It's my birthday...

Take that!

David is

*kind ( he loves to help is brothers...then beat them up)

*studious (he loves schoolwork-even at home)

*strong willed (he can pitch a fit like none other and also be more self

controlled than any other)

*loving (but don't dare try to kiss him)

*entertaining ( he loves to show is his new dance moves and dangerous tricks)

*sensitive (don't dare mess with his dog...he can but you can't)

*considerate (he is always making things for others in the family)

**JUST PLAIN AWESOME**

Patience

I learned something from "Dog Breath" today...

Have patience...even when the kids are sqeezing you a little too tightly.
It may be annoying but it's the way they LOVE!

Casted

Eric is leading the pack in the "most casted" contest!

He of course had a cast on each foot for two weeks when he was first born and now this. It looks like it's killing him doesn't it? He came home from schol on Friday and said he had a hard time writing because his wrist hurt. I remembered that he had mentioned his wrist hurting several times in the past week so Kem took a look at it. Apparently he has a slight fracture of the growth plate. It was Kem's day off so he took Eric over to the office before they closed and took some x-rays and got a cast. It would have healed just fine without the cast but Eric wanted it and we figured it was probably better so he didn't make it worse by falling on it. Did I mention he has NO IDEA how it happened. It has been on for a day and a half now and he wants it off because it's itchy!

None of the rest of us have had a cast at all...ever, so he is the clear winner...so far.

Hey MoM...

Hey Mom...Look what I got!

I have no place in my house to put coats and bags and things when you come in. It has been driving me crazy for as long as I have lived here. I have been looking for a bench and coat hooks but just couldn't find what I was looking for. My wonderful mom emailed me a link for these (while she was supposed to be doing homework) and I actually got them! I'd rather have a closet so I can't see all of our junk but this is the next best thing.

*Thanks for procrastinating mom!

Leafy Fun

It was beautiful and warm this weekend so I celebrated by raking the leaves. Do I know how to have fun or what. Well, I may not know how to have fun but the boys sure do. Here they are playing in the leaves in our backyard. Do you see the green grass in our yard? Now that is something to celebrate!

Baby gifts

I LOVE making baby gifts!

I haven't gotten to make baby gifts in several years because my sewing machine broke. I finally borrowed one from a friend to make a taggie and burp cloth for another friend who is having a baby girl any day now. I had forgotten how much fun it is...especially since Karen's machine actually works! SO much fun!

Star Wars Boys

Introducing....

Darth Vader and Clone Commander Cody

All Aboard!

I am so glad I didn't get rid of the trains! My boys lost interest in these quite some time ago and the "Train table" became a "Lego table" Our Little friend Tristan is now in love with Thomas so the last time he was here I got the trains out of the attic for him to play with. Now Levi thinks they are the best and is begging me to play trains with him. Here is the set-up we made the other day.

There were many tears when two big brothers (who shall remain un named) came home and wrecked all of our hard work:(

Let the baking begin!

The season of baking has officially begun. I made this cake today for a cake walk at Eric's family night tonight. I'll be making another one for our Fall Fest at church on Sunday and I volunteered to make a gazillion chocolate covered pretzels for Eric's school party next week. Ahhh...I love it!
Here are my trusty (well, actually, not so trusty) helpers. Levi was covered in chocolate icing. He kept telling me "Mom, this cake is perfect." and "Mom, isn't this cake just so wonderful?" I can always count on Levi to boost my ego...even though I don't trust his judgement at all (He says the same sort of things when I try on absolutely hideous clothing at the store). Oh well, we had fun. It was nice to spend time with my littlest man, making the same kind of memories I have of my mom.

Pumpkin Patch II

I took Levi and a friend to the same Pumpkin patch yesterday. They were too cute trying to move this monster pumpkin.
This contraption takes the goat feed up to the top of a platform for the goats. As soon as the boys started to turn this wheel the goats all ran to the top of the platform to get fed. I love Levi's expression in this pic. He was so amused watching the biggest goat lick the conveyor belt, waiting impatiently, for the cup to reach him.