For memories' sake

Look at that cute boy! It's hard to remember him that little! This is a post to remember a few funny things that Asher is saying right now:

-He calls M&Ms "eminees"

-He came up to me the other day and asked, "What are you doing, donk?" ??
-He loves the phrase, "We gotta be careful because it's dangerous" He actually says all of those words. I wish I could put how he says it because that's the cutest part.
-He was watching "Aladin" and toward the end he came up to me, hugged me, and said something about a prince. I soon realized that he had just seen the part where the Genie hugged Aladin and said, "You'll always be a prince to me." Asher got all embarrassed and ran off.
-When he's going #2 and it doesn't come out right away he yells, "Come out, poo poo!" Then when it's out and he gets off the toilet, he looks in and says, "Wotsa wotsa poo poo!" (trans: lots and lots of poo poo). Then when we flush it down he says, "Bye bye, poo poo!"
-He says "My" instead of "I". ex: "My hungry" "My wanna watch "Monsters Inc."
-Every night before bed he has to have a battle with me about who's the best.
-When he's in time out he gives himself the talk about stopping screaming and yelling and how it's not nice and that he should be obedient.
-He calls Lena "Weena"
-He pronounces "sandwhich" like "fannich".
-He is getting better at saying "toothbrush", but not too long ago he was pronouncing it "pootrush".

I know there are more but that's good for now. He's becoming quite the character. It's fun!

The Polar Express

When Brandi's (my best friend) grandma came to visit her and her family she bought tickets for all of them to ride the Polar Express. Every year the Heber Creeper turns their train into the Polar Express for the kids. They ended up having an extra ticket so I was able to tag along.

Asher loved the train! And yes, that is me out in the freezing cold without anything covering Carolina. I'm a terrible mother! (Actually we just ran outside for a quick picture with the train.)
This was after we got settled down. Both of my kids were throwing fits when we first boarded the train.

It was really fun though! All the kids wore their jammies. There were little elves dancing and singing up and down the aisles. They would come and talk to the kids and ask them what they wanted for Christmas. We also got hot chocolate and cookies.
This picture is of us and Brandi's brother, Justin, and dad, Dave... my second family. Oh, and an elf!

Then, after we got to the "North Pole", Santa boarded the train and visited each child to give them a bell. Below is Brandi's daughter, Camri, and Asher with Santa.

Asher loved the bells! That was his favorite part. Santa gave him two, one for Lena, but now Asher has two bells. He now insists on sleeping with them in his bed. I guess the upside is that it has helped him get past his need to sleep with his collection of rocks. Kids!

Las Vegas

Last month Josh's mom came to Las Vegas to visit her parents. Whenever she comes we try to get down there to visit. We were able to go at the same time as Heather (Josh's sister) and her family. It was great to see family and to get away for a weekend.

We went to the Ethel M. chocolate factory for a tour. It was a shorter tour than we thought but we got to sample some chocolate. We couldn't believe how expensive the chocolate was. But it was really really good!!

As you can see, Asher enjoyed it too!

We also visited a Bass Pro Shop to see this big aquarium tank. Periodically they have mermaids swim in it, but we didn't get to see them. But we did see this huge stingray. I love how small Asher looks in this picture.

We ate breakfast at a McDonald's that had a fun play area. It said it was for parents too, so Josh and Jason had fun playing with the kids. If you look closely you can see that Josh is pulling Asher across those rolly thingies. I am slowly collecting pictures of Josh and Jason "watching the kids" while really playing themselves. :o)

Four generations. Great Grandma Tucker (& Great Grandpa Tucker), Grandma Terry, Josh, and then Asher & Lena

The whole gang before leaving to come back home.

It was great to be able to see Josh's mom and grandparents. We only see them once or twice a year. And it was their first time meeting Carolina, so that was fun too!