Thursday, October 30, 2008
TV Cart
At our local grocery store they have these TV carts where you pay a dollar and your kids can sit in the cab and watch the TV that is on the dash board. It is always a great privilege when the kids get to ride in one of these carts. Daniel and Monica both got Halloween cards with $2 a piece from Nanny and Papa. Daniel chose to use one of his dollars for the TV cart, and even though Monica loves to push the restart button which causes his movie to start all over again, and she is loud and annoys him to death, he was kind enough to allow her to sit in there with him. What a nice big brother! 
Halloween
Tomorrow is Halloween and we will again be dressing up and hitting the undergrad dorms here on campus for candy. Just to explain the chosen costumes a little bit, first Monica is a mouse. I was not going to buy her a halloween costume but I went into Old Navy the other day and had these costumes on clearance for $5! I could not pass it up. Daniel says that she is dressed up like Remy from the movie Rattaouille.
Now for Daniel's costume. Daniel had his pick of either being Superman, a Dog, Thomas train, or Larry Boy. Then we went to the library and he checked out the disney movie "Underdog". He LOVED it and begged to be underdog for halloween. We do not have a underdog costume, so I did what ever good mother does, improvise. I took his dog costume that my mom had gotten at a garage sale, and put the Superman costume on backwards, so you cannot see the "S". The superman costume was made by my mother in law for Brandon when he was little. So there you have it, Underdog! On tuesday we dressed up and went to Barnes and Nobel. They were having a trick or treat night. I thought for sure no one would know what it was that Daniel was dressed up as, but that was not the case. So many kids were yelling "Look mom there is Underdog!" What knew that Underdog was such a popular movie! So here is my Mouse and my super hero dog Underdog.
Here is Daniel at Barnes and Nobel with our friends Ella and Ava. They are listening to stories.
Now for Daniel's costume. Daniel had his pick of either being Superman, a Dog, Thomas train, or Larry Boy. Then we went to the library and he checked out the disney movie "Underdog". He LOVED it and begged to be underdog for halloween. We do not have a underdog costume, so I did what ever good mother does, improvise. I took his dog costume that my mom had gotten at a garage sale, and put the Superman costume on backwards, so you cannot see the "S". The superman costume was made by my mother in law for Brandon when he was little. So there you have it, Underdog! On tuesday we dressed up and went to Barnes and Nobel. They were having a trick or treat night. I thought for sure no one would know what it was that Daniel was dressed up as, but that was not the case. So many kids were yelling "Look mom there is Underdog!" What knew that Underdog was such a popular movie! So here is my Mouse and my super hero dog Underdog.
Here is Daniel at Barnes and Nobel with our friends Ella and Ava. They are listening to stories.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Pumpkin Patch
On Thursday morning I took the kids on a field trip to a farm/pumpkin patch. We were going with the Soul Care group, which is the bible study group of seminary wives. The agenda for the day was go to the farm, go on a hay ride, get a pumpkin, and see animals. But before we did any of that we had to try to make sure everyone was dressed warm enough to be outside for 2 hours in 31 degree weather! Even though I dressed the kids very warm it did not take long for us all to get very cold outside. Despite the coldness the kids had a great time. Monica was so tired after the whole ordeal that she fell asleep in the car and did not wake up when I took her out and put her to bed. That NEVER happens. She is a very light sleeper.
Here are the kids in the car waiting to go. We had to scrap off a thin layer of ice from the dew.
Monica on the hay ride.
Daniel and Monica on the hay ride.
The kids waiting to have their donut and apple cider. The cider was very good. I bought a gallon of it and brought it home! I love the holidays!
Daniel found his perfect pumpkin pretty quickly. Monica on the other hand was much more selective. She walked all the way down the row of pumpkins check them all out before she chose the one she wanted. Near the end of the line she saw her perfect pumpkin about 3 rows in. When she found the one she wanted she picked it up and immediately put it in her mouth.
Monica loved the animals. They had goats, rabbits, peacocks, chickens, and deer.
Daniel's favorite part was the corn maze. He loved being able to chose which way we went to try to get out. When we did finally make it out of the maze I looked at Daniel and said "Do you want to do it again?" His face lite up and he smiled very big and yelled "yeah!!!" So we went through it again. This time Monica was not such a happy camper. She was getting tired, so I carried her most of the way through the maze. It was fun seeing Daniel having so much fun!
Daniel in the corn maze.
Monica trying to keep up on the corn maze.
Here are the kids in the car waiting to go. We had to scrap off a thin layer of ice from the dew.
Monica on the hay ride.
Daniel and Monica on the hay ride.
The kids waiting to have their donut and apple cider. The cider was very good. I bought a gallon of it and brought it home! I love the holidays!
