Thursday, October 30, 2008

"OSM"


So this post is called "OSM" because I have included only one example of many that Tyler makes every single day. This is him on his new skateboard that he got for his birthday. It is OSM. I thought this was so funny and cute. He is really enjoying learning how to read and write.
The waffle picture is to show that this is much of what Brandon's diet consists of lately. He won't really eat anytyhing else for breakfast. He will eat other stuff in the day but does ask for these Cinnamon Waffles every meal. If you haven't tried the cinnamon flaver yet you should, they really are good. They are also whole grain which is a nice plus. I like them with Banannas and whipped cream myself!
Here are some other pics of the Halloween party we had at church last week and the kids were so excited that I dressed up as a witch. Is that because they really think that I might be one?? Tyler is not Edward Scissor Hands by the way, he supposed to be Wolverine from X-MEN, it was the best I could do. Ethan was a Gorilla but I didn't get to take any pics of him, you'll have to stay tuned for Halloween night to get that pic. It's pretty cute as well.
The other pictures are of the "Tot Trot" that we had at the shcool next to us at the track. It was so cool, my friend Krissy put on this benefit for her sister in law's nephew who has hypoplastic left heart syndrome and has to have multiple surgeries. The kids all paid $5 to run and got a T-shirt and goodie bag and a medal. They ran once around the track and it was really fun. It was neat to teach them about serving others. Brandon however had this to say when the whistle blew to run. He started to cry and sat down and said "I hate thith game, thith ith a sthupid game!!!" He was mad I think because there were so many people there. My kids have never liked being places where there are a lot of people. Tyler is over that finally thank goodness and did great.





















































Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Our Two Little Ones






Well, Brandon and Ethan are quite the pair I decided today. I took them on a whirlwind errand day to get all my stuff done that I needed to. They both took naps in the car which was great, they both woke up and laughed at each other for like a half hour or so. They were so funny. Ethan has such a mouth full of teeth and looks so old now. Brandon is just so dang funny. This morning he put Tyler's helmet on his waist and had the helmet part on his "bummy" or his "but-tocks" as has somehow learned to say. He went around all morning long like this laughing histarically. Kids are so funny. Tyler was at school as I took these so there are none of him.

Things are going well here, the weather has been so nice. We have just been trying to keep up with all that we are busy with, Tyler is playing soccer and he likes that. He really likes kindergarten which is so nice because he is so excited to go everyday. Brian and I have taken on some fun little prjects, I found a cute kitchen table for only $75 and so Brian mostly is re-sanding and staining it for me. We got some chairs on craig's list to go with it and got an extra table in the process so we (he) will sand that and finish it an sell it. I will post a picture when we get it all together in our dining room. We fianlly decided to get rid of the tiny little round table and chairs from TEN years of marraige ago...can't belive I even kept it that long.

We are also busy maintaining our rental house south of Bend in La Pine which is where I took the little boys today while I cleaned. It was so great though, they just played and had a great time. I like easy days like today, but I am still really tired! Brandon really likes to clean bathrooms I found out! The kid goes crazy non-stop. Oh, and windows. This age is so nice because they actually WANT to help, even if I do have to follow him and do it right, get the straks out of the window and soak up all the water from his version clean. He is too cute. They can be pills at times, but I am trying to focus on the good here.

Well, here are som pictures of the two crazys. A lot of these are from our car ride, it is an hour from Redmond to our La Pine house, but only 20 minutes south of Bend! If anyone wants to rent it let me know by all means! We are looking!