I have been updating my Cake Blog regularly with new pictures of cakes, I realized today that I have put our family blog on the back burner...this has made me feel worse because during this long intermission of blogging, Chase turned 3, 4
th if July came and went and we went to our first Wiggles Show at the Toyota Center.
Chase had his 3rd Birthday party at a place called Kid's Town where the theme was a Pirate Treasure Hunt - armed with pirates patches, bandannas and gold coins for the taking, he celebrated his birthday with "
Aaarrrgghhhh" - which has lasted long after the party itself. Often while we are in the grocery store and I am driving him around in a race car
shooping cart, I hear "
Ay Ay Cap-Tin Mommy" ... in the truck driving, I hear "
Ay Ay Cap-Tin Mommy" - he is one cool pirate!! We now have to buy T-shirts with pockets in them specifically so he can put "his money" in the pockets, pockets which have been known to also hold rocks, toys and
binkies too. I cannot believe Chase is three already - where did the time go?
Fourth of July was spent at Honey and
Pop's where the family went fishing all weekend. Armed with his
Spiderman Fishing rod and Dora the Explorer cork/
bobber, he was ready to fish! He caught his first fish and was hooked (yes, I went there) ... after the first couple of fishes, he obviously felt like he was a pro and spent the rest of the weekend in
Pop's Mule, buckling and unbuckling the seat belt - we spent most of the weekend on the mule and four wheelers where Chase was able to ride through the "
rainforest" at
Pop's (that would be the branch in between the front and back properties) ... We have had that property in our family since the late 1800's and that stretch of trees has always been called "the branch", now it will forever be called "the
rainforest" for generations to come!! The night of the 4
th of course had a fireworks show - with our family's tradition of the screaming chickens (fireworks, not the real thing), exploding tanks, and huge, spectacular fireworks finale that Chase did not want to end! This was really his first year that he was able to understand what was going on with the fireworks and really, really had fun watching daddy and Pop light the fireworks. (Side note of the night was that my nephew Kyle burned his hand lighting a firecracker that went off early in his hand - he was okay but it scared all of us with the exception of Chase who asked Kyle if he was okay and then wanted more fireworks...)
Chase's newest (and coolest if you ask me) phrase of the moment is "That's What I'm Talkin' About" - he asks for juice and you give it to him, he gets so excited and says, "Yeah Mom, That's What I Was Talkin' About" - it is hilarious!!
Today's experience at The Wiggles was one for the books - mainly Dante's Inferno - not so bad for me and Chase - who LOVED it and had a blast - but was not so much fun for Curtis...the fact that Curtis went was really surprising to me, but he never raised any objections and was kind of offended that I asked if he was going with us ... Today was race day - nothing usually comes between Curtis and Nascar, but we left for the afternoon with The Wiggles as our goal. We get there - not a beer in sight for Curtis and I could see the sweat beads starting! We get to the suite and there is cookies, popcorn, snacks, etc. and a huge flat screen HDTV with the race on...cue smile on Curtis's face - Curtis goes to turn up the volume and to his amazement someone had stolen the batteries ... okay, not a problem, at least it was on .............then the lights went off for the concert and the TV was turned off as well .... so Curtis was at The Wiggles, with no beer, no Nascar, and thousands of screaming and dancing kids (Chase being one of them) ... Curtis did perk up when he realized just how much fun Chase was having! At one point he was laughing so hard because The Wiggles had invited everyone to stand up and "Do the Twist" - so I complied and was dancing and singing with Chase, or so I thought - I am dancing around doing the twist and look down to where Chase was supposed to be and look over my shoulder to find Curtis holding Chase - who is laughing with daddy at how silly mommy is... Both of them got a kickout of mommy dancing with Chase who was not there!! Plus, we got the tickets and parking pass from my cousin Carrie (who is the Suite manager and Sous Chef for the Toyota Center) so we got to experience in style. Curtis probably would have had a coronary if we were in the arena and having to pay $7 for a small Sprite and $9 for a cookie .... He discovered the joys of fatherhood today and is preparing himself for many more of these days to come. I can't wait!!
Where Did the Time Go? Apparently it is flying by with the coolest 3 year old on the planet!!
Posting for all of those fashionistas out there, and moms of little princesses - check out this new website launched by a friend - go to http://www.babywearsprada.com/ to register and try and win a Juicy Couture Diaper Bag ... Good Luck and send some good luck vibes my way - I hope I win this awesome bag! I can actually have a nice bag and maybe some insentive for another one soon!!!
