My Boys

My Boys

Thursday, December 19, 2013

December 19th, 2013

The boys love waking up to see where Alf, our Elf on the Shelf landed after visiting Santa at the North Pole.
Kellan gets a little scared when we tell him Elf is watching him, but that may be just because he's being naughty at that time.
Nick was dropping Kellan off at school and a little girl was crying. Kellan pointed and said "Apple Juice?". Apple juice fixes everything.
Kellan's girlfriend at school is Ruby. He got in trouble for hitting one day and when I asked him about it he said he hit Ruby. We wrote Ruby an apology letter. Now, every time I ask him if he was good at school he replies "I no hit Ruby!".
Kellan was a puppy for Halloween and Grammy drew a puppy face on him. Now, even 1 1/2 months later, he screams "I no want puppy!" every time he sees Grammy. Guess we blew this Halloween costume.
We're trying so hard to potty train Kellan, but he's obviously not ready. I was talking to him about getting to wear big boy underwear, and he said "I need a diaper" and went and got one. Sigh!
Muffie got a new doggie cage, so Camden asked for one for himself for Christmas. Double sigh!
Kellan loves "hot balloons" (Hot air balloons).
At the last check-up, Camden weighed in at 27lbs and Kellan is 24.
We were playing a charades type game.Grammy was giving clues. None of us could guess it. Camden walked through the kitchen, said Captain Hook, (which was correct) and proceeded to the fridge to get ice water (I didn't know he could reach that). This is my four year old?


Friday, November 22, 2013

November 22nd, 2013

I was in the middle of telling Camden he needed to respect me. I bent down to dry my hair, bumped my butt on the wall, and fell forward face first. We'll talk about respect another day...

Monday, November 18, 2013

November 18th, 2013

I had Kellan at church with me yesterday. He was pretty good for the most part.
After Communion he said with an, um, authoritative voice that he wanted to go Bye Bye.
I said we can go, but we have to say bye to Granfy. (Granfy was on the alter).
It's completely silent in the church as we were supposed to be reflecting on the Communion we just received.
At that exact moment, Kellan looked up at the alter, and screamed at the top of his lungs "BYE BAMPI!"
Then he turned to me like let's go. We can get outta here.

Friday, November 15, 2013

November 15th, 2013

Kellan calls trees "Trick or Treats"
I have a Bobble Head at work. Camden calls it a "Gobble Head"
Kellan calls water "Wadduck" and buttons "Butt" (That one makes Mom laugh!)
Latest stats: Camden 27lbs 3 feet tall. Kellan 23lbs.
Kellan got all snuggled in my bed. Hit me in the face with his big head a couple times, put my arm around him so my hand fell asleep and gave me about 2 inches of the bed to lie on. Then he turned to me with his big blue eyes and asked my if I was comfy cozy...
Actual advice from Camden "When you talk the talk you don't walk"...huh?...
I took Camden to work with me the other day. I asked him if he wanted to stop at McDonald's for breakfast. He replied- Mom, there's healthy food at your office. Nick has brainwashed him...
I went to the dryer and got Camden's school uniform out. I was carrying it back to his room when he asked "Mom am I wearing that?" I quickly said, "yes, of course". He looked aghast and shouted "Mom! I am not wearing boobs!" I looked at the pile I was carrying and realized my bra was in there.
I came home and our office was COVERED with pink sticky notes. Camden said he was bat man and these were bad guys...

November 13th, 2013

We had to put Mitzie Dootzie Lou down today :(
12.01.99 to 11.13.13

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

October 29th, 2013

At the most recent check up, Camden is 27 pounds and 3 feet tall. Kellan weighs 24 pounds.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Thursday, October 17, 2013

October 17th, 2013

The boys sure have unique names for each other- without even trying.

Camden has been calling Kellan "Kelllllllllllan" for years.

According to Kellan, Camden was first "Can Can", and is now "Camen".

Friday, October 4, 2013

October 4th, 2013

I was in the kitchen this morning and the boys were in the living room. All of the sudden I heard Kellan start crying, so I ran out there.
My first clue should have been Camden putting his hand up before I could get to Kellan and saying with a smirk "red light means stop!".
I could not get past 20lb Camden to get to Kellan, but Kellan was crying and pointing at Camden. 2nd clue.
I asked Camden what happened to Kellan. Camden thought about it, said um, then pointed to the wall of crosses. He said, I think Kellan fell on the cross wall. I asked Camden if he was lying and he vigorously shook his head yes.
I still don't know the details of what happened, but I used my well earned degree from Michigan State University to deduce Camden was the culprit...

