Playin' T-ball at the Park

Here are some cute pictures of the kids playing at the park for Josh's birthday. They love to get out and play, especially if Mom and Dad are out there with them. Josh and Ethan are pretty good hitters. Abby just loved chasing the ball. And Kaden...well, he must have been bored because he just slept the whole time :-)

Happy Birthday Joshua

I can't believe that my baby boy is 8 years old! Golly, 8 seems so old. This year for his birthday he got a digital camera. He's been asking for one for quite a while. I can tell that he's growing up by the things that he's been asking for for his birthday. We had a great day. I took cupcakes up to the school for his class and joined him for lunch. He was very excited about that. Then after school we went and got some food and had a picnic lunch at the park and played T-ball. Then the real party started...we opened presents had a great cake and flopped into bed. It was a fun filled day. I hope Josh had a great birthday. He's my special boy!

Thank goodness for Sesame Street

This past weekend we (everyone minus Ethan) were all sick and throwing up. Can I just say how thankful I am for Sesame Street! Abby loves it. Abby likes to get into trouble when I'm not paying close attention to her so this allowed me to veg on the couch and sleep off and on for like 4 hours straight. Thank goodness that I had that many episodes on my TiVo. I guess it helped that she was feeling sick herself. I hate being sick. I usually don't get sick that often so when I do, it's awful. Thank goodness it was only a 24 thing and we're back running. Got to run some cupcakes over to Josh's class for his birthday!

It's Finally Gone

Ethan finally lost his first tooth! He's been waiting and waiting. It's been wiggly for a while, but he's a lot more patient than Josh and let it come out when it was ready. Josh has yanked out teeth at the slightest wiggle and as a result, he has many holes in his smile that the teeth haven't grown in yet.

Ethan put his tooth on the counter and yesterday it was gone. My guess is that it fell on the floor, and of course I choose that day of all days to sweep. Luckily the tooth fairy knows that he lost a tooth and Ethan raked in some money anyway! :-)

My New Favorite Quote

I got this quote from a friend. It fits my household perfectly.

"Cleaning the house while the children are growing is like shoveling the walks...while it's still snowing!"

Such a Waste

Abby is all into her candy....just not eating it. She wants me to get her Halloween bucket down, then she proceeds to open everything (until I stop her) and take one bite or lick then throw the rest away. I've been finding candy, and let's not forget about all the wrappers, all over the place. I think some parents might be pleased that their kids weren't eating so much candy, but when I see her throwing a perfectly good candy bar away, I just have to cringe! What a waste. At least I didn't buy it. I thought the way that Abby lined up all the suckers was very artistic! She must have been taste testing. A little bit of this and a little bit of that...

Trick or Treat

This was at our ward's trunk or treat on Thursday. The 1st counselor in our bishopric is a vet and so we had our party in the barn out back behind the animal hospital. The young men put on a spook ally in one of the stalls and Josh braved it and went it all alone. He was doing ninja kicks on all the boys...until the chain saw man came out....then he got a little nervous. I was proud. Ethan wouldn't go in.
This is my little pumpkin. He wasn't too happy about getting his picture taken. He was hungry and not thrilled with me that I was making him pose.

Is Ethan into super heros or what? Batman this year. Spiderman last year and the year before that, he was Superman. Gee wiz! What's next? Ironman? The Incredible Hulk?
Joshua the black ninja! I guess this was a pretty popular costume this year. There were 3 ninja's in Josh's class this year. I commented to Josh that his cousin Brandon was also a ninja and he got a kick out of that. He's been running around for days making ninja sounds and doing all kinds of cool kicks. Pretty serious stuff!
Abby the little ballerina! I was lucky enough not to have to buy Abby a costume. Our neighbor from Challis had given us this little outfit a because her daughter had outgrown it. I'm glad that I remembered that I had it. It turned out great. Yeah! I love not having to buy costumes! Borrowing or reusing is the way to go! She had a great time trick or treating. Of course, I enjoyed eating all of her candy that had nuts. Yum!