Hey everyone! I decided to move my Thankful Thursdays to their own blog. Here is a link.
hannesthankfulthursdays.blogspot.com. I hope you all keep enjoying the small things in life!
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Anyone Still Out There?
Alright, so I am back! I had to take a break after all of my computer problems! I just didn't even want to look at a computer screen for any reason! But enough is enough. I miss my blog! So here is what we have been up to for the last month.
October is pumpkin month! We don't see much of Dirk since he is out at the pumpkin field a lot. I didn't go out very often this year so I didn't get any fun pics of the kids. Simon did love it though. He loved carrying around the little "pumpuns." Lexi and Ray enjoyed finding perfect carving pumpkins for our house. They think that is the height of the season!
Lexi lost her first tooth! She has been waiting for this tooth to fall out for months! She was getting discouraged because all of her friends were losing teeth but she wasn't. One evening she showed me how loose her tooth was and I told her that Dad could probably pull it out for her. Next thing I know she had gone to the bathroom and pulled it out herself! She was so excited to put her tooth in the tooth fairy pillow.
Our family is now famous....ok not really but our faces are all over the country and Canada. We all got to pose for the Lazyone 2010 catalog. It has already been shipped out and I must admit that my kids are dang cute! I might have to scan in a few pictures from the catalog just to show them off!
October wouldn't be the same without Halloween and all of it's celebrations! I love this holiday! Last year, the day after Halloween, Lexi had a great idea for this year's costume. I didn't expect her to remember it but she couldn't wait! She wanted her, Rayden, and Simon to dress up as Alvin and the Chipmunks. I loved the idea! I thought it would be an easy costume to put together but I can't tell you how hard it was to find the turtlenecks in the right color! Insane, but I finally found them. I always dress up with my kids but we have never been able to get Dirk to dress up with us. The night of our Ward's Halloween carnival he surprised us and showed up with a cowboy! He looked great, but he almost got in trouble with the bishop for wearing real guns. Lucky for him he had taken the cylinders out. What a fun night!
I wish I could say that Halloween was the same, but I was hit pretty hard with the swine flu and I missed the entire day! Dirk doesn't really care for trick or treating so Simon didn't get to go at all. I was disappointed since the kids looked so cute together but Simon didn't seem to mind. He helped Dirk pass out candy at our house instead and he had to get himself a piece each time he gave one out. He knows how to work the system!
I also have been working on a couple of Christmas presents. This year, for Lexi, I am getting her stuff to redo her room. She really wants a purple and blue room. I found this awesome lamp at a yard sale for $5. It had a pink velvet ribbon on it and some pink dangly things but they were falling off so I just took them off.
I went to the craft store and found some blue material on sale and some new trim. I recovered the lamp and now it looks like this! It is as girly as my little girl! I hope she loves it as much as I do. I can't wait to give it to her.
And last but certainly not least, Rayden turned 5 last week. We had to push his birthday party back a little bit since I was sick but last Saturday he had a blast with all of his friends. He had to have another train party this year. Have I ever mentioned how much he loves trains? Well if not, he is OBSESSED! That is all he ever wants. So I made him another train cake and he had all his friends over and we partied!
I think the highlight of the party was Rayden's train set up around his cake and presents. Dirk set it up with his train sound box and all. The kids enjoyed watching it go around and pressing the buttons to make the horn and clickety-clack sounds.
I can't believe my little man is getting so big!
October is pumpkin month! We don't see much of Dirk since he is out at the pumpkin field a lot. I didn't go out very often this year so I didn't get any fun pics of the kids. Simon did love it though. He loved carrying around the little "pumpuns." Lexi and Ray enjoyed finding perfect carving pumpkins for our house. They think that is the height of the season!
Lexi lost her first tooth! She has been waiting for this tooth to fall out for months! She was getting discouraged because all of her friends were losing teeth but she wasn't. One evening she showed me how loose her tooth was and I told her that Dad could probably pull it out for her. Next thing I know she had gone to the bathroom and pulled it out herself! She was so excited to put her tooth in the tooth fairy pillow.
October wouldn't be the same without Halloween and all of it's celebrations! I love this holiday! Last year, the day after Halloween, Lexi had a great idea for this year's costume. I didn't expect her to remember it but she couldn't wait! She wanted her, Rayden, and Simon to dress up as Alvin and the Chipmunks. I loved the idea! I thought it would be an easy costume to put together but I can't tell you how hard it was to find the turtlenecks in the right color! Insane, but I finally found them. I always dress up with my kids but we have never been able to get Dirk to dress up with us. The night of our Ward's Halloween carnival he surprised us and showed up with a cowboy! He looked great, but he almost got in trouble with the bishop for wearing real guns. Lucky for him he had taken the cylinders out. What a fun night!
I also have been working on a couple of Christmas presents. This year, for Lexi, I am getting her stuff to redo her room. She really wants a purple and blue room. I found this awesome lamp at a yard sale for $5. It had a pink velvet ribbon on it and some pink dangly things but they were falling off so I just took them off.
I went to the craft store and found some blue material on sale and some new trim. I recovered the lamp and now it looks like this! It is as girly as my little girl! I hope she loves it as much as I do. I can't wait to give it to her.
And last but certainly not least, Rayden turned 5 last week. We had to push his birthday party back a little bit since I was sick but last Saturday he had a blast with all of his friends. He had to have another train party this year. Have I ever mentioned how much he loves trains? Well if not, he is OBSESSED! That is all he ever wants. So I made him another train cake and he had all his friends over and we partied!
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