Halloween

So my posts are usually late but they somehow manage to get done. Here are some pictures of our Halloween costumes. I didn't feel like making costumes this year but my kids wanted these costumes. They were actually pretty easy to make. Though I was lucky to find Logan's monkey costume at Kid to Kid so I didn't have to make that. Kyler wanted to be a slime bucket and was very excited with how it turned out. Nathaniel was a bag of Gross- eeries, full of rotten food. I also made Nick's werewolf costume but the picture does not do it justice. It was Nick's turn this year to take to kids trick or treating, they had a great time and from what I hear the costumes were a big hit. We are lucky to live in a neighborhood that is safe to go out and enjoy Halloween.

Pumpkin Patch

We planted pumpkins in our garden this year, but had only one huge pumpkin grow which took all of the nutrients from the other pumpkins that were trying to grow. So we took our kids to a nearby pumpkin patch so they could pick out their own pumpkins. It was a fun place with a maze made out of straw bales for the kids to go through, they also had cardboard cutouts for kids to put their faces through to take pictures to look like halloween creatures. There was even a corn maze but it was to big and difficult for our kids to go in. Our kids had so much fun!

First Haircut

This is always a sad time for me. My baby's first haircut. Logan had a great mullet type hair going on. I loved his long hair in the back, but it was time to let it go. He sat there so still and did better than his brothers in the chair. Nick did a good job and now Logan looks like a toddler instead of my little baby. That's what happens when kids grow up.

No Teeth!

What happened to my little boy?! We have entered the fun looking stage of teeth falling out. The first couple of teeth came out on their own but then Kyler learned that he gets money from the tooth fairy and pulled his top two front teeth out before their time. He has had grown up teeth come in which makes him look better. He thinks its great with all those teeth gone.

Cool New Cast

So this picture is old seeing that Nathaniel has had his cast off since Oct 3, but still wanted to show off his cool cast. Wherever we went people always commented on his cast, which made him feel great. He cried when it finally came off because he was going to miss wearing his cast. But now he his back to playing and so glad to have his arm all better.

First Day of School

It's here!!! Kyler's first day of school, first day of first grade, Monday Aug 25. Oh the excitement in the air! He has been counting down the days for school to start since school got out for summer. He is most excited about being at school all day, two recesses and of course eating lunch at school. We decided that he would bring lunch four days a week and then choose which day he would like to eat school lunch. His teacher is Mrs. Wansgaard. She set up times to met each of her students one on one last week in the classroom so the kids would feel better on the first day of school. It is really exciting to see Kyler getting bigger and older and all the new things he gets to do.

Broken Arm

It was bound to happen sometime. With three very active boys it seemed inevitable. A broken arm is what I am talking about. Last wednesday, Nathaniel was jumping on the trampoline, by just saying trampoline that may explain it all. The funny thing is he was jumping near the center and came down while is arm twisted "by itself" (Nathaniel's words). He didn't hit the bars or springs, just his own body weight and gravity. I was right there and watched it happened. To me it looked like a regular landing and couldn't understand why he was crying so badly and so loud. I went to comfort him and there I saw it, a dip in his arm, undeniably a broken bone. I felt awful, of course he had plenty of reason to cry. Nathaniel was very brave and strong at the hospital. The nurses were so surprised that he was just laying there and wasn't complaining or crying. Probably because it was 8 pm and he was very tired. He is doing good now and is back to playing, just needs to be careful.