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Aaron says the “darndest” things

On a daily basis Aaron says things that just make us laugh or absolutely confound us. Today was no exception.

I took him grocery shopping with me after dropping Kaden off at school. He’s good to stay with me until I start checking out. At Smith’s the electronic section is right by the checkouts and they have a big screen t.v. with a movie playing all the time. He wanders off by the t.v. to watch, lately it’s been Cars 2. Today he just walked right into the electronics section and went to the lady that works there. They started talking and then walked off together. I was afraid she thought he was lost… They went straight to the t.v. The movie was on the menu and Aaron went to have her start it.

This is the second time he’s done that. And it’s been the same woman both times. I kept an eye on him while I finished checking out, then went over to him and told him it was time to go. The woman told him it’s his job to come find her whenever the movie isn’t playing. He thought that was great.

Brad’s been trying to teach the boys some manners lately. At church they’re always trying to push past Kyla’s seat to get out before her. So he’s been telling them “ladies first” to get them to stay back until she’s out of her chair.

Today, when we got home from picking up Kaden from school, The boys were fighting over who was going to get out first. They were going out the other door, so they weren’t hurting Kyla. Aaron was closest to the door, but Kaden pushed past him and said, “No, I’m first. I always get out first.” Aaron pulled back and said, “Alright, always ladies first.”

It was so unexpected. It’s been days since they’ve heard that and Brad just started that with them this past Sunday. I had to turn my head so they couldn’t see me fighting the laughter. Normally I wouldn’t think that was funny. But coming from a 3 year old that’s only heard it once or twice and managed to turn it on his brother with such ease… I couldn’t help it.

Halloween

I got a little creative with our food for Halloween this year. That doesn’t usually happen.

We made ghost pancakes for breakfast.

Then we had “worms” for lunch. I just sliced up a hot dog and rubbed it around in ketchup.

So, I’m beyond totally late posting this. Life is really crazy (nothing new there). I haven’t had much free time and honestly just downloaded the pictures off my camera yesterday…

Quickly, here is a picture from our Halloween this year. (Yes, I’m aware that Christmas is in a couple weeks.)

Aaron was Mario, Kaden was Savage Opress, Kyla was a pirate princess, and Sydney was Cleopatra. The kids loved trick-or-treating and would have stayed out all night if it hadn’t been a school night.

Wall Art

Brad really likes to tease me. I’ve been saving toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls to make something like this:

or this:

You get the idea. Just trying to use some creative juices, save money on home décor, and have some fun. A while back Brad helped me out:

Not quite what I had in mind, but at least he made me laugh!

Las Vegas

Last month Brad and I were able to get away for a few days with some of his family. We went to St. George and saw “Little Mermaid” at Tuacahn. If you’ve never been there, I highly recommend it. The special effects there were beyond incredible, not to mention the beautiful surroundings.

Then we headed on to Las Vegas. I was able to go to Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian with Brad’s sister and mom. Wow. Amazing!

We walked around so much I got a hole in my pants! By the last day I could barely move. I really didn’t think I’d get that sore. Guess I should’ve kept up with my exercising instead of taking a few weeks off before the trip.

We didn’t take our camera because neither of us wanted to lug around our big DSLR. Michelle took a bunch of pictures for us though. She made a little slideshow of our trip and our kids love it! The first couple days after we got back that was the only thing they watched! So, the only pictures I have right now are of the “dancing waters” from my cell phone. Another incredible sight.