11 Years!

 

Matt and I celebrated our 11the anniversary this year.  It's crazy how time flies!  We usually like to go on a trip together instead of buying gifts, and this year we went to Las Vegas.  We stayed at the Stratosphere because it was super cheap, but the trade off was that we got to do more stuff.  One night we went out to dinner at Capital Grill (Yum!), and we saw the Cirque Du Soleil show at Treasure Island.  We had so much fun!  Caden stayed at my parents house, and I guess that he had fun too because he has been begging to spend the night there again ever since.   

Muffins For Mom

 

Caden's preschool had all of the mom's come for muffins right before mother's day.  The kids were so cute and sang us some songs.  I took a video of it, but I can't get it to download on the blog. :(  He also made me a this really cute apron.  The flowers are made from his hand prints and the bees and ladybugs are made from his fingerprints.  I think that it is too cute to use.  I would hate to stain it!

Visit From the LeSueurs

Caden was super excited for Sarah and her family to come and visit this week because he got to play with Max!  We had fun hanging out and swimming at Basha Pool.  Max also slept over at our house one night, and both boys stayed in bed all night!  If you know either of them then you know that is a miracle because they are both always getting up at night.  I was really bad about taking pictures, but we couldn't believe how big that Madelyn is getting.  She didn't even seem like the same person as the last time that we saw her, and she loved following the boys around.  We wish that they lived closer!

 

Happy 34th Birthday Matt!

We celebrated Matt's birthday this week too!  He usually makes fun of me for having a birthday week instead of just a birthday, but he got a birthday week this year too.  We celebrated on his actual birthday by going to Joe's Farm Grill for lunch.  It's free on your birthday, and so good!  He wanted to go to Joe's Barbecue for dinner because it's also free on your birthday, but we were still full from lunch.  Instead we went there and got root beer floats and a brownie.  You can never go wrong with dessert!  Then on Sunday we celebrated with Matt's family, and on Tuesday we celebrated with my family.  Happy Birthday!!

 

Father Son Campout

Matt and Caden went to the father son camp out for the first time.  They got to try out our new tent that we got on black Friday.  I guess that the 6 person tent was much bigger then expected.  They had fun eating junk food by the campfire.  Caden slept great, but Matt said that he was freezing and couldn't sleep.  It was 30 degrees outside!  He finally had to get in the car and turn o the heater to warm up his toes.  Maybe next year they will just sleep in the car!  I thought that I would enjoy a whole night to myself, but I was actually kind of bored.  I did get a pedicure though which was awesome!  

 

Children's Museum of Phoenix

My friend gave me some passes to the Children's Museum of Phoenix, so Caden and I decided to check it out yesterday.  We actually went there another time, but Caden was too little.  He definitely had a blast this time!  There are so many fun things for kids to do there.

 

There was this really big play structure that is 3 stories tall with funny things like this bathtub with wings. 

I think that this might have been Caden's favorite thing.  You put the scarves in the hole, and they go through all tubes and come out at the top. 

He also rode a bike through the car wash. 

There was a whole room filled with balls and fun tracks to put them on. 

Riding the motorcycle.

 

There were also a few things that he liked that I didn't get pictures of.  There was a forest of pool noodles hanging from the ceiling that you could walk through, and some wooden cars that you could race down different race tracks.  Overall we had a lot of fun.  This place is definitely a kid's paradise.

The Zoo

It was nice and cool here on Tuesday (high of 72!), so I wanted to take advantage of going to the zoo again before it gets too hot.  Mikey and my mom came with Caden and I.

 

Mikey loved playing on these when he was a kid too! 

Mikey, Caden, and my mom 

This is Caden's favorite exhibit.  It's the Komoto Dragon.  He hopped up there and told me to take a picture.

We also love the monkeys!  They are so cute and friendly!

My Big Boy

We moved Caden into a booster seat this week.  He was getting too big for the car seat and he didn't have any leg room.  He meets all of the requirements, but it still makes me a little nervous because it's not as safe.  Maybe I am just sad because he is getting too big!

Playing at the Park

We went and played at the park with my aunt Janelle and her youngest son Nathan last week. That's right I said my aunt, and she is only 2 days younger then I am.  She is my mom's sister and she has a twin too.  Crazy right?  We ran into each other last week because she started working out at my gym, and now we are going to hang out more often.  The boys had fun playing together.

 

The Dentist

Caden went to the dentist for the first time on Wednesday.  We tried to make him excited about it, and he wasn't scared to go at all.  Everyone was impressed with how good he did.  They even got to take the full set of xrays which they can't usually do on the 1st visit.  His dentist name is Dr. Welch, and he is actually our Bishop too.  All of the staff was so great with Caden, and I'm glad that he had a good experience.  He did have 3 small cavities though.  The dentist said that is normal with kids his age, but I wasn't really expecting that.  I guess that we are going to have to be better about brushing his teeth.