Water Park Fun!

Josh's dad and stepmom were in town for a few days last week and we had so much fun visiting with them! While we were at Brody's kindergarten conference, they took the kids out to supper and bowling and then on Friday we all headed to the water park in Brainerd. It was a lot of fun and the kids were definitely tuckered out after a day of splashing around and riding in the slides!
Grandma Cheryl and Bella

Grandpa Stacy and Brody

Grandpa Stacy and Beau

Josh and Bella

Grandma Cheryl and Brody

Early Christmas Present!

For the kids Christmas present they got a jungle gym from Josh's dad and stepmom! They were a little impatient and wanted to play on it, so we finally got it set up and they were out on it immediately!!

Ooey Gooey Night!

ECFE had it's annual ooey gooey night and of course my kids had to be involved!! I just love that they do it and I don't have to clean up the mess! :) From making their own pudding, to playing in flour and oobleck they had a wonderful time!

My little hunter!

Hunting season is here and Brody couldn't be more excited! Josh's rule, via my brother in law, is that they can't hunt until they turn 5. So, this year was the year that Brody got to go with... With his talking they didn't see anything, but he sure had fun!

Halloween Madness!

This weekend has been full of Halloween fun! We started on Saturday morning by the kids and Josh coming to the Halloween party that a group I am on puts on every year... There are games, crafts, prizes and candy for all the kids in town and they have a lot of fun! Then tonight we had meatball monsters and mashed potatoes snakes for supper and headed out to go trick or treating! They hauled in the loot and we didn't even go to any extra houses this year - pretty much friends and family! By the end they were both wound up from all the candy consumed in the car going from house to house and dead tired from the excitement... We had time for ONE LAST piece of candy and baths and they all dropped off to bed! What a great weekend!

1st Snow!

So last night was a little crazy around our town! The winds were whipping all day yesterday, they say up to 60 miles an hour... We lost power for a little bit in the afternoon, but the kids and I still made it to ECFE! As we walked out, we were greeted with the first snowfall of the year, whipping straight into our faces, along with slush galore!! Throughout the night we lost power from about 1:30-5:00 in the morning, which made for a fun night of the kids each waking up bawling that it was too dark in their rooms! Luckily a little calming down was all it took and they were all back to bed until morning... Which led to the kids all begging immediately as soon as they got up to go outside and play in the snow! Hence the darker sky in the pictures - they were dressed, fed and outside by about 7:30 today!!

Bella and all her gear!!

Bella - still a little tippy in all her gear!

Eion

Ellie

Beau

Beau and Ellie

Brody

A great place to read...

I just got all the kids down for nap and ran to take a potty break when I heard footsteps in the hallway. I came out and couldn't find the culprit, but I saw an open door. I quietly went into our bedroom (one of the daycare kids was sleeping in there) and heard rustling in that bathroom! I turned the corner and this was what I saw...


And this is what I heard - "I gotta go poop mom, get outta here..." So, of course I had to grab the camera, cause that's what a great mom does! :)