My High School Book....

So we recently took a trip to Utah and when we got back to Texas, Peyton had a package waiting for him. My Mom and Dad sent him a Halloween book. Peyton LOVES to get packages, and they LOVE to send them!

My parents sent him this cute little book, "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything". He was so excited to get the package. We were on our way to the grocery store when we checked the mail. The whole way to the grocery store he looked at his book. He was devastated when we told him that he could not take his book into the store. All he wanted to do was go home. After the grocery store we had to run a few more errands and he was not happy. He told us that we needed to go home because Kael pooped. He is becoming a crafty little bugger! We finally finished our errands and made it home. When it was finally time to read his story, he told me that he needed to read the book because it was his "High School" book. "I am reading my high school book, Mom." When I tried to take it so that I could read him the actual story, he cried, "No Mom! I need to study!" He kept crying, "I need to study Mom! I need to study so I can play Rockband!" Finally I convinced him to let me read the story and he loved it! When I was finished I gave it back to him and said "Okay, now you can study." He told me, "Thank you Mom, this is my high school book."
What two year old says this stuff? He must have heard this from Corey when he asked him to play with this past week. Peyton wants to be like Corey in every way. I have a two year old going on sixteen! He is starting Joy School next week and I asked him if he was excited to start Joy School and he said, "No, I am going to high school Mom." He constantly reminds us that he is a Davis Dart. It is so funny! He loves his best friend Corey!

Little Rockstar...

I am sure that I have mentioned on multiple occasions that Peyton loves to sing and pretend he plays the guitar!

Here he is serenading his littlest fan/cousin, Claire. He loved having an audience! Although, I am not sure that she really appreciated it, given the look of disgust on her face. What are you gonna do? Not everyone is a fan.

Peyton really loved seeing his cousin Claire on her birthday weekend. He was so nice to her! He actually shared toys with her and was not possessive of every little toy. It was such a nice change. I could actually relax and not pull him kicking and screaming to "time out" for hitting or pushing because someone has even looked at one of "his" toys. I am so hoping that this "little" phase is going to pass, it is driving me nuts! Maybe we need to have a girl. Maybe this will soften his heart. When I say this, I mean many, many months (or maybe years) down the road. And even with that, there is no guarantee that I will have a girl. Three boys? Oh boy, I am glad I have a lot of time to think this one through! When the day comes (not for awhile...I assure you) that we have the privilege to have another blessing in our lives, I am sure we will be happy with either a boy or a girl. How did I even get to this? I don't know. I have been awake for 18 hours, I think I should get some sleep.

Carving Pumpkins...

Peyton was so excited to carve a pumpkin! Blake had made a garden in the backyard and planted some pumpkins. Corey and Peyton took the four wheeler out to the garden and pretty much picked the only pumpkin that was even remotely ready. So, we decided to carve a nice face into this bad boy. Peyton was really excited to use the pumpkin shovel. I am pretty sure that he didn't know what he was going to shovel because after he saw the "pumpkin guts", he was not very interested in the shovel job.

Ready to shovel the "pumpkin guts".

Kael was sleeping right through it. Which was probably good because he is teething and he is much grumpier than he normal. :)

Peyton thought that he might want to see what the "pumpkin guts" really felt like.

Me with my pumpkin smile. Peyton thought it was hilarious...the things kids think are funny!

After we were done carving the pumpkin, Peyton thought that he wanted to go out on the deck and swing. Once he started to swing with the pumpkin, he decided that the pumpkin was a little chilly and needed some covers. So there they are, nice and warm.

Peyton with his first jack o' lantern. He thought it was so cool. The only candle that Corey could find was a birthday candle. :)

When it was time to go inside, Peyton wanted to blow the birthday candle out! It was a little more tricky to blow the candle out in a pumpkin!

Proud Wife...

I must say that it has been so nice to have Bryan around for a change. Before we moved to Texas, Bryan was working full time while taking school full time. Needless to say, he was never around. He was very busy. Because he only has two classes this semester and isn't working, he is home a lot. I am actually teaching him how to cook, and he actually has time to learn. Tonight, Kael was having a meltdown, which isn't too unusual for Kael and I had to rock him to sleep. So Bryan was on dinner duty. He did such a great job! He made four cheese ravioli with spaghetti sauce. He also threw together a Caesar Salad. I was so impressed!! Bryan was so proud of himself! It was so cute! I had to document this momentous occasion!

Now I realize that this is not a "Better Homes and Gardens" picture, but it was the best that I could do with my cell phone camera!

Finally.....

We have tried numerous times to get all three grandkids in a picture together. I mean numerous times. Marie was so good to hold all three children on her lap. She looked at me and said, "Hurry, go get the camera. We can take a picture!" I got them all to look at once...I am shocked! Especially with my children. They will NOT cooperate in pictures!

We came up to Utah to help celebrate Claire's 1st Birthday!
Happy Birthday Claire!

