BBQ Sauce at Freebirds

I love BBQ sauce and am probably a BBQ sauce snob. I like trying all the sauces at the grocery store and any restaurant that serves them. When I use BBQ sauce, I use a lot of it. If you've ever been to Freebirds with me, you know that I completely SOAK my burritos with BBQ sauce. Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree...

A few weeks ago, we went to Freebirds for lunch. Caden decided the only thing he wanted for lunch was the Freebirds BBQ sauce. We gave him a cup of their sauce and he ate the entire thing with a spoon!
Just so you know, we did give and encourage him to eat other food. The BBQ sauce was the only thing he'd touch that day. :)

Right there!!!

Tonight, I watched the kids while Amy helped with a wedding at our church. Like usual, they did tons of funny things. Caroline did one worth sharing.

Caden, Caroline, and I were in the living room when Caroline started saying, "diaper, diaper, diaper." I was busy doing something and had recently changed their diapers so I did not immediately acknowledge her.

A couple seconds later she said, "poo poo...poo poo." And a few seconds after that, Caroline started saying, "diaper, diaper, right there, right there...poo poo, right there, right there." When I finally acknowledged Caroline, she was bringing me a diaper pointing at it saying "right there" over and over. I assumed it was a clean diaper she wanted put on, but it turned out to be her dirty diaper than she took off!

Thankfully, everything stayed in the diaper and Caroline did not point to close to anything. I guess this is more proof that we need to start thinking about potty training.

PS: I wish I had a sound bite of Caroline her saying "right there." It would make the story so much better. She says it all the time. It kinda sounds like "right dare".

Baby Locks? What Baby Locks?

This picture is from a couple months ago but I thought it was funny. We have a child safety lock on the cabinet that contains our dvd player, DVR, etc. As you can see, it doesn't do much good. Both kids take it off like it is nothing and plays inside.
The funny part is what Caroline does when they are done playing inside. She closes the door, puts the lock back on, and says, "Daddy." She knows that I am diligent about keeping the lock on the door.

Potty Time for Caroline

Caroline went pee pee on the potty today! Yay! Our sweet girl woke up this morning saying "diaper off, diaper off". She wanted to take her diaper off and go potty. I begrudgingly agreed to her request. I was hesistant because in the past, she asked to take her diaper off so she could sit on the potty and read books for hours on end. Not this time! Caroline quickly took care of her business and hopped up so we could flush.

For the past several days, she has started to inform me when she is going potty and requests a diaper change. She even climbs up on the diaper changing table to let me know she's serious. Hmmmm.....I need to start reading some potty training books! I think our little girl is getting ready!

Grammie's Retirement Party

We celebrated my mom's (aka Grammie to the twins) retirement last week! Her co-workers were so sweet to throw her a retirement bash. My brother and his family were in from Seattle to join in the festivities. Here are a few pictures from the event.

Caden & Caroline are excited that Grammie will be retiring. We've already started to book up her summer with Toddler Swim Lessons and trips to JW Tumbles!

Yummy cake and decorations......

Caroline getting tickled by Poppa. She currently LOVES to be tickled!

Cal doing his best to hide from the camera. Picture taking is not Cal's favorite thing.
Me & Amy

Caden admiring Grammie's retirement corsage.
Mom getting a plaque from her boss.
Grammie knows her grandkids well. She brought a bag full of goodies to entertain the troops while she mingled with guests.
Caden and Daddy
Caden playing with the train Grammie brought to the event. He said "choo choo" at least 500 times! ;)

Chuck E Cheese

The Case Family made our first trip to Chuck E Cheese last week. Jason had work events several night last week, so, we decided to meet up near his office so we could spend time together as a family before he had to head off to a work dinner.

As expected, the kids absolutely loved it. Caden and Caroline enjoyed "riding" in the cars and various other vehicles they have. I put coins in a few of the rides and quickly learned that neither child enjoyed the movement of the cars. Both would prefer to just sit in a stationary vehicle. Both kids said "all done" as soon as I put the coin in. I am sure that will change one day soon, but, for now, they are content just sitting. Here are a few pictures of C & C in their cars.....



The biggest highlight of the evening was the slide and playscape. Our kids LOVE to climb....I mean LOVE it. Clearly, they got their climbing tendencies from their father, and not me! Here are a few pictures of Caroline at the top of the playscape. Caden was up there too, but he never came to the windows for a good picture. They enjoyed climbing around and going down the big swirly slide!



Just based on the fact that they have Air Conditioning, we'll probably be back! Next time, we'll skip the food and just go for the games, rides and slides!

A Couple Kid Stories from Church

I have a couple quick kid stories from church today.

Before heading into church, I leaned over to Caroline and said give me a kiss. Caroline loves kissing so she puckered up and leaned in. When she was about an inch away from planting one on my lips, Caroline sneezed in my face! I was covered in Caroline spray. Caroline thought it was hilarious and cracked up. She then tried to fake sneeze on me several more times. Thanks sweet heart!

After church, Amy and I went to pick the kids up from their class. When I walked up to the door, Caden saw me and squealed, "Daddy" and soon after squealed, "Mommy!". Then, Caden took the most direct route to the door he could think of. It entailed climbing on top of a chair and then on top of and over a table. We always need to keep an eye on Caden (and Caroline for that matter). It is amazing how fast they do stuff like that. They are very fast and adventurous climbers.