Pumpkin time!

The kids loved picking the "guts" out of the pumpkins!

Scary faces!

Silly faces!

Daddy carving a pumpkin.

Daddy carved Jack's scary face pumpkin and I carved Adam's pirate ship pumpkin.

Happy Halloween!

Looks who's a big girl!

Maya has recently shown interest in using utensils. I think she might be a lefty like Adam. I usually only let her eat on her own if it's bath night. She usually ends up being a hot mess!

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The score has been evened! The boys have now been taking great naps for the last few days. How did I do it you wonder, well......I spanked. I only had to do it once and threaten it once. They usually get 3 warnings and the last warning is a potential spanking. That's all it took for them to stay in bed and fall asleep. I'm not sure if they were shocked that I spanked them or shocked that I followed through the threat. I hope I don't need to do it again, but I will if I need to. Ahhhh, it feels good to be in control again.

sleep deprived boys

Boys:1 Me:0

The boys have officially teamed up against me. They have been boycotting their naps lately, and decided that naptime is really wrestling time. When I go in there to tell them to get in bed, they just laugh at me. Clearly, I need to get some control. I have already taken their nightstand out of the room (I found that tipped over with the drawers out the other day), pictures off the wall (they ripped those down), and taken all toys out of their. Ugh!

I want to be a Rock Star!

Chad bought Rock Band for our wii today. Clearly, it was the best purchase EVER!

Pumpkin Patch with Preschool

The boys got to go to a pumpkin patch today with school. They had a lot of fun picking pumpkins, indian corn and going on a hay ride. Maya and I went, too. We had fun until I locked my keys in the car with all 3 kids buckled in. Thankfully the fire department came and we were able to get my key. Ugh, let's hope that doesn't happen ever again!

Standing in front of some Indian Corn

Mrs. Denney (Jack took the picture!)

Say Cheese!

getting a quick lesson on pumpkins

they were all surprisingly paying attention

Adam and Mrs. Green

getting on the hay ride

Maya and I

Jack in the pumpkin patch

Adam playing with his classmates

One of the two trucks they sent to open my car.

Bye-Bye Binky!

We did it! We finally decided to get rid of the boys' binkies. I know, it's about time! For some reason we have been putting this off for way too long. We tied their favorite binky to a bunch of balloons and told the boys that they were going to babies that need them. They understand that the binkies are gone, but I have a feeling bedtime and naptime will be rough for a few days

The boys getting their last sucks of comfort

Going...

...going...

Gone!

Uh oh. Jack just realized what had happened...

Pig Tails!

We're back!

Wow, we've been busy lately. Last week we took a road trip to Kansas City and Wichita. We left Saturday at 2am and arrived in KC around 1:00pm. We stayed at Chad's sisters house for a night to celebrate Brooke's birthday. The next day we drove to Wichita. We all had so much fun at Chad's parents house. The boys LOVED fishing and this time they actually could cast their own poles! We stayed their for 5 days then headed home. It took us 15 hours to get home! Needless to say, we won't be driving again, or at least for a long time! That was WAY too long for all of us! Even Lola (yes, we brought our dog on the trip) was going crazy towards the end.

The boys had preschool today. Adam was excited and had no problem going to his class. Jack on the other hand cried and the teacher had to pick him us as I left. Ugh, I hope it gets easier. I'm sure in a week or two he'll be use to it.

Adam and Jack are really in to Batman lately. They wear their masks and capes and run around the house trying to hit and kick everything. It's so nice that they have each other to play with.

Maya is doing great. She loves her brothers and wants to do everything the are. Maya and Jack have a love/hate relationship. She loves to be near him even though he usually teases her. Jack will take her pink blanket and run from her. Maya usually starts screaming and yelling "NO!" It's pretty funny to watch.

Maya is still not walking. Not even close. She did stand yesterday for about 3 seconds on her own. That's it. I suppose she doesn't need to walk since I carry her all the time! Ha!

Oh, funny thing happened today. Adam called me "Katy". He was like, "Hey, Katy, look at this". I was in shock, thinking is he talking to me? Sure enough, he was.

I'll post pictures in a few days when I have more time...

We'll miss you Jewel!

Chad's Great Aunt Jewel died yesterday. She was such an amazing woman and had a long wonderful 92 year life. I've only known her for 11 years and that just isn't long enough for me. Her and her husband, Hap (94 years old!), always made a point to visit the kids when we were in town. She knew it was her time and peacefully left us in her sleep. I will always miss her and I'm saddened for Hap, who will miss the love of his life.

Preschool

The boys officially started preschool last week. Last Tuesday was their first day. The boys were excited about school and really excited because their teachers let them bring a stuffed animal for the first day. They went right in to their classroom and didn't even bother giving me a hug or kiss. So naturally, when I came to pick them up I expected them to run in my arms and give me a hug telling me how much they missed me! Ha! When I walked to the room door to get them the teacher wanted to talk to me before I got them. Apparently, Jack got in trouble for hitting, spitting and sticking his tongue out. Ugh, I was shocked (okay, not really). Anyways, they have been to preschool twice since then. Adam is doing really well and Jack is doing better.

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