Mackay Madness: July 2010

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Chance's 7th Birthday Party!!!

It only took SEVEN whole years to talk Chance into having a "friends" birthday party! And I don't think he was dissappointed. What a great day it was!!!

The party store made us these fabulous spider balloons. To go along with our "creepy, crawly, slimy" theme.

All the tables were adorned in rubber snakes, spiders, lizards, turtles and rocks!

The lamps were draped with snakes...

Just look how darling these balloons turned out....super spiderish!!

I couldn't throw a party without my SUPER DOOPER PARTY TROOPERS!

Hannah started out by playing games with the kids as they were arriving.

Brandon was in charge of serving pizza and keeping things tidy...one of his best talents.

We served poisonous venom to drink...

Cup o' dirts for a treat....

And I think it was very delicious...Olivia is proof. Look at that happy face!

The kids did a birthday train and sang cha,cha,cha....as they ran around the clubhouse.

For party favors, Chance gave each child their own rubber snake and package of edible earth worms.

The party was just getting started when.....SHANE, FROM SCALES AND TALES showed up to entertain the kiddos with his amazing show!!!

He started out with a baby alligator.

Then, a scorpion.

Then, he PUT THE SCORPION IN HIS MOUTH!!! The kids all freaked.

We also saw a bearded dragon.

This huge tortoise was cute in a weird way. Shane let Easton ride on it. You can imagine how happy that made crazy "E".

This red snake was so pretty. Shane had Chance dress up in his clothes and handle it with a snake holder.

Then, at the very end, he had a bunch of kids line up in a row and stick out their hands....and OH MY GOSH.....

HE BROUGHT OUT THE BIGGEST SNAKE I'VE EVER SEEN!!! THE KIDS WENT CRAZY!!!

Chance wasn't too sure about it wrapping around him!

As Shane was wrapping up, the red snake got lost in the couch. He had to cut a little hole in the bottom in order to get it to come out.

When it was almost time to end the party, we had all the kiddos line up for a "cotton candy" treat. Again, we put Brandon in charge of that!!! What a great dad he is:)

I think Chance was in heaven! He couldn't stop talking about his party for days. I'm so glad he enjoyed it! Happy Birthday my Chancie boy...I absolutely loved planning this party for you. Even though you are really shy sometimes, I know when you are truly happy inside...and I know that this day made you shine!!! I love you Buddy, Love...Mom

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Say whattttt??????

This weekend, we went camping at "Last Chance" for the 4th of July. Easton is usually such an easy going kid, he doesn't cry or whine, he just stays extremely busy and happy and entertains everyone. Well, this trip, he was so cranky.
He cried all night in the tent, I thought he may be sick or cold or whatever. He whined all day walking around camp, and the worst part of it all was that he stunk. I thought it was because we were just camping and he needed a bath. But the night we got home, I bathed him and buttered him all up with baby lotion. When I was tucking him in, I could still smell this horrid smell.
Finally, Tuesday morning, I decided to call the doctor and get an appointment because I thought maybe he had a sinus infection or something.
So off we go to the doctor. When the doc came in the room to examine "E", he looked up his nose with the light and said "I think somethings up there." So he pulled out his big huge scizzors with the pinchers on the end and stuck them up Eastons nose. And wouldn't you know it...he pulled out a big rotten bandaid!! Yep, a bandaid. All shoved up in his nasal passage for 5 days. No wonder he was such a stinker all weekend!
When I asked why he stuck it up there and how come he didn't just pull it out, he said..."cause my finger wouldn't reach it anymore." Makes sense I guess. Gross.

Here's a picture of the mashed up bandaid....yummy!

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!