Attention All Walmart employees......

......."this is an Adam Alert. There is a missing boy, age 4, in a Diamondbacks uniform. I repeat, this is an Adam Alert. All Walmart employees be on a lookout for a 4 yr old boy, in a Diamondbacks uniform."

If you were shopping in the Maricopa Walmart this afternoon, you might have heard that. And yes...it was my Aidan that was missing. He walked away from the cart as most children do. I figured he was following Ethan around but he never responded to my calls and I could not find him in the aisles we were in. Although at first, I did not think it was a big deal that my child had wandered off, I got a little nervous when 10 minutes had gone by, and I still had not seen him as I was franticlly pacing up and down aisles. And it didn't help when Ethan would nonchalantly state...."he's probably been kidnapped." Finally, I asked a worker if he had seen a little boy and she sent out an Adam alert throughout the Walmart. Some employees blocked the entrances and all other employees stormed through-out the store looking for my son. Another 5 minutes went by (but it felt like 20) and someone finally found him. He was hiding in the clothes section. As the man walked my son to me, I didn't know if I should hug him or beat the living daylight outta him. I decided to embrace him instead. (After all, there would have been too many witnesses to the abuse...didn't feel like having CPS knocking on my door.)
After we got home, I asked him why he left, he just shrugged his shoulders. (What more can you expect from a 4 yr old) He said he didn't hear me calling but he hid because he saw people coming towards him and they were strangers. (I am pretty sure the people he hid from were all the workers trying to find him) Anyway, he is safe. All is well. He never got a beating, but he had a LONG time-out when we got home. As well as a long talk! We'll see if he learned his lesson, but I am guessing he didn't.

Toothless!

Ethan's front teeth have been wiggly for quite some time now. I have been wanting to pull them out every chance I could but Ethan insisted it was not time yet. About a week ago, Ethan announced to me that it was time for one of his front teeth to come out. And he was going to do it on his own. The video shows it all, except for the actual tooth coming out. (I am no videographer!) Enjoy!




Ethan's other front tooth was bound to come out sooner or later. It was barely hanging in there, but as insisted before....it was not ready, according to Ethan. Last night at dinner the tooth was still in tact, by the time FHE rolled around...it was gone. Ethan didn't even know. Greg actually was the one who noticed. He asked Ethan where his tooth went. Ethan says, "its right...huh? Where did it go?" With a puzzled look on his face, he starts searching the rooms. Sorry kid...you swallowed that one. He didn't even realize he consumed his tooth while eating dinner, nor did any of the rest us. I now have a toothless son!

Planes!

My dad made my boys the cutest planes for them. Aidan got his a while ago but Ethan just got his for his birthday. My dad is the greatest! Aidan's looks like his dad's plane (or rather the fly club's plane) and of course Ethans had to be bigger and better, and dad did just that! They are both AWESOME! And the kids love 'em! Thanks a bunch Dad!! (oh, and mom, great paint job on Ethan's pilot. The face is adorable. You are also VERY talented! : ) Greg's fly club plane

Aidan's plane

Ethan's Plane

Birthdays!!!

I finally took some pictures off my camera and ready to blog a little more, and share some stories. First off, back to September (the 18th to be exact) we celebrated Aidan's 4th birthday, as well as, mine and Greg's 10th anniversary. It was a really nice day. We did Aidan's birthday during the day and had a family picnic in the park where he could ride his new bike. Then in the evening, Greg and I went out, and left the kids with the babysitter. We took the motorcycle and headed out. I had no idea where we were going. We pulled up to the Temple and parked. (we got a lot of strange looks from people walking outside, I am sure it is not often they see a couple going to the Temple on a motorcycle)Let me make this clear...we were not in sunday dress. He took me to the visitors center, and reserved a room where we could watch some movies. Afterwards, we planned on going to get some grub. There was a problem though....the motorcyle battery was dying, so we had to jump start the cycle. Picture this....Greg on the motorcycle, me pushing him on it as fast as i can, in the Temple parking lot. Are you laughing yet? I was! It finally started and I hopped on. Greg was going as fast as he could to get to the closest Checkers he knew of. Unfortunately, this Checker happened to be at the top of a hill, and the battery was quickly dying. I am repeating in my mind...."please don't stop on this hill. I don't want to push this thing uphill". He gunned it and the battery died just as we coasted into the Checkers parking lot. Phew! Now what? A new motorcycle battery has to charge first before you can install it. So how does he fix this problem? He quickly calls his friend Clint who also has an R1. Clint came to our rescue and took the battery out of his R1 and installed it in ours. Thank You Clint! (I told you, you'd make the blog!) We grabbed a bite to eat at Matta's and then went for some dessert at Nielsen's Custard. (That is what we did on our first date) Then headed back home. It was a pleasant evening. Happy Birthday Aidan. Happy Anniversary Hubby! : )