Daniel found his perfect pumpkin pretty quickly. Monica on the other hand was much more selective. She walked all the way down the row of pumpkins check them all out before she chose the one she wanted. Near the end of the line she saw her perfect pumpkin about 3 rows in. When she found the one she wanted she picked it up and immediately put it in her mouth.
Monica loved the animals. They had goats, rabbits, peacocks, chickens, and deer.
Daniel's favorite part was the corn maze. He loved being able to chose which way we went to try to get out. When we did finally make it out of the maze I looked at Daniel and said "Do you want to do it again?" His face lite up and he smiled very big and yelled "yeah!!!" So we went through it again. This time Monica was not such a happy camper. She was getting tired, so I carried her most of the way through the maze. It was fun seeing Daniel having so much fun!
Daniel in the corn maze. 
Monica trying to keep up on the corn maze.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Boo at the Zoo
Every year the John Ball Zoo has what they call "Boo at the Zoo". The kids get to dress up in their costumes and go on the "cooky not spooky" trail and get candy and prizes. Daniel was very excited about going to the zoo. Of course he wanted to be Larry Boy. It is going to be a sad day when he outgrows that larry boy suit! I did not have a costume for Monica, so I was looking through her clothes when I came across this dress. I thought it was perfect.
Isn't my little farmer girl adorable!
Daniel on the cooky trail.
On the trail they had a wooden train that both Monica and Daniel loved to play on.
They also had a petting zoo. Daniel was a little bit more cautious of the animals than Monica. Monica loves animals and she has no fear. Right now she seems to think that every animal barks. She loves dogs and has figured out that they bark. So in the petting zoo she chased around all the animals barking at them. I think that the animals were happy when we finally left their pen. It was really cute watching her.
Daniel got to make his own scarecrow to be part of a set for our family picture. At the end of the day he said that this was one of his favorite parts of the day.
This is our family picture with the scare crow Daniel built.
My beautiful daughter!
Isn't my little farmer girl adorable!
Daniel on the cooky trail.
On the trail they had a wooden train that both Monica and Daniel loved to play on.
They also had a petting zoo. Daniel was a little bit more cautious of the animals than Monica. Monica loves animals and she has no fear. Right now she seems to think that every animal barks. She loves dogs and has figured out that they bark. So in the petting zoo she chased around all the animals barking at them. I think that the animals were happy when we finally left their pen. It was really cute watching her.
Daniel got to make his own scarecrow to be part of a set for our family picture. At the end of the day he said that this was one of his favorite parts of the day.
This is our family picture with the scare crow Daniel built.
My beautiful daughter!
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Random pictures from the last month
Didn't you know cheerios always taste better if you dump them out and eat them off the floor? 
Monica at Olive Garden. She thinks she is to big for a high chair so she now sits in a booster at the table with the rest of us.
Zachary is a very serious driver! (For those who do not know Zachary is a boy I babysit full time)
Daniel playing on his sit and spin.
Monica is not so much a serious driver.
There are many times a day that Monica will go up to the window and say "da da da da". She knows he is out there somewhere.
Monica reading a book in the bean bag chair at the library. She loves to read books.
Daniel and Monica playing dress up at the library.
Monica got so tired she just feel asleep on the floor next to me. I was trying to wait to put her to bed because I had to go and pick Daniel up from school.
Later that same day during rest time Daniel made a "dog house" out of his book and then some how feel asleep "inside" his dog house. I am not sure how he feel asleep like this but he did!
I hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Monica at Olive Garden. She thinks she is to big for a high chair so she now sits in a booster at the table with the rest of us.
Zachary is a very serious driver! (For those who do not know Zachary is a boy I babysit full time)
Daniel playing on his sit and spin.
Monica is not so much a serious driver.
There are many times a day that Monica will go up to the window and say "da da da da". She knows he is out there somewhere.
Monica reading a book in the bean bag chair at the library. She loves to read books.
Daniel and Monica playing dress up at the library.
Monica got so tired she just feel asleep on the floor next to me. I was trying to wait to put her to bed because I had to go and pick Daniel up from school.
Later that same day during rest time Daniel made a "dog house" out of his book and then some how feel asleep "inside" his dog house. I am not sure how he feel asleep like this but he did!
I hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Monday, October 06, 2008
Hearts at Home Conference
This past weekend I was able to go to a hearts at home conference. I will write more about this later, but I wanted to mention that it gave me a refreshed view of motherhood. I came home appreciating my job as a mother even more than I did before. The whole time I was at the conference I wished that my sister Andrea was there by my side getting the same refreshment. I decided to make this music video for her so that she could have a little reminder of how special her job as a mother is. I love you Andrea. You are a magnificent mother.
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