The "Boo-Boo Bunny"

I just had to share this with all of you since it's been such a huge hit in our household! A friend from preschool recently showed us this "Boo-Boo Bunny" when Parker hurt his lip at the playground. He loved it, so of course we made some of our own when we got home! They are homemade little ice packs - and they're washable!

Here's how you make one. First, take a washcloth and roll it up from both sides until the rolls meet in the middle:

slightly pull out the middle of each roll on one end:

Then fold up the other side of the rolls to about the mid-point:

Then fold the front side (that you just pulled the middles out of) over the top of the back fold:

Secure with an elastic band and voila! A boo-boo bunny. As you can see, the folding creates a little hole in the body of the bunny - that's where you slide in the ice cube.

Every time we get a puffy lip or bruised head, this is what my boys want - the love to suck on the ice!! Enjoy and hopefully you won't have too many opportunities to use it :)

Parker Quotes

This kid cracks me up!! He says about 50 things a day that just make me laugh - I love him so much! Scott calls him our "method actor" because he will not break character for anything (snack, potty, you name it). Here are just a few quotes that I remembered from the last week or so:

(While I'm making dinner)

P: Hey Landon, guess what?

L: What?

P: Women are the people that use women's bathrooms. Did you know that??

P: Mom, you are the strongest because you have a baby AND muscles!

(While Ryan and Danna were babysitting)

P: I can't go to sleep because I'm mighty sick.

R: You're mighty sick? What does that mean?

P: Ummm....that I'm really sick.

R: Well it's really lucky that Danna's a Doctor - she can check it out.

P: Uhhhhh..... (obviously not the answer he was expecting)

My other favorite thing is listening to Parker's ideas for games. Usually something like "Landon, you be the son and I'll be the dad k? SON!!!!! I need you to help me!!!!". I hear "SON!!!" or "DAD!!!!" or "HELPER!!!!" a million times a day and it's SO funny! Yesterday Parker was yelling "DAD!!!" and Scott kept saying "What?". Parker was not amused! He'd say "No, no....my pretend Dad. That's Landon, not you Dad". Again, he's very serious about his roles :)

Randoms

First of all - It's A BOY!! We're very excited for more testosterone in this household. Landon at first was a bit sad that it wasn't a little sister in there, but now he really can't wait to be the older brother of TWO brothers. So cool!! Plus....I don't have to buy a thing :)

The picture above is what I look like at night....and this is the bump in the morning. What!? It's still so weird to see it pushing out more during the day. I actually want my belly to get a bit bigger so I can fit into my maternity clothes! These are all pics taken by Landon:

Skyping with Granny and Grandpa:

Landon loves taking pictures of Parker:

Now onto other things! We have LOVED winter this year. Having a backyard to play in has been awesome - I didn't think we'd even use it until summer, but I was wrong! These boys love to go out and play in the snow.

We celebrated Lisha's birthday last month, too. We had a delicious BBQ chicken dinner and then made her fave - German Chocolate Cake! Getting ready to blow out the candles:

Landon was SO excited to sing to her:

Playing Dance Dance Revolution on the Wii:

This is Parker's cheesy grin....so weird!

And lastly, Landon was in a play at school!! He did so well (considering it was all in Spanish!) and didn't get scared at all. He was the cangrejo :). The play was based off of "Oso Polar" by Eric Carl. Landon's line was: "Es el guarda que silba en mi oido" (It's a guard whistling in my ear!) after he was asked what he heard. So cute!!

I'm so proud of my little guy :)

Ice Skating!

Once we were back in town, we were immediately thrown right back into winter. AND Alicia and Jessica moved out here nearly the same day that we got home! We have all loved having them around for dinners....and free babysitting :). Don't worry, we feed Alicia WELL for her troubles! We decided to go ice skating one Saturday. At first it was pretty tough work for us adults:

Parker really liked going around with Mom and Aunt Alicia:

Until he got tired...

Landon actually really took to it - his balance is great!

He needed less and less help throughout the day, whereas Parker....well, he was still a lot of work!

It took me and Scott a little while to remember how to skate, too. It's been almost 7 yrs since the last time I did it!

It will definitely not be that long again, though. Scott and I took the boys again last weekend and had so much fun. Landon is getting really good! He's able to skate on his own for small stretches. Pretty soon I'm sure he'll be cruising around!

Universal...and HARRY POTTER!

Harry Potter world was so fun - check out Hogwarts!! I think our favorite thing was walking through the castle before the ride. I was amazed at everything they had in there (think: talking portraits, moving pictures in newspapers, the pensieve - everything!!)

Another view of the castle:

We had lunch at the Three Broomsticks :). Butterbeer is delicious!!

My little wizards:

Can you hear the mandrakes in the background? The kids stood and watched that for awhile!

Then we were off to Dr. Seuss land - loved all the little kid rides. On the carousel:

This was Parker's favorite. He's still our little water boy!!

Trying to tackle Landon into the water....he was eventually successful!

Oh yeah....

The entire trip was amazing!! We loved spending so much time with our family. Thanks so much Mom and Dad!!

On to DisneyWorld...

After the cruise, we went to an AWESOME condo (think: bigger than our house!) at Disney World. All of us stayed together and it was so much fun! The first day I was really sick...I caught some flu/cold and it really knocked me out for a bit. Scott and the rest of the fam took the boys to the Magic Kingdom that day - I was so bummed to miss it, but definitely felt better after my rest!

Here they are on Haunted Mansion (the boys said this ride was way to scary for them):

Eating lunch:

This is how Landon and Parker got around the parks - Brandon and Bryson are the best!!

Grandpa came through with some awesome treats. I'm pretty sure these were purchased when Parker was sobbing about not being able to go on Splash Mountain. Landon was tall enough, though and he was SO excited. He's wanted to go on that ride for over a year!

At Epcot on New Year's Eve:

Light Saber fighting - Happy New Years!

We hit up the Animal Kingdom on New Year's Day - definitely less busy than the other parks. Parker LOVED Dinoland!

I think this picture is hilarious...

On safari!

The next day we went to Island's of Adventure and Harry Potter World, but those pics will have to come in a later post. It was so fun! Our last day of the trip we went back to Magic Kingdom and it was perfect - not busy at all in the morning. Parker and Landon had a blast on the speedway:

We had to do Buzz again:

And Pirates - definitely one of our favorite rides:

After Pirates, Grandma noticed that there was a place where you could actually BECOME a pirate. She signed the boys up and it was so awesome! First they went in for make-up:

Not too sure about this:

But at the end, he was SO into it. This is "Davey Bad-Bones" and he was in character for hours!

Landon chose the skeleton and his name was "Ned Swordcutter". Here he is taking the pirate oath:

Daddy trying out the false teeth:

My two pirates. They were hilarious in line while we waited for our shuttle!

And the aftermath. Landon looked like he was wearing eyeliner for weeks!