Kason's Surgery

So on Monday (november 3) Kason had surgery to put tubes in his ears because he has had so many problems with his ears. We hope the best from this surgery!
Everything went well and Kason was a champ! Logan has monday's off and i got it off and we spent the day relaxing after the surgery.Kason before we left at 7am. He got to bring his blanket and pick a toy and he was attached to this puppy that our friends Jess and Geoff got his for his B-day
Logan and Kason outside the surgery center.
Kason in his studly medical gown!
Before he got medicated
showing off the diaper!!
Kason after they give him a "cocktail" of drugs before he went into surgery
he was freaking funny to watch because it was like he was drunk lol.. he could not walk straight or stand up. He kept poking me in slow motion it was funny.
here is a video of him trying to walk. LOL
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after they took him we went out to the waiting room and about 10 minutes later the doctor came out and told us he was great and everything was done!! I got to go back there shortly after. he was waking up from the meds and was screaming but after a few minutes he calmed down. We went home and he napped for a while and the rest of the day was like normal!
so far everything is great and i'm super happy we made the decision to go ahead and have this surgery.

play dough

So growing up my mom made play dough. She hated the smell of the store bought stuff, yeah the smell lol. love you mom! i dont think i even realized you could buy that stuff until i was older!
While working at Cst we always made play dough for the kiddos. There are TONS of different kinds you can make i.e.-kool-aid, peanut butter, etc. etc. etc. well experimenting with all those kinds i have come to one conclusion.. Mamma knows best! My mom's so far has been the best in texture, not being sticky, lasting, etc. etc.
So on my "nothing to do Saturday" kason and i stayed in jammies all day and watched movies and MADE PLAY DOUGH!!
SO here is the recipe-
-ingredients-
2 1/2 Cups Flour
1TBS alum (or cream of tarter)
1/2 Cup salt
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2Cups boiling water
2TBS oil
Food Coloring
Here is the stuff you need
step one- mix all dry ingredients (the first three) in a large mixing bowl
Step two- pour your water, oil, and food coloring in a sauce pan on high heat until it boils. (i waited to put my food coloring until it was all mixed because i wanted different colors and i have a paste food coloring)
Step Three- once it boils pour into flour mix and mix with a spoon, then kneed together while it is still warm/hot. I added my coloring after it was all kneeded.
end result-
A toddler who doesnt know what the heck his mommy just gave him
and something kason thinks he should eat (its harmless)
And a mommy who has way to much creativity built up. (this is a monster)
and this is me on a beach (i didnt have sand color so i used green.. grass?)
when done put in ziplocks and label. I put the date i made it and then the date it should be thrown out.. about 2-3 weeks.
enjoy!

young @ heart

So I picked up movies at blockbuster today and i saw a movie "young@heart" and thought it looked funny.. i thought it was a movie about elderly people in a choir doing modern songs... well i wasn't far off, but instead of a movie its a documentary and it was really good. if you watch this, have a few tissue's at hand. Its super super good and i really want to show this following clip.

once you watch the movie you will understand why i am showing this clip. I cried. I cried alot during this part because it was so meaningful.
I am not a documentary fan, but i watched this one and was inspired. really watch it.
They are a real choir that started back in the 80's with classic music and one day during a performance one of them got up and sang a loud punkish song and everyone loved it so since then they sing punk, rock, classic, FUN songs and its awesome. They have sang songs from The Clash, The beatles, Cold Play, James Brown, Sting, etc. etc. etc.
and i am putting this clip up because its just awesome and made me laugh.
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move it move it move it!

So yesterday was a great day.
i love halloween so i was excited for Kason to dress up, light the pumpkins, and have fun.
Well it got EVEN BETTER!! last week Clara and Derek bought me a present but i didn't know what it was and wouldn't know until my last day with them, well Clara really can't keep surprises to her self lol and so she had me open it yesterday.. and low and behold guess what was in the Amazon box??Pretty huh? Its a PINK (yes PINK!) Cannon Powershot SD1100 IS and it is BEAUTIFUL! now you ask why give me a camera? Well they wanted to get me something to say thanks and all that wonderfulness, because ya know im the best nanny ever! lol come on you know it! hee hee just kidding who.. and why give me a camera when i already have a really nice one that i LOVE? well because that camera is BIG and i love it but its hard to take places and lug around like the fair, bowling, camping, etc. etc. etc. so i usually borrow Clara and Derek's extra and so i was so excited that the gave me this camera! also it takes VIDEO! which im excited about because i like taking video's of Kason, pictures are nice but what about first steps, words, etc. etc. so im excited!! :)
speaking of video's.. here is one of Kason walking!

