sleepover

After a long week of work, Jen asked Craig to find them something fun to do on Friday night. His idea??? Pizza, beer and cards at our house. We put kids to bed and let the boys win two games of cards before we let them each win a game of Clue. I'm not sure sleeping at our house is what Jen had in mind, but I think she ended up having fun. The kids slept well, so that was a bonus!!

It looks like someone could've taken Noah's bed. He slept on his floor all night.

HAPPY FRIDAY

FASHION STATEMENT OF THE WEEK

Cute kids

I love, love, love, listening to kids "read". Ella- (reading a Bob the Builder book) "Can we build it?.... No, we can't".
Noah- (reading Green Eggs and Ham) "No (turn page), I don't like it (turn page), No..."
Katelynn was sticking pretty close to her Dora story line.

KLEPTO

This dinosaur "magically appeared" (that's his story, and he's sticking to it) at our house. It belongs to Eli's preschool. I spent a lot of time trying to get him to understand why it is not okay for it to be at our house. I must not be doing a very good job. He is now VERY scared of the police, but he's pretty sure that he's keeping the dinosaur.

12:03 am

I went in Eli's room to check on him as I always do before I go to bed. I stepped on something.


Eli: Mom??
Me: what honey?
Eli: (in a very sleepy voice) Does s-e-e-p spell sheep?
Me: No, its s-H-e-e-p.
Eli: Oh, okay. I'm going back to sleep now.

breakfast with my boy

What could be better than my daily bagel-ful and coffee (hot chocolate for the little one) date with my youngest????

girls vs. boys

This is probably the closest I will ever get to having a girl. And then there are the boys!!! Eli was at preschool or he'd probably be in the middle. Just kidding. He might be, but more than likely he'd be reading with Ella.


Mommy Ella did join in after a while. She is just so darn cute, and she can hold her own against these big boys (as long as they don't sit on her).

burning energy

Noah had his first gymnastics class tonight. He was shy for about 1 minute, and then he was off.

This is how he waited for his turn. I know he really should've been sitting, but I thought it was pretty good that he actually stayed in one spot (we'll work on the sitting thing next time).

bookworm

Eli got the first 4 books of The Magic Treehouse series from Grandma Cathy in the mail today. I let him take one to bed at naptime. He read the entire thing in a little over an hour, took a little nap, and was so excited when he woke up. He said, "that was the best book ever!". Thanks Cathy; we'll have fun reading those with him.

Happy Monday!

Ella says this is Joel.

This kid cracks me up

Me: "Noah, please stop drawing on your hand."

Noah: "It's a bracelet"

Trick or Treat

Last night, we went over to Craig and Jen's for a pumpkin shaped pizza, lots of goodies from Jen's family, and trick or treating. Eli was the designated door bell ringer, but then he would hurry and run behind Katelynn before the door was opened. Eli and Katelynn were ready to be done after one trip down the block. Noah went to the last house by himself.

This was my mom's idea!!

Is it Halloween or Christmas??

A big box of goodies showed up on our doorstep. Thanks Uncle Fred and Aunt Jensine!!!

Big boy!

Noah got his first issue of the Animal Baby magazine in the mail yesterday. He thought it was pretty cool that he could read magazines just like his big brother. Thanks Grandma Cathy!

On another big boy note... TMI, I know, but he pooped on the toilet for the first time yesterday. Joel thought we needed a picture, and not just of him sitting on the toilet (thanks honey!).

"Yay, woohoo one hundred dollars!"

This was Noah's response to the $10 dollar bill in his Halloween card from Grandpa Jim. Joel and I took the boys to Walmart to spend their money tonight. Can you guess who bought the fire truck and who bought the books?

Yep, out of all the toys in Walmart, Eli decided on books. Thanks Grandpa!

Too much Spiderman???

The other day Noah was running around with a little bat on his forehead saying, "I'm the rhino". Today he was working on an alphabet puzzle. As he was putting the letter "O" on the octopus picture, he said, "O is for Dr. Octopus". Pretty soon he'll be like his big cousin, Zach who ran around outside looking for a spider to bite him so he could turn into Spiderman.

It's 1:25pm (naptime)

What is Noah doing?He is putting on pajamas which is fitting since he put on jeans and a sweatshirt right before falling asleep last night.

What am I doing??

I'm trying to decide which reading material to start with after my trip to the library last night.

Preschool Cowboy Day

Thanks Grace and Grandma Cathy for supplying part of the outfit!! (He's holding the Spiderman bucket because he's been carrying all of his favorite things in there since the party on Saturday.)

Noah update

We have realized that Noah will not stay in his bed, and putting the crib back up isn't the answer. Eli has always laid on his bed and talked and played forever before going to sleep. Noah does the same thing; he just uses his whole room. We put a gate in his doorway, leave his door wide open, and sit in the living room where he can't see us. He throws his blankets and bears over the gate, does gymnastics, sings songs, changes his pj's, and eventually goes to sleep in his bed. I'm okay with it. Now.....if we could just get him to sleep through the night again.....

party

On Saturday afternoon we went to Jack and Ella's for a Halloween party. The boys were so excited and had a great time! Thanks for the fun Erin and Joe!!!Eli told me that his favorite part of the party was tossing the hula-hoop around the pumpkin. When we first tried to get him to play, he refused. Then later when nobody was around, I caught him doing it by himself.

Noah- showing off his bat tatoo.