2 Little Pumpkins

Here's something fun. Instead of carving pumpkins this year we decided to let the kids be the creative ones and draw on some small pumpkins usually used for pies. I thought we may have some paint or something that would be permanent but all we ended up having was washable markers. This ended out being quite fun because it gave them an opprotunity to draw one face and then erase it and draw another. It's a good thing that those markers perform as stated because as the fun progressed the children became the pumpkins. Aubrey loved it. Mason didn't realize what I was doing at first and when he saw himself in the mirror he sighed "OH GOSH, Not again!" and ran into the bathroom to clean his face off. There's a well trained kid, you can tell it's happened before.

OK, So Mason did realize what we were doing and he really wanted to fight it. It took two of us to convince his he would like it.

"OH GOSH, Not Again!" Followed by jumping from the table and running into the bathroom shouting "UNCLEAN, UNCLEAN!"

Aubrey is please with how her face turned out

Peer pressure

Mason gave in for another try when he saw how fun it was

Aubrey's final shot

Richards First Post

I've taken a little more interest in our blog page recently and so I figured I would post something. Today was our primary program in church today therefore, Aubrey and I traded spots so I got to spend time sitting with Jenell (Which I really miss doing) and she got to sit on the stand. Our program was really well done and Aubrey had a small line she needed to say ("Jesus Christ is my Savior.") Seeing her up there saying her line so proudly made me tear up instantly. She was so cute saying it too, instead of saying "Savior" she says "Sabor." I loved it. Tonight we also had a small family celebration for Mason's birthday which I'm posting pictures from as well as pictures from our 5K and family fair at the school. Also, I want to express my appreciation and thankfulness for the supportive comments and encouragement I've received in regards to school.

It kind of looks like Jenell is telling Mason not to blow out the candles but we were singing to him and he was expressing his excitement for having Scooby-doo on the plate.

Here Mason is high on ice cream and is in a euphroic state

Aubrey and Mason are having a cage match in the jump room at the USAHS Family Fair

This inflatable obstacle course was neat and on the other side of the wall it just dropped off to the pavement.

Here Jenell plows through Mason while racing to the bottom of the slide.

Here's our picture from the 5K

Happy Birthday!

Today is Mason's 2nd birthday, for all of you who didn't know. We had a fish fry with all of the students here, so we just sang happy birthday to him then. I made a whole bunch of cupcakes and we still have some left over. We are planning on having his family party tomorrow, so I will have pictures and everything then. Crazy that he is already 2, where does the time go.

Busy

It has been forever since I have had a few minutes to write, so I thought I would tell you a few things a have learned this week.

1. It is not the greatest idea in the world to clean a paper shredder with scissors.

2. Anyone can do a 5K, really it isn't that bad.

3. Why in the world do we pay to be able to do a 5K, no really I am playing to do something that I do like every day for free. But I do get a t-shirt and a cool number to hang on my wall.

4. When Mason starts crying and throwing a fit, he is way beyond a nap. It is time to get home and put him down.

5. Mason loves to pretend fish. He even liked being Scobby-doo, so cute (thanks Mom). I now have pictures, just have to get them off my camera.

6. 2 hours in nursery can be a very long time, very long. For all of you who have kids or will have kids in nursery, your nursery leaders deserve treats sometimes, or even a hug and tell them that they do a good job.

7. Sunday naps are the best! The bad part is trying to get to sleep Sunday night.

8. It's a good thing that your kids are cute. Enough said on that one.

9. When the weather turns is the best, being able to sleep with the window open is my favorite.

10. It seems like you finish one busy week and there is another one waiting right there for you.

Not for the faint of heart

Mason was up this morning and honestly I was trying to stay in bed for as long as I could. He left our bedroom, but soon came back. He dropped the stuff he had in his hands and started to say that he wanted me to come look. Well whatever I was to come and look at moved to our bathroom. Mason started to say spider. Well for all the love I have for spiders I really wasn't jumping out of bed to get it, that and I knew that it would be gone before I got there. I got out of bed and Mason was still chasing his spider around my bathroom, very crazy because there are a lot of places for them to hide. That was when I saw his spider, it was a huge cockroach. I mean huge and I wasn't wanting to kill it. I made Richard get out of bed to help me. All I can say is gross.

We also had another visitor to our home tonight. We had to run a few places and it was raining like crazy. When we got home a little frog decided to follow us into our house. It hopped right into our front closet. Richard had to move everything out to get him out. At least that isn't one of the animals on Aubrey's list that she wants.

Tagged

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The big day!

Today was the big day for Richard's test. We all woke up really early this morning, all but Aubrey she sleeps through anything. I am thinking that is a nap day for sure. But Richard passed his tests! Yea, I will be able to see my husband for like a week before he heads out to do his internships. He is getting closer to the end, really the time has gone fast.

On another note, I was making pancakes for the kids this morning. Aubrey told me that she wanted a cat one. Well, I am no good at making them at all. So I told her that I tried, but I couldn't make one. She made a sighing noise, put her head down and told me that I was ruining her life. She is 3 going on 16. All I want to know is where she learns these things. I told her that it makes me sad when she tells them these things. So after breakfast she tole me that she was sorry and she loves me but she really needs a cat, a real one.