Halloween 2010

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Granny Ashly and her friend Granny Taylor

My sweet little girl is all grown up!

My darling kids....Christopher is gorilla....grrrr...

Fight Like a Girl

Ashly is wearing her "October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month" attire. They had a day set aside at school to bring awareness to the cancer.

This is Chadd's picture. This is Chadd's "halloween treat" salsa. It's some good stuff! He's enjoying it!

Reading

Christopher loves reading his books. The books with one thing on each page with the word are helping him learn his words. The new one he said today was "shoes" !!!

Picture of a Picture

I took a picture of Christopher's latest pictures. They were taken at daycare, a professional photographer came and took them a couple weeks ago. I didn't buy too many because I wasn't sure how they would turn out, but they are ADORABLE!!!! I might have to buy more!

Trip home

Ashly, Christopher and I went home during MEA (teacher's convention). We had a great trip. We left on Tuesday after school and stayed at Steve and Libby's new house in East Grand Forks. I was being lazy and left my camera in the car so, sorry, I don't have any pictures. Next time! We had fun though, watching PeeWee Herman!!! And Christopher had a blast playing with their cats - Thax and Bowie - it's really too bad I didn't get pictures!


The rest of the trip we stayed at mom and dad's in Langdon. Here Christopher is dressing up in Grandma's necklaces!!! A proud moment for Chadd, I'm sure! Ha!

Celebrating my 34th birthday, which is this Thursday!

Brittany, Ashly and Jordyn. Bobbi was there too, I guess I didn't get a picture of her, but had a great time catching up with everyone!

Rocking with Grandpa.

Playing with some old toys.

Copying Grandma!

It was a great trip and it was fun to see everyone!

Watching TV

Tired little boy watching Barney or Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or Elmo???

Perfect Little Glass

Christopher thought the shot glass was the perfect size for him. He just tips it a little too soon so his shirt gets most of the water.

We had a great school conference today with Ashly. She is doing well in 9th grade. The quarter is over in 2 weeks and she is hopeful that she made the A honor roll. Great job Ashly!

Wet Dog

I started the bathtub running and left the room for less than two minutes to do something else and Christopher was off playing in his bedroom. Less than two minutes...Chadd goes to the bathroom because he heard something and from the picture above you can see what made it into the bathtub. A couple stuffed animals, a couple blankets, a couple books...two minutes!

And all three balls!

If he wasn't so darn cute...I tell ya!!!

Hanging out

Good times. Hanging out with brother, sister and the green ball!!!

The joys of motherhood

Here's Ashly in her homecoming spirit week attire. This was a couple weeks ago.

Well, even though I didn't work today, I spent a good part of my afternoon at the clinic. Dealing with a really, really, really bad diaper rash on Christopher. I couldn't quite figure out if I was just supposed to wait it out and it'll get better eventually and was I overreacting??? Well, it was a gut feeling that I just needed to go to the doctor. So, I decided to go today since I work tomorrow and when the doctor looked at his butt, she said, "Oh no...that is not good." Not exactly what you want to hear, however, made me feel good that I made the right choice to go to the doctor. So long story almost over...we got three creams - antifungal, antibacterial and a steriod. The doctor said it'll take a week before it'll clear up, so I wish his bottom well!!! And Ashly got the flu shot today. Three down, one to go...that's you, Chadd!!!

Beautiful weather

The weather has been so beautiful, it feels like summer, not like fall.

The green ball still goes everywhere we go! Christopher is talking so much. New words all the time and he understands so much! It is so fun to watch him grow!

Apples and Pumpkins

We went to Sunrise River Farm to the same apple orchard that we went to last year, only this year we were too late in the season for picking our own. We bought three bags! The apples will be delicious, but I really like picking the apples so next year we will have to make it there on time!

Since we couldn't pick apples, we decided to go to Pinehaven Farm. It's just north of Wyoming a couple miles. Chadd took Ashly to this farm when she was in 3rd grade, but I've never been there before. There were lots of animals to pet and feed and lots of swings and slides for the little ones to play on. Later, after it got dark outside, Ashly went back to Pinehaven with a friend and they went on the Haunted Hayride and Haunted House. She said it was really scarey and really fun. She didn't stop talking for 10 minutes straight after she got home so she was all wired up!

Good job Ashly!

Christopher absolutely loves the slides. But what kid doesn't!!??

Swinging

Tractor ride

More slides!

Train ride. Christopher was scared. He initially sat with Ashly, but kept yelling, "dada, dada" before the train started. So I thought he might feel safe sitting with Chadd. They were able to keep him from crying, but when it was over he ran mighty fast into my arms!

Ashly made a pumpkin face. Cute!

Eating cheese curds and drinking mello yello!