Oh this kid!!

He insists on wearing this helmet every day...only around the house...Today it is his "rain stopper", you know, because he doesn't want rain on his head!

BLAH!!!

The flu and a cold has been raging through our house! It started about 3 weeks ago, and it's all my fault!! Well the cold part anyway...5 of the 7 of us got that...everyone did pretty well with it but Dash, he got a sinus infection :( The same day we learned of that he started puking that night...what a rough day! He was the 4th to get the flu. I'm happy to say that the flu is over in less than 24 hours but man, is it a rough one!! We haven't had something in our house like this in a long time! Now I'm off to disinfect and pray no one else gets anything!! I think we've had our share for the season!

Helping Daddy

We had LOTS of projects we wanted to do when we moved in. One of the big one was extending the driveway. We had to rip out grass and sprinklers, level it out, put down some gravel and then pour the cement. We also had to prep the back yard for grass. That meant LOTS of skidster work. Jer let Ry ride with him through a lot of the easy leveling/digging work. The little boy was in heaven!! I really think the big boy was too! :)

It's a Rough Life

This boy only has school every other day, so I let him play on the computer a little on his days off. It must be very tiring because he falls asleep often while playing.

Organizing

I've been trying to get this place organized over here. I'm down to just a few boxes left to unpack. I have TONS of pictures still to hang, but this was my latest project. I went from a 5x8 room to a little corner of the loft...

BEFORE

AFTER

These crazy kids!

These are my little loves! They are all getting so big! I wish I could just put them in the freezer and make them stop where we are right now!

Potty training

Dash decided he wanted to try to be like the big kids and "go" on the potty. We went to the store and got all the necessary things for potty training. He did great the first few days but then decided he wasn't ready to be a big kid. I'm ok with that! Most of the other kids were 3 when they finally figured it all out so I won't push until then. I did get this adorable, future blackmailing picture though!

Animal Cell

Kakes had to make a 3-D cell for a science project. She chose an animal cell and this is the outcome. I LOVE how it turned out!!

This kid

I get to spend all day, every day with THE DASH...while he is ALMOST 3 (my least favorite age of all) and discovering his independence...he is a pretty awesome kid. You can not get this kid down. He loves life & lives it laughing! Such a sweet, great example to his mama every day!

Batman!!

We have very into Batman lately...well at least Dash has been. He found his brothers mask one day & now he wears it almost every day!!

Batman chillin' in mom's bed

Even Batman needs a nap from time to time

Batman loves watching Saturday morning cartoons!

Batman has a friend over!

A little bit of crafting

I've been trying to craft a few things here & there for the house. These are a few things I have done.

I made this bedspread (it still needs a back on it though :( ), the little pillow and the pillowcases

This is a frame I took an picture out of, spray painted then hung the string across with clothes pins. It's in our loft to display the kids art projects they bring home from school.

This one was rough. The letters look a little weird because I made them with masking tape

It sits in my kitchen where I can see it all the time!!

OUCH!!

One Wednesday afternoon in early October I was having a sister day and received a phone call from the kids school. Ryan had fallen during recess and had a pretty big goose egg on his forehead, he wanted me to come get him from school. He had fallen from the monkey bars and landed on his face. It was so sad :( This picture is from later that night.

The Halloween Hangover

The day after Halloween is always a hard one in our house! We tend to keep the kids out a little late & let them overload on candy. I found this little guy crashed out on my bedroom floor midmorning...he's such a sweet boy!

Halloween Fun!

Hi there! I bet you thought I forgot all about this blog! Well, I did not, I actually think about it ALL the time, but really...does anyone even read this anymore??? I have LOTS of photos to post and I will try to keep up better....

So now onto Halloween...We had a great month of October! We started the month off by going to Grandma/pa F's house for some pumpkins to carve...except dad, he decided he wanted to try carving a zucchini! I actually LOVED how it turned out! Then wrestling started...BLAH...but this year Jer is coaching AND Ry started wrestling too! He's not super good right now. It's kind of sad & so funny at the same time to watch the little guys wrestle. I'll try to get my video working on here to show what I mean. We finally got to carve our pumpkins a few days before Halloween, Ry's first duel was the day before Halloween, and then we ended the month with Jer's first team duel on Halloween followed by a night of trick-or-treating. I only have a picture of Dash this year because I am lame!! That whole day was just SO crazy I completely spaced it once we got going!! But if you must know what everyone was, it was much like last year...2 Jedi's, a cheerleader & an angel! Dash was Clark Kent/Superman this year though!!