Trick or Treat

Our cute pumpkin boy with big grins. He is crawling all over now and he loves to crawl over to this cord we still need to hide and the door stopper. He will see them from across the room and work so hard to get to them. It's pretty fun to watch.

The Girl got to go to her friend's birthday party today too! She got a big slice of chocolate cake and I was busting up laughing watching her eat this thing. Usually she just licks some of the frosting and then she is done, but this time she was devouring it!

When we were trick or treating, people wanted to give The Boy candy... probably cause he was the cutest baby elephant they had ever seen. T let him hold the sucker for a second but as soon as it went in his mouth we had to take it away. The Girl had a good time trick or treating with her good friend Ryan, the pirate!

T dressed up like Dr. House. I think he did a great job... he even didn't smile for the picture since he was "in character".

Happy Halloween!

Here is The Girl carving pumpkins with Mom and Dad. And some pictures of The Girl and her friends at preschool this week. We dressed up like mummys and made "icky" slime (letter of the week was "i"). We also made pumpkin votive candle holders with tissue paper and baby food jars and decorated pumpkin treat pails. It was a super fun week!

He's on the Move!

The Boy is officially moving now. He is also playing with balls and trucks! It is fun to watch him push them away and scoot after them. He is really enjoying his new freedom too... and it is teaching me how to baby proof the house again. It has not been baby proofed... and I haven't had to worry about that kind of stuff for a few years! Today The Girl left her candy bracelet on the floor and The Boy found it. I was wondering what he was up to since he was being so quiet and hadn't crawled over to the cord next to the wall (another thing he loves to chomp on that we need to take care of). He was sucking on the bracelet and a bunch of pieces were on the carpet and all over his face and hands. Sorry I didn't get a picture but I had to clean it up right away. Guess we didn't make it to the one-year mark that we did with The Girl... the one year of no sweets. Always different with the second kid.

New The Girl Talk

The Girl sure says the funniest things. Sunday morning I was super tired from being up a lot in the night with The Boy. I was feeding The Boy in bed when The Girl came in to wake us up. She laid next to Daddy and I thought... we really need a King Size bed. I was totally trying to sleep more and The Boy was babbling and blowing bubbles with The Girl and Daddy. After watching The Boy for 5 long minutes of constant bubble blowing, The Girl said, "It's like a hot tub in his mouth!" Half asleep I couldn't help but laugh out loud. It was pretty funny.

At church, I was doing some R.S. stuff at the library when I heard some screaming coming from nursery. "Yup, that's my kid," I thought as I dashed off to nursery. Sure enough, The Girl was climbing out from under a table, screaming, with blood coming out of her mouth. I just took her out of class and tried to figure out what happened. After washing it was clear that she cut her lip, not anything inside her mouth. We got her some ice in a bag to suck on and she calmed down a bit. I asked if she bit her lip and she said, "Lizzie bit my lip." Her nursery leader found out that someone had thrown a toy at it hit her lip. Whether or not sweet Lizzie threw the toy or not, I'm not too worried about it. It was just really funny to hear The Girl describe it to everyone while she was sitting with me in the Relief Society room (before RS started). She said, "Lizzie threw a toy and it bit me and then I heard my lip go RIP really loud." Oh, what a drama queen. Later she wanted to go back into nursery. We walked in and her sweet friend Perry was really concerned with how she was doing. She went up and asked her but The Girl didn't respond. She walked right passed Perry and over to Lizzie and demanded an apology. I was just laughing inside watching her be so persistent to get her apology. Yes, she can be pretty bossy too.

Hot Running Chick

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I found a picture of some hot chick running a race last Saturday. Look at that good form and fluid motion!

The Girl Talk

On our way home from the pumpkin patch, The Girl said something about wanting to go home and have a treat and watch "kids". That is what she calls Jon and Kate Plus 8, a cute tv show on TLC about a family with twin 6 year olds and six two year olds. I watch it when I can get a second, nursing The Boy or what not. Not Cinderella, not Caillou... "kids."

After dropping Katie off at the airport, The Girl said, "I will miss Katie. She helps me a lot." Guess The Girl really liked having someone at her every call.

After going underwater in her hot tub, she came up and said, "I'm a basement looker!" I wish I had a picture of her little face with these huge goggles on. So funny!

And today at lunch she asked me, "Mom, is Beast (from Beauty and the Beast) a lion?"