Friday, September 27, 2013

September 27th, 2013

Kellan just loves puppy. It's so sweet. He twirls puppy's tail through his little fingers and sucks his pacifier. Ok, we're working on the pacifier part... don't judge...

Every time we drive around this one corner by our new house, Kellan screams "Hey Boo Boo!" We have no idea why...

Yesterday, Camden asked me if he could pretend I was peeing. I said, ummm, ok? He yelled thanks! and skipped off happily...

I asked Camden what his favorite thing about me was. He answered- your head. I'll take it!

Camden was copying everyone so Daddy started to copy Camden. Then he said to Camden- see how annoying that is? Camden said- it's very annoying - and hasn't copied anyone since.

I was getting ready in the morning and Camden yelled- Mommy, put your shoes on right now or I'm telling Daddy! Then he pretended to call Nick and said- Mommy won't put her shoes on... and she's naked. (I was fully clothed by the way).

Little Kellan is a true 2 year old. The teachers at his new school told us he wasn't a very good listener at the water fountain. This is the first time ever a teacher has told us something like this. :(

Speaking of Kellan being 2, Grammy went to check on him at his new school. She was watching him over the monitor and he was being a little angel. Grammy turned to leave and then took one more look back at CowBell. (Her first mistake). At that very moment, he went up and pushed a kid for no reason. The kid fell down and knocked over two other kids on his way down. Grammy made the Cathy face and turned quickly to get the heck out of there!

Friday, September 20, 2013

September 20th, 2013

I heard a big noise so I, naturally, asked Kellan if he tooted. He screamed at the top of his lungs "I DON'T WANT TO TOOTIE FROOTIE!" Alrighty then...
Camden's starting at a Catholic preschool next Tuesday thanks to Grammy and Granfy. He has a uniform, backpack and lunch box. So cute I can't stand it!
Kellan has stinky armpits.
I was folding laundry and Camden came in. He looked at me sternly and said, "Mom, if you don't come back in the living room- you're going to school!" Alrighty then...
Camden wouldn't take a nap at school the other day. I asked him why and he said because his butt hurt. Alrighty then...
The boys and I were in the living room the other day. Camden said "Mom, will you keep an eye on Kellan for me, I have to get a toy from the toy room." I said "sure sweetie." Wait...what?"

Friday, September 13, 2013

September 13th, 2013


All animals emit a high pitched squeak according to Kellan. Maybe he’ll learn his animal sounds when he’s 18.. sigh…

Thursday, September 12, 2013

September 12th, 2013

This morning Camden asked me if I would keep an eye on Kellan while he went to the toy room to get a toy. I said Sure! Wait... What?!

Camden begged and begged Dad for graham crackers last night. Nick said no because it was so close to bedtime. Camden gave him sad eyes and batted his eyelashes. Nick kept saying no. Finally, Nick said ok Camden no graham crackers, but I'll give you two candy corns. Camden looked at me with a smirk, wiggled his eyebrows and said see? How does he know how to manipulate at 3 1/2?

Kellan was crying last night after we put him to bed. I went in to check on him. Camden said-Mom you woke me up! I said so sorry Camden I was checking on Kellan. He said, that's ok Mom, it was an accident.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

August 22nd, 2013

Last night my sweet baby Camden asked me if I could take him to school tomorrow. Well my heart melted and of course I said yes. That should have been my first clue.
Camden threw a complete fit and made me look like a bad parent in front of a bunch of 3 year olds!
He was mad because Kellan got to go to Grammy's today. Grammy went and checked on Camden and the teachers said he said he was mad and refused to eat lunch. He went and laid down instead. Miss Karen even showed Camden a picture of him holding the dollar she gave him. That made him a little better but still in a bad mood.

Kellan cracks me up. We put the boys to bed around 8pm. Then Nick and I go and collapse on the couch. When we get up to go to bed, we realize Kellan has got out of bed and is laying on the floor behind the couch. He knows Dad will get mad that he's up, so he does this so quietly that we don't even hear him. Just butt up in the air with puppy- laying on the floor.

When the boys were in Minnesota, Camden dropped his pants and peed outside by the cabin. Then he looked at Daddy and said "Don't tell Granfa Dick I'm peeing on the cabin." Ha!

Should I be worried? Sometimes when Camden's telling a story he starts out "When I was a gril..." Sigh!

