Fall fun

October is one of our favorite times of the year. This year was no exception. Over the UEA weekend, Ben took some time off and we headed to Hee Haw Farms- our first time ever going there. The kids loved it. They especially loved the long slides, the hay ride, launching corn cobs, and the corn pit. They were not too excited about walking around in the corn maze. I thought they would love it but three year old legs tend to get tired and bored if not stimulated (lots of whining, which made us all more anxious to find an exit!) Once we were out the whining stopped-amazing how that happens! We were lucky, it was a beautiful day, sunny and warm and hard to believe it was fall.





Jocelyn turned FIVE this month! What a cute girl! She wanted a barbie birthday so of course I attempted the infamous barbie cake- turned out pretty good and she was so excited- she had to show it to all her friends while they were over here to play. She got a scooter (she really wanted one especially since she lost Jakes, sad thing is she got a pink scooter so Jake won't even ride it as a back up!) and a new helmet and then later that night before cake I let her open on last suprise- Miley cyrus CD! Been rethinkin and singing party in the usa since! Oh we just love her to death, Jocelyn that is -Miley some days we could do without but it is just too cute to see her and her friends rockin out to very loud songs! We still need to have her party-too busy to find a night to have it although next week is lookin up.



As for last weekend we had the annual Halloween party with my family. Lots of food,sugar,games,sugar,crafts,sugar,and more sugar! What a rush and just as we got home the crash. Thanks mom- the kids had a blast.



Me sewing away on costumes to have them ready for the afore mentioned Halloween party. Ethan still needs a hat for his potato head and Jocelyn thinks she needs a broom for her witches costume! Why are costumes never done!

Here's a sneak peek at the potato head- lookin better each day!

Music to someones ears

So right now I am sewing Ethan's Mr potato head costume - complete with changeable body parts( it sounds cuter than what it may look) anyways Ethan and Jake are in the next room listening to a cd that Ethan got tonight at the library- Mozart! Jake is less than thrilled and just about a minute ago all was quiet while they are in bed listening to the cd, and then Jake says to Ethan "You owe me 50 cents for this!" I could hardly keep from laughing! They are such complete opposites sometimes- especially with music. Where Jake loves guitar hero 2 music- Ethan prefers music from high school musical, Paul Cardall and as of tonight Mozart. It amazes me they are from the same parents sometimes! Anyways Ben is at convention and I have been a single parent (at least it feels like it, for the past couple of weeks) and will be at least until Sunday. Conventions stink! We sure miss him but tonight a trip to Del taco and the library made it a little more bearable. Well, back to Mr. potatohead, not quite the male interaction I'm used to this time of night!

A few things I forgot...

Our cute little Rileybug turned 3 the end of August and of course we had to celebrate with Lightening McQueen. He is still (thank goodness) in love with McQueen. I love that he is still in this phase and hasn't quite gone to the dark side yet (star wars that is!) I know it will come soon and I'm ok with that I just like that he still likes the cute innocent stuff. So for his b-day we went to Toys r us to roam the aisles and pick the perfect present. It was a hard for him but it was narrowed down to geo trax mater and a Mcqueen book bought with the money Grandma Allen sent. We headed home for a Cars cake and some more presents of course lightning McQueen boots. Ethan and Jake had yellow rain boots when they were Rileys age and I remember them being wore till they smelled so bad I had to throw them away. The boys would wear them year round and in the summer when riding their bikes and other adventures. There is nothing like a good pair of rain boots for boys! Riley is just a blast to have around -he is a joker and keeps us on our toes. Still refuse to be potty trained and is still afraid of being naked. I'm still not sure what to do- we've tried everything even bribing him with a trip to Disneyland! But when Grandma asked if he was going to go potty and go to disneyland he just said "NO, I not going to disneyland"! Urgh! I've never had a problem with my kids being potty trained but I have figured out there is no forcing him and eventually (hopefully soon) he will accept being a big kid! I can't imagine our family with out him and love him to pieces!




Owen also had his first birthday a couple weeks ago and I can't believe how fast it has gone. We weren't able to celebrate on his birthday so this past sunday I made him a monkey cake- not the cutest ever but hey I worked the night before and had just woke up from a nap! That's how it goes! He is our little monkey. He has been climbing things for the past two months and is into everything! He will climb anything he can get his leg up on-stools in the kitchen, Jocleyns rocking chair, the bench in his bedroom(which then leads him to climb on Rileys bed), the stairs, the couch, and so on! A little scary when he didn't know how to get down but now he is a champ! Although I'm still not fond of his going down the stairs - he walks along the wall or sits on his bum- it's scary to watch. The boy has no fear! Last week he really started to walk and now he can pretty much get across any room without falling. He also loves to give kisses,high 5's and loves to wrestle with the boys- but watch out he also bites pretty hard! We've all learned our lesson. We took him in for his 1 year check and he is 75th percentile for height and 25th for weight. He's our smallest kid-hazards of having 5 older siblings I guess.