Beds

The last few weeks Reagan has decided that beds are the coolest place to play. He loves playing in his bed and any other bed he can find. Last Monday we had Family Home Evening at a friends house. After the lesson all the children were running around wild as the parents were visiting. Abe and I noticed that we hadn't seen Reagan in awhile so maybe we should check on him. Abe found Reagan hiding in his friend's toddler bed. Reagan was under the covers giggling wondering if anyone would find him. Who knows how long he had been hiding? All the other children were playing with toys in the other room. They were not aware that they were supposed to be playing hide and go seek. Reagan didn't mind he was having a blast.

Then on Tuesday last week I had gone to a children's thrift store just to check it out. It didn't plan on being in there long so I decided I didn't need the stroller. I figured he could walk around with me. After being in the store for just a couple minutes Reagan disappeared. I was quite frustrated. I don't really enjoy searching for Reagan in stores. I looked in the racks of clothes. I looked in the dressing room. I didn't know where else to look for him. Then I noticed a bed. Reagan was lying in the as happy as can be. He didn't understand why his mother didn't want him trying out the new bed he found. It was the perfect size for him. He was quite upset when I pulled him off the bed and we left the store.

Yesterday I was washing dishes. I didn't really want Reagan's help so I turned the TV. I knew this would keep him busy while I got the things done I needed to get done. When I finished the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen I went back into the living room to see Reagan. He wasn't in there. I checked the office, the bathroom and even his bedroom. Where was he? He was in my bed reading and singing his new favorite book "The Wheels on the Bus."

I don't quite understand why Reagan loves beds so much. I guess that it isn't too bad of thing. I don't think he can get into too much trouble playing in a bed.

Ian Lost a Tooth

Ian Lost his third tooth. The toothfairy brought him a dollar. And we're also pretty sure he will dress up as Gene Simmons from Kiss next year for halloween.

While the other families were all busy with Halloween I started a new project. This quilt is called "the Ohio Star". When I first looked at
pattern online I thought it might be too easy, I was wrong it was not so easy at all. I am going to make 20 blocks out of twenty different fabrics. No two blocks are suppose to end up the same. There will strips of all the different fabric in between each of the blocks. I am thinking that it will turn out so nice that I am going to keep it for myself. There are 17 different pieces in each of the blocks and with the border pieces there will be over 700 pieces of fabric. Sounds like a lot of fun to me!



Somebody needs to teach me how to write around the pictures. Because I am not very good at it.!

Almost done with projects

Ben is almost finished with his projects in the yard. He finished painting the shed (aka the castle) and then started to put a protective coating on the fence to help it last longer. It was suppose to spray on and he figured it would take a couple of hours. He got the wrong kind and it was so thick that you had to roll it on with a paint roller and then go over it with a paint brush. It took almost a week to do the fence. Some of us would have returned the wrong type, but the other one us chose not to. After the first day I chose not to help anymore! Now only the biggest, hardest job is left, clean the garage so we can park our cars in there for the cold wintery morning ahead.

Three Days of Halloween Fun.

Our family celebrated Halloween three nights in a row. Our Halloween festivities started on Thursday Night with our ward Fall Festival. This party was a big production. It went from 6-9. There was a carnival for all the children. The kids won tickets for how well they did at each booth. Reagan only cheated a few times. He wouldn't stand behind the lines like he was supposed to. He knew the best ways to get the rings or balls where they were supposed to go. He was smart enough to know if he stood where the YM/YW told him to stand he wouldn't win any tickets. Reagan won enough tickets to buy a puzzle. After the carnival there was a chili cook off. My chili was the winner! When everyone had enough food we all moved outside and started the Trunk or Treat. There was a great turn out for this party. I would guess there was about 300 people.

On Halloween Night we had our second party. One family in our ward invited about 6 families over to their house. We all took the children trick or treating together. We only took the kids to about 10 houses since they had all done the trunk or treat the night before. One of the men at the party owns a pizza restaurant. He makes some of the best pizza I have ever had. The guy won the Iron chef for Texas. Anyways we ate pizza, played games and visited while the children made lots of messes. We had tons of fun at the party.

Tonight was the last night we had Halloween plans. I take Reagan to the Library every week for story time. He loves it! The last few weeks they have been advertising the Halloween party they put on at the community center. We watched another little boy today. So we took Reagan and the other little boy to the party. The party was a huge carnival. After participating at each booth you got a little toy. They also had some rooms where they told scary stories. The boys were a little too young for the carnival but they had fun anyways.

I made a little video of the pictures I took that last few days. I hope that you enjoy it. I had a difficult time finding a song that I own that sounds like Halloween. This was the best one I could find.

Trick or treat, smell my feet.....

"Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat, if you dont, I dont care I'll pull your panties off." I taught Claire this rhyme, but she didn't get it quite right. I dont know why I would teach my child this, but I guess I am obnoxious by nature. We had a great halloween. Our ward did a Trunk or Treat and a dinner. Chili and corn bread. Nothing is better than free food. Lauren went as a baby bunny and Claire went as a peakcock. I first saw this costume 2 years ago on ebay and when I saw it I just died. I had to have it, but when I saw the price of $40.00 before shipping and handling, I just couldnt bring myself to buy it. Then last year we went to my sister Karries house in Yakima and lo and behold out she pulled the peakcock costume! Being the amazing person that she is, she said that claire could have it for halloween this year. Well, I knew I loved the costume but when she put it on it was that much cuter. At the dinner last night they had a contest for the cutest costume..... do you even need to ask? Of course she won. The prize was a jamba juice gift card. Claire had a great time running around in the gym with all the princesses and minnie mouse. Lauren had fun being held by mom and dad while we attempted to socialize. Afterward we went to grandma vickies and then off to uncle johns to play the best game ever, settlers of catan cities and knights. If you havent played settlers I highly suggest it. We had a great halloween and look forward to the many halloweens we have ahead.

We went and took Lauren to get some pictures at JC Pennies. Here is a cute picture I took of her before we left. she was so happy. Then when we got in the car and were several miles down the road she barfed all over her clothes. Luckily Grandma came to the mall and helped us a ton! By the time we figured out the outfit problem Lauren was no longer happy but atleaste I captured this big beautiful smile on my camera.

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