MUDfest 2015 // On being the mom

Give them an inch, they go a mile.

 They first began just squishing their feet in the mud. No big deal, I said. It's just a little mud, I said.

 Next they began squishing their hands in the mud. No big deal, I said. It's just mud, I said.

 Quinn be like "I'm coming guys!"

 Next was this video: smooshing his face in the mud, so he could go wash it off in the hose and do it all over again. No big deal, I said. It's just mud and water, I said.
MVI_1509 from Kimber Cutler on Vimeo.

Let's take a closer look at this dirtiness.

No big deal, I said. They're having so much fun, I said.

Picking your battles. Defining the boundaries. Trusting you child. It's all so very hard.

This instance of mud fun was literally no big deal to me. I remember loving playing in the mud growing up. It just made sense that there was a bunch of mud on our sidewalk and Max was playing outside, that meant he was going to play in the mud that day. It was calling his name and that was completely fine by me. Some parents ask their kids not to play in water, mud, sand, get dirty, whatever, it doesn't bother me a bit 99% of the time (Unless he's gone outside once he has his PJ's on ready for bed. NO WAY am I going to let bed time slip through my tired fingers when I'm that close to getting him to bed, ha, we all have our limits).

At times I worry I'm too relaxed of a parent. Who am I to tell Max the way he's playing is wrong. He's just 2 and he's playing, is that so bad? Ya, he loves to dump the WHOLE toy box out to play, that's ok. He's just playing.

When it comes to hurting others while playing that is of course different. But that's not what I'm talking about.

I want to step back and give this boy space. The world is constantly telling us how to do EVERYTHING. It's only going to get worse for this little boy over the next 10 years. So much more worse than I can imagine. So why not let him be little?

I love Maxson's spunkiness, thrill, energy, and excitement for life. He is passionate about life. Want to go swing? YAAAAA!!!!!!!!! I want to be as excited about swinging as Max is.

Dear little Maxson loves this beautiful life Heavenly Father has given us here on this earth, even down to those ugly bugs (BUG!!!!!!!!!!) he loves them!

Am I as appreciative as Maxson about life?

as of lately

so i know i have a problem.

sometimes i think i might update too much/too frequently

but this is my conclusion.

1) no one is forced to read my blog

2) this blog is like my journal and scrapbook at the same time so "i do what i want" 

(that last phrase was intended to be said like a gangster ya know [and kindly, not rudely]? but it's impossible to do phonetically:)

3) this blog is just a little silly thing that i like to do sometimes

4) if you are one of my single friends reading my blog, you should get a blog, because you probably have things to say! funny things! seriously girls! do it :) a blog is for your benefit, it doesn't really matter how many people read it

but still, sorry for so many updates ;)

here's a bunch of  things as of lately! :)

We've been making way too much puppy chow lately (the yummy chocolate, human stuff)

seriously, way to much.

and when we don't have it, casey asks is we can make it again...haha

but mmm is it good and super fattening :(

these 2 lovelies came to visit and i loved it

i acted all wifey/homeakerish and made them a yummy breakfast

we missed our 4th amigo though, amy :(

i love these girls.

when the 4 of us are together i always say "i love us"

and thinking about it, i say that all the time with me and casey now :)

and here's a tribute to no amy

so like i mentioned before,

casey,

birthday,

sell old video games,

deal,

get wii,

i tried making him actually wait til his birthday to open it like my mom always made us do and he wouldn't allow it,

that bum,

but he was happy :) really happy

and then that day his rockband came in,

spoiled :)

 

let's just say it's played everyday:)

scott and megan came and played with us and that was hilarious

scott is super good at yelling singing fast, gangster, beastie boys songs :)

if you're in provo you can always come play with us! 

casey would love it, seriously, call :)

and we got our first Ensign! yay! is that something to blog about?
haha, it is in my mind!

i do have a picture of that too, but...yeah, you get the point :)

ps- i'm not usually one to do this but watch this video on youtube (thanks annalise)
if you love the song party in the USA you'll  love this video.
seriously, so funny!!!!
it makes me want to go to the beach with a play pool and make my own music video to this song!

Chex Muddy Buddies...

Oh how we do love chocolate

We went on a mission to the store today for milk and cereal, Casey was out at his apartment and that's all he eats when there. So, we began our journey

Immediately upon arriving at the grocery store we saw a beautiful picture on a cereal box. . . this:

This stuff is just so darn yummy! Once you start it's seriously SO hard to stop! We made it after dinner tonight and didn't regret a second of it.But its goodness is so yummy! Everyone needs to make this ASAP to remind them of the small yummies of life and it seriously takes 10 minutes. Just make sure to use a paper bag when mixing the chocolate and powdered sugar...so much easier.

PS- Casey ate way too much. his tummy hurts. it's pretty cute