The Blue Cotton Ball

Kent and I took Jaxon to his first movie Saturday... How To Train Your Dragon (in 3D)! It was a really cute movie and I would recommend it to anyone! It was a first for me too, I'd never seen a movie in 3D... it was amazing! Walking into the "beeater" (as Jaxon calls it), I'm not sure Jaxon knew what to expect. We paid for our outrageously expensive tickets, a huge bag of blue cotton candy for Jaxon, Kent's Goobers and a large Pepsi that Kent was convinced we needed since we were all going to share. (Over half of that large Pepsi was still sitting on the bar in our kitchen the next morning... guess we would have been fine w/ the medium, huh Dear?!)


The clerk handed us our 3D glasses (which by the way were pretty nice, they were actually like a pair of sunglasses instead of paper), and we headed into the "beeater". I don't know about you and your child, but Jaxon can spot a claw game or one of those coin operated ride-on toys immediately anywhere we go! And of course why would this place be any different?! We managed to get him steered back towards the movie but by the time we had stopped to use the bathroom, the "beeater" was already dark when we walked in!


I sort of had it in my head that maybe since it was his first time we should be sat down before the lights go off and the loud music starts... luckily we got him seated w/ no meltdowns, or trips down the stairs. So now it was time to get our glasses out and ready. This child loves sunglasses! He wears a pair of 3D Crayola Chalk glasses around the house and outside all of the time, (how he sees, I'm not too sure)! He got a pair of sunglasses from the Easter Bunny that are too small and insists on wearing them even though they squish his melon! But do you think we could get him to put his glasses on?!

After we'd missed all the credits in 3D (due to us trying to convince our child to put on the glasses), and the 1st 5 minutes of the movie, we finally convinced him to just try it... and he did! So the movie has started and we are all enjoying ourselves. Jaxon has asked for us to open the "cotton ball" (as he calls it), so we do. The movie is almost 2 hours long and in that window of time I can't even tell you how many times we had to clean off this child's 3-D glasses! Every time we turned around he was smearing "cotton ball" stickiness all over the lenses!

So we made it to the end and as we headed out into the light we could see why we were busy cleaning lenses every other minute... Jaxon's face was covered in blue "cotton ball"! His clothes were covered, there were spot of still fluffy "cotton ball" stuck to his shirt! Needless to say I was much relieved to find a package of flushable wipes in our car!

And while we won't be rushing back anytime soon to the "beeater", it was a memorable experience for us all! And who knows, maybe by the time Toy Story 3 comes out, we'll be ready to try it again... minus the blue "cotton ball"!

Just Can't Get Enough

We went to see Alivia again last night... I just can't get enough of her! Jaxon held her for the first time (and even though he was busy trying to pass her off to Grandma so he could go back to playing w/ Uncle Tony), he thinks she's pretty special! We all do!

Jaxon's ArtBoard ~ March

During the month of March, Jaxon was really into using his markers. We reviewed the letter C and talked a lot about things like cookies, chefs and cows. For Christmas he got this really great coloring book that goes through each month and has pictures that show the things that people do and celebrate during that time. He has a tendency (as you can see), of using only one color per coloring page. I have been encouraging him to mix it up a bit but he seems to think that his way works just fine!

This month we are talking about the letter D and things like dogs and dinosaurs. Sidewalk chalk is a big hit here at our house and we hope to be able to spend some time outside creating.

Let the Spoiling Begin

Meet the newest member of our family... Miss Alivia Grace Meier! Sure to be the topic of many blog stories in the future! Jaxon is thrilled and keeps asking when she is going to get big! He is also a little concerned, Uncle Tony only has boy toys at his house and she isn't going to want to play w/ them! I keep reassuring him that she will be fine and we will just have to go out and buy her some "girl toys".

I spoke to Tony last night and he asked how they slept the night before. He seems to think that he now has "Super Daddy hearing" because every time that little girl made a peep he was wide awake and ready to make sure that she was OK! I reassured him that w/in a few weeks that hearing will get worse and worse, (it seems to do that to most all new Daddies)!

I am looking forward to spoiling her rotten and watching her and Jaxon become close friends!

"Food For Thought" Friday

I'm really in no mood to update anyone today on my diet progress, I have come to a stand still this week and am really bummed about it! I haven't had much desire to "workdown" a whole lot this week since the weather has been so nice for a change. Instead of 60 minutes of P90X, (most days this week), I have gone walking outside w/ Jaxon. He isn't much of a speed walker but the change from indoor to outdoor exercise has been amazing! I guess there's a chance of rain in our forecast next week so I'll be back indoors working on the weight I haven't lost this week!


I have a delicious recipe to share today that works well for both breakfast and snack. Breakfast is a meal that I struggle to keep creative with. We seem to have a lot of the same and that tends to get old after awhile. Since it is one of my favorite meals I have been exploring different ways of keeping it exciting and this little number is good to the last drop!


Banana-Blueberry-Peach Smoothie

Ingredients:

2 Bananas

1 cup frozen peaches

1 Dannon Light & Fit Blueberry Yogurt (4 oz.)

a shot of skim milk

Cut your bananas into pieces, add the frozen peaches, yogurt and the shot of milk and blend!
I sort of just threw this together this morning because I was needing to get rid of two bananas that were getting brown. But it ended up being really good and Jaxon LOVED it!
A entire cup adds up to only 165 calories so I still had room for oatmeal and coffee and Kent & Jaxon enjoyed theirs w/ waffles and sausage links. Jaxon wasn't able to finish all of his this morning so he is finishing it up this afternoon for snack!

Trike Ride to Grandma's

The mood at our house has lifted this week with the rising temps! Jaxon got to ride his trike outside today for the very first time! He managed to get all the way around our driveway and even got to go in the road infront of our house, (w/ Mom of course). He was very excited and even though there were a few moments of frustration (when dealing w/ the mud), he made this Momma really proud!

He thought he had done so well infact, that he'd just ride right on over to Grandma's! (Now how do I explain to him that we won't be able to ride all the way to Grandma's?!)

Jaxon's ArtBoard ~ February

As I promised last month, we have a much stronger board to share today! February allows for some really fun activities and there weren't too many days when we were not creating. We talked about the letter "B" this month and made our flashcards again focusing on things like bats, boots and babies! Of course we spent a lot of time talking about Valentine's day and preparing for that by making homemade cards for the grandparents.

My good friend Ann (Dylan's Mommy), shared an activity on her blog recently about painting w/cars. Jaxon has spent a lot of time driving his toys through the paint this month and even decided that he would use this technique for his homemade valentine's!

Another fun project we did this month was "stamping". You can pick a bucket of these fun-shaped foam stampers up at Hobby Lobby for a few dollars and they provide hours of fun!