"Mooit Mooit"

The boys really love dancing to one of 'Madagascars' songs, 'I like to move it, move it'. I am sure most of you know the song. Elam really gets a kick out of it. Whenever we are on the computer he wants us to play what he calls "mooit mooit"(we usually YouTube it). Anyhow, one day a few weeks ago while we were out running errands, we stopped at the store and I ran in and left Will in the car with the kids. They were listening to songs on Radio Disney when "mooit mooit" came on. Aiden started dancing, he likes to shake his butt like the hippo from the YouTube video, and Will started recording. Here it is.

Feeding the Giraffes!

The Phoenix Zoo has a new area open where you can view the giraffes even closer than before. We got to check it out as a family not to long ago when Will took the day off. It was really cool to be so close and able to touch them. They also allow you to feed the giraffes for a small fee, so we asked Aiden if he wanted to do it, and he was really excited about it. That excitedness (if that's a word) quickly turned into nerves when it was time to perform. Daddy stepped in and helped. Here are a few pictures of our day at the zoo.

Love the Science Center!

My work is done! Last week was my last week of helping at Willbert's work. Sariah came back after having her baby and the other lady comes back tomorrow from vacation. Like I have posted in the past, we have been keeping busy, busy, busy! I was recently going through some photos that I have been meaning to play with, and came across some from the science center and the zoo. The kids really love the science center. We could probably hang out there all day, if I would let them. They have had a lego exhibit up for a few months now, and now are changing it to a 'Robots' exhibit (we are looking forward to checking that out this week). Here are a few shots of the lego exhibit where the kids enjoy being kings and queens.

By the way, check out Aidens mouth in the last shot. We were playing in the computer room and he climbed on the bench, got a little excited and

miscalculated or something. Long story short, slammed his face into the table! This knocked his front tooth pack just a hair, bruised his gums pretty bad, and gave him a mean fat lip! He handled it like a trooper though!!!

Crazy busy!

Why doesn't it seem that for a few days there's nothing really going on? There is the usual, errands and lunches and fun activities for the kids, but then when there is stuff that needs to be done, the list is endless and there is never any time. These past few weeks have felt like that!!! I have been helping Willbert's work out while the other girls are on vacation, so depending on the day, I have been doing between seven and eight hour days. Don't get me wrong, not a big deal. Been there done that, haven't had to do it for a while, but can handle it. But by the time I drive across town and take the kids to my moms and then turn back around and head to the office, repeating after work as well, it can make for a long day. I'm not complaining, I volunteered myself to help them, the driving and long days just get old fast. One thing positive about it, ok a few things positive about it, extra cash, it's just temporary, adult interaction as well as conversation, and it makes me appreciate it even more, the fact that I get to stay home everyday with kids (Last one makes it all worth it).
Like I was saying, there is a lot of stuff going on. My sister and I have been doing 2-3 cakes a week (pictures coming), we finally did our "virtue" night at church and almost everyone was there (turned out better than we had expected), baby shower gifts, cake, and games,......the list continues.....why do I always volunteer myself for so many things??

Dodgers Cake

As you can imagine I have not been really good about keeping up on this blog (like I mentioned before) let alone my CupsNCakes blog. My sister and I have done a lot of cakes over the past couple of months, but I have failed in posting them. Here is a recent one we did for the husband of my sisters boss. He is a chef to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and a big baseball fan, his wife wanted to surprise him for his birthday. She let us decide what to do, which is always hard, the possibilities are endless. We decided on this, wasn't exactly what we originally intended, but the results were still good! He really enjoyed it, and we are happy he did!

Both the home plate and the glove are made of red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, topped with fondant. The "dirt" is brown sugar.

Walk, Walk, Walk

Elam has finally got this walking thing down. It took him a while, and a little of me telling him "stand up, stand up", to convince him that walking is just so much better than crawling. But I think he's got it. Here is a short video of him taking a few steps, and showing everyone he knows where his belly button is, pardon the camera angle.

I am such a slacker!! I don't blog for a week, thinking what do I have to blog about nothing is really going on that is REALLY important, and then start going through my camera and find all of these pictures of the kids from all of the activities they had done. Besides, deep down I am blogging for myself, (not many read this anyways), a journal of sorts, so that I can remember all of the many things I am blessed with and are able to do and have and enjoy!

Ok, just needed to get that out of me for a second, moving on! Elam is totally getting bigger and I have meant to post pictures of his first haircut and first steps, so on and so forth.(don't get me started again) So, I am going to have to just be on a roll here and bust out as many posts as I can!

We finally decided to cut Elam's hair. Well, actually I decided. Willbert did not want to, but I gradually convinced him. Here are a few pictures of the before Elam, just a little on the long side.

BEFORE:

See how long it was getting!!

Him deciding he was choosing his dads side and deciding he didn't want his haircut either!

AFTER:

Not to bad right? We still kept it a little shaggy, it gets curlier now that we have cut it.

Hamming it up for the camera!