Lagoon Bound

I know its been awhile...but I decided to post about our recent trip to Lagoon.

We had been planning for quite some time to meet my sister Paige and her husband at Lagoon. It was finally the right weekend, so I bought 4 discount adult tickets from work. Originally $42.95+ tax and I got them for $35. About an hour after I bought them, Paig

e was watching a commercial (she gets Utah news) and there was a Ch 2 Appreciation week,

where it was Buy One Get One Free at Lagoon the 15th-20th! WHAT?!? I just bought ours for $70! I was bound a determined to get them sold, so we could participate in the discount.

I had a lot of calls. Just no success.

Oh well, we had already planned the amount paid into our budget, so I was trying to get over the idea that we paid more than we could have.

We woke up bright and early and headed out at about 7:1

5am. The trip was great. I ended up driving the whole way there so that Garrett could get a few more Zzz's since he'd been working doubles the past week. He had also

told his cousin we'd stop

by in Ogden for some breakfast. We arrived there, ate and ran, and then went to Lagoon.

When we got to Lagoon, it was SOOO BUSY! Holy Crap! I went to go get Kaden his ticket, where as it was cheaper than the $35, and low and behold, only the ppl that were requesting the BOGO tickets were receiving them. So Garrett decided to try and sell our tickets to someone. If they didn't know about the BOGO at least they were gonna get a few bucks off, right? AND IT

WORKED! The first people he offered them too, took them! That saved us like $28!!!!

We had so much fun there! We started off at Lagoon A Beach, where it was so busy, we knew it'd be at full capacity later if we waited.

And the best thing!! Kaden is now tall enough to ride most the kiddie rides by himself. Its funny watching a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds stand in line...they have no idea what they're doing! LOL

Kaden loved the swings, and his face was just priceless!!!

Both of us on the Carousel. You definetly have to wash your hands when your done. Yuck.

Riding the Carousel for probably the 3rd time! He loved it.

This cracked me up! There were no pedals to push, but the kids weren't grasping the idea that once you turned your wheel to get it moving, you had to straighten it out...Kaden basically just went in complete circles the entire time!

Gonna Run away...

So yesterday Kaden came up to me and asked me for a Fruit by the Foot. I had simply told him that he could have one AFTER he ate his dinner.

Then he did the unthinkable. He told me he was going to run away.

WHAT?! He's 3!!!! I didn't know 3 years olds thought that way!

I then asked where he was going to go, as I was laughing, and he told me granpas house because grandpa doesn't tell him No.

I then had to proceed at telling him that I didn't say he couldn't have one but, that he could have one AFTER he ate dinner.

I'm in for it big time with this guy, thats for sure.

Its the Best Day EVERRRRR!!!

So last week I secretly went to a job interview at EIRMC for an OB PRN Surg Tech position, which would be perfect because it is not full time, and I would be able to pick my shifts of call when I wanted too, depending on Garrett's schedule, and when he is home. The interview went well, as far as I thought, except that the Manager interviewing and I had different times wrote down, which made me nervous afterward. (I ended up coming 15 min late according to her), but 15 min early according to me.

She asked if I was Certifed. I was, up until the day before. UGH!. She said it was ok, because as long as I recertified within a year of hire. WHEW.

Then they asked me questions like, what was your most overwhelming moment, when have you had a difficult patient, what do you think your strong points are as a Tech, etc. Wowzers, these were tough ones.

She said it would be a couple of weeks before I heard back regardless because she was going to be out of town, and had several other interviews.
Oh Great.
I was the first of several.
They're gonna forget all about me.
UGH AGAIN.

I guess that my experience was a plus factor because today, after only a 3 days of waiting, they offered me the position!!! YAYA..... I have had such an excited/nervous/anxious feeling since I got off the phone with the lovely Joanna in HR.... this is amazing!!!

...now to come up with $500 to retake the certification exam. BLAH....

While I was out...

So not much has happened in a few weeks. And when I say not much, I mean not much.

I quit working at Gymboree, it just wasn't working out with our schedules, and to be quite honest, I hated it. I wasn't getting paid enough, or getting enough hours to deal with the drama. Some people may love the drama, I, however HATED it.

