The Candy Approach

This year we decided to take a little different approach when it came to Halloween candy. This morning I declared it “Candy Day.” (Last night was our trunk-or-treat so the kids were going through their mountains of candy.) I told them that they could eat as much candy as they wanted today and then tomorrow the rest of the candy was all going to disappear (aka eaten by me or thrown in the garbage.) They thought that was a great idea. Their breakfast consisted of eggs and about 5 pieces of candy each. They have been eating candy like crazy all day and on a sugar high pretty much all day. We also conducted “science experiments" on our candy (mostly the candy they didn't like). Out of all the different types of candy, the only three that floated in water were marshmallows, kit-kat and whoppers. Also, did you know that if you put M&Ms in the microwave for a full minute nothing happens, they don’t even get hot, add a little water, completely different story. Taffy was the favorite, it gets nice and bubbly when nuked. I just finished cleaning up and threw out the leftover candy. There wasn’t much, it had all been opened, tasted, stepped on and experimented with. I’m not quite sure how tomorrow is going to go, (I have a feeling they are going to be . . . well . . . a little grumpy) but I am glad there is no more Halloween candy around my house. We are definitely making this a tradition.

Happy Halloween!

October Happenings

We went to a pumpkin patch. They had a maze, a hay ride, blow up bouncy slides, farm animals etc all the usual stuff.
As you can tell from there faces Jensen and Siesa loved the fun house, they played in the fun house for 45 minutes. They would run out smiling and laugh and run back in. I couldn’t go in but I could hear them laughing inside having a great time.

Witches Party

Some friends threw a witches party at my house (my friend didn’t think everyone would fit in her house so I offered my house for the party) We decorated the night before by candle light because my power went out 20 minutes after starting, very random but very fitting for Halloween We had a good time.

Siesa and I made pumpkins to decorate morning, just for fun.

Derek celebrated his 31^st birthday. We didn’t do too much because he had to go out of town the next day but I did make a yummy salmon dinner and mint brownies.

Coach Derek

The long awaited day has finally come. Derek was able to coach Jensen’s soccer team. It is pretty low key, it is only one hour a week on Saturday. They have a 30 minute practice and then a 30 minute game. There are 8 kids on his team and only four play at a time. One of Jensen’s best friends is on his team and his Dad is Derek’s assistant coach. Jensen has been very excited that Dad was going to be his coach but on the way to the game he said “Dad, how are you going to be the coach because you have never been one before? Are you even going to know what to do?” We assured him that Derek knew a lot about soccer and would be a good coach. He has not been disappointed, Derek has done great. Truth be told it is more crowd control than actually coaching since most of the kids have never played soccer before. Jensen has improved since last season and actually tries to kick the ball and he made his first goal and was very excited.

Elsie

Height 28 inches

Weight 16lbs 4 oz

Teeth – 5 teeth 3 on top and 2 on bottom.

Words she can say. . . Dada, more, all done, Denden(Jensen) ba(ball) those are the only word we can decipher but she is constantly taking “baby talk”

Favorite foods-peas, eggs, applesauce, eggplant parmesan, yogurt, beans and avocado

She likes to dance to music, play in the sand box, swing and slide. She also loves to play in the toilet water (is of course we are trying to avoid that but with two other children using the bathroom . . . well . . . hopefully she will grow out if that obsession really soon) She can climb up and down the stairs with out any problems. She loves to point and talk about everything. She has the cutest laugh and is constantly on the move. We love you

Happy Birthday Elsie!

I can’t believe that Elsie is already 1.

Elsie loved her cake. From the moment she saw it she wanted it. I gave her a piece of cake to eat but she didn’t want it she wanted the whole thing. We cut ourselves some and then let her have the rest.

Opening gifts- she had a lot of help. I don't know who was more excited about Elsie's birthday

Look what I got