Shayna's Preschool Halloween Party

Today was Shayna's Halloween Party at Preschool. When I went to pick her up she told me it was the best school day ever. She wanted to be a horse for Halloween this year but since we couldn't find a horse costume she settled for a princess.



Shayna says some of the funniest things. On our way home from school she said to me "Mom I didn't cry at school today, I didn't suck my thumb or pick my nose either, I'm so proud of me". She makes me laugh. She definitely keeps me entertained.

Weekend Activities

Tyler came home, YEAH!! But only for a week and then he will be gone again. So we took advantage of having him home and had a busy weekend. My camera batteries died so I don't have any pictures to post. Britton has been wanting to make worm soup for the longest time so we did that on Saturday morning, he came up with his own recipe (I had to slightly alter it to make it edible) He made chocolate pudding as the "soup" and we put gummy worms in it. Easy but cute and the kids loved it. Saturday night we decided to make carmeled apples. Another very easy thing to do but again the kids loved it and they were delicious. Sunday we went to Tyler's parents house for a Halloween Party/Dinner. Grandma Carver got all of the kids shirts so they could decorate them for Halloween. Shayna asked me why we got to paint on clothes, she thought it was silly that I would let her paint on a new shirt that Grandma bought her. But she loved every minute of it. Shayna's shirt is covered with ghosts, bats, pumpkins and spiders, some of the pictures are overlapped because she has so much on it, Britton's shirt has a couple of ghosts and spiders and pumpkins all evenly distributed and looks very neat and organized. True to both of their characters. After that was done Grandma Carver told the kids a Halloween story and then sang a Halloween song. Thanks Grandma Carver for making this such a fun day.

Happy Birthday Grandma

We went to La Caille for Grandma Donna's 80th Birthday. She doesn't look or act a day of her age. Isn't she Beautiful. She is so much fun to be with. Thank you Uncle Roger for putting this together, we had so much fun. I can't wait to do this for my Birthday (hint, hint). The Cake was fabulous. I couldn't believe the huge sparklers they used for the candles. I really enjoyed being with my family, I just wish Tyler could have been there.

Pumpkin patch

We went to two different pumpkin patch's this year. The best one was in centerville, here are the kids enjoying the festivities.


Searching for pumpkins, Shayna didn't quite know what to think of the squeeky critter she is holding.

Getting lost in the maze.

Enjoying a wagon ride while looking for pumpkins. (Britton thinks he's spiderman)

Riding horses, Shayna was in Heaven.

Sorry it took so long Kim

I apologize for both of the pictures, it's not very often that I get in front of the camera so I didn't have much to choose from. Any way Kim, here are the before and after shots, you really can't see much of the length in either of the pictures but I promise it was drastic......to me anyway.

For Tyler

You know how you told Britton he needed to be man of the house when you are away. He is staying true to his word. The shower door broke, and of course I was completely upset, he gave me a hug and said "don't worry Mom, I will take care of it for you". He went and got all of his tools and put on his tool belt and got to work on the shower door. It almost made me cry. I am so thankful to have him around. By the way, it's still not fixed. Please come home soon we miss you.

I have to brag!

I went to Parent Teacher Conference for B last Friday, I know he is a smart kid but I didn't realize how smart he is until we started going over all of his work. He excels in math, spelling and reading. He is the only kid in his kindergarten class that has received a 100% on everything. His teacher told me that he has already achieved the goals that are set for the class, some of the goals are knowing your phone number and address........he knew that in preschool including his zip code and they are working on counting to 30, ummm B can count to 100+. I am supposed to start working with him on counting by two's and by five's, I'm sure he won't have a problem with this. The teacher asked B what he wanted to be when he grew up, his answer was a vulcanologist or a paleontologist (I don't know if I spelled those right), you should have seen her jaw drop. He makes me laugh! Good job B, we are all so proud of you!

Decorating Pumpkins

B and S decided this year they didn't want to carve pumpkins, they
just wanted to decorate them, so I went and bought some faces
that they could stick on them, they turned out cute and the kids
loved it.