Santa visits ballet

Santa came to visit the kids at the ballet class; Caitlin was terrified when he started talking and was screaming. She did love her gift from Ms. Lisa though. Isn't the crown super cute. My little ballet princess:)

He gave candy canes to all the other kids.

This was the look from Caitlin and the other girl when they saw Santa.

Cody's fight w/ a display stand at Fry's

This picture is a little blury; the bleeding has finally stopped. We were at Fry's and apparently Cody jumped on Cameron and he fell backwards and hit his head on a display shelf. I was holding him and I didn't realize it was anything more than a bump. One of the pharmacy workers came over and told me that he was bleeding and I realized my hands were full of blood-a little scary. They called 911 and the EMT's came and bandaged him up. They said that because the bleeding had slowed down, even if they transport him to the ER they would've sent him to Urgent Care for stitches so I decided to drive him to urgent care myself. All of the kids were crying because they were scared. Kris was called by somebody but didn't give him any information other than the impression that Cameron and Caitlin were at Fry's alone because I had to go w/ Cody in the ambulance. He made it to the urgent care before I did-lucky he didn't get a ticket on the way. Our good friend met me at Fry's and took Caitlin. I am so greatful to have people to call in an emergency. Cody ended up getting 5 staples in his head which need to stay in for 8 days. We have a friend w/ a staple remover so at least he shouldn't need to go back there to have them removed. No anesthetic and he did so well, he cried but took it like a champ. Cameron took this pic in the car on the way there.

why is there a baby in my shirt?

So, Cody was looking at a picture of when Cameron was a baby. Kris, Cameron and I were sitting on a quad and I was very pregnant w/ Cody. Cody asked if the baby in the picture was him and I said "no, it is Cameron, you are in my belly" Cody says "what, why would you just shove my whole body into your shirt to hide me, that is so weird?" He is a very funny boy:)

ELF on a SHELF

My friend has used the Elf on a Shelf with her kids for a couple of years now and she loves it. She bought it for us last year so I was excited to get it out and start this new tradition w/ my kids. Last night I took the little elf out of his home in a box and set him up on the shelf. Nobody seemed to notice it all day so after baths and dinner tonight I told the kids I had a surprise for them. I told them it had been sitting there all day and Cameron was surprised that he hadn't seen it. He asked Cody and Cody said "yeah, I saw him just sitting there doing nothing all day" They were very excited, so we sat down and read the story about this little elf and how he is Santas helper and he flies back to Santa every night to report on the kids behavior and any wishes that they may have. You get to pick a name for your elf and the kids chose "Scooby". You are not allowed to touch him and every morning he will be in a new location. So here is where the story gets funny. I opened up the book to the first page and right away Cody says "this looks like a very boring story"Cameron was interested though. So we read the story and half way through Cody says " he is not going to fly to Santa, he is just a fake doll sitting on our counter" So I finally make it to the end of the story and Cameron is about to talk to Scooby and he says "mom he is so not a real elf, he has a tag coming out of his butt" After I finished laughing so hard and wipe the tears from my face I try to explain to him that maybe he puts his pants on inside out like Cody and Caitlin sometimes. Well, I am not sure if they really believe in this friendly little elf named Scooby but hopefully they will at least pretend to in order to start a fun tradition. Cameron has already told Scooby that he wishes for a hotwheel toy.

camerons 7th bday

Cameron turned 7 years old on Thursday. It was a very busy day. I was at the school that morning and than I told him I would surprise him w/ lunch at school. He kept asking what kind of sandwich I was going to make him and if I would put a treat in his lunch. My plan was to go to McDonalds and bring him a happy meal. Unfortunately, they eat lunch at 10:45 and I went through the drive-thru at 10:15 and they wouldn't make me lunch yet so I had to back out of the drive-thru and I ran to Subway which is actually his favorite anyways. He was so excited when Caitlin and I showed up to have lunch w/ him. They allow the kids to sit outside if they have a parent w/ them. It was a quick lunch but I am so happy that we got to spend it w/ him. Later that day he was able to share cupcakes w/ the class that I had brought in. I forgot my camera in the car but there were many blue faces and Cameron gave me a big blue kiss. It got a good laugh out of all the kids. I am so proud of Cameron, he is such an amazing and kind boy. People are always telling me how sweet he is. The time has gone by so fast but I look forward to watching him grow even more. I love you little man!!!

