Cedar Point

We went to Cedar Point this month for Halloweekends. For those of you who don't know Cedar Point is home of the largest and fastest roller coaster in the world!!! Jordan was such a great sport last year and went on it. He is terrified of heights so it really was an accomplishment for him, I was so proud of my baby!!= ) I ahev to be honest, I eally don't get scared on rides and when we started going up on the Dragster I honestly got scared, I was half inclined to close my eyes, but I toughed it out. Here are some pictures from last year, the Dragster is to the left of us.





This year I went again with the all of Michigan's biggest wimps, but it's alright, the lines are so long and we were going with the kids I wasn't really expecting much. However, to my surprise. I asked Jordan if he would be willing to go on the Dragster again with me and the loving husband that he is would have gone if it meant that much, but the line was to long and not worth it. My highlight of the trip was going on the rigidy old looking roller coaster (similar to the white one at Lagoon) with Kassie, I was actually feeling really bad at first, the the screaming she was doing I thought she was going to cry. She made it through it and said she had fun on it, slowly I am going to wear her down, next year will be the Dragster for her!

The kids had fun getting out and the boys did really well with only napping in the car. It's about a 2 hr-2 1/2 hr drive there and back and we stopped by the one and only FRIENDLY'S , my ultimate ice cream shop, for dinner and ice cream before heading home, so we didn't get home until about 10 or 11. My little adventurer's did awesome for such a long day! Here are some photo's and video's of our fun day!

















This ride spun a lot more than expected. We thought they were like the tea cups that only spin a lot when you make it spin. On this ride that was not the case. I had to wrap my arms around it so tight so the boys wouldn't freak out. I wish I had a camera so I could have captured the look on Ayden's face whent he ride started. It looked like he was on one of those fast rides that go so fast the gravity holds you against the wall. His face looked like it was smooshed, like if you pull your cheeks towards the back of your head, I can't explain it, I just couldn't stop laughing. I had to hold his hand the entire time while trying to hold the ride still so he wouldn't cry.









These last pictures are what Jordan was taking while waiting for Kassie and me to come back from our one roller coaster ride. He said he had a visit from Dr. Jekle and Mr. Hyde.

Home made Pizza

Ok so I know this sounds pretty lame, but I made my first home made pizza!!! I was so proud of it!! We are trying to figure out ways to cut costs, especially in the food area. I feel like I am always scrambling to find something the boys like so I always feel like I need to have options, hence, spending to much money on food! I know, I am probably making things harder than they need to be. So we love pizza and since we are trying not to "order out" I decided to make it. It was fun and it was pretty tasty! I wasn't sure how much it would rise so it was a little thicker than I wanted in the end, but still good. That just means next time it will be even better!

After it was all cooked!

The recipe I got for the pizza dough was from a recipe book that came with my Kitchen Aide
Here it is:

Ingredients
1 package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (105 deg F- 115 deg F)
1/2 TSP Salt
2 TSPS olive oil
21/2 - 31/2 cups Flour (I used 3)
1 TBSP cornmeal

Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed mixer bowl (I didn't do anything special to my bowl). Add salt, olive oil and 21/2 cups flour. Attach bowl and dough hook to mixer (Kitchen aide) If you have a dough hook on a blender I am sure that works as well. Turn to speed 2 and mix about 1 min.

Continue on speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, and mix until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl, about 2 min. Knead on speed 2 about 2 min. longer.

Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover.( I just poured some olive oil on it and rubbed it into all of the outside of the dough and left it in the same bowl) Let rise in warm place free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk. Punch dough down.

Brush 14-inch pizza pan with oil. Sprinkle with cornmeal. Press dough across bottom of pan, forming a collar around edge to hold toppings. Add toppings as desired. Bake at 450 for 15-20 minutes.

Updates over the last few months

These past couple of months seem to just be flying by. The boys seem to be be catching on to something new every day even if it is just something as little as imitating my girly scream (that just happened today and it was pretty funny to hear Ayden higher his pitch. We are so use to hearing his growly little roar!) The boys have started walking and it is great for a lot of reasons, it has it's cons, but over all I'd say it has been a good transition. It seems as though they got a lot stronger or something with there new walking skills. Now they can open drawers a lot easier and their reaching skills have definitely been to their advantage. So once again, I found it is time to baby proof all over again!

