Our big news!

Here are the pictures that are on the passports the boys just got, these will be required for our move to Singapore.

Here is Ashton, we had a hard time trying to get a decent smile he kept bitting his lip or making funny faces.

Here is Hayden with all of his teeth missing. We had also been trying to get haircuts for so long that we just shaved them both not knowing they would have these pictures taken soon after. I am OK with the shaved hair now but try not to do it before any kind of pictures because I am not a big fan of the shaved look. So there you go, for the next 5 years they are stuck with these pictures. The baby will have his picture taken of him about at about a week old, this also will last him for the next 5 years, which is funny to me.


So the big news around here is a move for us this summer. We will be packing up some of our stuff and trying to sell off the rest so we can move to Singapore, yes I said Singapore. My mind is definately in overload mode right now. What to take, we can't take anything that plugs in, lamps, vacumm cleaner, my brand new Kitchen aid and our brand new TV (I was honestly not excited to drop that kind of cash on a tv in the first place, now I'm really bummed, oh well). We will also be needing to replace all these items once we get there so we want to try to sell things for decent prices not your $1 garage sale prices. We also want to show the house furnished so we don't want to get rid of a lot of things till the house is sold. That's just "stuff" things to worry about. We will be traveling with a new baby, I want to wait till the baby is at least 3-4 weeks old. Since I am due June 10th and hope to be induced a week early that would put us no earlier than the end of June. Tyson will physically start work in Singapore August 1st but is already taking on responsibilities there, so he is kind of doing multiple jobs right now (day and night since we are 14 hours ahead of Singapore). Tyson and I will fly out at the end of March for 2 weeks to scope things out and try to get the boys in the American school there (Tyson actually started the process in February just in case and we are still crossing our fingers that the boys will get in the August). We will also try to figure out housing, transportation (we will sell our cars here and probably lease 1 there), and just let me see what exactly we are getting into. This will be quite a change from the small town we live in now. I love almost everything here including our house with a yard. There we will probably live in a high rise apartment with pools and other facilities. It is warm year round so no winters with snow, which I think I will actually miss. Right now the biggest stress for me is the fact that there a bazzillion things I need to do and plan for that are dependent on things I have no control of (when the house sells and when the baby actually comes). This is becoming a very long post so for now I will leave it at this. Now if you talk to me and I seem spacy or out of it you know my mind is racing so I have a little better excuse than I normally do.

The creatures in our house.

Tyson brought back some toy eggs from his last trip. You place the eggs in water and they eventually hatch but it takes 12 to 24 hours to just crack. It took a while and the boys kept checking them none stop. They ended up being a turlte and aligator.

We had the eggs on the window seal in the kitchen. The boys are very independent and climb up on anything and everything they need to get what they want. It used to be the top of the fridge was the only safe place but Ashton is often found on top of the fridge getting something. We no longer have any safe spots. We also installed latches at the top of ours doors to lock the doors and keep the boys from getting outside. We had Ashton escaping a lot a couple years ago. Now he just moves a chair and unlocks the doors. Hayden has never even tried or probably thought about it. I can't wait for Ashton's teenage years, I'm sure he will keep us on our toes.

Ashton's Birthday

Ashton's birthday party ended up being on a nice day. We were able to spend most of the day outside and since it had been a while since we had nice weather the kids loved it. Note the Ben 10 logo on the toy box, it is what I did for his cake.
Here is Ashton blowing out his candles. I have been pretty lazy lately and honestly seriously considered a Wal-mart cake but they didn't have Ben 10. For those who don't know I have been doing cakes on the side for about a year. The kids tell me what kind of cake they want for their b-day every time I do a cake for anything, even wedding cakes. I did a small cake so he could have a cake but made cupcakes because I didn't want to cut and serve a cake, yes I said I have been really lazy. Below I posted their cakes from last year, which were some of my first cakes I did. The superman cake is what I did for Ashton and Hayden wanted a Halloween b-day for his b-day. His b-day is 3/28 so it was fun to pull out the Halloween decorations and costumes at a random time of the year. Halloween has always been one of his favorite holidays.

