There's Always Time for....

One of the very very limited times I baked during the first 13 weeks of this pregnancy.  I made them for my book club.

A Taste of Hawaii

When Don and I went to Hawaii many moons ago-ok 2 years ago-I ate the most delicious pancakes with strawberries, macadamia nuts and coconut syrup.  I ate that every morning at the restaurant in our hotel.  We found some coconut syrup at a store and brought it home.  We ran out a little while ago and as I was wanting to it again and they don't sell it in Logandale, I decided that I would make it.  I found a recipe on line and it was quite simple and quite tasty.  It was only sugar, butter and coconut extract.  A few weeks later when we were in Vegas we found an ABC store-just like the ABC stores in Hawaii-and they sold the same coconut syrup that we bought in Hawaii for about $7 a bottle and the bottle was the size of a hot sauce bottle.  I made mine for pennies and it was not processed or prepackaged!

Caydenisms

Cayden says the funniest things and I have to write them down or else I will forget them.
Today in the car he said 2 funny things one right after another.


Cayden:  Mom, I'm not going to college.

Mom:  Ok Cayden.  What are you going to do then?

Cayden:  Can I just get a job here in Logandale?

Mom:  Yes you can but if you don't go to college you can only get a job at McDonald's or the gas sstation.

Cayden:  I can get a job at the school.

Mom:  Well you  have to go to college to be a teacher.

Cayden:  Nuh -uh.  I can do it.  I have been practicing upstairs.  I just ask the kids what is 10 +10 and ask them what the little "a" says.  Then we can go outside for recess and if they are good we can just watch a movie.
 Mom:  Oh well that's a good plan but you still have to go to college to be a teacher.

Cayden:  I will just practice upstairs.


#2

Cayden:  mom, I don't want to run in PE tomorrow so you can just write a note that says Cayden can't run in PE because his 2 legs hurt.
Mom:  Well I don't think we will do that.
Cayden: Well you could wrap my leg and then you could write a note that said Cayden can't run because his leg is broken.
Mom:  Well that would not be the truth would it?
Cayden:  No but I don't want to run in PE so maybe we can get a cast for my leg.

"The Flu"

Well here is the reason why I  had the flu for 2 and a half weeks.  This is the 2nd Ultrasound pic that we had done on March 21 but I found out I was pregnant on February 12.  We went to St. George on that Saturday to go to Texas Roadhouse and get Cayden a much needed haircut.  I got a test when I ran into Target, took it and hid it in my purse hoping that it would not say what I was afraid it was going to say.  I told Don later that night after we got home. I took a second test Sunday morning to confirm the test from the night before.  It was quite the shocker but did explain "the flu" and the extreme exhaustion.

Happy Anniversary

Don and I celebrated our anniversary on March 19.  Don wanted to go somewhere exotic-like Texas-but I was afraid that I would be no fun and too sick.  We thought about California but in the end just opted for sleazy old Vegas.  We did stay in the Hilton Grand Vacation hotel which is not connected to a casino and is new and smoke free so that was good.  We had nice room overlooking the pool but it was a pretty chilly weekend so there were not too many people swimming.  We left on Friday afternoon and went to the airport first to pick up Don's bag that the airlines had lost from his trip the day before.  After that we went to PF Chang's for lunch.  We had yummy egg drop soup which I normally don't like because it is too eggy but this time it was quite tasty.  We also had Crab Wontons, Mongolian Beef, Kung Pao Shrimp-Don's, not mine- and their little dessert cups of cheesecake and tiramisu.  I had not eaten that much in  weeks and weeks.  We checked into out hotel and lounged around for bit then headed out to the strip.  Oh what a filthy smutty place that strip is.  We found a lovely French restaurant called the Sugar Factory where I ate crepes and Don at a Monte Cristo then the big partiers we are we headed back to our hotel.  Saturday morning we stayed in bed until 1pm and slept then we got up and went to Town Square for lunch and a movie.  We talked about going to Barry or Donny and Marie and I even tried to get Bon Jovi tickets but couldn't.  We opted for Limitless and then a late late dinner at Ruth's Chris.  We ate ourselves literally into a coma there and it was delightful!  They have the best Creme Brulee EVER!  Sunday we slept in until about 10 and then checked out and headed for IHOP.  After breakfast we headed home and the boys were at church so we took a short nap.  It was a relaxing and enjoyable weekend.  I love my hunny bunny so much and he takes such good care of me and the soon to be 5 kiddos.  It is nice to get away once in a while!

Zombie Child

Missoula Children's Theater Group came to Caleb's theater class on March 17 to teach the kids about theater and makeup.  Caleb got chosen to be he zombie guinea pig.  He was thrilled.
Caleb has also been on a few field trips recently-one out to Valley of Fire and another to the Titanic exhibit in Las Vegas at the Luxor.  There was a write up in the local paper about the Valley of Fire trip.  He went to a birthday party in Mesquite to the roller rink and to the movies with his friends during spring break.  He also went on a winter camp out with his scout troop to Cedar City.  They camped in tents and then went tubing the next day.  He said that this time he did not get too cold.  The previous camp out was in November here and they all about froze their booties off.  At that camp out they were so cold alot of them did not sleep but this time we packed him up with 2 sleeping bags and snow pants and thermals and he said he was toasty warm.  Caleb has also been working in the  lunch room at school. He wanted to because of the free ice cream on Fridays and the free lunch the rest of the time.

Reading Week

This is our attempt at dressing Cayden up as Woody for dress up at school.  He of course informed me the night before who he wanted to be.  They had lots of activities during the week that Cayden really liked.  They had a "mystery reader" who would read over the intercom to them and they played the Pink Panther theme song.  They got to make a music video about reading outside on the playground and a few times during the day they would "Drop Everything and Read".  He read to me over the phone and read with a flashlight during that week as well.