Tuesday, November 25, 2008

What happened to all the food?

There are times where I wonder "Where have all the snacks gone?" I mean, I usually try to control snack time to a very short period of time right after school, then I start fixing dinner. But any time I try to do something where I can't keep an eye on the kitchen, it seems that I eventually open the pantry door to this:
At least it was just the craisins this time. The cookies are safe (for the moment, anyway... I haven't checked on the pantry in the last 4 minutes or so...)

Bath time!


Happy boys who like to take baths just make me happy!

All I want for Chrithmath ith my two front teeth...


About 2 weeks ago, my boys all had dental appointments. Caeden was told that he needed to start wiggling his two front teeth. Apparently, the teeth were loose a little while ago, but had begun to tighten up again when the permanent front teeth started moving in. Caeden overheard the dentist say that "We may need to pull them for him if they don't fall out before the others come in," so he has been diligently wiggling for about 10 days. Finally, this Sunday, one fell out while he was snacking on popcorn, and he let dad pull the second one (it was so loose, it was just hanging there!) We were so happy - it took a lot of courage to let dad pull it out! Yay for Caeden!

My little Einstein!


Jordan had a school project that he worked on for 3 months. It was a history of Einstein. Needless to say, I learned a lot about the guy during this time. It all culminated in a class presentation where each student presented a bio-riddle about their subject, displayed their project boards, and dressed up like their character. It was fun to see them all and best of all... we're done!!!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Our new bed!

Ok, jules, this is for you!
About 2 years ago Aaron and I bought a new mattress, but it didn't fit our old bed frame. Then a few months ago, we found a killer deal on a bed (it was 70% off, plus no tax added or delivery charges!) so we bought it. Julie has been asking for a picture, so here we go:

Isn't it pretty?
Now we just need to get the matching nightstands and dresser... One thing at a time...

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Happy Halloween (a few weeks late...)


One of these days, I'll get on the ball and blog every other day and keep everyone up to date... maybe when we get a new computer that doesn't take 20 minutes to start up, or whose monitor won't go out (I think we have a short in the cord... ugh...) Anyway, I promised mom Halloween pictures, and even though we're half way to Thanksgiving, here they are!

Jordan was "The Unknown Ghost," he had glasses under the mask that lit up so it looked like he had floating, glowing eyes. Zachary was a Ninja warrior. This is actually the 3rd year he's been a Ninja, but I guess it works for him. Caeden was the Red Power Ranger. I found that funny, since he doesn't watch "Power Rangers," but he thought the muscles on the costume were cool. Jacob changed his costume a number of times. Actually, he didn't want to wear a costume at all, until he realized that if you wear a costume and say "Trick or Treat," you get candy! So, begrudgingly, he wore a Tigger coat and went trick or treating. He loved the candy, hated the costume, but now he won't stay out of the costume box... And our little Levi stayed home with me to pass out candy. He did enjoy the softness of Tigger after Jacob abandoned him, so here's Levi's after a hard night of candy-passing-out-ing.
Hope everyone had a happy Halloween, and no one's teeth are any worse for the sugar overdose!