Monday, July 29, 2013

July 29th, 2013

Our trip to MN (all times are AZ time)

July 24th, 2013
6:44am Left driveway
Camden said "This looks good". Asked Kellan if he wanted to pray for a safe trip. He said no.
Mileage at 11433
7:02am Camden says I smell something. We all look at Kellan. Then Camden says peanut butter...
7:32am Camden yelled "SLUG BUG!" We didn't know he knew that.
7:39am Camden's first round of ABC's at the top of his lungs
7:46am Saw a burn site. Camden talked about it for 145 minutes.
7:57am Nick- "I'm so in the mood to listen to some Bieber right now."
8:01am Kellan non stop " Truck Truck Truck" and "Hey Mommy!"
8:04am Kellan starts his ABC's at the top of his lungs
8:06am. Camden asks if Nana has potties at her house
8:12am SILENCE aaaahhhh!
8:13am Camden's emitting a high pitched noise. I'm not turning around and getting involved
8:19am Camden and Kellan are absolutely cracking up at the light reflection of my iPad. Do I have children or cats?
8:25am Nick said I could have his life. Then he checked out his body
9:02am Synchronized round of No More Monkey's Jumping on the Bed
9:41am Can Can fell asleep. Kellan's looking drowsy
9:49am Both boys out
10:25am Passed Cow Springs (?)
10:50am Nick and I have a 10 minute conversation about deodorant that includes, verbatim, "sometimes I'd rather smell BO than my cucumber and green tea deodorant."
11:33am The boys are fighting over if the mountain is rocks or a building
11:46am Gave Camden the wrong bowl of fruit snacks. That was a mistake
11:56am Trying to bribe Camden with a movie later. Not working
12:14pm Synchronized yelling... sigh...
12:24pm 4 Corners!
12:26pm Denied access- didn't have $3 cash
12:28pm Colorado
12:54pm Passed a sign that said "Hay". Nick said "Hey" to it
12:57pm Camden asked if he could show Minnesota Nana his happy face
1:02pm Passed long horn cows. Camden asked why they had horns. Daddy said that's how you tell the boys from the girls. Few beats. Camden " I don't have horns."
1:11pm Stopped at Burger King. Both boys shot loud ducks in the middle of the dining room, then yelled EXCUSE ME! just as loudly. On the playground, Camden introduced himself and his brother. He told everyone he was on his way to see Minnesota Nana.
3:15pm Strong skunk smell. Camden screams "Daddy! There's something in my nose!"
4:27pm Almost hit Rudolph
4:29pm We asked Camden if he could say Colorado. His response? When I'm 4
5:18pm Passed the Colorado Potato Administration Facility (?)
5:25pm Playing the color game. There's not enough room on this blog to explain how this is going...
6:26pm Camden declares his applesauce is named Milly Tilley
7:14pm Passed Colorado State National Nursing Home. Made plans to move Grammy and Granfy there quickly.
7:27pm Kellan gave my debit card to a random kid at the gas station. I told the kid there was no money in our account. He gave the card back.
7:35pm Mom drives. Got to Kansas some time

July 25th, 2013
12:00am Stopped at a smoky yucky hotel room for the night
5:50am On the road again!
6:20am Puke Puke Puke!
7:39am Nebraska
7:53am Eat drink feeling much better backseat companions
7:54am Synchronized ABC's
7:59am I am so sick of the smell of McDonald's hand soap. I'm not washing my hands anymore
8:32am Camden asks if he could get new Mitzie's and Muffie's that don't pee on the carpet
9:10am Kellan abruptly breaks out into Happy Birthday Dear Kellan followed by Shake Your Booty!
12:38pm Iowa
12:46pm munch munch munch snore from the backseat
3:20pm Minnesota

These updates got fewer and far between as Mom drove more and basically tried to remain in a happy place and not actually live these events...

Thursday, July 18, 2013

July 18th, 2013

Here is an exact reinactment of texts between Grammy and Great Aunt Pammy. These transpired on or about March 19th, 2013...

 
Aunt Pammy- What was the plan for Carrie's birthday ( something like that)

Grammy- something funny and comment about being tired. (Forgot to keep all the texts) 

Aunt Pammy- You must be loving this and you must be exhausted.

Grammy- Yes... exhausted and really bad allergies. We kept the boys last night to let them get some sleep and I had both all day. OMG....Kellan's 2 year doctors apt at 8:30, back home by 10......Scrambled eggs with ham, bacon & cheese.......Kellan down at 11.....Camden playing with Grammy....Kellan up at 1...... Camden down at 1:30.....Kellan and Grammy play......Camden up at 3 wet the bed and Grammy's comforter.....changing Camden, washing mattress, sheets and trying to clean comforter and putting outside......then to the park to play for 1 and 1/2 hours.........did I mention splashing in the tub or fighting over toys...... Exhausted????????

