First Snow

Snow before Thanksgiving?  Say it ain't so!  This morning, this unprepared mom had to make a trip to the store for some snow supplies for my boys.  Too bad Preston lasted two seconds (literally) before he was done.  The big guy's got a nasty little cold, and is teething, so I can't blame him.  He's much happier eating yummy pears in his highchair.  We are supposed to go to Vancouver for Thanksgiving.  Hopefully things clear up for us so we can make the trip. 

Our Family Home Evening plans tonight?  Sledding of course!

Halloween 2010

Michael was Chicken Little this year, and Preston was our little lion.  I love Preston's costume....thanks to his Aunt Michelle for sending it to us.  Actually both of the boys costumes were borrowed.  Gotta love that.

My boys are not good about sitting still for pictures as you can see.  We took them to Greenies to have their free Halloween photo taken, so luckily I have a couple of good ones.  My favorite though is the fuzzy one where Michael is pulling on the lion's tail so that he would hold still for the picture.  Michael insisted on calling Preston, lion all day long, and would correct me if I referred to him by anything different.  I can't believe Preston would wear his costume with all of that fur in his face.

Michael's Favorite Song

Michael can sing this song perfect....when he's not being recorded and forced to sing.  This is the best I could get him to sing it while I was recording, and trust me, I tried.  You should see the outtakes, they are funny, but too many to post.  Michael is at a very cute stage, which I love.  Preston too.  I'm seriously a lucky mom.  

Kyle's 30th Birthday

This year was the big 3-0 for Kyle.  Luckily I had one day to breath in between Michael's birthday and his birthday, although it really was one crazy week.  His mom and sister and her kids came into town and were lifesavers for me because they helped me get everything ready.  Thursday night I taught a fashion class at church, so Kyle was left to fend for himself that night, but I made up for it on Friday....hopefully.  On Thursday my sister in law had the idea to surprise him at work with cupcakes, so we packed the kids up and hid in his office and boy did we surprise him.  It was hilarious because we definitely caught him off guard.  Before we left, his friend Lateisha, sang a gospel choir version of Happy Birthday.  It was awesome.  Too bad she wouldn't let me tape it!!!  That girl can sing!

I'm so mad at myself for the LAME pictures I took of Kyle's 30th birthday party.  I'm hoping I've got some pictures somewhere else because I could have sworn I took better ones than what I've got.  Kyle's birthday was on a Thursday but we had his party on Friday.  

Kyle requested a cookie bar for his birthday instead of birthday cake, so we made lots of different cookies.  Kyle loves a good homemade cookie....a little too much!  Kyle's mom wanted everyone to go around and share their favorite memory of Kyle. They did it at her 60th birthday and she loved it so much that she wanted to do it at his.  He did NOT want us to do it, but his mom won out.  I think it made him pretty squirmy, but of course everyone had lots of good and entertaining things to say about Kyle.  My story was the best, but I better not put it out on the Internet for everyone to read.  He'd kill me.  Love you sweetheart....

Michael's 3rd Birthday

I love birthdays, and so I love when my boys and husband have a birthday because it gives us a chance to celebratke!  Michael was SOOO excited for his birthday.  He was talking about October 19th for a very long.  It was so cute because he would always tell people his birthday was October nineteen.  I loved it.  If you asked him what he wanted for his birthday, he's say, cake.  He for some reason was really excited about the cake part of his birthday.

I made him breakfast in bed (waffles), but he apparently didn't like my waffles because he took one bite and spit them out and said they were bissgusting (disgusting).  I cooked them too long because I forgot about them, and apparently he likes his waffles light.  Oh well, it was hilarious and we got it on video.

I'm all about family birthday parties at this stage in life, so we invited over my parents and sister's family for dinner.  Michael is really good at giving reactions when he opens presents, which I love.  He gets so excited, and then hugs and kisses you if you gave him a present.

Michael is growing up and has FINALLY grown out of biting.  I am probably jinxing myself, but the last time he bit someone was the beginning of September (his cousin Kate has been his main victim).  I think I finally taught him that if someone takes his toy or hurts him that he needs to tell them to stop, and then if they don't, then he can come tell an adult.  Anyhow, this has been one of my biggest trials as Michael's mom, was that he was a biter and nothing seemed to cure him of it.  I'm so glad that stage is behind us.

Also, now that Michael is 3 he has decided he's potty trained.  It was a LONG month of potty training, but we finally succeeded. He was very difficult to train, but the last week he has gone all by himself and hasn't had an accident.

Michael is one smart boy.  He is observant and fun for everyone.  Still goes non-stop, but that's what we love about him.  He still sleeps in a crib because of his crib tent, and takes a really good nap for me everyday.  People tell me I'm lucky, I just tell them they should have bought a crib tent, ha.

This week Michael started calling one of his blankies, "sister."  He always grab his "sister" and tells me how much he loves her.  I asked him why he was calling it sister and he told me because he didn't have a sister and so his blanket is his sister.  Now he's calling the blanket his baby sister and telling me that she sick and needs a hug, or that she's sad, or happy....it's pretty funny.  Just now I asked him if he needed to go to the bathroom and he told me  "no Mom, I don't need to go to the bathroom, I need a baby because Preppy's not a baby anymore."  Oh boy!

I can't believe my baby is 3.  Makes me really sad, but I just have to look forward to the next stages in life.  I think 3 is such a fun stage.  Lots of work, but also lots of fun.  I love you Michael, thanks for loving me back!

 

Andrew's Home!!!

My youngest brother Andrew, came home from his mission on October 12th, and it's great to have him home, although we've hardly seen him.  He's been working hard, and is busy with a new church calling, and I think he's even started socializing (no dates yet though, he's single and available).  Oh well, guess it's better he's busy than lazy!  He was a great missionary, and we are grateful for the good example he is to our family.  Houston, Texas treated him well!