Dress Up

 

 

OK...so I'm not a huge fan of Halloween...didn't grow up 'celebrating' this holiday and I'm not completely against it.  I just hate the fight with candy and the costumes...and them wanting to do scary things...I don't want them to wear scary things and I fear I'm running out of time on that one.  I'm holding out for as long as I possibly can!

 

Here is Ian, Captain Jack...we tried coffee grounds as a beard...he didn't really like or want to be we talked him into it.  Afterwards when he was getting it off his poor skin, for like a week, was all welted and bumpy from the coffee grounds! Oh I felt so bad...lol but he looked good.  Kinda like wearing high heeled shoes right?  No??? OK

 Here is Lee...he was Mario again...he looks completely thrilled right?

 Dah nanana nanan ana Batman!!!! I asked where Robin was and Batman told me Robin was having some wardrobe issues and won't be joining us tonight...how sad! He (Eli) said he really wanted Charlie and Mighty to have a Robin costume so they could be his side kicks...even the baby needs someone to boss around! HA!

 Autobots...ROLL OUT! I can hear you guys singing the music for when they transform...don't say you aren't!  This is Dru

 ...and oh my goodness!  Look who got into it and dressed up herself!  Sadly I was missing my wiener......dog....nope missing my wiener...and the condiments weren't to be found.  I was the lone wolf in the lone pack...very sad...don't you think?

...oh...and WAY too much candy yet again....seriously why do we do this every year!?! Who NEEDS that much candy??? I certainly don't and I DON'T need it at home!! Makes me wonder why we are all trying to figure out why we are all are obese or our kids are??? On another note...the person who invented mini candies...bite size...should be drug out in the street and S-H-O-T!!! It's impossible to have just 1 or a serving!!  Have you tried?

Cute Lil' Punkins

Today was the Kindergarten field trip to the pumpkin patch!  Woot! Woot!

Truly a red letter day here...why you ask? Well, it's the first one for Dru as a Kinder!  They road the bus and everything!  Of course we love the patch we went to also, that always helps!

 

Eli and I met Dru and his classmates at the patch and we went around with his class and discovered and experienced things together...and with a whole bunch of rowdy Kinders...LOUD! We had so much fun petting the farm animals, going down slides and figuring out mazes.  Of course there was the corn pit (and this year we managed to only bring a quarter of the pit home and not all of it...progress people!). 

 

We do of course know the highlight of the day of course is taking the tractor ride to the place where the pumpkins are!  We have arrived!!

 

Dru picked out his right away and he did good! Nice and round with a great stem!

Tag a long here picked one out too...he took a little more time browsing and finally came upon this one. A good choice I think.

 Dru was such a wonderful big brother on his field trip with his class.  I love seeing glimmers of this when I least expect it...gives me such hope that when they are older they all will have a relationship with each other...I hope for ones better than what I have.  Dru made sure that Eli wasn't left out on any fun things and made sure he got a turn on rides and treats.  Good job Dru! 

 When it was time for Dru to leave and go back to school, Sparky here wasn't ready to go and so we stuck around for a bit.  We really did luck out on weather earlier today because it got ugly later on.  Eli spent a lot of time on this horse and what you can't see is the cow (fake) that he is trying really hard to rope.  He eventually did get it and then could have spent forever mastering it...I had to be the bad guy and make him leave. 

We had a good day and I'm glad I was able to go on this field trip and be there for Dru on his first one, although I think he would have done fine.  They were so busy he wouldn't have noticed if we weren't there...I don't think.

 

Harvest Picture

Just fooling around with pictures

 

 Corn kernels in the corn pit! The kids love this part of the field trip to the Pumpkin Patch!  That and I'm pretty sure I washed a whole corn field after that.

 I love this picture...I had a creative moment to get a different perspective.  I have moments!

Shower in Pink

 

 

 

Some of the ladies in my family put on a shower for a cousin and we were so excited to put this on for her!  Who doesn't like babies right!?!

 

Am I right?

 

Baby rabies!!

 

 

We decided we'd make her a diaper cake as our gift to her and it was really fun to make! We bought a few trinkets to add to the cake and a box of diapers.  Thank goodness for a good friend to show me how to make it!  Where would I be with out these people?? Well, not as creative as this I tell you!

I'm pretty proud of myself for making this!  If you didn't notice they are having a little girl...butt heads! ;)  I can honestly say I've not put on a shower for someone who is having a boy...how is it 2 of the ladies putting this shower on have ALL boys and end up putting on a showe/sr for these women who are all having girls? Honestly! Where is the justice people!?!

The Ball Game

GO MARINERS!!!

 

This was our gift to Dru this year for his birthday...we tried to do events for the kids this year for their birthdays.  I like doing these kinds of things rather than buying one more piece of something or other junk toy that will get broken or who knows. 

 

This year for Dru's birthday we took him to a Mariners game...pretty darn close to his birthday too!  He got some birthday money from Grandma and Grandpa and he bought that hat you see him wearing in the picture!  They have to buy like a shirt or something like that with their money at things like these...I detest wasting money on those stupid toys or what nots that irritated the parents and the kids act obnoxious and Lord knows what else. Done with those kinds of things!

 

I like this picture of my boys...

 

 Me and the fellers!  It really is a feat sometimes to get them to look at the camera...why is that!?!

 Frank and his boys...everyone was just so excited for this day!

What made it even better was that the Mariners won that game and we stuck around for the whole game! the kids managed to make it through the whole game...which was amazing! The last time we went to a game we barely made it to the 7th inning!  The bonus part of the whole thing was since we managed to stay for the whole game the kids got to run the bases, just like real ball players!  They were so excited!  It really was a great day and I'm so glad we were able to do that for Dru's birthday and that we could all go do it as a family!  Love that we an do those things sometimes!

Someday Turned 6!

 

Pokémon was the them this year!  This phenomenon was huge when I was young, it has now circled back and is big now with my boys.  I don't understand this thing but go with it I will.

 

I can't believe that he has turned 6 already! It was just yesterday that I had as close to a birth process as I was going to get.  Had this baby boy at home, labored in a pool in my room, gave birth to him on my bed.  After all was said and done it was SO nice to crawl into MY own bed and STAY there and not have silly nurses constantly waking me up doing Lord knows what (this does not mean to knock nurses...I just don't normally have a good experience with them) and they aren't touching my child.

 

So 6 years since that home birth and he started Kindergarten this year...rides the bus...big things that happened this year!

 

Dru with his cake that Grandma and Grandpa bought for him

 

 He loves his movie he got from a friend!  It's a good, cute movie!

 The cake up close and personal

 Mom and dad got him a Mariners sweatshirt for his birthday

 Big to do's over something Angry Birds!!

 Wish for the world my son!  I hope you get your wish!

School!

First day of school!!! WOOHOO!

 

Handomse all of them!  I had a great summer with them and we did many things but the last few wweeks of summer we more than any of us could take...we were at each other's throats.  It was time for school to start and for them to get on with the learning part of it!

 

Ian

 

                                                          
                                                                 Dru

                                                          
                                                                Lee

                                                    Eli...unsure of all that is going on because now it's just mom and him...he'd like to know where all his boys are going?

All in all...everyone had a good day and everyone likes their teachers.  Eli waiting with abated breath for his boys...all was right when they got home!  Whew!