I am now just babysitting for a lady a few times a week, its nice because I can bring Kaden along if Garrett is at work. She has a 5 year old and a 1 year old. Its a pretty easy job, and it makes me feel like I am contributing to the household.

I have decided to start school again. Ugh I know. I have applied to a couple different places, still waiting on acceptance letters. I won't be moving anywhere for school, it'll just be around here. But I need something more, and I guess we'll find out if this is the more.

Here comes Peter Cottontail....

...hopping down the Bunny Trail...at 12:30 AM!!! Good Grief, I couldn't get Kaden to go to sleep so that we could set up for Easter. It was a long day, which then made for a long night. But when he woke up, he found eggs hidden all over the house!

It was such a fun morning...last year on Easter we were driving to Towson, Maryland. We stopped in Omaha and took Kaden to the zoo. He didn't get to egg hunt, and didn't even have a basket, so I was excited for this year!

He thought that the Easter Bunny was so funny for putting the eggs in mommy's decorations. I got a crack out of that!

And this was his Easter outfit....He is my little stuf man. I was so excited to get him dressed up that I couldn't decide whether to do it Saturday or Sunday. We stuck with Sunday. Hope everyone else had a great Holiday...I know Kaden and I did.

Happy Easter Party!!!

So It has been a few days since I have been on here...sometimes its really hard, especially when the days are super busy. Yesterday we had planned to go to the outdoor hunt, but thanks to the blizzard in Idaho, we got to spend it at my moms with an indoor hunt, and a bunch of fun games. All the little kids were there, so it was fun to watch. Except, that my child didn't want to participat in ANYTHING! He literally wasn't interested in having everyone watch him pin the egg in the basket, take a wack at the pinata, or go fishing for plastic ducks.

My Step Brother Kyle's little boy, Robby. He is a couple months older than Kaden. He is a shy little guy, but due to the events of the day, he came out and played!

My neice Saren was really taking a wack at the Pinata, she was doing good. I wondered if she was peeking!! :)


Little Leah had a lot of fun too, I think she was getting frustrated because she wasn't hitting it as much as Saren did. But I think they had loads of fun!

Pinning the Egg in the basket....

Robby was soo funny...he would lift his chin up so he could see under the blindfold! LOL

...and my little poor sport Kaden....I don't know for sure what was going on with his here...we were thinking maybe he was intimidated by having all the cousins here at once, or that maybe he was getting jealous because he wasn't the only one getting attention. He had to share the attention with everyone.

But after everyone left the room, he did manage to get the net and get some little ducks out by himself...I guess he just wanted to do it all by himself without anyone watching.

Wah Wah Wah

So Kaden had been a good boy today while I was cleaning my house...he stayed out of the way and played really well with his legos. So I gave him a dollar. He wanted to go buy a push pop. Ya know, the sucker candy that you can push out of the plastic container? I was alright with this since I wanted to rent a movie at redbox, so we took a little walk down the street to Walgreens.

We found the push pops, and right above it was a giant Lollipop. I am talking the round, multi colored, as big as your head lollipops. And to top it off, it was exactly a $1. So I thought sure... I double checked with him to make sure it was what he really wanted, and in the back of my mind I contemplated buying the push pop as well just in case he changes his mind.

As we were crossing the street in a bit of a hurry, the lollipop started to wiggle in his hand. It was then that he decided it was too big, and now he wanted the smaller push pop. I knew it.

There was a part of me that wanted so badly to turn around and get him that push pop because he had been good all day, but then the other part was telling me that I spoil him too much and I need to teach him a lesson. So I decided to teach him a lesson. He learned a lesson about being greedy...he chose the big lollipop because it was bigger. But bigger isn't always better. He has been crying now for thirty minutes, begging to get a push pop. He has thrown his lollipop in the garbage, gotten it back out(I know it sounds gross, but my garbage was basically empty), licked it a few times, threw it on the ground, broke it, then eaten it again.

I really did want to make sure he was a happy boy all day because he was so helpful, but when do we, as parents, draw the line? I felt that I was already giving him a treat, and that he was becoming undeserving of this sugary deliciousness. Am I just teaching him that he can get a treat everytime he throws a fit? I hope not, and thats why he got stuck with the lollipop.