You know you are lucky when...

Every time you think of your significant other you smile,

Thanks for always making me smile Mitty, I don't know where I would be without you.

I am one lucky lady...

Homemade air freshener....

Today after baking 50 cupcakes and 30 cake pops my house has a very distinct smell, that no candle, scentsy or incense can remake.
It is the smell of fresh baked goodies :)
The best part was the help I received from my ever so faithful little helpers :)
I wonder if they will help me sprinkle?!
Back to the baking grind :)
(Oh and don't forget staying super warm in front of the oven :) otherwise I feel like I would freeze! Happy Fall!!)

Sweet Brayden :)

So G got really upset because her pony purse broke and Brayden said,
"Don't worry G I will buy you a new one! I promise!"
"But I have to have a PINK one!"
"I will buy you a new one and paint it pink and give it a new back, I PROMISE G!"
"But I will never get to play with it again...."
"BUT G I will buy you a new one that is pink, I will paint it pink."
"I guess it just has to go in the garbage"
"NO G WAIT! It just needs a new zipper I will buy you a new zipper, I promise! G come on now, I will buy you a new one and fix it and paint it pink, I PROMISE!"
"But BrayBray... It's Broken and the broken pieces are in the bottom and I can't get it"
"Don't worry G I will put my head inside it and crawl in and find it, I promise G I will fix it and buy you a new one."

Seriously cutest conversation ever, Brayden is making sure his BFF Future Wife is happy and only has the best. What a good guy :)

Surprise!!!

So Mitch comes home last night and is on the phone with someone saying "Yeah, I will come pick you up in a few!" (He is super excited... I am confused)
See we have been so busy lately that we made a deal that last night we were making no plans and now this.
I got PISSED! I was like REALLY?! I thought we weren't making plans...
(Mind you I was already in my sweats tackling laundry mountain while watching storage wars, in my mind a great Saturday night with no plans.)
So I look at my loving husband (who forgets deals) and ask him "who was that honey?!"
"Ayla, go get dressed we are going out to dinner"
"oh! (trying to wipe the pissed off look from my face but as a woman it is hard to do so quickly) Okay! I will go get ready."
So after putting "my face on" as we say, I get all dolled up and come down stairs, I gave my spur of the moment guy a big sloppy kiss and a very meaningful Thank you :)
Fast forwarding a bit to dinner...
We get a bottle of wine to share (way cheaper than each just getting a glass, if you can imagine) and by 8:30pm we were discussing what we were going to do after dinner and do you know what we both wanted to do?!
Go home and go to bed..
I believe NOW we can call ourselves an old married couple. :)
But you know what, we didn't have one dull moment of conversation, we laughed, smiled and had great conversation all night, now that is an old HAPPY married couple if you ask me...
Thank you to my sporadic husband with my surprise dinner last night (we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory.. I know your jealous...)

You know your toddler has grown up when...

So for snack today I decided to be a cool mom and let my sweet four year old get a little sweeter with a Minnie mouse halloween cookie from Grandma.
As she is eating it she is singing, nibbling, smiling and is a very giddy sugar highed little princess.
Then I walk in a couple minutes later and the only thing left are hundreds of crumbs scattered all over the table and do you know what my little girl did?!
She dusted the crumbs into her hand and threw them in the garbage.
Now to many this means nothing but to me it means so much!!
I have been trying to teach her how to clean up her crumbs by sweeping them into her hand not just onto the floor and well it worked! YAY!!
Our little girl is growing up!

Sleeping beauty

As we are watching sleeping beauty  the fairies come down to give aurora her gifts and G says "i like the blue circle one"
Lol I guess that is G's way of saying she is a little round. At least my sweet love has manners :) oh now she adds in she likes the triangle one too (the green fairy-tall and skinny) oh and the red one is the square,  lol maybe my sweet girl just loves her  shapes haha

Different Lives...

My favorite time does not include going out at night or drinking a fruity drink, but putting my fuzzy socks on and snuggling up with my family under our thick soft blankets while the rain falls on our windows with of course Berestain Bears on the TV, oh and don't forget daddy in the kitchen cooking his famous potato skillet (a night where mommy doesn't have to cook is a good night) :)
It's funny how my life is so different from others my age.
We all live good lives, just different ones.
I wouldn't trade my life for anything in this world.
I am so lucky to have my sweet girls and fabulous husband.
Welp, I better get back to my snuggle bugs, before the littlest one decides she is over it :)

Do you know what time it is?!

<p>As I look outside and see the clouds in the sky, the leaves falling to the ground and feel the brisk cold breeze, I think to myself, "do you know what time it is? It's fall time! Time to start baking!"
Time for pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin seeds and pumpkin carving!
Can you tell I LOVE fall?!
The kids love it too, because to them it means pumpkin patch, pumpkin painting, and pumpkin treats :)
Welcome back fall, the Dehnert household sure is glad to see you.

Competition

As  I lay in bed I hear Keylee saying, "dada oh Dada, Dada oh Dada"
Well, right next to me Mitch is snoring the loudest he ever has...
This is what I am hearing.
"dada, oh Dada.." .... *snoring that should get a noise complaint from the neighbors..*
"Dada, oh dada" ... *and again the snoring*
I swear they are having a competition...
whose going to win?!
Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag, Keylee is going to be competitive just like her daddy...
Good  thing Mitty is passed out cold or he might cry, because...
His youngest totally beat him this time!
Keylee - 1 daddy - 0