Yestersday was Ethan's 7th birthday! Although, I'd say he has had a birthday week. It is his fall break this week and what a week he has had! Monday he spent the day with his grandparents (greg's parents) and then in the evening went over to his Nana and Pop-pop's (my parents) for dinner. My parents decided to give him his birthday present a little early. His face lit up. My dad made him a an airplane (which Ethan was aware of) and it looks great! Ethan hasn't stopped playing with it. Thanks pop-pop!

Then on Tuesday, I took the boys to Chucky E Cheeses and Ethan invited his friend Nicholas to come along. We also invited Aunt Terri, and cousins Thomas and Andrew. Everyone had a playmate. : ) Then on Wednesday (his actual birthday), before Greg and I left for work, we did "under the covers" which is a birthday tradition on Greg's mom side. The birthday boy comes into our bedroom where everyone is in bed waiting for him. We tell him how we forgot to get him presents, and then send him out of the room so we can see if we can find any laying around. Then everyone grabs a random object and puts it 'under the covers'. Ethan was less than enthused and a little confused with the kleenex box, hairbrush and box of diapers. So then we said okay, go back outside and we will look a little harder. So Ethan picks up all of his other presents and walks away. We get the real presents and hide them under the covers. I think it is safe to say that Ethan really enjoyed these gifts much better. The boys spent the day at Nana's house while I had to work. My mom made his day real special by making him pumpkin shaped pancakes for breakfast, then they got to make and decorate Halloween cookies a little later. In the afternoon, she took the boys to a park where there is a train you can ride. Unfortunately, the train wasn't running that day, but they still had tons of fun! Thanks mom for being such a great help! Finally, we made it home for dinner and cake. He definitely had a great, eventful birthday! Happy Birthday Ethan!

Side note: As I was tucking Ethan into bed he whispers to me, "Mom, you better put my diapers on my desk." I giggled and whispered back, "We were just kidding Ethan, those diapers aren't for you. " He looks at me, smiles and says. "Oh! okay!" What a sweetie! I guess he really did like all of his "gifts".


This is a little random, but worth sharing........HOW?

After a few minutes, he finally managed to wiggle free from his shorts. Then he proceeded to figure out how to get his shorts unstuck. : ) It was all very entertaining!

The Taste Test

Here's the dish....you've all seen the commercial for Carl's Jr. advertising their new Big Carl against the the McDonalds Big Mac. I had mentioned that I thought that the new Big Carl looked mighty tasty! To which Greg replied, there is no way that it beats the Big Mac. Which, in turn, resulted in the ultimate test taste. We bought 1 of each to decide what we thought was actually the best.....Here are the Results:

Greg - 100% for the Big Mac. He loves them! Always has. Always will.

Afton - This was a hard decision for me. They are pretty comparable. The Pros for the Big Mac (in my opinion) were the pickles and the shredded lettuce (I love shredded lettuce & pickles are a must) and it comes in a sturdy cardboard box, so that the bun doesn't get squished. The Big Carl had lettuce but it was not shredded and they didn't have pickles. It had either chopped pickles or relish, it was hard to tell because it was mixed with the special sauce. However, the Big Carl was bigger, had a better tasting hamburger (it had more of the off the grill, charbroiled taste) a tasty special sauce and over all appearance just looked better. It left me satisfied and the price seemed like a good deal to me. I rule in favor of the Big Carl.

Ethan - 100% for the Big Carl. He said he chose the Big Carl because the cheese was better, and the bread was better. He didn't care for the special sauce on either hanburger, but he thought that the Big Mac had too much sauce on it, therefore he rules in favor of the Big Carl.

There you have it. 2:1 - the Big Carl is the winner!