that bedtime means he's in trouble. Well, I did it. I did something that I said I would never do... and there was no bedtime story either. And there was a gigantic tempertantrum because of it. In the midst of my whole night, Kayla decided that her new "thing" is not drinking her bottle unless I hold her. Since when did she become so picky? I just about lost my mind by the time I went to bed.
Luckily, after all night of fiddling with it and having a friend come take a look, we got the hard drive working again. Now I just hope it stays working properly. Whewww... what a night. Today is a new day.