Jayden's first toothfairy visit!

This evening after dinner, Jayden was playing with his loose tooth. I felt it and it was loose, but I didn't think it was quite ready to come out. I told him if he wanted to make it come out sooner, to go eat an apple. He did that, but complained that it was hurting his gums so I sent him to Jarrad to see what he thought. Jarrad poked and prodded and he agreed that it probably wasn't quite ready. However, Jayden had other plans and asked Daddy to get the pliers. And what do you know, Jarrad latched the pliers on his tooth, Jayden jerked and out popped the tooth without Jarrad even having to pull! Jayden is super excited since he'll be 7 in May and had yet to loose a tooth. He was the last one in his class that hadn't lost a tooth. Needless to say, he is a happy boy right now, while his mommy is a little sad that her oldest boy is growing up.

PS....the toothfairy is giving him a dollar, my toothfairy must have been poor she only gave me 50 cents.

Gulf Shores, AL Spring Break trip!

Jayden and Grandma Lipply

My three boys

Grandpa Lipply and Jayden

Jayden and Talan

Kylen wanting down

Daddy and Ky

The only family photo this vacation

Jayden's creation

Ky lovin the waves

Talan holding the kangaroo

For spring break this year we went to Gulf Shores, AL. It is located on the Gulf of Mexico right next to the Florida pan handle, it is literally 11 miles from the Florida state line and it is beautiful. The beaches are white and beautiful, the boys had a blast. We invited my parents to come along and split the cost of the condo, which made for more fun along with a much cheaper vacation.

The first day we got there it was really windy, but warm. The rest of the days were nice and in the low 70's, it was great. The boys enjoyed playing in the sand and collecting shells, we now have two bags of shells I have no idea what to do with. That's the best thing about a beach vacation, you don't have to spend a lot of money to entertain the kids, you have ocean and sand right there. Of course, Jayden said he second favorite thing on vacation was the hot tub, go figure.

We also went to the local zoo and got to hold a baby kangaroo that was 7 months old. It was the most adorable thing ever! He was super sweet and gave Jayden, Talan and me kisses. The zoo also had food you could buy and feed the animals, so we also got to feed donkeys, goats, sheep, llamas and deer.

Highlights from the trip:

• Holding the baby kangaroo


• Playing in the ocean with the boys


• Watching the boys play on the beach


• Eating at the Japanese restaurant where they cook the food in front of you


• The view from our condo

Things I'd like to forget:

• Listening to "The very best of Elmo" almost the entire 15 hour car ride home.


• Singing itsy bitsy spider over and over and over the last 3 hours in the car.


• The amount of McDonalds food that was consumed...barf!


• The traffic jam in Birmingham, AL that made a 12 hour car ride a 15 hour one on the way home.

Funniest Quotes on vacation:

• (Jayden) "Mom, the only reason you want me to go into the ocean is so a Jellyfish will sting me so you'll get to pee on me." (We had been joking with Jayden before we left, that if you get stung by a Jellyfish someone has to pee on you to help the sting, so when he said this it cracked me up.)




• (Talan) "I'm not bringing the sand to preschool because I'd spill it everywhere and then I'd be in that timeout chair forever!" ( That is how T responded when my mom asked if he'd take the sand we collected to show and tell at preschool)


• (Kylen) "Dada, poop, uck." (Self explanatory)



It was a really good trip and I loved getting to spend "fun" time with my family!