He's So Cute...Blah, Blah, Blah

A few weeks ago my brother called and told me that my blog is really boring. He said that my blog is just "Hayden is so cute; blah, blah, blah.

In attempts to change that, I decided to post this picture of my brother, Allen. Isn't he so cute?

My brother and I are very close in age (14 months to the day). When I was little I always had someone to play with even if my friends weren't around. Even though we had some great times together we also fought, A LOT! He had plenty of scratches from me and I got a bloody nose from him. Now he lives in Blanding. I wish he lived closer. I miss him and his family a lot.

Well, enough about Allen, now what should I do about my boring blog? Please let me know what would make my blog more enjoyable to read.

Avoiding Premature Delivery

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705261242,00.html

Click on this link to read about premature babies, my doctor, Dr. Esplin and the study I have been participating in.

Bye Bye Binky

Hayden has only had a binky at night/nap time and during Sacrament meeting for about six months. I have been afraid that the longer he keeps it the more attached to it he is becoming.

When Hayden woke up on Saturday morning I asked him to throw his binky away. He said OK and put it in the Ziploc bag (in case Mommy changed her mind) and put it in the garbage. Then I got the binky out of my scripture bag and asked Hayden to throw it away. He quickly pulled it close to him and said, "Hayden's binky" over and over refusing to put it in the trash. I kept telling him that he is a big boy and he doesn't need it. After a few minutes he put it in the garbage and was off playing.

We were busy running errands all day Saturday and never put Hayden down for a nap. Saturday night when I put him in bed he asked for his binky and I reminded him we threw it away and it was all gone. He started saying, "All gone." He then lay down on the floor to check to make sure it was not under his bed. He cried for over an hour before he finally fell asleep.

As soon as we sat down in the chapel on Sunday he asked for his binky. Again, I reminded him we threw it away. He didn't ask for it again. No nap again Sunday.

When I put him in bed that night he asked for it again. We went through the same conversation and he again checked under his bed. He only cried five minutes.

Pumpkin Pie

The perfect way to start the day!

Trick or Treat

Halloween Treats

We have a party at my mom's tonight so my friends came over to help make Halloween treats.

All month we have been planning on making bite size caramel apples for a long time. We got the idea from Family Fun Magazine. They were a lot more tricky than I would have thought. I think I know why they used chocolate instead of caramel. The caramel falls off the apples since there isn't skin to cling to.

This is my favorite treat we made. I think these mummies turned out so cute. I'm not sure if I want to eat it though. Twinkies covered in frosting! Talk about taking something fattening and then making it even worse.

I was happy with how the white chocolate ghost suckers turned out as well.

Thanks Michelle and Candi for all your help and a fun morning.

Pumpkin Carving

With Joe being at school and work all the time we hadn't had a chance to carve/decorate our pumpkins. Finally, we were all home together and were able to get it done. Every time Hayden sees the pumpkins he says pumpkin over and over and tries to carry them around. As you can see in the picture he was very excited to paint his pumpkin. I was going to get out the finger paints but then I saw I had a package of Elmer's paint in a tube with a brush. It was great! there was no mess from them. I think Hayden did a super job painting his pumpkin (he has never painted before and isn't in to coloring).

We tried to get Hayden to touch the pumpkin guts and he pulled a face and shook his head no. He did however enjoy holding the spoon and scraping the pumpkin.

Like I said before, Halloween is so much more fun with little kids to celebrate it with. But isn't that the case with life in general?

Pumpkin Patch

Halloween is so much more enjoyable with children. We had fun taking Hayden to the pumpkin patch. He picked a big pumpkin. The highlight of the evening for him was definitely the tractor drawn hayride. He wanted to go on it again but the lines were too long. The farm we went to also shows the movie "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" outside. We (Joe and I) enjoyed eating doughnuts and drinking hot cider/chocolate while watching the movie. Hayden at least enjoyed his sugar doughnut but would probably have rather been home asleep in his bed.

Duck Park

My parents' computer store used to be in SLC. Occasionally we would take a picnic to Duck Park. For some reason I was thinking about that park and decided that instead of going to a park five minutes from home we should go there.

Hayden really enjoyed feeding all the ducks. I'm not sure who got more bread though, Hayden or the ducks. They also had four different playgrounds that were all a little bit different. I enjoy going to new parks instead of the same one every time.

Spooky Dinner

Every year Joe's mom, Chris, has us over for a Spooky Dinner. It was fun to see the little cousins in their cute costumes.

Chris made this fun spider web for the kids to climb through. Hayden thought it was fun but had a hard time not getting stuck.

Jason (5) taught the kids how to play Ghost, Ghost, Goblin (Duck, Duck, Goose). Hayden loved that. It is always fun to ge together.