Ouch!

My poor Bubba!  Hayden was being Mister Independent and was opening his own can of Spaghetti O's by himself and some managed to cut his little thumb. Good thing Nate was home to look at it and decide that we needed to take him to get stitches. Poor little man was so worried and his body trembled until it was all over with. Right after it happened Hayden said, "I wish I had already eaten dinner and we could have been in bed and being normal.".  That cracked me up!! 

Hayden was a brave boy while the Doc stitched his little thumb up. Five stitches!  

The Future......

I'm always wondering what the future holds for my little monsters. Of course Nate and I have talked about what we hope the future holds for them and how we hope and pray that they choose the right path in the life. Make good choices and be the best they can be at all they do. 

At the age of 8, Hayden says he wants to be an Engineer. That's a great goal buddy!!  He thinks it would be fun because he lines to be creative and design things (legos)!  As for my little 4 year old firecracker Bryn,  she's gonna be a cheerleader and a rockstar!  

It's fun to watch these little miracles of mine become their own person and make their own choices. Hhhhmmmm.... I wonder what lies ahead?! Only time will tell!  But hopefully not too soon!  

Hayden's Crush

Hayden called me as soon as he got home from school to tell me that after school Layla handed him a note and ran off. Layla is a girl that has had a crush on Hayden since last year. She left Hayden notes on his desk that said "I love Hayden" with a greasy spot on the paper which appeared to be a kiss mark with lip gloss. This happened a few times until Hayden told his teacher because he was getting embarrassed. It's a new school year and Layla is not in Hayden's class. He's probably glad about that!  The note was too cute and probably took a lot of guts for her to give to Hayden so I felt bad when Hayden filled in the "no" box on her letter. But he did say they could still be friends!  The next morning before school I told Hayden not to forget to give the note back to Layla and tried to explain how she probably feels and to it be mean to her or anything. Hayden, being annoyed, said "why do girls have to do this? I just want to live a normal life. I don't have time for this because I'm going to busy hunting."  And so it begins!  But I'm glad it's beginning with Hayden doing the heartbreaking and not wanting anything to do with girls than having his heart broke. Just keep busy hunting buddy until you're like 30!!  Girls are yucky anyway!!

Date Night with Bubba!

It had been so long since I have had one on one time with my little Bub so I decided it was date night with Mommy!  Since school is starting soon I thought it would be a good time to take him to pick out some new shoes and let him pick whatever else he wanted us to do.  Hayden chose to get ice cream so we went to Baskin Robins which we hadn't been to in years (since our last little date!).

He also chose to go to the pet store.  Hayden is all about having pets.  Well, his Mom is not so keen on the idea of pets.  I have always said that we are the pet free Peterson's!  Hayden just has such a big heart that he wants to adopt all the cats and dogs he can.  He feels bad for them!  When we went to the pet store that's all he wanted to look at were the cats and kittens that needed a home.  I keep having to explain to him that I am allergic to cats and dogs so we can't have one at home.  Kinda sad for Hayden but having pets just aren't in the cards for our family.  So until Hayden gets big and has his own home he gets to enjoy cats and dogs at Grandpa Rocks house!

I loved being alone with just Hayden and being able to talk to him without being interrupted and rushed some place.  We laughed and goofed around and had a great time!  I have the most caring, smart, respectful son ever and I am proud to be his Mom!

The minute we got home, Hayden asked if he could use the computer....

.....to look up the animal shelter for pets to adopt.