cody's field trip to the pumpkin patch

Cody's preschool class took there first field trip to the Agua Linda Farm to go pumpkin picking. The kids seemed to run nonstop, I wished we had more land so the kids could just run like this all day, they had so much fun.I am so greatful that I have the opportunity to go to these special things w/ my kids. the boys spent so much time running through this corn maze......... and going up and down this mountain of hay bales

after searching forever and going to the end of the pumpkin patch, we managed to scrounge up a couple of OK looking pumpkins

Cody ran through the whole patch yelling back at us that we are wasting time.

Caitlin finally realized the maze looked fun and ran for a little bit

There was a little petting zoo and the kids had fun chasing the goats.

They had a lot of tire swings and they were, of course, a big hit. I think Cody tried out every one of them.

We went on a hay ride. Caitlin didn't want to get on and screamed but she did manage to calm down once she realized it wasn't scary. I wish I could've found a pumpkin as cute as this one. Maybe we'll have better luck in Wilcox.

Disney On Ice

We were fortunate to be able to go the Disney On Ice here in Tucson last night. The kids are on Fall Break this week so it worked out perfectly that we were able to go on a weeknight. We have had the tickets for over a month and Cody has been so excited to go. He has been trying to fast forward life so the day would arrive sooner. When the day finally came he was so excited. There was a big group of us going that include 12 kids. I wasn't sure if we were all going to make it because some of the kids had been sick. Fortunately, we were all able to go and everybody loved the show, it was really amazing. The bad part of the night was that both Cameron and Caitlin woke up with fevers around midnight. Caitlin seems to have slept it off but my poor Cameron is miserable today. I hope he recovers soon, I hate seeing my babies sick. Caitlin slept in until 10:30 this morning and this is what her hair looked like. I am not sure I am up to the challenge of this one.

Ellies face was very blue after drinking her snocone-but of course she looked very cute w/it.

They really did love the show but they were very tired

This is everything that was a part of the show

waiting to get inside

makutus island

Caitlin loves looking at the fish Cameron, Ellie, and Cody off and playing

such a goofball

snack time All the kids got free tshirts when we got there for registering w/ the kids club. We had such a fun day up there but I have to say I like going during the week when it isn't so busy. All of the kids were so good though especially in the car.

ballet

Caitlin has started doing ballet class. Her class is on Saturday mornings and there are at least 20 kids in the class. She always wants to go but the last couple of times she has been crying in there. She will start in a couple of weeks to go on a different day w/ a lot fewer kids so hopefully she will do better. They all look so cute in there little outfits.

randomness

I woke up to find these owls in my front yard that a very sneaky neighbor who is also on PTO thought I deserved. They are very cute and will make a nice addition to the front yard until the next person gets them Cody enjoying some McDs while watching the Hannah Montana movie at our lighted schoolhouse event.

Cameron

Cameron on spirit day for school. All the boys in the class chose to wear jean shorts, spiky hair and a favorite character shirt. This is the face he wanted to make for the pic.

McD's

I rarely take the kids inside McD's to eat an play so they get very excited when they actually get to go. We spent a good couple of hours here, a good way to pass the time in the summer when it is 105 degrees but to cloudy to go to the pool.

dentist time

I took the boys to the dentist for their cleaning and check-up. Cameron, of course, has been several times so he was trying to tell Cody all about it and to not be scared and the best part is getting a new toothbrush and picking a toy out of the treasure box. Well, poor Cameron may have to get 2 of his bottom teeth pulled because the new ones are coming through but his baby teeth aren't loose yet. He wasn't very happy camper. Cody was a champ, he did so great. The hygenist kept saying what a good job he did and she was able to do more than she expected at a first visit. He didn't even mind the "duck" mouth which I always hated when I was little.

caitlin turns 3

present time!!!She was such a good girl and told everybody thank you. She got everything she wanted, barbies, clothes, dolls(all pink of course)

trampoline fun

she loved everybody singing happy birthday to her. I made little princess castle cupcakes(pink of course) she wanted a pink birthday-it looked more like a baby shower but she wanted pink, so pink it was!!!