Moody?

Believe it or not, this post is not actually about me.

You might be asking yourself, can that sweet little girl really not smile? Here is your answer:

In the last 2 weeks she has started to scowl. Some days she doesn't even smile. We've tried to get a good picture of her scowl because it's just funny. We haven't been too successful, but these are some attempts.

Sorry this next one is blurry... but you still get a good idea!

We've chosen to laugh about this now but I have a feeling we'll have our hands full in the future.

Thank you

This is probably the most polite 10 month old, ever. She brings me sooooo much joy! She's been saying thank you for a couple months now (it started in December). I finally caught it on video. I should have shortened the video, but I was just too excited to post it! The first like 10 seconds is the best part. So It's not the best that she's said it, but it's pretty clear for how old she is. Love it!

Thumb-sucking

Aaron has always been a big time thumb sucker. For a while we got him to limit it to when he was going to sleep, but it didn't last. His teeth are starting to move forward already, so we decided to take action. Brad's co-worker told him about STOP by Mavala. I ordered some off Amazon and we started using it 5 days ago. He's only sucked his thumb once since we started it, and that only lasted a few seconds. It is a bitter tasting product that you just paint on the nail. Aaron was taking a nap the very first day and, without realizing it, put his thumb in his mouth. He woke up crying and spitting. I had a hard time stiffling my laughter. Since then his thumb has not made it's way back. He has a little harder time relaxing at bedtime. However, it hasn't been nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I expected some sleepless nights and grumpy days. He hasn't complained at all. He sits still and lets me paint his thumb nails (he only sucks one thumb but I paint both just to be safe). I am so excited to be done with this thumb sucking stage! What a relief! So, if you have a child that sucks their thumb, I highly recommend this stuff. Just know, on the label they recommend it only for children 3 and older. Younger kids' taste buds aren't fully developed so it may not work as well.

Video Clips

I don't know what's going on with my previous post. There were no pictures covering text until I posted it. I've tried editing it several times but it doesn't actually change anything. Nothing too vital is covered up though, so I'm just going to leave it. Sorry. We took a few video clips at the aquarium and I wanted to share a couple. This first one is of the penguins. If you watch to the right of their aquarium you'll see one pop out of the water onto the land about 7 seconds into the recording. Then another one does the same thing at the very end.

This next video is just the jellyfish. I think it would be cool to have a night light like this for the boys' bedroom! Forget the goldfish night light Dr. Sheldon Cooper; these guys would help lull you to sleep just by watching them!

And just for fun here is a video of Kyla dancing.

Living Planet Part 2

I just want to say thanks to Ash for the heads up on Windows Live Writer. Here’s hoping I can make it work! Some of the pictures have glares, sorry. The glass was pretty dirty in some of the tanks and it was hard to get a good angle.

Don’t hate me for posting this picture Brad! I love you!

A cool yellow frog. The blue frog pictures didn’t turn out. I couldn’t get the camera to focus on the frog because it was behind so much foliage.

The penguins were definitely a highlight! It was so fun to watch them play tag and just pop right out of the water onto the land.

These kids are growing too fast.

I could have passed the spiders without so much as a glance… gross. This spider was hiding under the log. We had to use the light on our camera to see it. I was reading the sign that tells about it; this spider can get up to 1 foot wide. NASTY!

Kaden wasn’t tall enough to see this pink-toe tarantula. He kept repeating “I can’t see.” Brad finally lifted him up to have a look. He totally freaked out. Hilarious!

This sea turtle was awesome. He was in the shark tank and he was huge.

They have an area with some stingrays that you can touch and (for even more money and an appointment) feed. They get all excited when they see a hand by the water and jump up or stick their “arm/fin” up. It freaked the kids out.

One of them jumping up.

She is such a goober!

Hungry? I bet this guy could feed ya for a week. He was the biggest lobster I’ve ever seen.

The other pictures are in the previous post. This place really was a lot of fun. I’m glad we were able to go. My boys have barely let their toys out of their sight and they are still talking about the octopus and penguins. If you need something to do, check it out!