Gingerbread....Candy Houses

I love the tradition of gingerbread houses every year with the family. This year was nothing less than fun-filled, sugar fun! The kids had their own and I think they enjoyed the toothpicks as much as the candy. The boys specialized with a bowling lane on the side along with a fire pit in the front and a nativity scene. The girls went with lots of color and beauty! The cotton candy was a great idea for snow...for the first couple of hours until it all melted and condensed.

 

My Little Bed Bugs

L.O.V.E. them

A Sad Mourning

He was cutting magazines with scissors. Then...he asked to see a mirror.  I paid no attention as to why. Minutes later I turned around and found quite a site. There were clumps of my sweet boy's hair all over the house. He literally used to hands on the scissors and hacked off his hair. He was devastated, as was I. He cried when he realized his hair was gone. This child loves his hair. I would do his hair in the morning and on the way to school he would have me check it multiple times to make sure it still looked good. He loved his "church hair" and mohawk and curls. It was a sad day.

We buzzed it all off. It took a couple days before he would take his hood off a school. I think he learned his lesson.

Now I pray his curls are not gone for good!

Happy Birthday Drew!!!

 Happy Birthday to this adorable, charming, handsome, silly, energetic, stubborn, brilliant, blessing of a boy!  He loves birthdays, balloons, cousins, cake (well, at least the icing), and fun! Such a great day for this little man. We had lunch together at soon, eating of course In-n-Out (fries and shake for him). Sadly it was at the quiet table....which was nice for me since we could sit at our own table without a ton of little people around! He loved his hockey set and the many gifts he received. The Star Wars cake with Darth Vader may have been the favorite!

Happy happy birthday to the biggest brother in the house! We love you Drew!!!

A Bloggable Day

Definitely a bloggable day.

I had a lovely morning with my two littles at my sisters's house getting my hair done and it turned out fabulous! We then headed to the car to head to lunch and to Downeast. All was going smoothly and Carter requested a mint. I had two left. One for him and one for Maylee. They are small, white, and round. I was buckling Maylee. "Carter get your finger out of your nose"...not a strange phrase with a 4 year old little boy, right? Then the crying started. Jules and I concluded he must have scraped his nose. WRONG! I went over and looked up there and sure enough there is was, I could barely see the little, smooth, round mint. Why child, why?! We did this years ago with coco krispies.....didn't he remember. There was much screaming and clogging of the other nostril with instructions to blow. He was hysterical, but we finally got it out. Laughing ensued and more crying (on his part).

Downeast was a bit of a flop. I did get some shirts for Maylee, but nothing to inspire for our family pictures this weekend. *sigh*

Swung into Gymboree to return some pants and let the kids play at the "big" fountain.

Made it home with 10 minutes to spare before Drew got home on the bus....or so I though. Message on the machine that went something to the effect of....this is transportation and the bus is outside with Andrew. WEDNESDAY IS EARLY RELEASE! I missed him by 15 minutes. Poor kid had to ride on the bus for over a half hour since they took other kids home before trying us again. Super mom here...

I have been looking forward to a TBI training meeting we have every other month.  Tonight was the night. My normal sitter was sick so I was looking for another. I found a sweet friend in the ward who agreed to watch my little monsters. I scooted out, picked up Bry from work, and arrived just in time to miss the dinner....or so I thought. I would have missed the dinner if it wasn't LAST NIGHT! Yes, I missed it completely. It was the night before. Fail fail fail. I almost cried. 

So yes, between the mint, shopping, bus, and training - today was not my best day. Good thing I have tomorrow and these people to share it with :)

Thanksgiving 2012

I am so behind on blogging and this posted is actually being written in February 2013....

I had the title for the post set, but no pictures or memories recorded yet.  I went to my pictures and apparently I took no pictures or they all got lost! So....I will try to recall what happened 2 1/2 months ago with no pictures.

Thanksgiving took place at our house. It was a lovely dinner with just Shelley and fam. Poor Julia and kids were hit hard that week with the stomach flu. :( Dinner was delicious. Pie was amazing at the Baker bash...and apparently my memory is not what it used to be! I do love Thanksgiving and taking the time to spend time with family, remember all of my blessings, and eat delicious food!

Bubbles and Bonding

One Step at a Time

 

We have been so blessed with such a great therapy team for our Drew! He has started Hippo therapy now that the weather has cooled down and we are tying out a new suit called the "Spio". This kid is a trooper and our little rockstar. The little ones don't mind playing while we wait. :)

Halloween 2012

Hallowee in a nutshell...

Carter got to wear his costume for school for his party and was PUMPED. He was so excited to have big muscles. Maylee looked absolutely rediculuous in her little football costume. Drew did not sleep well the night before Halloween since he was so excited for the tooth fairy to come. Combine that with our church trunk our treat that night and by the time he came home from school on Halloween he was WIPED and fell asleep at 5 and slept through the night until 6 the next morning. He was a very confused kid that morning when I told him Halloween was over....good thing he is so easy going and the devastation did not last long.  

I asked Carter to take a picture of Maylee and he told me he had to carry her since she was his football. Love it!

And the cousin pictures...could these girls be any cuter? I about died when I saw Hailee in the dress that her very talented mother made for her!!!!!

Food Fights

Eating is a sensitive subject in our house...at least with me....well, maybe not sensitive as much as stressful, nerve wracking, exhausting, irritating, frustrating, and emotional. Child #1 was our first taste at feeding a toddler and child. We experienced sensory issues, food anxiety, and feeding issues. This molded me into a mom that does not force her children to eat and making sure there is something for everyone on the table....exhausting, yes. I now have three VERY picky eaters. I lose sleep over this, honest. This is what pizza looks like at my house. Left to right..Maylee - Carter - Andrew. No cheese to Maylee ( I will be luckly if she eats 3 bites), pepperoni for Carter (bless his heart) and just crust for Drew. And this is just PIZZA! Kids should like this, right? I need to make a change...but I am not sure how. It doesn't help when 2 out of my 3 kids have weight issues....sigh. One day I know I will look back on this and laugh, but for now my blood pressure pays!

Just imagine what  Thanksgiving looks like at my house.....comical.