Cats Craddle

Jaxon had an 'old fashion day' at school this year. He came home with this wonderfully 'cool but really hard game'. After he showed me what it was, I squealed with delight! :) I love cats craddle. I would play it for hours with my friends. I would bring it to school and play it with my friends all recess long. I showed the boys and we played for a while this afternoon. I was so pleased! After a while they got the hang of it and thought it was actually fun. Ah how do they come up with these 'new things'?

Scientist at heart....

Such a funny story.....
Kaden got this little container [which happens to be a baby bottle with a lid] from a friend at school. He put some type of liquid in it and some sort of red lead from a pencil. When the red led turned the liquid red he thought it was some type of potion. Kaden would take this to and from school everyday for a couple of weeks. He would add different type of things to it and put it in the fridge every night. He told me that it was a type of poison he thought he had created because it destroyed everything he put into the container. Me with all the muster I could, kept a straight face and believed his magic scientific potion. I told Gregg about it one night and asked him to help play a trick on Kaden. I asked him to pretend he got some of the liquid on him to see what Kaden would do. Gregg hammed it up. He got some ketchup on his hands screamed really loud and shouted, 'what in the heck is this red liquid in the fridge?'. After quite a bit of panic from the boys Gregg ran upstairs and showed us his wound. After a while the boys were startled. Then all of the sudden the light went on for Kaden. He started to panic and yes started to cry. He knew that his potion had really worked and hurt his dad. Jaxon even thought it really had. They were both in shock! oh it was so funny. That was about as much as Gregg and I could take then we busted our guts and laughed. Kaden took a minute [a while actually went to bed mad] before he saw the humor in it. Gregg and I won't forget the day Kaden's scientific potion burned his dad!

Basketball

This year Kaden played basketball and has improved so much from last year. He has gotten the concept of basketball and is becoming more and more aggressive. He has not been showing any type of shyness this year. He gets right into it. He made a basket almost every game. He played with many of his friends from school this year and his friends Dad [Tim McCoy] coached him. He said the best thing his coach taught him this year is how to do a layup. While this still needs a lot of practicing....:)

Airsoft .....

For Christmas this year the boys [Jaxon and Kaden] got air soft guns. Zeke got an awesome new Nerf gun [as if we really needed a new one....]. The boys love them! Jaxon surprisingly didn't want to use his very often. Later to find out because he only had 500 bb's and didn't want to waste them. You know I was going to say such a weird thing for Jaxon but you know it isn't really. He IS my saver. He saves money where Kaden likes to spend it before it hits his pocket. Much like how he spent/used his bb's. Very funny how that works eh? Now we have green bb's all over the back yard since the snow has melted. I wonder how they will go with the lawn mowers? I will let Gregg deal with that one. For now we have green bb's all over our backyard as well as all over the front walk and the carpet in the house?! Such little annoying things to step on you know. The price we pay for fun with guns. It seems as though there are things you just can't keep away from boys. There are things they are just innately attracted to......guns are one of them.
Funny little side note...look at Kaden....see his tongue? Gregg has told me that was something he did all the time when he was little. Kaden runs and plays sports with his tongue out. Basically when he is concentrating on anything out goes his tongue. So funny! What a funny thing he got from his Dad!

Christmas

This Christmas just flew by..... If I didn't know any better I would almost say it missed us. So much has changed....so much! So much to get used to....so much. So much adjusting....still trying to adjust.

This Christmas was just totally different. With our new little one here things went different. I didn't do the day after Christmas shopping like I usually do. I did get a list. When 4'oclock rolled around (and I was up feeding Ella) the thought rolled around in my head of 'oh I should just go and meet them'. Then the momma in me kicked in and when I looked over at the thermometer that read 10 degrees outside I shivered bundled Ella back up and went back to bed.....Gregg did pretty good actually. He intended on going in the morning (not 4am) and get the stuff on the Christmas list. However, he in his true form didn't really get going until around 3 in the afternoon. At which time he tidied up the house then got ready and went. I think it was an eye opener for him. When he first called me at the store and said 'Carrie this is stupid they don't have anything on the list' I replied, 'well people have been shopping for over 12 hours and they are probably all gone, (which is part of the reason we go at 4am--the other part to be with sisters!). He scored and got almost everything on the list anyway. He spent more than he should have (as usual) but I think he had a little bit of fun, and was pretty proud too! :)
Isn't this just was Christmas is all about? I just love sweet brother hugs....this came right after Zeke opened his pillow pet dolphin he wanted so bad. Jaxon gave it to him.
It is so funny how much they look alike...with the exception of eye color (for now). They are both little brownies and have so many of the same looks.
Jaxon could be found in this position if I let him all day everyday! Seriously! He loved the awesome rocker video game chairs they got and had to try it out playing his new game.
Kaden's favorite of the year was his Bandit. Oh how he loves it. He thinks he rocks at it. In fact, a couple of days after Christmas he told me he had a dream he was in a professional RC race and he won! He jumped over the snow all day with his bandit.
dun, dun dun dun da dun dun da dun....(if you don't get it it is supposed to be the star wars theme music for Darth Vader) Zeke sings this over and over and over and over and over and...well you get the idea. He LOVED his Anakin Starfighter this year. He is zooming it as we speak! :)
Sweet little Ella, didn't make a peep this year... She loved her little pink hippo Zeke gave her. And she will one day appreciate all the effort her daddy put into her room too!
Nana and Papa have been coming over for years for breakfast...since the Nordfelts have decided it is too much for them to pack up right after opening presents in the morning and trekking for 5 hours to get here for Christmas day! ( I can't say as I blame them) But sadly to me, I started doing Christmas morning in place of it and Smarts and Drapers came. Then Smarts decided they didn't want to. My other sisters didn't want to participate either....this really hurt my feelings so I decided I just couldn't do it any more. I can't keep getting my feelings hurt on Christmas because my sisters don't want to spend time together......so I don't do Christmas breakfast with anyone other than my family. It is still a great time. In fact, this year Gregg cooked it for us. He pulled out the Camp Chef and put on his shorts and boots and went out and braved the chilly air and made us pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs and hash browns. yummy! Love you hunny!

