I'm catching up...this should have been for last month, but I'm just getting around to posting it.

Halloween was pretty uneventful. I ended up having to work and my Dad came into town to visit that weekend, so it was fun, but nothing that big. Of course we led up to Halloween with the usual pumpkin carving, but we didn't get to actually go to a pumpkin patch this year. Hopefully next year. Anyway, we did our carving and such a couple days before Halloween. Here are some pictures of the carving and finished products. I have to say, the kids did better this year than ever. No one seemed completely grossed out this year, so we are making progress.











The night of Halloween, we went and did Trunk or Treat at the kids school and then I left for work, and Dad and Grandpa finished by taking them around the neighborhood while walking home. They go tons of candy and aren't eating most of it, but they had fun and are already talking about next year.

Enjoy the pictures...




And this one was taken at Haunt the Zoo and few days before Halloween...

Red Ribbon week, Friday

Okay, so when I did the last post I was busy looking for hats. Well, the boys foun their hats from VBS this summer and decided they were going to wear those for Hat day at school. Now, I was thinkin more of a baseball hat, but okay whatever. So, I sent two little cowboys off to school on Thursday...and here they are...








So that wraps up Red Ribbon week...next week HALLOWEEN!

Red Ribbon Week

So this week at the boys school has been Red Ribbon week. Tomorrow is the last day since they don't have school on Friday, so it's not a full week, but the boys have enjoyed it none the less. So, Monday was wear red day. They both wore red shirts to school...nothing to exciting, except Mommy forgot and got reminded as we are ready to walk out the door and had to frantically run around the house looking for a red shirt. But, the crisis was averted and they did wear red. Tuesday, things got a little more fun, it was "Give Drugs the Slip Day". They got to wear their slippers to school. But guess what, they didn't have any slippers, so this past weekend, we went slipper shopping and everyone, Kaitlyn included got new slippers. Michael picked Sponge Bob, Patrick picked Donkey from Shrek, and Kaitlyn got Princess. Here are a few pictures...








And today, Wednesday, is "Crazy Hair Day". So I asked the boys what they wanted. First they said they wanted color hair. And since it's Halloween time, it's not hard to find the temporary hair color so I figured why not. But, of course they can't be the same color. She instead, I had to buy three bottles, all different, for today, and then two more for Saturday...they want to color their hair orange for this weekends soccer game. Anyway, so we ended up getting green, blue, purple, and orange. Then, they said we want Mohawks. Okay, so that one is a little harder, but lots of hair gel and patience this is what we ended up with...







Tomorrow, is much easier since it's "Hat Day", all we have to do is find one of their many hats...that could still be interesting...off to find hats.

One more picture just for fun.

Soccer

So, Patrick played this weekend! He seems to play two weeks and then not play a week. I wish we could figure out what triggers him, but I think it's just a lost cause. It sounds like my Dad will be here for his next game so we will see if he plays or not. But, I wanted to share a few pictures from the past few weeks of them playing soccer...hopefully I have a few good ones to share.













Oky, that's all I've got for now...ENJOY!

Fall Break, part 2

So I thought Fall Break couldn't get more interesting, but guess what....

I was wrong!

So, here is the story.

Saturday, we tired to get the kids to lay down for a nap. But around 2:30pm I give up trying to take a nap before work because the boys are just not napping. I leave Kaitlyn "napping" in my bed and proceed to take a shower. I get out of the shower around 2:45pm only to discover Kaitlyn is no longer "napping" in my bed, but I figure oh well. I go down stairs to get my work clothes and what not. I'm downstairs, about 15-20 minutes, before I head back up to my bathroom to dry my hair and finish getting ready for work.

I walk into my bathroom and as I do, I hear a loud noise. It sounds like my linen closet door being slammed shut. I open the bathroom door, and what do you think I find? Two of my three children, heading for the door. They get in trouble because they aren't supposed to be in my bathroom, but where is the third? I open the closet door and well, see for yourself...





