Friday, October 24, 2008

OH RIKKI!!!!

Charlie asked me to dress up for Halloween so I kept my promise...It was fun!
Now I know it's not Halloween YET but we already dressed up for our ward party!


It was very popular amongst the adults....Kids were confused..I Love Lucy..Hello!

Could he BE any cuter?


Our ward Halloween party..Ben dressed up last minute, he is a "punk kid snowboarder" but really, we all know that's his true self. Snowboarder: check, punk: double check, kid (at heart): check!



Masks weren't allowed at the ward party so here is Charlie's full Power Ranger costume!


Should have dressed this one as a jailbird!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

QUIRKS..Who, ME?

Andrea tagged me to list 6 quirks so here goes!

1. Sniff sniff.....I need to smell all new food before putting it into my mouth. Ben teases me, but really, all I need is one good sniff and I already know whether or not I want a taste. I also REALLY love to sniff a freshly opened Snickers bar. Almost more then actually eating it. The eating is usually a slight let down after the awesome aroma!

2. This one drives Ben crazy-I am lazy when it comes to screwing lids on things tightly. I just set lids on top of stuff and this can cause problems when someone else (namely Ben) tries to pick it up by the lid! Peanut butter, bottles of pills, hairspray, you name it and the lid might not be on tight at my house...

3. I spell words in my mouth with my tongue on my teeth. The last word someone said, or a word I am thinking of. Now that is embarrassing and strange, I KNOW!

4. I make up and sing the dumbest songs to my kids...Those of you who know me best know my knack for singing about the mundane. One of my most popular right now is "keep it up, keep it up, you're doing great" which is to be sung when Charlie is cleaning his room. He will amazingly clean his entire room and put away all his clean laundry and make his bed with a smile on his face if I sing/chant that the whole time. Small price to pay to get him to enjoy his chores! I also have several versions about how cute the baby is and things like that. Sometimes I sing "go get your shoes on," and other instructions. Charlie also seems to have inherited/learned this talent and it's very cute when he sings his responses to me..Now that isn't weird is it?

5. I have a major aversion to doing laundry. Especially putting it away. I would rather clean the ENTIRE house then fold and put away the laundry. This one I share with Andrea but I'm having a hard time thinking of 6 so I had to post it anyway. ;-)

6. It's hard to think of 6 that I will make public without embarrassing myself......Sorry..I guess 5 is all you get!

I tag Becky G. and Kari S.....GO!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

DID YOU KNOW??


That making a haunted candy castle is more fun then going to the racetrack? Amazing!


That Charlie went to a farm with his pre-school last month and ACTUALLY rode the horse?


This is his overall impression of the pigpen.....


Did you know that Charlie takes some pretty funny pictures when he's allowed to run free with the camera?


That this is the weather today? Soccer got canceled..YIKES!


Did you know that Andy is in the 77th percentile for height and the 6th percentile for weight! Wow...This is how to feed a baby who doesn't like his bottle. He's also taking medication for reflux and things are going pretty good as long as you know the tricks! (picture taken by Charlie, which explains why no Andy is visible!)


Did you know that these guys are pretty wonderful? I sure did....