Krispy Kreme Morning

Last Saturday I had a primary activity. Clark was volunteering at the Senior Health Fair at his school so I had to take Ethan and Caden with me. Ethan loved being around all of the older kids. He sat with them at the table and made the craft, he listened so intently to everyone and followed all the directions. I was impressed, I had not expected my 2 year old to be so into the activity. After making crafts we went to a Retirement Center to deliver our crafts and sing to the patrons. On our way out of the parking lot (everyone was following me), Clark called and said he was almost to the church so I jumped out of the car and switched cars with him so I wouldn't have to worry about my boys at the center. I didn't think Ethan would care at all, but my abrupt jumping out of the car and not taking him to the activity broke his heart! To console our little Mr. Sensitive Clark took him to Krispy Kreme on their way home from the church. They loved it.

All last week Ethan kept asking for Kwispy Kweme! On Weds. Clark surprised Ethan by being home when he woke up from his nap. The first thing Ethan said was, "I need a doughnut, can we go to Kwispy Kweme." Clark promised him if he was good we could all go on Saturday morning. Well, Ethan didn't forget, and Clark was good on his promise!

You want to see these two happy...just give them a doughnut!

Murder on the Grill

I'd like you to meet my friends, Chubby Cheddar and Tiara Diamond (Miss Kansas City 1957).

Barby Q and Ivan Spudnik (Russian rocket scientist)

Bobby Sox (hula hoop champion) and Johnny Angel

They all gathered at our groovy 50's diner to help solve the murder mystery of Tom Dooley. It was a fun night with lots of drama!

I wonder what our neighbors think about us now?!

Sunbeam

Tonight we had such a fun Family Home Evening. We learned about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus by playing follow the leader. The best part though was when we were singing and bouncing along to "Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam," Caden thought it was hilarious! We sang it several times and he cracked up every time.

I love this little family of mine.

The Many Faces of E.E.

We love this cute little face and all of the expressions that come with it! With a 2 year old I feel like we get to experience all of these faces a lot! We can go from crying to laughing all within a minute.

The way Ethan talks right now cracks us up! It seems like his vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammatical errors are changing daily. I wanted to have a little record of his newest poem that he loves, he learned it in nursery and taught it to us.

I had a little turtle, his name is tiny Tim.

I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim,

He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap.

He went to bed with a bubble in his throat!

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, POP!

Cabin Fever

Wow, I have cabin fever today. It all started with Caden getting a little cold that turned into a double ear infection that turned into no sleep for him or momma that turned into momma getting sick that turned into Daddy having to take over the house Monday as momma burned up with fever which turned into Ethan getting a little cold which in short turned into us not leaving the house since Sunday.

1 grouchy sick 2 year old + 1 tired sick momma + 2 aching ears on a sweet little Caden = a hard day at our house

To make it through the last hour before Clark got home the only thing I could think of to do was turn on Christmas music. Ethan loved it (especially the Chipmunks). After dinner we had a full dance party. Christmas music made the world seem right again...here's to the Chipmunks!

Caden loved being danced with and tossed around. I was happy to hear his little laugh again! (And yes this video is the wrong way, and may make you dizzy).

P.S. I did leave the house in all of my patriotic glory for a moment last night to go vote!

"29"

Last week I turned "29."

When Clark was in preschool he found out how old his teacher was and told her "that's old, my mom's only 29." (His mom was just a bit over 29 at the time). I have always thought that story was funny.

My mom told me that this year when people ask how old I am I'll actually be "29," I'll probably tell people this for years...but this year it will be true.

So as an official 29 year old I'm planning to live it up!

I started my 29th year with a delicious chocolate fudge cake made by Clark

We couldn't afford 29 candles, so 2 and 9 had to do.

I snapped pictures of Ethan and Caden as Clark got the cake ready...do they look excited or what?

Then Clark and I modeled our new his and hers Snuggies that James and Erica gave us for our birthdays.

Then I pretty much celebrated all weekend, because I'll only be "29" once you know! Thanks to all my friends and family for the phone calls, texts, cards and gifts that made my day(s) so special!

Trick or Treat

In Des Moines the kids go trick-or-treating on October 30th, it is called Beggar's Night. This was the first year we took Ethan, the weather was perfect and we had so much fun!

The little cowboy with Shannon, the little candy corn witch, were so cute going to every door with their orange buckets!

It was impossible to get them to both stop long enough for a picture! No stopping when candy is involved.

Ethan literally ran the whole night. As soon as he got his treat he would run down the driveway hand his bucket to me to hold and his hat to Clark to hold as we walked the 20 feet to the next house. Then he would put his hat back on, grab his bucket and go up to the next door. Watching him run in his little homemade chaps, and the little jean jacket that Clark used to wear was pretty much my favorite part of the whole night.

When we got in the car to leave I asked Ethan if he had fun, he said "no, that was hard." Such hard work running from door to door begging for his parent's candy supply, but boy am I loving the Almond Joys.