January Recap!

Wow we were super busy this month!

It started with our annual trip to the Fiesta Day Bowl Parade with the Silly Grandma.

A ride on the light rail

to the Children's Museum

making gingerbread cookies...a month late

watching Daddy play his video games

Jacob trying his hand at no-training wheels...he needs to be a tad taller

and a crap-load of rain, which continued into February

I'm crawling out from under my rock

Hi...remember me? Yup I am still alive and kicking. My poor little blog has gone by the wayside these last few months but it's time to get back to blogging! So be ready to be bogged down with old posts just so I can catch up and my children will know that we did celebrate Halloween, Hunter's birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas during 2009.

November fun

November came and went very quickly with Hunter's birthday, everyone being sick, and Thanksgiving. Here are some highlights from the month...


Jacob had his Thanksgiving play at preschool. He was an Indian Man this year and his line, "big and brave!" was easily memorized. He did want to be a Pilgrim Man so bad only because they got to have guns.

Our ancient DVD player finally kicked the bucket and Ryan thought it would be fun to take it apart and do manly things. Thankfully I was at work while all of this excitement took place. The boys did love the electronic stuff and had tons of questions for Ryan.

Hunter had his first field trip in Kindergarten and got to ride on a school bus for the first time. I think he was more excited about that then the actual trip to the zoo. His teacher had so many parents that it was just Hunter and I traipsing around the zoo. We had a great time just the two of us, which doesn't happen very often.

New puppies! No not ours, but my dad got 2 of my brother's new puppies. They are so stinking cute and fun. Gabi is on the left and Nico is on the right. Hunter loved playing with them and Jacob was scared outta his mind. Ignore the fact that we have a dog twice these puppies' size who is a freak and he's fine with her, but he was scared of these cute little guys.

Happy 6th Birthday Hunter!!

Can you believe that my baby is 6?! That is one year closer to 10...omg. In true fashion Hunter started his day bright and early...5:45 early! He opened some presents, had his birthday pancake and was off to school. (side note--I am not a fan of having to go to school on your birthday.)

After school Hunter got to go to Build-A-Bear and pick out his very first BAB. He chose a dog and dressed him up like a Storm Trooper. In true Star Wars fashion, the dog's name is Rex.

For his party we had the obligatory bounce house and yummy food. This year, I must have been drunk when I suggested it, he got to have a sleepover. The original idea was a camping sleepover with our tent and everything. But then it was too cold and I was too lazy to drag it out. I think the kids had fun anyways. We had 5 kids plus Hunter and Jacob sleep over. It was insane but everyone had a great time.

Trick or Treat!

We had a great Halloween this year. After the many costume changes throughout the month, Hunter decided on a ghost (I love that boy!) and Jacob was going to be Spiderman. Being the procrastinator that I am, I didn't get Hunter's cheap white sheet costume until a few days before the big day. That boy bugged me for DAYS to get it and I finally obliged. I did some hideous cutting and voila! a ghost is born.


On Halloween those little dudes were ready to go at 1 but sadly we had to wait for Daddy to get home and for the Smiths to show up. The boys got to trick or treat at one house to get it out of their system before everyone got there. Hunter quickly realized that the ghost costume just wasn't good for running around like a crazy person. After a quick costume change to Batman he was good to go. His reasoning...he couldn't move his arms with the ghost costume....whatever dude.


Once the Smiths got there we were off. I love how the kids are getting older and we can walk farther. This year we remembered to bring extra beer soda so the adults were happy throughout the walking. The kids pooped out way before the adults and just wanted to hang out and eat candy.

We can call this year a big success!

Who knew these counted as toys?!

The latest favorite toy in our house right now are playing cards. Yup, those 2 just love them! They gone from sorting, to playing War, pretending they're Bakugan cards and making up their own rules (in which I NEVER win...wth?!), and to building houses with Ryan.

This activity took great teamwork and some patience on Hunter's part. That poor boy really wanted to knock it down, but Jacob and Ryan kept telling him to slow down and to be careful.

Jacob was in charge of the walls and Hunter's job was the roof. Amazingly that little house lasted for a good 2 hours!! Then Hunter couldn't contain himself any longer and "accidentally" knocked it over.
This is what Indy thought of the whole project...

Super Hero Sunday