Kyler and the Cake

Okay, so I just have a quick story to share! A few days ago I was on the computer checking my email and paying bills when Kyler walked into the room holding a plastic-wrapped plate of cake (which had been on the kitchen counter) in a bear hug. I promptly took it away and counted my many blessings that Kyle was the one who had wrapped it because he usually does a much more thorough job than I do.
Later that day, I had taken some pictures of Kyler and was looking through them on my camera when I came across lots of pictures that Layla had obviously taken (they were of random objects around the house and most of them were blurry). As I was deleting the many pictures she had snapped, (and once again counting my blessings, this time for digital cameras that I can delete unwanted pictures off of) I came across this one:

I paused on it, thinking what a cute picture it was of Kyler, even though I hadn't combed his hair for the day, I thought maybe I could crop it enough in Photoshop that you wouldn't be able to tell just how messy his hair is. Then, I went to the next picture:

 

And the next one:

  

(Please try to ignore the mess of things on the counter)

  There's really not much more that can be said at this point.

 Basically

 Kyler

 was caught in the act and there's solid proof that he did the deed himself and, other than not stopping him or telling me what he was doing, his sister had nothing to do with him getting the cake off the counter.

And what had been a forgotten memory from that morning now had a lot more humor to it. 

(At least for me it did...)

So, back to the pictures that were meant for this blog, this is my favorite one of the pictures that I took:

 This picture shows Kyler as he is now. My baby boy that is growing up way too fast. The baby boy that has drool dripping down his chin 90% of the time. The baby boy that doesn't let anything slow him down. The baby boy that doesn't let anything make him unhappy, at least not for too long (unless it's his momma taking away the cake that he's carrying around in a bear hug in hopes that he'll get a piece, then he gets pretty upset). The baby boy that probably isn't really a baby boy anymore since he's almost old enough to officially be in Nursery. (Just a side note for those who don't know I was recently called as Nursery Leader in our ward, so even though he's only barely 17 months old, Kyler gets to go to nursery every week.)

This is and will always be my baby boy!

Kyler and Layla's New Game!

It's been a while. I've been wanting to put up some pictures from the Shuttle Launch last week and I've just been way too busy! Now I have time and the pictures are on Kyle's camera, so maybe I'll have time to get them up tonight after the kids go to bed. (But, no promises!)

For now, let me tell you about Layla and Kyler's new game.
The other day, I was paying bills and had left them to play together with hopes that they wouldn't bite and hit each other too terribly much! (Kyler's in this phase where he bites every time he doesn't get his way and he thinks that hitting is funny) After about 20 minutes, I heard them running around the house giggling like crazy, so I went to investigate

 

and this is what I found!

Layla would crawl as fast as she could and Kyler would run behind giggling

and then he'd just dive and tackle!

It's amazing neither of them got hurt on our tile floors!

Now, when they are bugging me when I need to get something done, all I have to say is, "Kyler, get Layla! Hurry! Get Layla!" and Layla crawls away as fast as she can as Kyler chases her down!

My Baby Girl's Not My Baby Girl Anymore!

So, we went to Busch Gardens on Saturday. The kids loved it!
Friday night we told Layla that we would be going and what we would be doing. She was very excited about the white tigers and before we even went she named one of them Mista Mista Tiga. When we got there the first thing she wanted to see was Mista Mista Tiga. When we saw them she proclaimed that one of them was the mom, one was the dad, and since she couldn't see the baby, it must be in the mom's tummy.

 

Layla loved being the big sister who could show Kyler where the tigers were.

We went on a train ride around the park and Layla LOVED it!

 

 I'm not sure if she liked seeing all the animals more or just the fact that we were riding in a train. She got really excited about the mom and baby rhinos!

 

The baby was really cute!

Every time we walked past a roller coaster, Layla said she wanted to ride it, but, she was definitely to small for them. Kyle tried to take her on the bumper cars (which she was really excited about) but she ended up being half an inch too short! Luckily the carousel wasn't far from there so we took the kids on that.

Layla, of course, loved it!

 

Kyler wasn't quite as sure about it, but he did seem to enjoy it once it got going.

 

Kyler's favorite part was a little play area near some tables where we took a little break for a snack. He loved climbing on the hippo sculptures.

 

He especially loved chasing around the birds that were scavenging for food!

  

Layla watched a boy climb inside this hippo's mouth and a few minutes later she went back to it and looked in and got really worried when he wasn't there anymore. She yelled into it "Hey guy! Hey! Where did you go!" Then she looked around with a very worried look on her face, went around to the backside of the the hippo and started looking for something under it's tail. I assured her the boy was okay and had left with his mom.

Now, for an explanation of the title of this post.....After several hours, we found a ride that Layla was big enough to go on. Not only was she big enough to go on it, she was big enough to go on it 

ALL BY HERSELF!

SHE LOVED IT! 

She grinned the biggest grin I have ever seen through the whole ride!

She was so proud that she got to go on it ALL BY HERSELF!

I'm starting to dread her first day of school. I got choked up just watching her on this ride!

 

This is my favorite picture from our day at Busch Gardens!

She absolutely loved that ride!

 

A fun day was had by all!