The Importance of the ICE!

Ice is what Zack calls his pacifier. Yesterday, during Sacrament Meeting Zack dropped his ice. A baby, a few pews in front of us popped up and had the exact same one that Zack had dropped. My little monkey got this look of "Hey!" Zack looked down and then looked up and exclaimed, "My Ice! My Ice!" The baby went back down and Ben picked up Zack's ice and the baby popped back up without the i icee but then, the baby was given back his ice and Zack had this look of "huuuuuh? That's weird how can he have the same one as me, I have mine right here." So a lesson was learned the ice is very important to my 2 year old.

A Wedding Tip For You

This is the top of my wedding cake at our one year anniversary.
Normally any cake that's been in the freezer for a year is freezer burned and tastes nasty-BAD !

This is what I did:

*First, freeze it a bit so the frosting will harden a bit
*Wrap it in saran wrap very generously
*Generously wrap it in aluminum foil
*Put it in a Tupperware or other air-tight freezer container. Seal tightly.
*Put it into the freezer.

THIS DOES WORK!!!! A year later when you take the top layer out and it UN-thaws it is amazing! You can celebrate your first anniversary with wedding cake that taste like it is only a week old. So, no more bad-tasting, year-old wedding cake!

Who is having more fun.

So which generation is having more fun. Is it the Grandpa, the Dad, or the Child? You make the call I want to know what you think.



I sure love my men!

Needed A Little Snack

After most of the guests had left Zack's 2nd birthday party he decided he needed a little snack. So what would any creative, determined 2 year old do? Climb on top of the table and help themselves to the chip, salsa and guacamole dip of course! Zack just need to have a little small smackeral of something yummy for his tummy.

I have such a cutie! I am so blessed to be this active little guy's Mommy!

Happy Birthday Zack -- aka Yikes I have a 2 y/o!

My baby, Zack is 2 years old now! How did time go by so quickly? Zacky's grandparents (Ben's parents) came from UT to help us celebrate his 2nd birthday. The whole family gathered at our home for a Sunday birthday dinner. Of course we had to have an Elmo theme.

When it came time for presents he was a bit excited but when the presents were taken away from him in order to have him unwrap another one he got a little upset and got off my lap and started to head up the stairs. Grammy, (my mom) asked Zack if he wanted some cake but he just ignore her and continued up the stairs. He was a little more then half way up when my mom asked if he wanted some ice cream he immediately flattened himself out and quickly slid down the stairs on his tummy. I wish we had our video cam out at that time. It was so classic and so funny. So we took a break from opening presents and had some cake and ice cream.
After he had his ice cream we went back to opening presents

He got a wide variety of cars, Thomas the train set, balls, Max and Ruby DVD, a recorder, clothes, my church ABC book, trike, etc.

The next day was his actual birthday and we celebrated again! (Shouldn't everyone have a 2 day celebration?) We gave him our presents. Gymboree bubbles, ABC little books, clothes and more trains! We had the leftover cupcakes, homemade mac and cheese with little smokies, green beans, fruit and some homemade rolls -- all of his favorites!

It was a great 2 days to celebrate our little monkey birthday. I am so absolutely blessed to be this clever little guys Mom!

Learning

Zack loves to learn -- he constantly wants to do ALL of his reading flash cards over and over, wants to read his books, watch his Your Baby Can Read videos, color ( and he does have to be supervised or he colors other things) and learning new signs. He creatively plays with his toys! But, I admit he does love watching Elmo and Max and Ruby. I am so glad that he loves learning as much as Ben and I love teaching him. We are also looking forward to doing things like this with Zack's new sibling that's due around July 30Th.

They say that the 95% of the mind develops between birth to five years develop and that their brains are like a sponge; It's so true. So as parents we NEED to find that balance between teaching, cherishing, and playing so that they grow up to be intelligent, responsible, honorable, contented adults.

Recently, I've noticed a lot of Mom's bragging about their gifted children, or that their child is better "because . . . " Sometimes, it makes me feel like I'm not doing enough -- so, how do you find that peace in yourself about balancing his emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs and still have time for household chores and yourself? One of the things I've had to do is just tune out the other Mom's. I'm doing what is best for my boy and for our family.

I think one of the most important things I can teach Zack is to be kind, sweet and respectful towards his family and those he comes in contact with and to work hard!

Life lesson #483

Jello pudding cups will break if/when they fall.


Today when I was putting away some things in the fridge the pudding cups fell for some reason ( my fridge is NOT packed at all) and Two of them broke Well I guess that is one way that you have to eat them.

Ahh the little lessons we learn in life.