Dexasaurus turns 3!!!

We got Dexton this scooter for his birthday. Not sure if he will ride it but he seemed excited. Hasn't played with it once yet, he's been too busy with his other birthday gifts.
I placed it in the front room with balloons so when he came out he would find it. Dave said "it's not Christmas" but I love peeking through the door and watching him. It's so cute!

Some of the boys that were at Dextons party.
Got these cute dinosaur hats from the Dollar store. Loved them!!!

"Dinosaur Egg Hunt"
Got some plastic eggs and put these small caplets into each egg for the boys to find.

After they found the eggs they cracked them open and placed the caplets into warm water.

These are what the caplets look like and in a few minutes they grow into...

REAL DINOSAURS!!!
Ok small, tiny spongy dinosaurs. The kids were amused for a minute :)

My little sis helping Dexton with his dinosaurs.

"Duck, duck, DINOSAUR!"
Ok, I kinda just made this up. I didn't know what you should say before Dinosaur. It worked.

"Dinosaur Hunt"
I buried toy dinosaurs all over the play ground for the boys to dig and find.

Happy Birthday Dear Dexton Happy Birthday to YOU!!!

Dexton was so excited to blow out the candle. He was talking about it for days!

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Present Time!

The food Display

"Dino Dogs"
Pretty explanatory :)

"Dinosaur Melon Head"
Cut this watermelon into a dinosaur head and stuffed it with pieced of watermelon. Really easy! The eyes are made out of fondant and food coloring and everything else is part of the water melon touched with food coloring. This was a hit.

"Swamp Jello"
Made lime jello into individual cups. While setting up placed some rock candy into the bottom. They started to dissolve and made them look moldy/swampy plus some of them the rocks did not dissolve so it looked like there were rocks in the bottom. When the jello was almost set up I then place gummy dinosaurs which I found at Macey's into the almost set up jello. The day of topped them with whip cream and placed another gummy dinosaur on top. The kids loved these!

"Dino Eggs"
I made these hard boiled eggs, let them cool then cracked them all over and soaked them in koolaid over night. They turned out exactly how I pictured them :)

Dextons Birthday Cupcake cake tower I made him.
His wording exactly "Oh my gosh, I love it!"
Made me so happy!

Made the cake with fondant and frosting. Placed toy dinosaurs and decorations on top. Making grass and a river out of frosting. Decorated the cupcakes with the toy dinosaurs and chocolate dinosaur eggs. Decorated my cupcake stand which I use for Cravings with dinosaur themed paper I purchased at Roberts. I was so happy with the results. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of the dinosaur cookies I made behind the cupcakes. If you look real close you can see them.

Dexton's invitations!

The invitation said:
Breaking News!
Dinosaurs discovered in Pleasant Grove!
Come and join in on the new discovery
@ the Cambria Cave on Saturday June 5th
at 11am to Noon.
RSVP to the prehistoric parents regrets only
DON"T BE EXTINCT!

And I just put this little note on the back of the invite.

Some things I forgot to take pictures of. I hate when I do that!!!

1. Made Lava Juice (Red punch)
2. Tyrannosaurus Dip with Fossil Fries
   (Dip with Chips)
3. Dinosaur Rocks (Rock Candy)
4. These cute cute signs I made, one saying "Happy Bday Dex" and the other one saying "DEXASAURUS"
   
5. The "Goodie Bags" Which I put each of the boys name on the bag with saurus on the end so Parkers bag had "Parkersaurus" on it. Put cute little dinosaur foot prints on the bag. Then in the good bag I put in a dinosaur puzzle, paint book, dinosaur egg with a toy, and dinosaur eggs. I wish I would have remembered to take a picture :( They were cute.

Though I loved planning this party, Dexton absolutly loved it, it was so much work. Dave says next year we are just going somewhere like Chucky Cheeses. I don't know we'll see :) But poor Dave and my two sisters Angie and McKenzie, they were my slaves that day. They helped me so much. Thanks you guys and thanks for everyone that came to celebrate Dextons 3rd birthday!!!

Another Birthday Party!

Musical Chairs

Dexton loves going to birthday parties, but this one was a little confusing and I thought it would be. My friend from Chili's little girl's 3rd birthday is a couple days from Dextons. Well Dexton had his birthday party yesterday and went to Kloe's party today. He still thought it was his birthday so when Kloe was opening up her gifts he wanted to know where his was and when we sang her happy birthday he thought we were singing to him and he attempted to blow out the candles. It was funny but sad. He had a blast at the party. They played on a slip 'n slide, played with water balloons, had a pinata, a bounce house, and of course ate cupcakes. He had fun, we love birthday parties!

Andy's 2nd Birthday!

Our good friends Alex and Tava's little boy turned 2 last month. They had his birthday party at Thanksgiving Point. We went to the "farm" there for the party. They played games in the barn, got to feed the animals, went on a pony ride and a hay ride. All the kids loved it and Dexton had a ball. Happy Birthday Andy!!!

Some of the kids at the party going on a hay ride.

Dexton and the birthday boy checking out the animals.

One of the games, find the candy in the hay.

The kids waiting anxiously for the pony ride.

Dexton has been begging us to ride a horse. He absolutely went crazy (good) he loved it. I only wish it was longer :(

Ward Luau

Our ward had a luau so I got this old shirt out of the closet for Dexton to wear for the party. It was a little small but it did the job. I thought Dexton and Dave looked so cute together.

Another attempt...

Another attempt to potty train Dexton... this time I tried something I saw on Dr. Phil. He can only wear underwear, drink a lot of sugary drinks and lots of salty treats to make him thirsty. I do the same with a stuffed animal and pretend his animal has to go potty so every few min. Everytime his animal goes potty on the toilet we have a big party and give him treats! 1st two days went good besides Dexton pooping all over my floor because I caught him so he ran with poop coming out of his butt. He loved to pee standing up hitting cereal but as soon as Dave came home it all went down the drain. He refuses to wear underwear and ONLY wants to wear his diaper. I have a ton of treats and prizes for him sitting in our bathroom counter. He points at them and says "sword if I go poopy?" I tell him yes but he doesn't care. Oh well he will eventually do it...won't he???

Snow Canyon

Dave heard about this "beach" from a friend, so we decided to drive down to see it. WOW it was amazing! Defiantly a to do every time we come down here!

I know I know were white/asian trash. We didn't bring Dextons swim suit and it was such a nice hot day and Dexton was begging us to play in the water. So we did it, stripped him down to his diaper. He loved it!

Dave took some vacation time because we were supposed to go on a cruise but it just didn't work out so we decided to head down to St. George and go camping for a couple days. It was awesome. Dexton loved camping, first time cooking his own hot dog and marshmallow. We had a blast from camping, to hiking, to just plain old relaxing. I love St. George!

A little friend that would visit us during dinner time.

Mothers Day

So for Mothers Day we went with my family to Little America for a Mothers Day Brunch. Because Dave has to fly on Sundays we went Saturday instead. Mothers Day would not be the same without my awesome husband. We never give each other gifts for most holidays, the only thing I ask for for Mothers Day is a day to do nothing at all. So Dave cleans, takes care of Dexton, and just lets me rest for one full day. It's the best gift ever!