Dancing Girl

A third post today? CRAZY! Yes, The Girl had a great day at dance class today so I have a couple videos to show you. :D Enjoy! Watch The Girl and then watch it again and watch the other kids.The Girl 's not doing too bad. ;)

Pumpkins or No Pumpkins

On Saturday, we took The Girl and The Boy and Katie out to the Pumpkin Patch. They had a lot of rotting pumpkins so we carried around two that were half way decent and in the end, decided not to get any pumpkins there. They had an area for the kids to pet animals and ride horses. In the mix with the goats, donkey, sheep and turkeys, they had a camel, a big bull thing with no horns, and a ZEBRA. Huh??? Yeah, that's what I thought too. The Girl's frightened face was because a kid just told her little brother not to touch the zebra or he will bite him.


They had a pumpkin sling shot that T HAD to try (and pay twice as much for because he has a hard time hearing or he was just too excited). The Girl wanted to do it too. After ward they gave her a dinosaur (why a dinosaur, I just can't say) and she wanted to sling shot the dinosaur.

Next we did the hay maze. The Girl liked that until the row she went down didn't come all the way back to us. She figured it out without too much sadness and was pretty excited when she found her way out.

Next up... we let The Girl choose to do this tractor pull ride or a bounce house. I explained she would only get to do one of the two. She choose the ride and since it was getting ready to leave I didn't argue with her and just put her on it. After about 10 sec. she started crying. I ran to catch up with with and she cried, "I don't like this ride! I want to do the bounce house!" Because they didn't ask her for tokens when she got on the ride, I told her she could do the bounce house when the ride stopped. She cheered up and seemed to enjoy the end of the ride a little more. It looked pretty boring if you ask me!

Nice photo op for our family picture! Thanks for the kids' outfits grandma! They looked so cute. We are so glad Katie got to come up and spend the weekend with us!


BOUNCE HOUSE STORY: I have to start by saying THE GIRL IS A FLIRT! She was playing on this big blow up slide thing. She had gone up and down at least a dozen times. Then one time she was going up the ladder she decides to slip on purpose and start saying "help, help". After a few kids fought their way passed her a boy 6 or 7 years old came up behind her and tried to help her up. He first tried pushing her from behind, which made Katie and I laugh. Then he put his arm around her and helped her up the slide. Then they would slide down together and do it again. I started giving her the warnings ("3 more times", "2 more times") and when I told her "last time" she stayed up at the top for a long time. I tried getting her to slide down but she knew it would be time to go. After some kids were waiting for her to go, she finally got pushed down. She tried stopping in the middle of the slide and this same boy came to her rescue and tried to help her go back up the slide. It was hilarious! Where do they learn this "damsel in distress stuff"? Must be one of those instinct abilities. I've said it before... I'm a little afraid of teenage Girl!

See more photos on Katie's Site.

How to Make Cookies The Girl Way

1) Measure out all the ingredients and make sure to taste EACH one. Yup... baking powder and vanilla don't taste that good, do they.

2) Drink some water to get the yucky taste out of your mouth.

3) After mixing up the ingredients, lick the beaters clean!

4) After you let the dough set up in the fridge, put out some flour and roll out the dough. Eat some flour and then eat some dough. Eat more flour and ask for more dough. "Katie, Cam I have some mooore?"

5) After baking and cooling, frost the cookies and eat the frosting and sprinkles! YUMMY!

Crazy Girl

Sibling Similarities

The Boy Update

The Boy is on the move! He rolls and pivots and is really close to crawling. He has started some baby crackers (teething biscuits) and really enjoys them. We got him a new hat and gloves for the cold days. He's such a cutie!

Happy Friday!

1) Where did Fall go? It is soo cold here! Yesterday we took the preschool kids out to a ward member's house to see their animals. They all got to ride a horse. It was pretty chilly but the kids had a good time.

2) My sweet boy. :D He held up his own bottle... that one time. :D Hasn't done it since but we are working on it. He also started sleeping better at night for me... maybe because he is too cold to wake up? Yeah, the past two mornings T brought him in to me and he was cold. He is also eating his baby cereal and bananas.

3) Silly Girl. She has had some sticker fun lately... putting it all over her legs and arms. One day she colored marker all over her face and lips. Good thing markers are more washable now than when I was a kid!

4) The Girl did sooo well at dance class this week. I'm really excited to see if it was a fluke thing or if she is getting better. :D She also got to go to the library today for an art class! She mixed colors and had some fun finger painting. Soo cute.

5) Some photos from past preschool days (just click on a picture to see it larger). Note the one where she is telling the fireman that she loves him.