That's right, Michael is in the top cupboard of a 6.5 foot closet! After the initial shock of being upset and worried, it was pretty funny, but still he must be part monkey to climb up things like that!

So, Thank God Fall Break is over and they get to go back to school today. If they weren't going back to school today, I might have had to take him to the zoo and turn him over.

It's Fall Break

So, it's 8:51am on the first day of Fall break, and the kids are already driving me crazy! Kaitlyn is sitting at the table screaming because Patrick is talking to her. So what does Patrick do, yell at her some more to make her scream louder. Some days are just like that with him. If this keeps up this is going to be an interesting fall break. Anyway, did I tell you all what happened yesterday?

I was downstairs filing bills and what not while the kids were upstairs playing, or so I thought. Around 10am, Michael comes downstairs and says, "Mommy, Kaitlyn's stuck in the sink." It's during this that I notice his hair is wet and he's taken him PJ's off. I asked him about it only to be told he doesn't know why he's wet. Well, we all know that's not the truth. I walk upstairs to find Kaitlyn stuck in the sink like he said, COVERED in soap! And not just any soap, but the soap I bought the day before because they thought they needed to use the last bottle to clean the boys' bedroom while I was at work a few nights ago. And, not only is Kaitlyn covered in soap, she's still in her PJ's and there is soap everywhere. In the tub, sink, toilet, floor, step stool. If it has a surface in our bathroom it has soap on it. So, I have to give Kaitlyn a bath to get all the soap off, but the tub has so much soap it turns more into a bubble bath and I have a hard time getting the soap off. So after about an hour of cleaning and bathing, the bathroom is clean and so is Kaitlyn, but I've learned lesson.....

Leave the Bathroom door locked and make them ask me to go to the bathroom.

While this may sound extreme, this is the only way they are going to get the point. This is the second time they have done this in 3 days so obviously our first method of punishment, taking away the playroom, wasn't enough. So for now they will have to use one of the other two bathrooms in the house....mine or the one downstairs.

So, here's to a good Fall Break...hopefully we all survive.

My Birthday weekend

Well it's official, I had my birthday. It was good since my Mom and sister came down from Kansas City to see us. We went to the boys soccer game, Frontier City, and then has cake and presents at home.

So, I don't think I've mentioned that the boys are playing soccer this year. They love it for the most part. We have practice twice a week and then a game every Saturday. Patrick seems to do well for about 2 games and then throws a fit for the third ans won't play. I keep hoping this won't hold try, but it still has. Anyway, they had a game Saturday morning so we did that. This was Patrick's game to throw a fit so he didn't end up playing, but Michael did really well. Here are some pictures from that...

This is Michael during halftime.


So after we left the game we went home to get Robert because he had dorm clean up duty. He doesn't even live in the dorms and yet he had to go clean up for them. It frustrates me so much. I want to know when they are going to come form up and do housing. But anyway, I digress...so we pick him up at the house and left for Frontier City. They are having a special time right now called Frigt Fest. It's for Halloween, and was a lot of fun. Nothing to scary and very family oriented. Plus we have season passes so we've been there quite a bit this summer. Anyway, we spent the rest of the day there...from about 2pm-9pm or so. It was fun...








And some pictures of the kids in costume. They do trick or treating from 6pm-8pm for the little ones, so I took their costumes...aren't they cute!

Kaitlyn, aka Princess Snow White.


Patrick, aka Optimus Prime.


Michael, aka Captain Jack Sparrow.


And all three kids together.


Michael and Kaitlyn in the pumpkin patch. Patrick wouldn't do it for me so this is what I got.


And my favorite picture of Kaitlyn so far this year!


After we left everyone was very tired. Sunday was my actual birthday and since Mom and Christina had to leave in the early afternoon, we went to lunch and then came home and did cake and presents.

This is a picture of the cake my Mom made for me, with my three babies.


And me with them.


So, all in all it was a good weekend. Hope you ejoy the pictures.