Kindergarten Halloween Party

Carson got to wear is costume to school today for the Halloween parade. He wanted to be something nice. He chose a hunter. It was also his first class party. Since I happen to be the room mom for his class it was up to me to make it fun. We had the best time and all the kids were pretty calm. Mrs. Pfeiffer kept saying how proud she is of all the kids because they are being so calm and quiet. Me and another mom in the class told her wait till all the sugar kicks in. Aunt Ami even make special pumpkin cookies for me to take in for the class even though we aren't supposed too. Oops!!!

They were yummy. We split into groups and they made spider's out of suckers, we ate at one group, we played bingo at another, and we painted each kid's foot white and stamped it on a black piece of paper to make a ghost with googly eyes. They turned out so cute. After we were done with our groups we took the kids outside and split them into two teams. They each had to dress up in the clothes to become somewhat of a scarecrow and run to their teammate, undress and off the next would go. It was lots of fun and each class member got the chance to become a scarecrow. It was so cute. I hope Carson will remember how fun school is (at least when your in Kindergarten). He really loves school and couldn't wait for Fall break to be over so he could go back to school.

Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns

Carson came home from school on Monday and asked when we were decorating our pumpkins for our house. I looked at him thinking I guess he is old enough to know that is what you do on Halloween. So Monday night we ate dinner and I went and got pumpkin to carve for the boys for family night. Chad got roped into designing our faces and I helped cut. By the time we got to the third one, the boys had all went back inside the house and Chad and I were the ones outside with the pumpkins. It was fun for the short time we were out there all together. The boys were excited to have pumpkins on the porch.

What's wrong with this picture?????

Besides the mess that my lovely 3 younger boys made today, can you spot the problem?

I told Peyton and Parker to go and clean the 2 rooms that they destroyed and I didn't want to see them come out till it's all clean. Parker came out a little while later and I told him to go back and help Peyton. He told me Peyton was asleep in Carson's room. I went to check and could not find him. He wrapped himself up in a fitted sheet for Gunner's crib and fell asleep under it. I ran and got the camera to take pictures with out trying to wake him. I wasn't sure at first if he was really asleep or if he was playing possum. He is a pretty good "faker" at sleeping when he gets told to go and clean. He was really asleep under the sheet and is still asleep as I type. What a crazy kid.

Twins turn the BIG 4!!!

Starting out 4 years ago at 6 lbs 2 oz (Peyton) and 7 lbs 4 oz (Parker) I thought they would stay babies forever, but I now have two very active wonderful boys that are so excited for their cowboy birthday. They really are fun to be around. They get along great with each other and really are inseparable.
Today the twins turn 4. Wow has time flown by. We started the day off at the park with friends. We let the kids play and had a picnic and cupcakes. The kids all had a good time and the mom's got to have their own conversations with adults. It was fun had by all.

I attempted to make their cakes but they didn't turn out as cute as I pictured. They wanted a cowboy birthday so they chose horses to be on their cakes and boots to be on their cupcakes for the park. They of course loved them. It is exciting to have your kids think that you can do anything they ask.
They received plenty of presents between the two. Lots of cowboy stuff like Grandpa Ric. They got boots, hats, cowboy clothes, games, cars, and cap guns. They were really cute all dressed up like a cowboy. Parker was in heaven and didn't want to take it off to go to bed. I assured him he could wear it tomorrow. I had a fun day and hope they had a blast.

More Stories from the Boys!!

The other day Chad and I were talking to the boys about who the boss was. Some would say Mom, some would say Dad. Chad asked Parker who the boss was and he replied, "Dad, you are the boss but our mom, she is the Mother." We started laughing at how cute and serious he said it. I am just excited that the mother trumps the boss. I am very glad for my title of being the "Mother." Thanks Parker I owe you.
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Everybody knows that I am not a morning person but have learned how to be one with Carson in kindergarten this year. I have my alarm set for 6:30am every morning. One morning Carson woke up on his own and Chad was getting ready to leave for work and told Carson that I was still in bed to go get me. He looked at Chad and told him, "but I don't want to go rest a little longer." That is what I always tell him when he comes in before my alarm goes off. Chad came in and told me what happened and we both laughed. I got out of bed and went and started the morning duties.
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Last week Peyton ran to the bathroom and went potty. He hollered for me to come and wipe his buns and was sad that he got some poop in his chonies. I told him that he had diarrhea and that when he felt like he needed to go again that he had to hurry to the potty to go because he had diarrhea. His response to me was, "It's not potty mom, it's Pee-Potty." Sure enough to a almost 4 year old it does come out the backside just like pee. It was cute.
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Gunner doesn't have any stories yet but I am sure in the next few years we will have some. He is starting to talk a lot. I don't remember the other talking this much this early. Any woo, some of his favorite words are...Soda (I know you all are surprised with the way I drink and have to have my soda's), Ball (he gets in some pretty vicious fights with his dad and brothers throwing all the balls at each other), Daddy (goes for me or Chad whoever is in the room), Juice, and his all time favorite "Stuck" (we heard this the whole way to Pima and most of the way home this past weekend. He is so cute and growing so fast. He is 18 months old today and hopefully ready for Nursery to begin. Woohoo!! Chad and I can enjoy some meetings again.
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The other night I heard a thud and then a boy crying. I got up looked at the clock (it was 2:15am) and went to the bedroom to find out who fell out of bed. When I got there both boys were on the floor but Peyton was crying. I picked him up and on the floor was a small pool of blood. I thought oh great. I took him to the kitchen and got Chad up to help me get it cleaned up and decided it probably needs some glue. I took him to the urgent care and sure enough they super glued him back together. I was so grateful that flu season has not started yet down here. We were the only ones there and were in and back home in an hour of him rolling out of bed. Not bad service at 2:30 in the morning.
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We love the boys and are glad they are part of who we are. It gets pretty crazy at times but we seem to make it through. There is definitely never a dull moment at our house.

Family pics

Here are the pictures of our family pictures for Chad's family. Melissa Alder took them and they turned out AWESOME!!!