Cameras & Oreos....oh my!

So, my camera kinda died. I say "kinda" only because I'm not totally sure what happened to it, but the screen isn't working. With that said, I haven't been able to take any pictures other than using my cell phone, which is why I haven't posted anything lately. Me likely posts with pics:)

So, anyway, here are a couple I took yesterday with my cell phone. I let Aidan have a couple of Oreo cookies early yesterday afternoon and, while his favorite part is the white filling, he did end up eating the cookie as well. Now, fast forward to a few hours later. Mommy (that would be me) was so smart that she left the Oreo cookies out on the counter....apparently just within a certain toddler's reach (that would be Aidan). At the time, I had run upstairs to get my cell phone to check my messages. I come back down to this...

Oh yes...the little snot went through the entire middle sleeve of cookies, devouring the white filling on each one. The first two he actually put back together (as if I wouldn't notice), but then decided time was against him so he tore up as much filling as he could until I got back downstairs. :)
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And this was him earlier in the day when Mommy made him eat the cookie as well as the filling. Mean ol' Mommy....hehe.

Newborn Nostalgia

I came across this video today of Aidan when he was just six weeks old. It's hard to believe that he was this small! The past two years have flown by and now I have a big boy. I remember each month that he was getting older always telling myself that this month was so much more fun than last month because he can do "such and such" now. And then the next month would come, and THAT month would be so much more fun than the previous month for the same reason. And now I sit here wishing I could just hold his little bitty newborn baby body again:(

I love this video because it shows my most memorable Aidan-ism from when he was a newborn. For some reason, he didn't mind the "nose-sucker" thing AT ALL. In fact, he would always give a tiny giggle each time we would stick it in his nose. What a precious, weird, sideburn-pimpin' little newborn...whom I miss so much:)

Fun with Blackmail...Errr, Makeup:)

Aidan definitely digs my makeup. He gets so pumped whenever I get all "dolled" up because he kinda likes to act like he's putting some on him, but my favorite part is that he "helps" me:) And he actually puts the right stuff on the right places....blush on cheeks, eyeshadow on eyes, etc. This is gonna be so advantageous to me years from now;)

So, here he is putting on my powder. His new thing now is to make the most dramatic "cheese" face you can make when he poses for a picture. I'm talking, you can't even see the kid's eyes, but you sure as heck can see those pearly whites...hehe. Oh...and make sure you notice the ponytail holder on his wrist. If my hair's not up, then I always wear one on my wrist just in case. He's noticed this and whenever he sees one he automatically puts it on his wrist...I love that:)

Multi-talented...watching cartoons AND putting on makeup

Team Toddler Racing, Inc.

So, we've been super-dee-duper busy here at Mangold headquarters. We've just had a lot on our minds and always seem to have a lot more company during the summer. Who am I kidding....we always have company;) Regardless, these are the reasons I choose to explain my lack of blogging here lately. Apology given. Hopefully accepted. Carrying on...

I met my friends Erica & Melissa for lunch last week at Red Robin with our THREE toddler boys...who happen to all be just a few months apart in age. Wow....it was definitely interesting and probably a quick round of birth control for everyone else at the restaurant...haha. I'm teasing. The boys really weren't bad. They were definitely trying to out-do eachother on who was the coolest and loudest toddler in the land, though;) And just as any typical male, all was pretty much peaceful once the food came. I personally think we Moms were the super smart ones....for taking our kids out to lunch during naptime....yeah, so NOT cool. I blame Erica...she was the one craving a "big, juicy burger":)

Here are a few pics I snapped as we were about to head out.....

Notice Aidan's "cheese" face
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Two race car seats...3 toddlers...
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...totally didn't last long;)