5 Reasons

Here are just 5 reasons it's not fun to play hide and seek in my house:

5. Kasen slams doors behind him leading you to where he is hiding

4. Bailey will definitely sniff you out and give your hiding spot away

So, she has to hide with you.

3. Kasen says he will count to 30 and then only counts to 20 so you have

that much less time to find a spot when you think you have 10 extra

seconds

2. You walk into a room and say "hmm...where could Kasen be?" and he giggles

and jumps up and says "Here I am!!"

1. When it's your turn to count, Kasen runs off while telling you where he is

on his way to hide.

I mean REALLY? How fun is that? lol....

My sweet baby...

I received a CD from Jeremy's mom today. It made me cry. It was full of pictures of Kasen when he was a baby. A BABY! I don't even remember those days. My Kasen is going to be 4 in November. He goes to school. He talks back. He tells me he likes my clothes. He isn't a baby anymore. How sad! This was a SERIOUS trip down memory lane. All his baby pictures are on OUR computer which is not working right now, so it's been a while since I have seen him as a baby. How can it be? I don't get it! Where did all the time go? It seems like I was just calling my father in law the childrens dentist to tell him about Kasen's first tooth. It seems like he just started learning his alphabet. I honestly don't get it. What happened? He can't grow up! He is all I have!

It's so bitter sweet. I love the age he is at. He is so smart. He tells me he loves me. He teaches me new things everyday. He tells me silly jokes. But when he was a baby, he cuddled me, he relied on me more, he would fall asleep in my arms. I guess that's why I have pictures like these, to move on making more sweet memories, and continue to hold on to the old sweet memories.

You are my WORLD Kasen Jered Bruce.

(4 weeks)



(3 months)

Cooking Blog

I have started a recipe blog. If you are interested in being a part of it, let me know. I can add you as an author and you can add your recipes along with pictures of the meal for others to eat. We will do the same. Anyone who isn't part of the blog already, interested? If so, comment and leave me your email address and I will send you an email with all the info, and then blogger with send you an invite letter to add you as an author to the blog.

I'm pretty excited. We already have about 10 people on the blog!

Conversation Between Two 3 Year Olds

A little background: Kasen and Brielle were sitting in the family room. I had just cleaned out Kasen's old sippy cups and some bottles and plates and they were sitting in a big tupperware container on the floor in there.

Brielle: Why are all these sippys here?

Kasen: They are for when I have brothers and sisters

Brielle: But you don't have any

Kasen: But I will when my mom gets married again

Brielle: Oh cool


My dad: That's a perfect example of putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5!

lol....all Kasen knows is that you have to be married in order to get pregnant. Cracked me up!

First of the Last

Tuesday was Kasen's first day of his last year of preschool. He was so excited at the idea of going back to school. It was a long summer for him without school. He was always asking when he got to go back. He knew that when he started seeing more school buses on the road, it was only a matter of time before he got to go back too.

When I dropped him off, I had to walk him in to drop off my contract and to drop off tuition. I started to get out of the car and Kasen hurried to say, "It's ok mom, you stay in the car, I can walk myself in" I guess he grew up over the summer because he never had a problem with me walking him in to school every day last year. Sad.

When I picked him up at school he was crying hysterically and could hardly breathe because of it. He was freaking out. Wouldn't eat his lunch that Miss Cassie fixed him. Plain spaghetti and a hawaiian sweet roll. Those are 2 things he would TOTALLY eat any other day. I just assumed he was super tired because he didn't sleep well the night before AT ALL.

I got him home and carried him out of the car, at which point I realized he was REALLY hot. I took his temp and it was 103.6! Yikes. I gave him motrin and put him to bed. He was ready and willing to go to bed. He had a fever with as high as 103 and as low as 101 until yesterday (friday). The Dr said it was just viral and it would go away in a day or two. It did. I was just worried because the temp was so high for the most part. 103 is no good for my sweet boy!

So he ditched school on Thursday and is ready to go back Tuesday again!

Pet Store

While we were at the mall, Kasen wanted to go to the pet store. Cori and I took him in to see the puppies and this is what Kasen had to say....

All the people in the store were laughing and pointing at Kasen. Some might have been annoyed, but most thought he was quite cute and entertaining. I must agree. Especially the cute part. On the second video, he actually got one of the dogs to bark back at him. I missed most of the barking match, but caught a little on camera.

Introducing....

The newest member of the Kasen Bruce family....


My friend Cori and I (who was visiting from Las Vegas) went to the mall in Mission Viejo and walked around last weekend. Kasen came with us and in result of being SUCH a good boy and also getting enough stars on his chore chart that week, he got a surprise. We took him into the Build A Bear store and he got to make a new friend. One of Kasen's other best friends has come from this store (Bobby) and so I was hoping that Kasen could make another best friend. Or maybe a best friend for Bobby? He really thought it was neat. He got to add a heart to the doggy. He got to press the pedal and fluff him, he got to bathe him, brush him and name him.





When it came to the name and birth certificate process, he knew right away what he wanted to name him. Duba. (doo-buh) Don't ask. I don't know. But he LOVES the name. He loves Duba! It all worked out nicely.

Adding Duba's heart.
Fluffing
bathing
brushing
taking Duba home.

He saw a dad walking through the mall with his little boy on his shoulders and immediately wanted Duba out of his box and put him straight on his shoulders. Aww!
So tired on the way home in the car. Hugging Duba tight.
Cori and I. Friends since we were 7.