My Peyton...

I have noticed that I blog a lot about the new things that Kael has learned on a monthly basis, but I have not had a Peyton update in awhile.

Stats:
Weight: 34 pounds
Height: 35.5 inches

Peyton is just over two and a half years old. Many people mistake him for a three year old. Peyton talks really well for his age. Which is a great thing, and a bad thing all at the same time. He is always listening to what you are saying, even when you think that he is not listening to what you are saying. He then repeats what you say, good or bad. He doesn't hesitate trying any word, trust me.

Peyton is a really sweet boy...most of the time. ;) He love his little brother Kael...most of the time. He is always so excited to see Kael. Every morning when he sees that Kael is awake, he tells me, "Mom! The baby is awake! Say hi to him!" It is so sweet. He also loves to rough house with him. He thinks that Kael is old enough to play football or "fitball" as Peyton says. He will tackle or "sack" Kael. I have to remind him that he is a baby and is too small to play "fitball"!
He is a great helper! He always helps me with Kael when I need him to help. He will help me find a binky or get a diaper. He always knows where a binky is hiding!
He is a typical two year old. He doesn't like people taking his toys or sharing for that matter. Nursery is touch-and-go. He often gets in fights with the other boys over some toy. He doesn't really like to go to nursery without mom or dad there. Which is really okay. I like to be there for crowd control, just in case he and his "bash brothers" (as Bryan calls them) decide to brawl! Peyton has four little buddies who like to run the nursery!
He also wants to be rockstar when he grows up. He is OBSESSED with "Rockband"! He loves it. He will make anything into a guitar, a puzzle piece, train track, a box....anything. He will stand on his little blue table and take the blind cord and use it as a microphone, and sing his little heart out! He loves to sing: Eye of the Tiger (Survivor), My Own Worst Enemy (Lit), and Nine in the Afternoon (Fallout Boy). He also walks around singing the Iron Man theme song, Spiderman theme song, and chants "Beastie Boys" over and over again! Sometimes we don't know where we got him!
He has an insane memory. He will remember things from a very long time ago, things that I have forgotten! He also knows landmarks. He pretty much knows where he is all the time....even in the dark! He also knows logos and points them out frequently!
He LOVES the "White House" (my parents house) and always asks to go there! He also LOVES his grandparents! He loves going to Arctic Circle with Mammow and visiting Grandma at the bank. I am pretty sure that his grandparents love him back!
Peyton is very honest! He tells on himself all the time. That is the first thing that he tells you. "I hit" or "I pushed" and then he tells us who he hurt. He told a man on the airplane the other day that he pushes his little brother. The man then asked him what his mommy did when he pushed his brother. He then declared that I spanked him. (Which is not true...I promise, I am not the spanker...ahem.....I will not throw others under the bus if you catch my drift). The entire flight I was puzzled as to why this man would ask him that question. I then figured it out....at the end of the flight as we were getting off of the airplane, he handed me his card...."Scream Free Parenting"! Oh geez.....now it all makes sense! I was so embarrassed!
I love his imagination....him and his four imaginary friends.....Dangerfield, Garfield, Phoenix, and Ted. (I will write more about this later!) I love when I tell him to do something and he looks at me with this disgusted look and says, "I am playing a game, Mom!" or "I am playing on my Itouch, Mom!" Oh dear....we are in for it!
Needless to say....we LOVE him with all of our heart...and most of the time we wouldn't change him for the world! ;)

Ribs and Firemen...

While my parents were in town we decided to take them to dinner at Pappas Barbecue. It is really good! On Saturday nights they have all you can eat ribs! So you know Bryan was ALL over that!

Bryan enjoying his ribs. I am sure that he really LOVED me taking a picture of him! He ended up only eating one plate of ribs because they were so huge! Weak.

Now Corey on the other hand, he ate like a champ!
He was able to finish two plates!

My Mom, Dad, and I shared a meat plate. It was a ton of food! We had so much left over! They have really good macaroni and cheese and coleslaw....and ribs!

Kael REALLY wanted some ribs...but we gave him some Texas Toast, which seemed to suffice.

Peyton was mad at Grandpa because he told him that he couldn't sit in the window, it was "too dangerous." Of course, it was followed up with a "I don't like you Grandpa!" Peyton always tells you he doesn't like you if you tell him that he can't do something!

So we are enjoying our dinner, Peyton is actually being pretty good in the restaurant, which is nice for a change. I then look out the window and see a fire engine outside of the restaurant. I am thinking "Oh my word, is this going to be like our Chick-Fil-A experience?" Bryan thought they were just coming to get dinner. With there lights on? Maybe they were hungry and wanted to get here fast. No. As we were wondering why the fireman could possibly be at the restaurant with their lights on, one started walking toward me. They weren't very alarmed so I knew that there wasn't a fire. He made eye contact with me and then looked behind my head. So naturally I turn around to see what he is looking at, and this is what I saw.....