Jaxon -- Tackle Football!

Where do I start??? Well first of all I really hate to blame my absence on anyone thing....but honestly if I had to it would be Bingham Ute Football of 2010!!! I was asked to be the team mom. Being the team mom along with 2 other very active boys, being pregnant and starting a new school year.....it was all I could do to stay afloat with that aside from blogging. But it is so important to me as one day when I get all caught up on my scrapbooking.....this will become so very important to me as it will become my handwritten (computer typed rather) memories!

So yes, this year Jaxon played tackle football. This was his second year playing. He is so aggressive this is HIS sport! Last year he made the weight class and avoided getting an X on his helmet (which indicates he is only to play on the line and not run the ball or run down field. This helps to avoid injuries to smaller players!). However since he is so aggressive and strong he still played the line. This year he wanted to play tight end or line backer so we Y'd him up to the next age/weight class. He played with the PeeWees! He had a lot of fun. However, he only got to play line backer during a couple of games. He still did really well. At 9 he was playing with 10 and 11 year old boys and was bigger and stronger than many of them! He played mostly left tackle for offense and defense. He did get to play center and middle line backer sometimes.

Jaxon's blocked punt!!!

I can't believe how much he played better than last year. I guess that is just Jaxon though. He needs to get a complete understanding of the game before he plays his best. That is how it was with soccer too! His coaches were so impressed with him! Jaxon has a bit of a soft heart (when he wants to that is). His defensive Coach Peterson told all the boys he would be sitting at the end of each practice for 1/2 hour with his white board waiting for the boys to ask him questions! Well when the Coach told him that he got in the car and was just about in tears because he felt bad that his Coach was sitting there waiting for someone to ask him questions and no one came to ask him questions. He was really upset at that! So I suggested a question he could ask him. Jaxon ran over to him and sat with him for almost the full half an hour talking to him asking him questions! He felt so much better when he got back into the car. That question asking session went for nearly every practice after that. Knowing Jaxon, he just asked him questions to ask them too. I am sure he learned a lot by asking them, but did so mostly so Coach Peterson wouldn't be sitting there by himself! That is my boy! :)

TACKLE!!!

FUMBLE RECOVERY!!!

I could go on and on about football as it took over my life for all of August, September and October!!! But I will stop there! I was busy doing a blog for the team though again part of the reason for my blogging absence. I can only read one book at a time...as well as only blog one at a time! It is over....will I ever be a team mom again...? Well let me tell you begrudgingly I will. I do have 3 boys you know, I don't anticipate getting out of roughly 10 years of football only being team mom once! :) Besides it is not about me being team mom it is about the boys having fun and learning to play hard and work together as a team! Mission accomplished!

Kaden - Flag Football

This year Kaden got to play flag football. We have not ever done this sport so it was a new thing for us. (yes, I can't believe we have not done this one before) Kaden and a group of his friends were all on the same team. Kaden's friend Tanner's dad coached and Gregg assisted. What a blast. I was so impressed with Kaden at the clinic. They were teaching them the rules and telling them things they were not allowed to do. Kaden was spinning out of tackles and jumping over kids....what a hoot! However, disappointing he was not allowed to do either of those in this league! The rules are actually quite boring as they are only allowed to keep their hands up to their chests. Boring to me but safer for the smaller kids. Yes, Kaden is nearly a full head taller than most of the boys he played with. Which actually is not saying much since he probably still weighs less than most of them! :) He did quite well and is super excited to play spring flag football (of course in preparation for tackle football in the fall!) I guess this means there will be no baseball this year!? That will be a weird thing.

Kaden's in the red shorts at QB

Setting up the play.....

Ready to pass......

The pass....

Grab that flag.....

GOT IT!!! :)

Sports, Sports sports...that is all my boys think of! I guess it is okay as they have so much energy it is a great outlet for them....heavy on the word out! Sometimes I get so tired of them running and jumping around the house it is GREAT for them to be outside!!

Kaden is and has really enjoyed the sports he has played this year. He played baseball, flag football, swimming and is now playing basketball. However you ask him which is his favorite and it will be flag football. I have some serious apprehension to him playing tackle football this next fall but we will see how he fairs. He may do well! Kaden is my softie of the bunch! How I love his tender heart. He is so sweet to his little brother. He is so annoying to his older brother! :) There are so many times (like this morning) I find that he has helped me and Gregg to sleep in by playing quietly with Zeke! (hence my prior post that Zeke has a hard time leaving Kaden sometimes!) He still wants to believe in Santa and acts (I can't tell if he really believes) like he is so excited when he finds Elfie (our elf from the North Pole) every morning. He drives me crazy he is so lackadaisical when it comes to money. He spends it as fast as he gets it. But when I call him on it, whatever he buys he is so willing to share or to give to someone....(like Gregg's special Christmas present he bought the other day!) Kaden my little softie of the bunch....sssshhh don't tell him I said that he likes to keep that soft side to himself! :)