The wonderful thing about tiggers.....

Is Tiggers are wonderful things..

Their tops are made out of rubber...

Their bottoms are made out of springs...

They're bouncy, floucy, trouncy, pouncy

FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN!

The kids are now in heaven...

We went and got the much anticipated trampoline today. When Jaysen got home from work we went out and put it together for family home evening. They make them SO much different now compared to the kind I grew up with. NO springs! We were wondering how it was going to bounce...but it works just fine without them. And it's even better because there is no chance of little fingers getting pinched between the coils. The kids bounced all night and are planning on having a camp out next weekend. We will all be sleeping under the stars. {I'm already hot just thinking about it!}

Mackenzee made me get up and jump with her and it made me remember all the fun games I played on our trampoline as a kid. BUT! Mackenzee still has a little bit of growing up to do before I play Alligator with her again. My tummy can't handle another cannonball! {OUCH!}

What happened?

Tonight, my heart broke just a little bit. My Landon...my baby....he said something that just about crushed me.

We were finishing up with dinner and as I was cleaning up he said that he had told his friend, Hatim, that I was crazy. {It's true!} I laughed and asked him what Hatim said.

"Well, I told him you were crazy because you liked to give me kisses. He thought it was pretty funny."

I asked him what was so crazy about that! And then I said, "You're not too old to have your mom kiss you are you?"

This is where my heart broke....

"Uh, yeah."

I'm serious...I think I could actually hear it breaking. I tried really hard to keep my tears back. I know he's getting older. I know kisses are gross when boys are older...but not from the momma! Right? Sigh.

I begged him {literally} to allow me to still kiss him goodnight.

"Well....maybe once a week."

Just once? Really? That's it?

"Ok then!" {he said this like he was totally annoyed with me...completely exasperated} "You can kiss me goodnight three times a week."

Still NOT good enough. I'm his mother. It's not like I'm giving him super slobbery kisses. In fact, it's just a kiss on the cheek we're talking about here! You'd think I was asking him to do something horrible! :0)

I told him I was kissing him goodnight EVERY night whether he liked it or not.

And then I proceeded to grab him and give him a big fat slobbery kiss on his cheek to let him know that I could still pin him down to do it if I had to.

Because I love him.

My Little Entrepreneurs

Landon really wanted to have a lemonade stand last summer. I promised him we would....and I failed. We ended up moving and it took up pretty much all of our summer. So, this year I couldn't let him down again.

We had my neice Savanna come and join Landon, Mackenzee, and my nephew Talon so they could all share in the work.....and in the profits. :0) They had so much fun making their poster for the corner by our house. It was supposed to direct traffic our way as we live off in a little culdesac and don't get much traffic. It didn't do much...but that's ok. We have awesome neighbors who happened to be thirsty at the same time our table went up.

We had both regular lemonade AND pink lemonade...because Kenzee wanted to make sure there was something pink there for the girls. And actually, the pink lemonade is what everyone wanted! She's one smart girl! And our neighbors....such good people...actually paid MORE for their glasses of juice...just to be nice. One guy gave them $1.50 for his. The kids were SO excited! And honestly...it was a great way to meet some of my neighbors I hadn't met yet.

The older three kids each ended up making $2.20 each! Kenzee was contect with a handful of pennies. :0) They begged me to take them to the dollar store tomorrow so they could spend their earnings. Heaven forbid they save it! It might burn a hole in their pocket! :0)

All in all, it was a fun little adventure for us. I told Landon we could set it up again when we had our yard sale in a couple of weeks. He'll rake in the quarters then! :0)

Just Mackenzee...

I've talked a lot to people before about how much my daughter LOVES to wear dresses......and then get dirty. She doesn't really fit into the "girly" category...but she's not 100% tomboy either. She just......

Mackenzee.

Future Father

That's what Landon told me yesterday in the car. "I'm almost a dad though!"

I think his definition of "almost" is quite different from mine.....

Happy Belated Fathers Day!

One of the perks of living so close to both families is that we are able to see everyone on holidays. Most of you know how important family is to me, and I want to pass that on to my kids.

Anyway...Sunday afternoon we went out to Jerome to visit Grandpa Burnham and wish him a happy Father's Day.

And then that night we went to Grandpa Casperson's house to visit with my family and see my dad. I'm a bad daughter and amidst the hubbub at my Gramps' house I forgot to nab a picture of my kids with their Papa. I think this is the first year in a long time that I won't have one. :0( I did get one of him and Mackenzee on Saturday night as he opened our gift to him....but it's just not the same.

Anyway....happy belated Father's Day to everyone! I hope you felt loved and appreciated! To our fathers....we do! Thanks for all you do! To my Jaysen....I think I've already gone on and on enough about him lately on my blog. But, I love you like a crazy and appreciate having you for the father of my kids. :0) You are a great example of love for them. Thanks so much!

Mackenzee

Just wanted to remind you how cute my baby is....as if you needed reminding.