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Friday, April 19, 2013

April 19th, 2013

So Kellan came into our room about 4 times last night. He just came in there, went to Nick's side of the bed and stood there. Finally, on the 4th visit, Nick picked him up and we realized that he was soaked! (he was also sleeping in jeans, but I won't mention that). Poor little guy was just so uncomfortable he couldn't sleep.
I took him out in the living room and changed him and he fell asleep while I was changing him. I put him back snug in his bed and we had no more visits from him until morning. Poor little Cowbell!

Camden got moved up to the four year old room today at school. He's a genius! I just talked to him on the phone and our conversation ended with him handing the phone back to Grammy saying "I don't want to talk to Mom." True love...

Thursday, March 28, 2013

March 28th, 2013

Well, Kellan got his first "F" in school.
 Nick and I both picked up the boys from school yesterday and Kellan's teacher stopped to talk to me. I tried to run, but boy is she quick!
She asked if we were working on having Kellan drink from a big boy cup like they had asked us to do a while ago. I answered her honestly because I have no filter. I said no. He takes the big boy cup and throws it across the room and we really can't afford to keep having our carpets cleaned. I guess all the other kids in the class are good with big kid cups, but not little Kellan. Looks like we're going to have to suck it up and try the big boy cup. Or we can just take away the sippy cup and have him hospitalized for dehydration...

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

March 26th, 2013

Last night when I got home Camden ran to me and hugged me and yelled- Mommy! I'm so excited you're home! What a greeting!
Now that Kellan's in his big boy bunk bed he comes to our room in the middle of the night to ask where his binky is. I think we're going to buy about 1700 and just have them all over his room... I mean we will gladly get up and show him it's laying right where he left it each night...

Thursday, March 14, 2013

March 14th, 2013

Nick built the boys bunk beds. Not going that well for Kellan. The 1st night I slept in the room with them and he kept rolling out of the bed.
The next night Nick caught Kellan in the kitchen in the middle of the night and he said "Fell....Out!"
Last night, Kellan walked into our room 10 times- no exaggeration! Then he slept sideways in our bed.
Looks like it's back to the crib 'til he's 20!

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

March 5th, 2013


Last night when I got home, Camden came running to the back door. All the lights were off because it was calm down time. He hugged and hugged me and then said “Mom turn on the light!” I asked him why? He replied “So I can take a look at you.” Funniest thing ever!

Friday, February 15, 2013

February 15th, 2013

Happy 23 month bday, Kellan!
This morning we told Kellan to put puppy by Nana (her picture) as we do every morning before school. He was taking his sweet time and Camden bent down to him and said, "I'll help you, sweetheart." So darn cute!
We got to school early today so both boys went to Room 9. Camden was really worried about Kellan being with the big kids. He said Oh no, Mom! Brayden's going to hit Kellan! After I assured him that wouldn't happen, he took Kellan's hand and walked through the room to show him everything. Kellan tried to stop and look at himself in a mirror (March birthday), but Camden was intent on taking him to every part of the room to show him the ropes.
Kellan got a Valentine from Kalarina. Now we know why he yells "Bye Rina!!!" every day when leaving school.

Friday, February 8, 2013

February 8th, 2013

We miss you, Grampa Dick!
Camden's new thing is wiping off kisses when you give them to him. I asked him not to wipe my kiss off and he said he needed tape to keep it there.
Kellan was in rare form- hitting Camden, throwing toys, you name it. I finally grabbed him and said that's it, we're going to time out. Right at that minute he yelled Sorry CanCan! and rubbed him on his head. This is leading me to think he's a frequent visitor to the time out corner at school...
Nana came to visit. The boys were so excited to see her! They've been with her non stop. Mom and Dad don't exist

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

January 29th, 2013

We're not sure exactly what Kellan's girlfriend's name is, but every day when leaving school he yells "BYE 'RINA!"

Friday, January 4, 2013

January 4th, 2013


The other day Camden was watching a movie and it said something about a baby sister and he asked if he could have a baby sister. After I came to from blacking out for 48 minutes, I laughed and asked Camden why he needed a baby sister when he has a baby brother? He didn’t answer. I asked him what he would name his little sister if he could have one. He thought for a minute and then said he would name her Cousin Kate. I just thought that was the cutest and funniest thing ever. A few days later he asked when his sister Cousin Kate would be here.

And we are DEFINITELY not pregnant. Just want to reiterate the imagination of a 3 year old. Ha!