Dance Par-tay!

We've been a little cooped up this week...

This second video cracks me up because Landon was watching himself in the reflection on the fireplace doors. So funny.

Playing catch up...

I haven't had much time to blog these past few days. Southern California has numerous wildfires burning and the air quality where we live is HORRIBLE! It's raining ash and the sky has been smoky all week. Needless to say I have been keeping the kids indoors. It's a hard adjustment for us. We are usually on the go all day every day! I have noticed that the forced time indoors has made the kids more tolerant of each other. They even played together in Landon's room yesterday for over an hour, quietly, with no fighting! GASP! I was loving it and got a lot of cleaning done.

Brynne is 19 months. We started trying to potty train Landon when he was about 20 months, if I remember correctly. Travis and I swore we wouldn't even begin to try and potty train Brynne until she was about 3. I am getting the itch though. Should I shouldn't I?? I really want to try, but once I start I can't stop!

I'm in the middle of a phase where I want to redecorate every inch of our home. We haven't even lived here 2 years yet. I think that because we bought the house in such bad shape, and because we have spent every extra penny and extra minute doing cosmetic work, that I am sick of not doing anything to decorate. I am on a hunt for new furniture, new paint colors, new drapes, and so on and so forth...at least Landon's room is done!

I made a small dent in my shopping for fall clothes for the kids. Thankyouverymuch Old Navy, i heart you! It was while I was shopping for Brynne that I realized that she will be 2 in just over 4 months!!! Did you read that correctly?? My BABY will be TWO in January. So sad ):

I have been asking Daddy for the past two days to go to Disneyland with the kids and I this evening. So far he has responded with various grunts and sighs. Not his favorite place...what is wrong with him I don't know! How can you not love Disneyland? Hopefully a nice kiss and a big hug when he gets home from work will help him say "Why yes honey, I would LOVE to spend a lovely evening at Disneyland with you and our sweet children!" Ahhh, let's just hope he lets out a grumble that resembles a yes, and to Disney we will go!

Hope all of my blogger friends are doing well. I have a lot of reading to do to catch up with each of your lives! I will definitely be doing that soon (:

Oh, and what's a post without a picture?

Or two??

Wordless Wednesday!

My favorites from Disneyland yesterday~

The post in which I post naked pictures of my hillbilly children...

*and because 5 years from now I will be wondering why the heck they were out front of the house naked...

I was filling the bathtub and they were watching for a tractor...
Ah, country livin' at its finest!

Thoughts for Thursday!

The weather has been on a nice cooling trend lately and I am loving it! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE summer and all the fun outdoor activities, but there is just something about fall! It's my favorite time of the year!

I am excited for Halloween and have already decided on Halloween costumes for the kids!

I am excited for the leaves to change and the air to become cool and crisp.

I am excited that Travis and I will celebrate 8 years of wedded bliss this October!

I am excited for pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks!
I am excited for fall clothes shopping!

I am excited for Disneyland in October and November, I LOVE it!

I am excited that Landon will be starting school again for 2 days a week in late September!
I am excited for the time change and the sun setting earlier!

I am excited for warm baths and fires in the fireplace!

I am excited for trips to the pumpkin patch and baking cookies!

Is anyone else excited for this time of the year? What are you looking forward to in fall?

Terrible Two's? YA RIGHT!

Since Landon has turned 3 I have seen many changes in his personality. He wants to do most things himself, and seems to have strong opinions on EVERYTHING...from when we go get the mail, to what he IS or ISN'T going to eat. He has had countless 'meltdowns' and many 'tantrums.' He yells, screams, kicks, cries, and has a temper that would make even the most patient of mother's want to drive off a cliff. It is all of the above mentioned moments that make me hope and pray that both he and I will make it to his 4th birthday. Terrible two's? My ass! The two's were easy, the three's...not so much!

However, amongst all of Landon's new found independence there lies the sweetest, most loving boy I have ever met! At various times throughout the day he will look at my with his big, sweet eyes and say "I yuv you soooo much Mama!" or he will say "Danks for maken me yunch today Mama!" This morning I was coloring with Landon and Brynne and he looked at me and said "Dat's so nice of you to cudder wif me Mom! Danks!" At 3 years old he is in the beginning stages of understanding what it means to love something, or to have an attachment to something. I work a few nights a week, and have since Landon was about 4 months old. Yesterday as I was getting dressed for work he came into my room and said "Don't yeave me Mama, stay here!" It made me so sad to hear the words "Don't leave me." My little boy is growing up so fast! It gives me hope and comfort when in the middle of all the daily '3 year old' bullshit chaos he finds moments of pure love and joy. I can only hope that Travis and I will raise happy, well adjusted children. It's hard to find my happy boy in the middle of a tantrum or a screaming fit. I know the HORRIBLE three's will pass and this too will be another phase that I eventually miss. Maybe.

Landon just called me from Brynne's room and said "Mom, come here to hewp me get dis down." Better go see what they are getting into...