Busy Busy Busy

I don't know where the time has gone. But it is now the middle of September and have been writing the little stories down that my kids are saying and wanted to post them. We are all doing good and having fun. First off....

Carson was helping me sort coupons the other night and I would give him a stack and he would sort them and then we would file them and give him another pack. I was filing some and he was sorting them by amounts. He would say this is $1 and this goes with $2 and came to one without the dollar amount. He asked me what that one said. I told him that was FREE. Without hesitating he starts singing "F-R-E-E that spells free credit report dot com baby." I busted up laughing. If anyone does not recognize it is on the free credit report commercial on TV. It was cute.

He then kept sorting and all the sudden he says and this goes in the Zantac pile. I saw this on TV. I know that is Zantac. He is getting too smart for his own britches. He keeps us going with all his songs and cute things he is learning in school.

Today he had a Teddy Bear Parade at school and parents were invited to attend. They were supposed to make a float out of whatever they wanted (a shoebox, a laundry basket, a stroller ect..) and take their favorite stuffed animal to go in their float and all the kindergartners parade around the front of the school pulling their floats. It was really cute. Some floats took time and others didn't. Chad wasn't too happy when I tied a bow on Carson's float. I told him, he blessed me with 4 boys and an occasional BLUE bow might show up every now and then. He just said ok fine (while shaking his head). The first picture is Carson's teacher with her own son dressed up as her bear. It was cute.

Peyton was sitting on the couch with Jeffey Jeff (as Peyton calls Jeff Barney). Jeff was playing the wii and Peyton was watching him. He told Jeff to go to that spot and get a Yoshi. Jeff told him to hold on and have some patience. Peyton looks at Jeff and says, "I had patience yesterday." He definatly keeps us on our toes with his little intelligence. He is very smart and always has to be in charge. We love him.
My favorite of the week comes from Parker. He snuck a piece of bacon that I had just cooked and was eating it at the table. I looked over and he was rubbing his greasy hands all over the kitchen table. I said Parker don't get your greasy hands all over the table. So what does he do. Takes his hands and rubs them on his pants. I again said "Parker don't rub them on your pants. Come on use your head." He took that answer and ran with it. He took his hands off his pants and was rubbing his head with his greasy hands. He is hilarious with a very mean streak. We love him when he is lovable and love him when he gets mean. He has finally came out of his shell and likes to compete with his brothers on things. He used to just sit back and take whatever toy was left and was happy to be playing with something. Now he goes to fighting for the toy he wants. I tell people that somedays I wish he would go back in his shell and be my sweet little Po-Po.
Then there comes the Gunner-Bear. Wow! Is the best I can describe him at the moment. He has so much energy and uses it to it's fullestHe does not give in to his brothers. He jumps right in and wrestles with his dad and brothers, play punches with them, rolls all over them. He keeps our house laughing with the cute things he does. He calls me daddy as well as Chad, loves balls and trains, and is really starting his first words.

We are practicing for our primary program and I needed to help with my sumbeams so I took Gunner into nursury. He has 3 weeks till he is legal so I said maybe they will keep him so I can help with practice. My V.T. partner was in there so I said she will watch him for me. About 3/4 the way through she comes through the door and said we need you. Gunner fell and busted his lip open. I am so sorry. I said no big deal and went to check the damage. He was crying a little but had blood all over his white shirt. I took him to the bathroom and got him cleaned up and striped his shirt off so I didn't scare the kids when I went back to primary. He did fine but woke up Monday with a pretty big fat lip. Needless to say, don't send your kid to nursury 3 weeks early in Gilbert. J/K... he tripped on a toy.

I Survived the First Day of Kindergarten

He made it. Mrs. Pfieffer said he had a great 1st day. He was still very happy about being at school and all the fun things they got to do. I asked what he did today and his reply was, "we had a writing center, a reading center and a play center. We got to go to recess 3 times. I made some girl friends and some boy friends. It was so fun Mom!!"

I then asked about lunch and he said, "But Mom, a mean boy stole my lunch box and ate my peanut butter and jelly sandwich." I will admit I got tears in my eyes. I was so sad for him. I asked him if he drank his Capri Sun and he again replied the mean boy drank it. I asked him if he ate anything and he said that the cafeteria has a kitchen and a lady made me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I asked what he drank with his sandwich and he said that the kitchen had some orange juice for him. I was mad.

