Our newest, and only, Marathoner!

At Windy Hills Elementary School the PTO decided to try and get the kids motivated and moving. Each child who wanted to participate tries to run, or walk in Braden's case, the equivalent of a marathon, which is 26.2 miles. Monday's and Wednesday's the kids could run from 7:30-8:00 am and every Tuesday and Thursday they could run for 30 minutes after school. Braden has worked very hard and has gotten up extra early many times this past month and a half.........So, I am pleased to say that Braden has completed his Marathon! Way to go.....So what if I had to bribe him with Sonic slushes, toys, and a special night eating out with the family. He did it, right?

Snow Day, Round 1

These pictures were taken on October 10! If I wanted snow in the beginning of October I would've moved back to North Dakota. As you can see the kids didn't seem to mind. Apparantly small children don't have "cold sensors" in their bodies.

FHE Treat

So last night for Family Home Evening it was Kari's turn to pick the treat. She decided that making candy suckers would be an awesome experience. Here's just a few pics of the fam enjoying her treat.

Superman?

When you think of Superman you probably picture someone who is tall, dark, handsome, and sporting a fabulous blue and red cape. Right? Well aparantly my little superman thinks

pink and purple are the new way to go. Very manly, wouldn't you say? Why does my little boy prefer PINK all the time. He rides the pink scooter instead of the Spider Man one and he picks the pink noodle and pink princess ball in swimming lessons. Should I be concerned?

the 'Neighs'

Last Christmas my dear mother spent hours making these cute fleece pajamas for all her grandchildren. Well it finally became cold enough to get them out again. The kids thought it was so funny to all be matchy-matchy that they insisted on some pictures. To make the photo shoot more fun we added a matching fleece blanket in the background. Can you find the kids in the pictures?

Superman!

Preston's newest "thing" is being Superman. He refers to himself as superman and will only obey if we call him Superman. Each and every time I get on the computer he requests to watch clips of the Superman movies on YouTube. He likes to watch Superman fly and unfortunately thinks he can also be Superman off of furniture and even slides. He's also getting quite good at humming the Superman theme song. Hmm, I wonder what he'll be for Halloween?

Working Mom?

So, today I spent all afternoon being Steven's dental assistant. Seeing as how I have absolutely no training in doing said task I was a bit nervous, as was my husband. It was quite enjoyable spending the afternoon with him and I even got to buy some new scrubs (please note photo above) because apparantly blue jeans are not acceptable. I was able to trim teeth models, play with the sterilizer, fill out forms, and pull peoples poor lips really far away from their natural location so that Steve could take pictures of their teeth. It was fun working alongside my hubby and seeing what he does all day. And, sad to say, it was slightly enjoyable being away from the kids for 5 hours. The only problem was, the babysitter thought that Braden and Kari were suppose to be picked up at 3:45, when actually it was 3:05. Oops. Poor little dears thought they were forgotten about and almost started walking home. Good thing Braden decided to check with the school office first.