Ayden has continued to do this really cute scrunchy face and Gavin has decided to start it up again as well. They always sniff their noses while doing it. They have a pretty nasty cold right now and I think the scrunchy face started by them trying to sniff their snotty noses and then they just kept doing it even after the snotty noses were gone. Gavin is very good at giving hugs and kisses, he is my little cuddly bear, he loves to lay on Mom and Dad. He is my smiley little boy who is intrigued by everything. He has starting to say Ball by saying "BA" and he has become an active pointer. He loves to point at things and here what I say about them just in time to point to the same thing again or something else. Ayden just started coming up from behind us and wrapping his little arms around us and giving us big hugs and then goes on his busy way, it is so cute. Ayden has become my little wild man since he started walking, he is a BUSY little boy, always on the move with an agenda! He is also a dancing machine. He has started trying to say words like Trixy, kitty cat, and thank you, along with his spitting which means "No". Gavin has learned to just shake his head or push what ever he doesn't want away, I think I prefer that much more.

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Here is a video clip of the boys as they started trying to walk, the last clip is the most recent. For the most part they are walking pretty regularly, still a little wobbly and if they fall because they are in a hurry to get some where, they finish it off by crawling.

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We have been trying to get out and do more. We just signed the boys up for a swimming class with us, so that is what we will be doing for our Family Nights for the next 6 weeks. We went to the Cider Mill, something I have been wanting to do since last year. It was a lot of fun to go out and do something different. We go a gallon of the yummy cider and some really great donuts. The boys seemed to really like the donuts and cider as well. We also got a batch of these huge apples they had which were so good as well, we went in between conference so when we got back I made some apple crisp with the apples so we could enjoy it after conference was over. The other night we also went to a "Haunted Barn" the boys have officially been through their first Haunted house, don't worry we aren't that mean it was really short and kid friendly it was just some stand still things and flashing lights. They boys were fine, at the end they had these 3 monsters that were hard to see in the dark and they made a little roar sound and my little sensitive Ayden started to cry, but it was the end so he was fine. I wish I had my camera, but I forgot it.

The boys finishing off their donuts

The boys have been loving playing outside, and is is so much easier for me now that their walking. I recently got a wagon for the boys (at one of the Mom to Mom sales here) for a pretty good deal and I was really excited about it. It has a place to set their drinks and a compartment under the seat to put little things (like a lunch) or something. It has been a fun way to walk the boys to and from the park that is near our house. Another GREAT deal I got was a little play house for FREE!! So it's not in the best of shape, but it's good enough for me especially because it's free, the boys don't care. I was driving home and saw it on the curb so I stopped by and the man was in the process of moving and trying to get rid of some things and said I could have it. It has been a fun little thing for the boys. The other day they were playing peek-a-boo, Gavin would dunk down behind the window inside the house and Ayden (on the other side) would watch him peek up and crack up laughing, it was really cute and fun to watch them play.


















Here are some pictures of the boys in their wagon caught in action. The first picture of the boys is a perfect example of some little differences about them. Ayden likes to drink from a straw and Gavin likes to tilt his drink, so we had the take the straw out. The other picture is them making the Indian sound with their hand against their mouth. I was driving in the car one day and I hear Gavin making this sound I look back and they were both doing it, I have no idea where they learned it, it's very cute, they do it quite often now.





Our boys love their bath time. They hear the water turn on and they go running! They come into the bath room and we strip them down. It is the only time they are helpful by lifting up their legs one at a time so we can take their shoes, socks and pants off. At times they are leaning over so far their feet aren't touching the floor, we have to pull them back down. They both have fallen in a few times from it being slippery, no injuries though. While we are filling the tub and getting them ready to get in they are leaning over the edge so excited to get in, Gavin sits there the entire time lifting his leg up trying to haul himself into the tub while Ayden is trying to splash the water and play with the water coming out of the faucet, it is to cute to watch.

This is what happens when you let Dad fill up the tub, every time they tried to move their face got dunked it was so full!

The boys now have about 8 teeth, and it seemed at first that they liked brushing their teeth, and I think they still do because every once in a while it's not a fight, but it's the teething that kills it, so once ALL of their teeth are in hopefully it will be at least a little better.

Here are some more fun pictures of the last few months:

Ayden got into my blush I looked down and saw this cute face...

My favorite thing about this picture is their outfits, I wish they could be better seen, they looked so cute.