I can't believe he could have so much fun but then have it ruined by a mean boy stealing his lunch. I am glad he got something to eat, but still. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better lunch time. I spoke with his teacher and Mrs. Dee is the one to take them to lunch not Mrs. Pfieffer and she didn't say anything to Mrs. Pfieffer about it. But she also informed me that it was such a crazy hectic lunchtime. Mrs. Pfieffer said she felt horrible and will ask Mrs. Dee what happened and make sure he gets his own lunch box tomorrow. Man is it hard being a mother of a kindergartner.

Tonight he told Chad and I he did not want to go to school anymore because after lunch you have to rest with your head on the desk and he did not like this. He is too cute.

Carson's 1st Day of School

It's official, Carson is a Val Vista Lakes Viking. He started school this morning and was so excited to be going. He woke up happy and ready to start getting his new clothes and new shoes on. On the way he was just all smiles and kept telling his brothers that he was going to Kindergarten. We are so proud of him and hope he stays excited about school forever and not just today. His teacher is Mrs. Pfieffer. She looks like a really fun teacher. He can't wait to ride the bus and make some new friends. Hope your day is full of fun Carson. We love you!!!

24th of July Celebration

The 24Th of July, we spent the weekend in Pima. Boy was that a busy weekend also. On Saturday we attended my dad's Uncle Kenneth's funeral, I had a baby shower that I didn't make it to, we celebrated Grandpa Joe's 78Th birthday with cake and ice cream, and were riding in the parade to celebrate Grandma Evelyn and Grandpa Joe. We are grateful we are part of there family and so thankful for the support they have been to us through all our years. My mom and dad bought some mules back in May and have been working so hard to build a wagon that we could ride on during the parade. It was AWESOME!! The kids played in the wagon forever and were so excited to be in the parade. Thanks mom and dad for your hard work to get this done. It was fun.

The rest of the summer has been mostly spent at the pool with the boys. They love to swim and are getting very good at it. Carson starts school on the10Th of August and will be going full day so his summer is about to end. We are loving our busy life and trying to keep up with our busy boys.

Disneyland

The 10Th of July, my sisters and I took off to California for Ami's 25Th birthday at Disneyland. It was a weekend without kids but pretty much filled up with business to do. We told the kids we had to go to a meeting in California and they bought that. Dad and Grandma Cindy were here with the boys while I was gone. We got to our hotel at 10:00pm. We then went swimming and decided we should go to bed as we had a busy 2 days planned. We went to Knotts Berry Farm from open to close and had a blast riding all the roller coasters. The next day was Disneyland for the birthday girl. We got there shortly after opening and we were there to close the park down. It was lots of fun to hang out with my sisters and be carefree for a few days. Thanks for the fun girls.

Greer 7/4/2009

For 4th of July, we got to go up to Greer with Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Ron. We fished and played with all the cousins. We went to Eagar for the 4th of July parade and watched the Eagar fireworks that night. The adults played many rounds of Dominos and ate all of Aunt Lacey's yummy treats she made for us. It was lots of fun to kick back and relax for a few days with family. Thanks for the invite and we can't wait to go again.

Summer Happenings

Back in June my friend from Texas came out for a funeral. About 5 families from Buckeye all decided we would go to the McCormick Railroad Park in Scottsdale so the kids could play. It was a lot of fun and of course my boys love the train park.

One morning after Ami got off graveyard shift, she met us at our house and we got to go to Snowflake and spend a few days with Grandma and Grandpa. Abbi and Marci came over and all the kids had fun playing outside, helping build the wagon for Jill and Lil, and playing with Smoochie. It is always so nice and cool up there compared with the heat of Gilbert. We planned a picnic at the park one day and we (including adults) played games with the kids. We played frisbee's and freeze tag. Boy am I out of shape. The kids got to go with Grandpa to the brown store. That's always a treat.

My cousin Jodi was preparing to go to Girls Camp and needed to do a service project for that. They were planning on going to a home for orphaned children and play games with them. They were going to teach them to make ice cream in a zip lock bag. Jodi decided she should probably practice and make sure it worked before it failed with the children. So she invited us over to see if it works and boy was it good. Ciminy and her kids were down also so it was fun to play with Riley and Aiden and get to see Cheyanne. Thanks Aunt Jodi (that's what my boys call her) and Aunt Ami. My boys love you.