Halloween went very well. I got off early and Kason and I came home and saw Logan for a few minutes before he had to go off to work. Then Kason and i chilled for a bit, ran to the store to get last minute candy for our few trick or treaters, and then i had a job interview that i pray i get. Its for a sweet 6week baby boy. its part time but i would be able to watch him in my own home and hopefully get another job watching a kid before and after school to help out with the pay. im excited and i really like the parents they seem so nice so i hope it all works out well.

After that we went over to the Trunk-or-Treat at our church. It was fun and Kason got too much Candy but of course he liked it.

Then we ran over to Logan's Dad and Step mom's house and chatted for a bit and visited. They have been gone for over 4months in California for the Shipyard. So its nice to have them back.

Then we ran over to Papa Murphy's picked up pizza and yummy cheesy bread and came home. We let Kason stay up late, eating cheesy bread and some candy he loved it and it was great just hanging out all three of us. I think Kason went to bed at 11pm! yeah he is in bed by 8pm but he did great and loved playing with Daddy. and it was awesome because he slept in until 10:30am this morning! yeah it has been a long time since i slept in and today we have NO PLANS! yay so we have been just chillin and relaxing together, kason and i, logan is at work :( anywho well here are some pictures of last night, they are straight from the camera so if you click on them they will be HUGE and also the lighting it not the best, sorry.
Clara found this baby devil binky at the store and had to get it for Kason, super cute huh?
Me and Kason at the Trunk or Treat.. just look at him eye the candy! lol he sucked on that the whole time... it was a closed packaged twizler.. man he loved it.
Kason stole a sucker from me! lol
Papa McGee feeding Kason Chocolate. Since they have been gone for 4 months Kason doesn't know them a whole lot so Alan thought it would be great to bribe Kason with Chocolate.
Kason at the end of the night playing with Logan's hat. he loves his daddy's hat and puts it on and crawls around the house with it, super cute!

pumpkin seeds

do you like pumpkin seeds? we do. growing up my mom always soaked them in salt water and then baked them and put more salt on... well the other day i was looking around on allrecipes and found a recipe for spiced pumpkin seeds.. so when we carved our pumpkins i clean them all out.. TOOK FOREVER and then i went ahead and soaked them in saltwater over night, well it ended up being for two nights lol because we got so busy!! then i mixed it all up and baked it! can you say YUMMA?!looks good huh? (pssstt. i love my lense lol)
here is the recipe.
spiced pumpkin seeds

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds
  

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (135 degrees C).
2. Combine the margarine, salt, garlic salt, Worcestershire sauce and pumpkin seeds. Mix thoroughly and place in shallow baking dish.
3. Bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

NOTE-i added Johnny's Seasons (seasoning salt) and NO salt because i soaked it in salt water and it was REALLY YUMMY!!
enjoy

tagged

hola amigos!
i was tagged by my sister. its an easy one. go to your 4th folder and then get your 4th picture and post it... funny thing is i had to go to my 4th folder, then the 4th folder in that then the 4th picture! lol gotta love it :) it either means i have WAY to many pictures or i am super organized with folders.. i go with the organized optionhere is my picture.. apparently Kason was not happy at that moment. this is from when all us girls got together at my sisters house and made cookies for christmas.. december 1st 2007 this was taken.. look at how little Kason was! and Hannah!!
i tag Traci, Brooke, and Amy F.

carvin time!

I love to carve pumpkins, but by the time i am almost done, im not such a big fan. good thing its only once a year right? lol
Logan has been off hunting and usually would get back tomorrow but he was nice enough to come home night and carve pumpkins with me. He isn't the biggest pumpkin carving fan, infact he really didn't want to do it, but he did because he knew i wanted him to. love that man!
Oh! also the other day Adam came over and we were messing around with my lens which is a cannon 50mm (which i got 4 years ago and NEVER worked with my camera) well guess what? it works now! crazy huh!?? so i used it tonight and I LOVE IT because it allows so much more light in and with our apartment thats a HUGE plus!!
Kason after he freed him self from his costume. yes we put him in it already.. logan is working halloween so i thought we would get him all dressed up so he could see him walk around with the monkey tail! too bad i didnt get pictures! lol
we cut open the top of Kason's pumpkin and let him dig in, which i was thinking he would LOVE and get all messy.. yeah nope.. this was his reaction... (look below)
He pulled his hand out quick and crawled away, FAST! lol he wanted nothing to do with that pumpkin.
i realized that i have not gotten any pictures of him walking, besides that video i posted a bit ago. so i snapped a couple today.. check out our baby!
(lid is on) Kason saw Logan's coke bottle and picked it up and tried to drink it like a sippy cup! lol
our finished products.. can you tell which one logan did? (hint its the spongebob lol) for someone not wanting to carve he did an amazing job, blew me out of the water.. seriously he did AWESOME! i carved an owl (yes my pumpkin is white and i LOVE it) and i carved a jack-o-lantern face for Kason's because by the time i finished my owl i was so ready to be done.
OH.. the other day while i was at the store i saw this...
and had to get it for logan. Its a Jones Soda with John McCain on it and the flavor of the soda is "pure McCain" (they use sugar cane in the soda) so its funny. logan got a good laugh from it. :)

