Some Cute Kids

The kids looked so good this morning on our way to church I decided to take some pictures when we got home.

Thanks to daylight savings we had an extra hour this morning and I was able to finally finish Rylie's dress. I had really wanted to make her a cute peasant dress this summer, but it is now making it's debute for fall. I like how it turned out and Rylie loves it. We also tried a new hair do today-a braid across the top! I think everything turned out adorable.

Halloween 2009 - Super Sleuths

Happy Halloween!!

Rylie is "Darby"

Mason is "Tiger"

Zachariah is "Winnie the Pooh"

If you don't know who Darby is here is a picture of the "new" Winnie the Pooh" show so you can see what she should look like.

We had a great time Trunk or Treating and have enough candy to last us until Christmas. I have trained the kids to give me any chocolate they get and they are very willingly to share.

Chef Rylie?

The other day Rylie was holding a stick and an apple by the pellet fireplace in our house and came up with a great idea. She thought she would put the apple on the stick and cook it in front of the fire. She worked on that for about 20 minutes. Then she decided the apple was too squishy (she had dropped it about 100 times off her stick, we taped it and everything and it just wouldn't stay on). So then she decided to peel it and cook it on the stove. After peeling it, by herself, she had me cut it and up it in some water on the stove.

She is doing this while I am half paying attention, trying to finish a project befor dinnertime.

Then she says she needs some sugar to cook it in. She tests the apples several times before deciding they were "done". Then she wanted to put some bread on them and eat it. This is when I started to pay attention and suggested adding oatmeal on top with some butter and brown sugar. Then we cooked it for a little while longer in the oven. She pulled it out of the oven by herself and was very excited about it.

We ate it for dessert and it was quite good!

Welcome to Wyoming

We have relocated once again. It is lucky Wyoming this time and we are only 2 hours from Mt. Rushmore. We have bought a home and hope to settle in here for a few years. I love the little town so far and we have already made some great friends. The schools are great in Wyoming and especially in our district so I am excited for Rylie to have a great start next year.

Yes, it has already snowed! There were about 6 inches of fresh show this morning and the kids keep saying it is Christmas. They want to go play right now, but they all have coughs and I won't let them out for more than this picture. They used to New Mexico and Arizona where it is gone by the afternoon. I keep telling them there will be LOTS of snow to play in everyday this winter. It is supposed to snow more this week and get into the 40s. Wow-Welcome to Wyoming!!

Thanks Nana and Grandpa for the cute birthday outfit.

(We still just can't stop talking about it!)

PS. I finally cut his "wings" off this morning before this picture.

Happy Birthday Zach

I think he is the cutest one year old around!

Rylie, Mason and I sang Happy Birthday to him about 10 times during the day. Once while we were in Walmart (that was Mason's idea) and Zach waved at everyone we passed with a big grin on his face like he knew what was happening.

We invited Zach's favorite people over for cake. They are the family that helped us sooo much when we first arrived and Zach loves them. He wants Elizabeth, the mom, to hold him everytime he sees her. By the time we got the cake out he was ready for bed, but soon perked up when he realized he could eat it by himself. The best part was when he started spreading dirt pudding all over his arms.

The birthday singers

This is a caterpillar cake with dirt.

Not exactly what I had pictured in my mind, but it still tasted good.

It was Rylie and Mason's idea.

LOVED spreading the pudding on his arm.

HATED the bath to get it off.

Zach took his first official steps two days ago!!

We have "walking" time every night before bed and boy do we have a helpful crowd. Rylie and Mason are so proud of him when he goes a couple of steps, they cheer and cheer. Zach took those two steps and then gave us the biggest grin of accomplishment. It was adorable!

Getting too big

This morning I went to get Zach and he was on his knees in the pack and play. This picture was taken a few weeks ago, but it show how he was learning to pull himself up. We took the bassinet part out today. I can hardly believe it has been 9 months with him. He can now crawl and terrorize Rylie and Mason. He LOVES to stand up to the anything and looks especially proud of himself when he is standing. He eats vegetables now. He is a tease. He laughs at me when I tell him NO. He teases Mason a lot and still LOVES Rylie. Zach will grab Mason's toy and when Mason start yelling, Zach yells with him and smiles.

Ballet Performance

Rylie's recital was last Saturday. She was sooo excited to go on the big stage and wear her cute costume. They have been practicing their dance since January. The last week of class they gave their teacher a heart attach when they all forgot most of it. They did great the night of the performance.

Jacob asked several times that evening if he should get Rylie a boquet of flowers. I suggested that ice cream afterwards was probably enough for a 4 year old, but he kept bringing it up. So finally at intermission he decided it was a must. They were selling them at the auditorium so it was easy to run out and buy. Mason was just about as excited about giving Rylie her flower as Jacob was. All three of them have oohed and awwed over the single white rose for days now. I don't think anyone remembers the reason for it!