All Miles Wants for Easter is His Two Front Teeth

Miles lost his two front teeth yesterday. The have been loose for a while, and Jordan was having a grand time trying to get them out. Miles was afraid to go near him! On Monday morning, one of his teeth fell out while I was wiggling it. I left the other one in, so Jordan could have a part in the removal process.

This is how Miles' second tooth came out:

Miles and his love of hot sauce

So I meant to post this video months and months ago, but never got around to it. And as I watched Miles douse his meal with hot sauce the other day, it reminded me about it. This kid loves hot sauce on everything! And the more, the better. :)

Mm Mm Good

Vance was playing out in the snow yesterday, when he opened the door and handed me a big chunk of snow and an icicle that had fallen off the house. He told me they were for our dinner, and told me to cook them. So, to humor him, I put a pot on the stove, and put the snow and icicle in it, but did not turn it on.

When he came back inside, he was still insistent that those items were for dinner, and wanted them to melt, so I turned the stove on low, and started to melt them. But who wants just ice for dinner? Not Vance!

Next he had me add a few grapes. Then a bit of flour and sugar. Then a handful of crumbled potato chips, and bit of cereal that had strawberries in it. But his creation was not finished. Next came some milk, butter, nuts, and some oats. Then it was finished. But luckily he did not insist that it be consumed!!

Gross!!!

Vance's Mousy Friends

The other day, Vance was in the bathroom, taking care of business, when he called me in. He pointed at the heater vent near the toilet, and informed me that a family of mice live in the wall. He says he talks to them every time he goes to the bathroom. It's so funny to hear! First he goes in there, and knocks on the wall to let them now he is there. Then I guess they talk to each other. The best part is that he thinks they need toilet paper to make their nests, so he always leaves a little pile of paper on the floor for them to take when we are not looking. I am often sneaking in the bathroom to take the paper away, so he thinks his little friends (whom he calls his mousy friends) came to take it. I know it's kind of a waste of toilet paper, but I know this won't last long, and I think it's so stinking cute! I love his imagination.

Serenity Now!!!

A few weeks ago, I took the boys to a place called Jumpin Jacks. It has a bunch of inflatables for the kids to play on. It can get quite crazy in there. At one point, I caught Miles doing this:

I think the craziness must have gotten to him!! He sat down in the middle of the floor and pulled off this meditation pose. He even had this thumb and index fingers connected. I have not idea where he learned that from! Hopefully he found the peace he needed. :)

(Sorry the picture is blurry. It came from my cell phone.)

Mason's 9th Birthday!

Mason turned nine on the 27th of October. I can not believe we have a nine year old! Time flies! He is so excited that he is so close to being 10 years old.

While looking for pictures for this post, I realized we hardly took any! There were no Grandma's present for this birthday, I think that's why. Grandma's are the best. :)

Blowing out all nine candles!

He got a Nintendo DS for his birthday. He loves it!!

Vance's 4th Birthday (Finally!)

Even though Vance's birthday was over three months ago, I figured I'd should still post pictures from it! Vance had a great 4th birthday! Grandma and Grandpa Bryson were here, so all four grandparents were there for the birthday celebration.

Train cake

For some reason, I didn't put the cake close enough to Vance, so it looks like it belongs to Miles!

What a cute boy! I love it when his hair is curly for his birthday!

The cool gift that Dad picked out!!

I was surprised how well he could drive this car. He is his father's son!