Midieval times

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Yesterday my mom and dad (AKA mom-mom & pop-pop), my brother James and his 3 children, my husband, our boys and myself all went to Midieval times. It is a show with horses doing tricks, and jousting. It was not the first time I had gone, but a first for my husband and our boys. I had gone in Florida when I was a kid during a family vacation to Disney.

Our older boys were really into the show. Bradley especially took a liking to it. Bradley is big into wrestling and learning new "moves". Bradley's favorite move currently is the Arm Bar. Well anyway, Bradley told us his favorite part of the show was - "when they were fighting on the horses, and got knocked off, then fought with swords, and the man kicked the other man". lol. Bradley is a trip! He was so excited about the sword fights, and the jousting. Parker had a more Innocent outlook on the show and just loved the "horsie's" and the bird. During the show they had this falcon fly over the crowd a few times. It was pretty cool, and the kids really got a kick out of it.

One thing I personally did not like about the show was the meal. You pay $60 per ticket for adults and I believe $40 for children under 12. The meal consisted of some sort of tomato soup, with toasted bread, a half of chicken, a potato wedge, a small piece of rib, then an apple turnover. I am not a fan of meat. They do offer a vegetarian meal for vegetarians though. I just did not like trying to pick through this chicken in the dark. You really didn't know what you were eating because you couldn't see it. But that is just me! My husband loved the food, and our boys seemed to enjoy the chicken, but did not like the potato.

Overall it was a good time. There were some downfalls during the show though. Parker decided he was going to vomit all over himself, and my husbands knee and shoe! Parker is our little "puker". He is always throwing up, and no one knows why. Parker has gone to see a specialist about his frequent vomiting, and we were told it is reflux. Some how I do not believe that acid reflux can cause him to vomit so much. I will be asking his Dr. about it again, and hopefully having another visit with the specialist.

The other downfall to the whole experience was the heat! It felt like the building didn't have air conditioning. It was really warm, which also could have contributed to Parker throwing up.

Overall it was fun. It is something I would probably do again if we could afford it. Yesterday my father paid for every ones ticket, and luckily there was a special going on where you could buy one adult ticket, and get one child's ticket free.

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First post!

Since this is my first post on this blog I will introduce my family. My name is Jessica, and my husband is Brad. We have 3 amazing little boys, Bradley age 3 (almost 4), Parker age 3, and Dustin 17 months. Our boys are our world!

I am a stay at home mom, and care for our boys while my husband goes off to work. Of course times have been tough. My husband has been out of work for a few weeks now, and is like so many of Americans receiving unemployment. Jobs are so hard to come by. Fortunately my husband will be able to start work sometime soon. He has been hired, but waiting for a lengthy background check to be completed.

Our older boys Bradley and Parker will be attending their 2ND year of preschool in a few weeks. Their open house is next Thursday! Bradley will be in the 3 year old class, while Parker will be in the 2 year old class again. The only reason Parker will be in the 2YO class is because his brother and him fought too much during class. I think they caused a few too many disturbances!

Recently my middle child turned 3. Parker was really looking forward to his birthday this year. He even told us what he wanted for his birthday, and kept telling us he was a "birthday boy". Parker also began telling us he was no longer two, and he's three now! Parker also asked for a Sponge Bob cake for his birthday, and that's what I made. I have always baked and decorated my own cakes for my childrens birthdays. Except for my oldest son's 1st birthday. After that, I began making them on my own. After all, I have always enjoyed baking and the decorating part!
For Parker's birthday my parents, my brother & his 3 children, our boys, my husband and I all packed up and went to chuckie cheese. It was a hectic day, but in the end it was fun for all the kids. Parker even blew his candle out all by himself this year, and unwrapped all of his gifts. He is growing up so fast, just as all of our boys are growing fast.

I still am having a hard time believing that this October Bradley will be turning 4! It's just amazing that it has been 4 years since I was handed this tiny little baby boy. It feels like just yesturday, not 4 years. Bradley sure has become "mommy's boy". He always reminds me of it too. Just the other night at bedtime Bradley wanted to sit in bed with daddy, myself, and his brothers. I told him it was late and he had to go to sleep, Bradley then whimpering and sniffing replied "but mommy, I thought I was your boy?" He said it in such a sad, sweet voice I couldn't help but cave. How can you not just want to sweep them up in your arms and just hug them when they say something so darn sweet.

Dustin (our youngest) is even getting to be a "big boy" now. He talks, walks, feeds himself, and runs and plays just as well as his big brothers. Dustin is even starting to potty train. Dustin is still often referred to as "the baby". Not only do mommy and daddy call him the baby at times, but his brothers always refer to him as "the baby" when they are telling on him.
Dustin is still "mommy's baby" though. He still is in his crib, well if you want to call it that. Dustin has to fall asleep in mommy & daddy's bed, then be put into his crib. And every morning I am awakened by Dustin staring at me telling me to "wake up". He will even bring me my glasses! What I love the most though, is Dustin's kisses. He always puckers his lips and gives me kisses. Bradley and Parker never really did that as babies, although they give me tons of kisses & hugs now.

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