Stinky breath

Ashton has this obsession with Hayden's stinky breath. I don't think it is any worse than any other kids, I think it is just Ashton being weird. It probably started from me saying we needed to brush our teeth so we don't have stinky breath. It comes up a couple times a day. Hayden took a bite of Ashton's cookie and Ashton cried a wouldn't eat it because of Hayden's stinky breath. Does he mean germs, I don't know? But it was a cookie so it surprised me he would eat it. Then we got a slurpee the other day and I brought it home to put it in 2 smaller cups (what kid needs 22 oz of pure sugar?). Hayden had drank out of the straw and Ashton was screaming about Hayden's stinky breath and he did want to share. It might be his way of getting out of sharing. But Ashton will also blow on me and ask if he has stinky breath. Please, I don't know and don't care, just don't blow on me, thanks anyway. This is all new and hopefully a phase. In the past it has never been a problem to share a slurpee or a cookie so hopefully he will grow out of it. I would try to post some interesting picture of stinky breath but Tyson has the camera so no pics, lucky you.

Tyson trip to Singapore

So for those of you who don't know Tyson has been in Singapore, along with a few days in Aulstralia for 2 weeks. Here is a picture of him celebrating with locals the Chinese New Year, this year is the year of the rat. I think that is my year but it has been a while since I have been to a chinese resturaunt that has those paper placemats with all the years on it (You know what I'm talking about, right). Anyway, I thought it was funny when Tyson told me they have Mickey Mouse every where, he is a mouse not a rat. But it probably has become just as comercial as our Christmas so what do you expect.
Here is a nice self potrait from his room, I think it was snowing here that day.
They have a cool night safari which is basically a night zoo. Except most animals are nocturnal and the feed them at night and you get to experience it.
Here Tyson has a ice cream dessert I guess the ice cream is floating in some green liquid which also contains dry ice to keep it cold and probably a little just for fun to give it that smoking effect. I need to ask but it looks like he has a Dr. Pepper, which I know they have there, but I think it taste different which he doesn't like. Maybe after all his traveling there he has gotten used to it, then again he may have just gotten deperate.
This is Singapores specialty, Pepper Crab. It is pretty big and hot. When you eat it you need to be aware of what you are touching and be careful and not get to much on your lips. I guess it can burn. But Tyson says it is good and worth it, he gets it everytime he goes. He actually had problems getting into a resturaunt that served it because it was so crowded due to the new year.

What to do?

It rained for a few days while we were in California so what do you do when it is raining outside? Build stuff with blocks, of course. Here is Ashton in his own little fort.
Here are all the boys with a tower they built to the ceiling.

First Skiing Lessons

During Christmas we also went skiing (the boys went skiing and Tyson snowboarding) at Mt. Shasta which is about an hour from my parents house. My mom and I were support and were supposed to document this wonderful event. We had 2 cameras, you would have thought we would have gotten some better pictures. Oh, well this is it, Hayden and Ashton's first skiing lessons. They both did really well and had fun but were tired and cold by the end of the day. We weren't aware they had to have eye protection so I had to buy some there (without the boys because we had already checked them in when i got this information). So of goes the pregnant woman running to there shop to buy sunglasses, trying not to slip and fall on my butt. I just hoped they would fit so I wouldn't have to buy multiple pairs of over priced sunglasses. This is why they still have tags on and I'm trying them on them.

Another Tooth Gone

While at the "moonwalk" place Hayden knocked a loose tooth really good. He is quite dramatic when hurt, so several people probably became nervous about their own injuries that might occur. But all went well Tyson pulled out the bloody tooth. Hayden was so excited that the tooth fairy comes to California too.

Bouncing out excess energy

While in California for Christmas we went to a "moonwalk" facility. It had several different blow up activities. It was the best activity, the boys really needed to run around. It was pretty cheap (I think it was $7 for 2 hours for the kids and adults were free with a paying child) but the hours were very limited. You can rent the place out for parties so thats probably how they make their money. I would highly recomend finding one of these facilities, there is a chain called Pump It Up (http://www.pumpitupparty.com/), the kids loved it.

Ashton loved putting this thing on his head. They also had really big punching gloves and padded poles to hit eachother with. Tyson got in with Ashton and they both had fun. I seriuosly considered investing in some for at home.

Soon to be 3, kids that is.

We have taken the plung and decided to go for one more. We will have three boys running around with energy I have no chance of trying to keep up with. As Ashton has said "We will have 4 boys and 1 mom", and that pretty much somes it up. My hopes of tossing all of the old and worn baby boy clothes and buying all new really cute girly clothes are gone. But I try to think of all of the money we will save. Our house will be fun and busy and I will always have my free nights during campouts and other father and son outings. I love my boys and honestly I don't know how I would handle having to do hair, etc. Right now I just need to get ready for the new baby who is expected to come June 10th. We have plenty of time but I know how time can fly.