Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Saturday, November 21, 2009

A day in the life with boys

My favorite Ben picture so far:
Levi and his night-nights:
"Tickle me, Daddy!"
UP HIGH is the theme of the day:
Like I said, sometimes up high is the only safe to play Legos!
Ethan loves to play Lego Batman
Bryce spends hours setting up people and animals~!
And last, but not least, one more UP HIGH picture for ya!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Football Champions!

I am so proud of Bryce and his team!  They are the Champions in their YMCA football league!
I was finally able to go to a game and Bryce did so well.
He started off the season not even trying and MAD every time he had to go to practice.
Then one day, he did really well, got some compliments, and decided to start playing HARD.  
I have seen him make a complete turn-around in his attitude and I am so proud.
Pictures are from BK's phone so they are a little fuzzy.




Friday, November 13, 2009

Funniest story in a while


Several years ago, I decided to teach my oldest boys my phone number in case of emergencies.  I think Ethan was 3 and Bryce was 5.  I was so surprised how quickly they learned it!  Well, a while ago, BK decided to change phone plans and decided that the best plan was for him to take my number and for a while I had to keep his old number.  So now, Bryce and Ethan both know DAD's number, not mine.  For some reason, this was fine with me, as long as they knew at least one number.

This fall, Bryce has been playing football at the YMCA that is less than a mile from our house.  It works out so well with our busy schedule.  I drop Bryce off for practice and then he calls his dad when it is time to pick him up.

Well, last night, BK was out of town and I wasn't sure when he would be back, so I told Bryce he would need to call me when practice was over.  I proceeded to pull out a little yellow sticky pad and quickly wrote my cell number down for him.  

"Mom, the last time you did this, I lost it!"

"Bryce, all you have to do is take this paper to the LADY at the FRONT DESK and tell her to please hold it for you so you can call your mom when practice is over."

"OK" (reluctantly) 

I folded up the the little yellow sticky note with my number on it and Bryce got out of the car and proceeded to walk straight up to his COACH, while I am watching, hand HIM the note and say, "My mom wanted me to give this to you."  

Oh. My. Gosh.  You should have seen the coaches face when he opened it up.  Mine was beet red.  

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

How I spent my Monday morning

Lots of children=lots of laundry! Does this look familiar to anyone or is it just me?!  

So my strategy to avoid this, when I stick to it  - is to do one load a day.  Occasionally with this plan I will have to do an additional load of linens or towels, but in general it REALLY WORKS!
I have found that if I wash and dry one load at night, then when i wake up in the morning, I have all day to get it sorted, folded and put away.  I also have separate laundry baskets for each person, which makes it easy to sort and also to know who needs theirs done the most.  
But, of course, a few days of NOT sticking to the plan and I am under this mountain once again!
Just one of those things that works for me and i want to remember what it looked like when all the clothes were small.... (what will I do when they are all wearing gigantic jeans?!)

Monday, November 9, 2009

Ben's first sink bath

I just realized today that Benjamin could now take his baths in the kitchen sink, since he can sit up so well.  I was thinking, "I need to get one of those little seats that go in the tub because he could still fall over and he is too big for that baby tub now..."  Then it hit me - THE SINK!!  Of course Levi was so very interested in helping me bathe him.

I think he really liked it!

Note to self:  Lysol the edges and rinse BEFORE he takes his bath!

And of course, as soon as I came back from dressing Ben, this is what I found:



Sunday, November 8, 2009

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Tuesday, November 3, 2009