Banana Muffins

We learned about Fall in school today. We went and picked up leaves and made pictures with them. It was fun. The highlight of the day was making banana bread though. We made them into muffins.
Paxton was the best little helper.





The funniest part of the day happened when Paxton sneaked a spoon out of the drawer, stuck it into the batter, licked the spoon and then proceeded to stick it back in the drawer as if nothing happened. Little turkey.


Kian got a little bored watching Paxton so he decided to watch himself instead


Grandpa Scott tried to take family pictures for us yesterday. We didn't cooperate very well. Or should I say Paxton didn't cooperate very well. This was the best one we got.

Work tomorrow.
Talk to yall on Friday.

Apples Paxton Laflan

Yesterday in school we learned about Apples. It was another fun day. It was funny afterward we were writting letters to Grammie and Grandpa and Paxton told me his name was Apples Paxton.

The green apple was by far his favorite!
We made painting with apples



We even made some applesauce. It was super fun and Paxton was the best helper! He did an excellent job at cutting up all the apples. He even ran the blender all by himself.





Paxton ended up getting the pukies yesterday afternoon. He kinda just bummed out all evening trying to keep everything down. My poor little buddy!
Today was Library day. It was the first day with story time back since summer. It was great! Paxton really loved it and so did little Kian. Paxton is still not quite at 100% so he has been resting quite a bit today. Hopefully the little guys starts to feel a little better!!

Veggies

I am loving the fact that I can grow things and eat them. This year our garden hasn't done the best, but it has produced some pretty awesome veggies if I do say so myself. Who would have guessed that you could grow stuff in Alaska?




Our garden next year should be pretty phenomenal. We have compost and manure soaking in the soil. If that's what you call it. We have big plans for this spring! But until then we will just enjoy our carrots, green beans, turnips, lettuce and tomatoes!!

Winner Creek Hand Tram and Gorge.

It was fun. Beautiful weather. Awesome experience.
We set out on our adventure later in morning on Saturday. It by the way takes us at least 2 hours to get out of the house. No matter where we are going. We headed to Gridwood, AK to check out this hand tram that everyone raves about. It was about a mile into the woods and you hit this huge river about 100 feet below. In order to jump from one cliff to the next you have to hop into a little hand tram and pull yourself across. It is a lot harder then it looks. My dad and Tylor ended up pulling quite a few people across. It was beautiful and a little scarry. I think I talked about my new found fear with the ferris wheel. There is something about being super high in the air with my little children that really makes me anxious. Don't get me wrong it was super fun!

Here is little Kian Bear keeping an eye on his Momma!


Me and my little buddy on the hiking trail


It was a busy place and there were tons of people on both sides waiting to get across, so the only picture I have is of Tylor pulling himself across!


This is the view from inside the basket looking down and the river below. It's a LONG way down! A little freaky if you ask me!!


Here we are halfway across looking back at Tylor who is pulling us across!!

This is the view from the middle of the hand tram. Super high!


Aren't they just the happy bunch!!


Paxton wanted to be carried on the way back. He just didn't want to be strapped in. Poor Tylor!


It was a lot of fun and a great way to spend some time together. We are glad that my Dad is here and look forward to spending more time together. I forgot to upload the pictures I took of the gorge. Ill have to do it later!!

Butterflies

Ok so Paxton has started going pee by himself. He usually will tell one of us so we can help him get his pants up and down and make sure everything goes smoothly. The other day he needed to go while I was feeding Kian and all Paxton had on was undies. I encouraged him to do it all by himself. Not so sure if that was a good thing or not.
I wish I could post the other picture on here, but I am pretty sure it's not allowed. The dribbles on his shirt, that's definitely pee pee. And when he tried pulling his pants up he couldn't quite get them over his behind, so he just left them. And his little boy parts are sticking out. It was hilarious. Probably because this picture was taken 15 minutes later and he didn't say a word about it being a little uncomfortable....

We learned about the life cycle of butterflies today. I am not sure if he really understands that the caterpiller turns into a butterfly- But we had fun making all the stages and reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"


Paxton Loves to set the timer on the camera and then run over and see what the picture looks like. He kept saying "Mommy, do the beep beep beep" when I was taking his picture. So we had to do one of Paxton and Mommy!

I think Kian might just be a little bunny boy too. He really likes to snuggle up with different things like Paxton and his bunny. It is so sweet. I really like how Paxton's bunny makes everything all better. Paxton is always hugging and kissing on his bunny. They are like little buddies. I sure hope Kian can find some comfort toy as well. It is nice to know that they have something to make them feel better when Mommy and Daddy are not around.

I work Thurday and Friday this week, so you probably wont hear from me again until Monday. It seems like I am working a ton lately. I only signed up for 5 days this month- They just all happen to be within the first 2 weeks!!

Labor Weekend.

And Labor I did! I worked Thursday, was on call Saturday, worked Sunday, was on call Monday and ended up getting called in for a few hours. There were a couple of surgeries and they had a man freak out in the ER and bust up an entire room. He ended up busting out a window in the ER and started eating the glass. By far the weirdest thing I have ever experienced! Good money making though. There is nothing like having Holiday pay and callback pay!! So let me rewind.
Wednesday we played outside all evening. It was a beautiful day and we are trying to take advantage of the last of the summer before the snow comes.




Paxton has been hatching this Dinosaur egg. We have been learning about dinosaurs in school and he has really enjoyed it!!


Friday we spent the day as a family at the fair.

We got to see the 1100 pound pumpkin which was really amazing.

Paxton really loved looking at all of the farm animals and even petted some of them.



My favorite part was taking Paxton on his first Ferris wheel ride. It is a whole different ball game when you go with your child. I was really nervous being so high up in the air with him. I was praying the whole time that we didn't fall out. Maybe I am getting wimpy in my old age :)





Saturday we lounged around, did some shopping and some cleaning.
Sunday we took the boys to their first movie in a theater. We watched Marmaduke. Paxton loved every minute of it. We went to the 3 dollar theater which was nice because we got to splurge on treats!!

Monday I was stuck at work most of the morning, but we enjoyed some family time outside running the hills. Paxton loves going with us and chasing after us as we try to get some exercise :) This weekend was crazy and went by way too fast! Grampa Scott will be here in just a few short days. Paxton is exited to see him!

I also wanted to share my picture I took of Tylor and edited for my photography class. I am super pleased with the way it turned out. I think I am really going to love this class!!

Hard at Work

So yesterday there was no nap which equals no post. I think in a few months Paxton will be ready to go without a nap, but quite frankly I'm not ready yet. I'm going to nap that little boy as long as possible. Today I'm working a nice 10 hour shift so there will be no updates on the boys today, and tomorrow Tylor is off work so we are spending the day at the the State Fair together. So most likely you won't hear more from me until Monday afternoon. I'm actually posting this blog from my phone at work. It's been crazy busy, but I finally caught a slow moment ;)
My Mom is watching Paxton and Kian today and I guess that Paxton decided he wanted to food fight Nana. He said he wanted to get her clothes dirty. Who knows where that comes from!