The little white lever had been pulled. I gasped, "Did he pull the fire alarm?" Yup! Pretty sure that he did! I looked at the fireman and then at my little Peyton and said "Did you pull that?" He looked up at me with his tear filled eyes and said, "Yeah." I apologized a million times to the firemen. Which one guy was pretty nice, the others gave us a look like control your child. Which first of all....who puts a fire alarm at a two year old's eye level...literally! And....who doesn't have it covered!? Stupid restaurant. To be honest, I didn't feel bad one bit! I mean I kind of feel bad that the firemen had to get dressed and drive down there...but hey, it was all you can eat rib night!
I felt kind of stupid just sitting there, having no idea that my child had just pulled the fire alarm. The food is good but the restaurant was a little ghetto....the light on the fire alarm wasn't even flashing, it was broken. That makes me feel safe. The stupid alarm had probably been going off for at least five minutes before the men in uniform arrived, and NO ONE from the restaurant had come to check as to why the alarm was going off. We couldn't even hear it going off! I really am glad that there wasn't a real fire!
Anyways, I calmly told Peyton that we can't touch those! I looked at my Dad and he said "Lets get the hell out of here!" I laughed, and then promptly gathered our things and left.
Before we left I had to sneak a picture of the fire alarm. I mean, I had to document the first and hopefully the only delinquent act of Peyton's life!

We couldn't leave without a picture in front of this longhorn. Every time we go here Peyton has to waive to it! He DID NOT want his picture taken...he was so scared of the firemen.

As we were leaving I had to sneak a pic of the fire truck as well!

All in all it has to go down in the books as yet another great experience at a restaurant with the Thompson family! Yikes, I don't know if I can keep up with all this action!

Grandma, Grandpa, and Corey's Trip to Dallas...

Passed Out.....

Usually Bryan takes Peyton in and tells him stories before he goes to bed. I have to say, Bryan is one mighty fine story teller. The problem is, is that Peyton never falls asleep during Bryan's stories because he makes them too entertaining. After about four or five stories, Peyton finally gives in and falls asleep. One night, Peyton wanted mommy to sing him to sleep. So we traded, since I usually put Kael to sleep. Bryan says he is way too wiggly to put to sleep. It was Bryan's job that night to put Kael to sleep. This is how Bryan got Kael to go to sleep....

...let him crawl around until....

...he gives up and passes out on the floor.

I guess this is Bryan's strategy to getting our kids to fall asleep : "Tell them stories or let them crawl around until they give up and fall asleep."

Whatever works I suppose! :)

My Random Cell Phone Pictures

Sorry if I am annoying with the overload of pictures, but I LOVE pictures. I take them ALL the time!! Maybe the truth of the matter is...is that I have a little more time on my hands!! Ha ha. So Bryan taught me how to send the pictures from my cell phone to the computer...so thus the reason for the post :0)

Peyton always complains about having the sun in his eyes. He will scream, "Go away sun, go to sleep. You are in my eyes!" It is so funny! So one day he decided that he needed my glasses. I love how they almost cover his entire face!

This is the bag of Doritos that he "stole" from SeaWorld. Mammow stopped and paid for them as he ran off with them. He timed out at SeaWorld and fell asleep with chips in hand!!

Mr. Cool at SeaWorld, atleast the sun is not in his eyes!

Every time I see this picture I crack up! Peyton loves bikes. He thinks that every bike is a motorcycle. He also loves helmets! So funny!

He wanted in Kael's bath.

Corey passed along his love for the Utes to Peyton. Every time he sees the Ute logo he says, "Go Utes!" He also knows one line to the fight song, "I'm a Utah Mancer." He marches around the house saying it!

First go at Rockband, he is obsessed with it now. Bryan loves his "Lloyd Christmas" bangs. I swear, they naturally grow that way!

This is the sweetest picture. We were at Cannon Beach, Oregon in June of 2009.

He LOVES the ice cream cones at Arctic Circle.

My camera died when I took it out for Halloween. This is the only picture that I have. He was a purple dinosaur...not Barney...he had a tail and he totally waddled when he walked. It was so cute!

We went on a trip to Oregon in June of 2009. We went to an aquarium in Newport, Oregon.

I love this picture. Peyton LOVED standing by the water!

I have some more pictures to show but I will wait a little while. I don't want to overwhelm the blog! ;)

Trip to Utah

In September we made a quick trip back home to Utah. Our first stop was to Mammow's house. Peyton missed his spring horse....Raindance. He was so excited that he found Mammow's house and all of his toys.

The cowboy found his horse.....Raindance.

Another thing that Peyton and Mammow love to do is go to Arctic Circle. Bryan hates Arctic Circle with a passion, but we still go because Peyton loves to play.
Kael also loves to play.

Peyton and Kael on the slide.

Megan and Jana even make it to Arctic Circle on their lunch breaks!!

Kael loves them!