playing catch up

"hello my name is Laura. This is my first time here and well... i will just say it I am a blog neglecter"
okay so this is not a B.N.A. meeting (blog neglecter anonymous) but i thought i would admit my problem here. lol
Okay so I'm not horrible at blogging, its just life is so busy right now. shall i explain? lol
its hunting season. so Logan is off Sunday until Wednesday afternoon then he is at work and i do laundry on Wednesday's so i don't really see him until Thursday night through Sunday morning. so sad lol.
Also i am currently looking for a new job. Clara and Derek decided that its time for Addie to go into daycare while Ethan is in full time school. I will miss them but understand. Now i wish i could stay home with Kason, but that's not the case so I'm off looking for a new nanny job. no luck yet but hopefully soon.
Keeping up with Kason is getting harder and harder, but i am happy he can walk now. he is getting better and better each day and its nice to not have to carry him EVERYWHERE anymore. YAY!
Well here are pictures to sum up September until now.
Kason is a Monkey for Halloween so to go with his nursery theme i did his birthday party in Jungle Theme and took his pictures in his costume for his invites. this is the one i chose for the invite, the rest are just too cute.
the sun was awesome!
our child is obsessed with my cell phone. its come to the point that he screams if im on the phone because he wants it. well now he doesn't get to play with it at all anymore and its getting better! lol
he loved crawling as fast as he can and attack the camera!
i can't get enough of his blue eyes and happy smile!
Kason LOVES to swing. He would stay there all day if id let him!
not the best picture but i love his face in it!
So we got a vita mix Labor Day weekend. We love making smoothies in it and lots of soups and sauces too! Kason loves the smoothies as well. I finally just let him have a spoon and a bowl of smoothie and let him go to town.
one happy baby!
can i get one big YAY for spray n wash?
note- look at how long his hair is!! WOWZERS! it is NOW way shorter!!
His first white shirt and tie! so cute!!

For his birthday he had birthday pancakes (we sang and had candles) and his first taste of milk. it was in a new sippy he got from adam and carrie for his birthday but he kept playing with the top of it lol so we poured it in a bottle so he would get a drink.-- too bad we didn't know he was allergic!
PUMPKIN PATCH TIME!! look at that face!! we went with Adam, Carrie, Brinnon and Sam and my parents came for a bit too. we had tons of fun with corn shooters, hay, petting zoo, pumpkins, and hay rides!
trying to get my camera
SMILE!
feeding the goats with my dad. He had a good time, and the goats were super friendly, infact all the animals were.. super super friendly!
Kason and the piggies. they never moved! yes they were real and alive
this picture CRACKS me up! look at his face! lol how funny is that?? he was like "mom what is it? do i have to touch it... okay okay i will"
then he poked it. just one finger, his pointer, and poked it and smiled up at me like "see i touched it"
HAY RIDE!! me and Kason... i look funny but Kason is lookin studly!
Kason with a pumpkin. I let him loose and he wobbled around and crawled and sat by this pumpkin for a while. I finally made him move to find one with a better stem. this one was all cracked and i didnt want to carry it all the way back.
found a better one.. see the stem! lol
playing on the pyramid of hay. He had tons of fun.
this boy loves to climb! he is a pro at the stairs, and now hay! lol i got him in a tot gym class at the Y and he loves it! yay!
had to show this picture. that was pretty much the only cloud in the sky. it was warm too. a bit of a breeze but warm enough to have no coat or anything, short sleves only... but Kason had a sweatshirt-yucky cold! lol

wow i think i got it all.. you still with me? wow you are a star! promise to be better