Life at the Connor House

So the 3 youngest have hacked their way through the weekend and I decided that it was time to do something about it. Braxton sounded especially bad and since he is so little I didn't want to leave it anymore. As usual, an appointment for one led to me bringing in a few more to have them "look" at. Good thing... After a visit to the doctor I came home armed with 3 new masks for the nebulizer and 3 prescriptions. Fantastic! Of course this happens when Josh is out of town so I am manning the nebulizer on my own - seems like that is all that we did yesterday, going from one kid to the next! :)

Braxton's first bath!

Since we have our sauna downstairs we don't take a lot of time to put Braxton in the bath and let him play... It is straight to the shower with all the older kids! :) So last night the older kids were coloring and I decided to let him play a bit... He had a great time chasing the cup around the tub! We go for the fancy toys at the Connor house! :)

Loving the tub!


"Now how am I going to reach that?"


Stretch it out...


Mom even had time for some hair styling! :)

Americanism Program

Since I can't always get away for programs that the kids have during the day, I sent Cindy armed with my camera for the Americanism Program that was at the school on Monday. Brody and Elyse were singing "You're a Grand Old Flag" with the rest of the first grade, Teagen and the kindergarteners led the pledge, Kolby represented the boy scouts and Tyce was picked to read his paper on why he was proud to be an American. It was an eventful day for the Kiser grandkids! :)

Brody and his class...


Kolby


Tyce

Another milestone...

Braxton started holding his own bottle -which makes mommy very happy and life much easier, at least for the first half of the bottle. Unfortunately after about halfway his ADD kicks in and he gets too distracted to finish, which also makes mommy very happy because I still need a little of that cuddle time with him! :)

Brody's new profession?

Brody decided that he was barber for the day... when it happened, I'm still not sure - but Bella's hair got a little shorter right in the middle. When asked why, WHy, WHY would you cut your sister's hair he replied - "she asked me to." Well, okay then... Next lesson - don't listen to everything that your 2 year old sister tells you to do, especially when you are 6 and know better!!

Bella with Brody's haircut...


Bella with the actual hair stylist's haircut...

Up, up and not away yet...

Braxton is getting closer and closer to being able to chase after his older brothers and sister... He has started getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth. It is so fun to watch all of the milestones that he hits - and a little sad knowing that it is the last set that we will get to see from our kids...

Feel the love...

Braxton is going to be one of my toughest kids - he has to be! :) His siblings love him, love him too much sometimes!! Between all the kissing, hugging, wrestling and general taking care of that he has to endure it gets a little rough!! Thank God he is so good natured and seems to take it all in stride! :)

My little boy scout...

Brody decided that he wanted to join Boy Scouts this year, so off we went! :) He has had 2 meetings with his grade level and got to be a part of a food drive and the Scouts Halloween party. Today is the Americanism program at school in honor of Veteran's Day and the Boy Scouts are all supposed to wear their uniforms to school. His grade also gets to sing a special song for the program...

Brody


Brody and Eion before school...

Halloween!

The kids had a fabulous time trick or treating this year... Bella chased after her brothers and they got loaded down with all kinds of goodies for mom and dad (I mean for them) to pick through! :) My two littlest chickens ran from the slightest spooky mask or decoration but Brody braved his way through everything! They were super troopers the whole night and we had a great time!

My four hoodlums! The pirate, ninja, chunky monky and devil princess!


Stopping in to see Gram and Gramps!


The whole "Kiser" gang!


Checking out their loot...