Halloween 2012

 Happy Halloween! 

We have a bumblebee, a knight, a lion, and a cat!

White Crayons

So we are at church the other day and Matson is coloring some pages in his coloring book.  All of a sudden he says "I hate this one!".  I could see that he was frustrated because the white crayon was not showing up on the white paper.  He stated again and again that he "hated this one".  Well, Andrea saw the commotion and tried to calm him down.  This prompted him to exclaim that "it is stupid!".  Half-laughing, Andrea told him not to use bad words, but he continued his rant.  I tried to explain that white crayon on a white paper doesn't work, but he just looked at me like I was out of my mind.

In my son's defense, he obviously wanted to see a streak of color from this crayon on white paper.  When none appeared he thought it stupid that such a dud crayon even existed.  After all, the other colors worked just fine. 

Always fun to get a glimpse inside the mind of a two year old.

October

Kelsie won the 5th grade spelling bee and was a finalist in the school bee.  She was quite devastated that she didn't win the school bee but we tried to remind her that it's quite an accomplishment to be one of the top spellers in the whole school.  She is a little over achiever.  She has always been a great speller and the kids in her class come to her when they don't know how to spell a word. :)

 This boy is a NUT!  And the little one is trying hard to keep up!

 Carter at the fire station on our preschool fieldtrip.

We made slime!!!

John turned 36!  Kelsie made his cake and used every candle in our house to get to the number 36.  There aren't actually 36 candles, but the numbers added together equal 36.  That's thinking out of the box!  It was a cake to remember!

Fall in the Canyon

First Day of School

First Day of School.  Emily started 2nd grade and is in Miss Layne's class.  She is new to our school but we've heard great things about her!  Kelsie is in 5th grade with Ms. Decker.  Kelsie is thrilled to have a female teacher after 3 years of male teachers!  She was ready for a change!

Wii Success

The kids have become obsessed by winning Bozers castle on Super Marios Brothers on the Wii.  It is all Carter has talked about for a week!  Today was a happy day at our house!  I was making dinner when I heard all the kids shrieking and jumping up and down!  I ran to see what was going on...well, guess what?!?  They had FINALLY won Bozers castle!  Thanks to Kelsie and Brianna we have now arrived in Wii greatness!  Look how happy they look!  :)  Made their whole week!!!