What We Want For Christmas

Steve and I have debated for a few years about an entertainment center.  Ours was okay so we never felt the need to get a new one... Until tonight!  We needed to move it over a little so we could fit the exercise bike next to it so we could put the tree where we wanted it.  Well, it decided to take matters into its own hands and let us know what we wanted/needed for Christmas.  It slid and fell and broke!  The amazing thing was that the tv stayed on and none of the speakers fell off.  I'm just thankful that the kids were out of the way! They all watched it fall. I felt like we were on America's Funniest Home Videos as we watched it fall!!  So now its time to decide what kind. :)

Here are a couple of pictures.  The first was a few months ago. Nice boxes of books, eh? So glad to have them out of our house in the store!!!  The next was right after it fell and the last is from the side where you can see the lovely broken particle board underneath.

 

Silly Boy

So Ethan decided to be big today. Steve had to be gone for church today so I was there with all five kids and had to teach Relief Society!! I tried to figure out what to do with Ethan and remembered he was only a week away from going to nursery. I decided to see if it was okay for him to go and they said we could try. I walked in and set him down - and he never looked back!! He went from the fridge to the toys and back several times and didn't look my way once! I backed toward the door and he didn't budge. He glanced at me for a split second but otherwise ignored me. So out I went. I peeked a few times before going to Relief Society and then went to teach - and hoped he would be fine!!

I rushed out of the room after the lesson was over to get Ethan. Did he cry during nursery? They told me the first time he cried was when I came to get him because he finally realized I was gone!! Now if only he'll do that for the rest of his nursery time.... Wish us luck!

Now to explain the picture below. If you ignore the mess behind him (that's my next stop for cleaning), you'll notice he's screaming holding an iron. Don't worry, it wasn't plugged in - since that happens rarely at our house. ;) But he sure wanted to take it out of the office and fought with the cord that was stuck for a good three minutes before we could get it from him. That scream was bad enough - it was even worse when Steve managed to get it away. My silly boy. :)

A Day of Firsts

Saturday we had a busy day doing errands. But there was something I KNEW we needed to do that night before bedtime. Andy's hair was just getting way too long so I decided it was haircut day. Ashley was a little bummed she wasn't part of it. So while Steve went and stained the countertop at the store, I gave them all haircuts. Ethan got his first real haircut! Man, he did NOT like the buzzer!! He screamed, trying to climb over my leg so he could get away from it. But off went all the cute little curly locks and out came my not-so-little boy!! I wish I could have gotten a picture Steve's reaction. He wasn't very happy that I got rid of Ethan's curls. Here area few of the cute before and afters. I saved the curls but sadly the before didn't get much of them!

The next big thing we had that day was that Andy showed us he is really a shark! He was showing me something in his mouth and I made him open wider. I was quite surprised to find TWO teeth coming in back behind his front bottom teeth!! One was barely loose and the other wasn't at all. Then there was the sequin we found stuck between the two teeth but that's a different story. Anyway, here's a picture. It doesn't show up great but if you look hard you'll see the teeth coming in! One is still barely loose and if you wiggle it, it bumps into the one behind it... So I think we'll be off to the dentist. The funny thing is, I had kept reading blogs about different kids having their first tooth out and wondered when Andy's first would fall out. He had had one that was loose for a long time(although its actually not anymore!). Then I go and find out he has TWO growing in! I guess he decided to do it the unconventional way!

Halloween

I LOVE Halloween. Its my favorite to decorate for and I'm excited to get out my sewing stuff and sew costumes - even if they also stress me out. :) But they always turn out better than I'd hoped which is great.

The first pictures are the decorating of the pumpkins - and I realized I have pictures of the finished products! Ashley painted her ENTIRE pumpkin so we had to wait a couple hours for it to completely dry before we could take it outside. They all had a blast. I gave Ethan a marker for his. :)

Steve was Scottish holding Ethan who was Squirt from Finding Nemo. The picture is a little dark but hopefully you can see his cuteness. Andy was Spiderman. Ashley was the red Fairy(Rosetta?) from Tinker Bell. That was one costume I fought with but LOVE the turn out! So does Ashley since she wears it all the time - I did get to wash it yesterday. :) Gavin was Diego and he was PERFECT for it. He loved being Diego and was surprised he didn't care that his blue shirt was an inside out shirt because usually he doesn't like that!! Oh and I was a Gothic Pregnant Mommy. Like my nose and lip ring? My kids didn't!! They were happy when I took them off. Jakob was a knight. His costume was a pain - which is funny since I thought it would be easy!! Doesn't work when the neck somehow gets sewn together!! It was fine when it was inside out, but as soon as I turned it the right way it was sewn together. So I plucked it all apart and did it MY way and it turned out awesome! If I do say so myself. :)