Coop and I finally carved a couple pumpkins this afternoon. He thought it was fun to take the goop out of one pumpkin and put it in the pumpkin I already had carved! He piled it full! Does it surprise me? No, sounds just like something that boy would do. He had to have the knife too. He just kept stabbing the pumpkin! He made a nice mess!
Cason had a fun day yesterday! Mom, did not make him take a nap!! When we came home from preschool he wanted to stay and play out in the garage. When I went back to check on him, he wanted to go outside. I let him outside and the rest is history. We arrived home between 12:30-1:00 and he never came inside until 5:15!! That is no lie! He never even came to the door once. Yes, I was checking on him every few min, but he had a blast! I figured I would let him play until he was tired, since there will not be many more days that he can play outside for that long!
He loves the sand box and played there for hours!!! Give him his shovel and he is in business!!
That is Brenden's old John Deere truck from when he was a kid. For the longest time he wouldn't let the kids play with it, but I guess they won and it is outside now!
We are back!! I have so many posts I don't know where to start! We went to the pumpkin patch before we left. This is our third annual trip to the pumpkin patch. We love going to Country Mercantile. When we lived in Othello I went more often on my way home from Tri-Cities, but we hardly ever make it there anymore, so it is always fun to go there at Halloween. Somehow my pictures did not go in order!
The kids loved the animals! All but Cooper! He was not touchin those animals!
Casey has another new pair of glasses. We are hoping these ones are the the charm! He was breaking his other pair all the time! We would get them fixed and the next day he would break them again!! The ladies at Dr. Wilson's office were able to do some looking and found this pair that are a lot more durable. They are from our good friend Fisher Price. Leave it to Fisher Price to always have the best! You can't tell from the picture, but across the nose there is a big o'l piece of plastic. I love it! There is no way possible for him to bite the nose pieces off!!! The glasses themselves are a lot bigger than his old ones. They help so he can't look over the top and underneath them as much! Well he really can't possible look underneath, because the glasses themselves rest on his chubby cheeks! Way too cute! Hopefully someday we will be able to figure out his eyes!!!
By the way, that is his friend George on his back!
Cheeessseee!! Grandma & Grandpa this picture is for you! Thought you would like to see how handsome Coop looks when he is going to church! Only a week and a half and this sweet little devil will be there, and you will think why did we miss him so much??? You better enjoy the quiet a little bit longer, because when we get there no more lunch time naps dad!
Case wanted in the picture too. He was so sad he didn't get to go to church with Dad and Cooper today!
P.S. Brenden wanted to know if you needed another companion and we could pick him back up at Christmas??!!
I'm wearing my dreadful glasses the next few days!
I have Conjunctivitis (aka Pink eye!)
These pictures make it look not so bad! Hopefully no one else in the house gets it!
I walked into the kitchen on Monday and this is what I found! Somebody eating the Pumpkin Swirl brownies I made from Martha. I decided to let him enjoy himself for a few minuets. The next thing I know he is dumping them into the Kitchen Aid mixer! Oh boys and what they can think of! He thought it was so fun!
Then today I was asking Cooper what he wanted for lunch. Everything I asked him if he wanted he said "No!" The next thing I know I hear him walking in from the garage and he is eating this!
Yes, that is one of those Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches from the Schwan's man! There are only six sandwiches in the box and they are very much over priced. I was at the grocery store Saturday afternoon when the Schwan's man stopped by and Brenden bought his secret indulgence! He always loved when his mom bought these. I am too cheap to buy them, so I new he really must have wanted them. He told me, "What ever you do, do not let the kids have these!" I responded, "Oh, don't you worry, I will not let them touch them!" Well, the little stinker found them! I do not know how. Schwan's does not have pictures on the box, so he had no clue what they were, but he must of known it was something good when he felt the package!
Enjoying himself! Hoped he liked it!
Brenden has a bad habit. Yes, I know you are all surprised! I never could of imagined him having a bad habit either. Anyways, his bad habit is Pepsi. He loves Pepsi. He said he acquired his taste for Pepsi when he was a little boy and would go to the horse sales with Albert, the family friend. He frequently comes home with a 32 oz. The boys know that it is dad's pop. Tonight Cason, he's our dumpster diver, pulls one out of the trash and says, "I wan daddy's pop!"
I told him "No you can't have daddy's pop." He kept telling me, "I wan daddy's pop!" So I dumped the little bit that was left out and filled it with water. He thought he was in heaven and just kept telling me "daddy's pop."
When daddy came home Case ran over to him to give him his pop back!
Today the boys and I went to the mall. We walked in a different way than normal to look for the double fire truck stroller. As we walked in I said, "Oh, no!" Yeah, I had never seen this Clifford toy. Cooper is obsessed with Clifford! I don't know why but he looooves Clifford. Anyways no going around this one I had to let them have a ride. They loved it and the ride even sings the Clifford theme song, so cute!
We then made the trek down to the other side of the mall to find the fire truck. I thought if I let them ride in this stroller they would be better. Uh, not so much!
Yeah, that's right Cason sucking on the back of the seat! Just trying to build his immune system!
We ended up running into Hayley. After too much chaos from us she informed the boys it was time for us to go home. Then she turned to me and said, "Are you going home?"
I replied, "Uh, ya I think that is what you just told us to do." =) We left emptied handed with nothing accomplished! Oh, well another day!
Gotta love sisters. What would I do without sisters. Always there to help you when you need them! Hayley always is there to make me feel better when someone says something not so nice to me about my kids, or shoots a nasty look in public. Always building me up when I think I am going to loose it. She always tells me the Lord gave me these two boys because he knew I could handle them. That helps me get through the day when I don't think I can make it any more!
I did these post for you MOM! I have been slacking all week, but knew I better catch up before I went to bed.
As much as I hate paying for a little boys hair cut! Totally worth it! I would sacrifice any monthly indulgence to pay to have his hair cut! At least for now.
Monkey Dooz is the only place I can take him. Around a year ago I attempted to cut his hair again.... and I started and then he freaked out really, really bad. It was a Saturday night and luckily General Conference was the next day so no going to church. On Monday I took him to Fantastic Sam's since Monkey Dooz was not open. Let's just say, he was hanging from his legs and the lady was on the floor trying to finish! For how bad he acted she did an awesome job! I think I have cut his hair at home once or twice since and every time I do I say to myself, "Self why the heck did you do that again! It looks horrible and you put yourself through the ringer and back!"
He is usually pretty good here. Thanks to the awesome Jeep and Dora! Totally zoned!
Yeah, all done!! Yes, and that is the lady that works or worked at Gymboree. Haven't seen here there in a while. For your info Monkey Dooz changed hands and Alissa from Ellabella bought it! She has changed a few thing inside and has dress ups for the kids to wear! Really cute!
Last Friday as Cason and I were headed to Seattle for an Opthamologist appt, we came around the bend and the whole sky above the Prosser valley was filled with hot air balloons. I immediately remembered it was that time of year. The sky was beautiful that morning with all the colorful balloons . I have never drove from Tri-Cities with all the balloons in the sky. It was magnificent. We had such a good time trying to count balloons as we approached and drove through Prosser. At one time we could count over 20 balloon!
The balloons brought back lots of memories. I remember riding the bus and getting so excited to go around the hill and see how many balloons we could see. Then again on Sunday morning as we were headed to church. As we drove through Prosser it really reminded me how pretty the Prosser Valley is. Much Pretty than any of the other towns.
Not great pictures, but you get the point! Not bad for being taken at 70mph.
