Inquiring Minds Want to Know!

So we weren't able to get into the charter school, however, she is next on the list.  So if someone moves or drops she could get in.  This means that we are doing homeschool.  We have already started and I have created a blog of our happenings with homeschool.  So far it has been an adjustment, but today felt WAY better.  I am getting things figured out.  I will put a link to our homeschool blog on the sidebar for those that are curious what we are up to.  Wish us luck, cause here we go!!!

Happy Anniversary!

Robb and I just celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on August 30th!  Can you believe it?  All day we kept thinking back to what we thought our lives would be like back when we first got married.  We both wanted to wait at least a year to even start trying for a baby and then space them out at least four years apart.  I only wanted two to three kids and Robb wanted five or six.  Well, we waited about three months before we were pregnant with Hailey and have spaced out the rest of our kids at two years apart adding up to three kids.  I want more kids (like now), while Robb isn't as sure!  Funny how things work out, isn't it?  

Our anniversary wasn't that eventful, due to the fact that we couldn't find a babysitter, but was still enjoyable.   The best part was that I was able to fit into my wedding dress again!!  HOORAY!!!  For the last five years I wouldn't have even imagined being able to do that, but after losing 50 lb.  I was finally able to do it!  Robb got all sentimental and sappy . . . totally not me . . . the sappy part I mean . . . and I was ready to do backflips because I was so excited!  We ordered pizza after the kids went to bed and watched a movie.  The pizza was sentimental as well, because that is what we did on our honeymoon night after we got back from the reception.  We never got any of our own food because we were so busy talking to people so we were starving!  Anyways, like I said, not to exciting but sentimental to the both of us.   Happy anniversary, Robb!  I love you more than the day that we got married and can't wait for the next six years!  Who knows how many kids we'll have by then . . . J/K . . . I think!?

One of those days!

Today was just one of those days.  You know what I am talking about.  You have a ton to get done and your children all day do nothing but sabotage every effort to get those things accomplished.  Mainly it was Carson, but the others contributed small amounts of distractions  throughout the day as well.  In the first picture you will find Carson getting into the cleaning supplies.  Other than the clorox wipes they are all kid safe (thank heavens for homemade vinegar cleaning solution).  Next you will find the garbage can sitting on top of the kitchen counter due to, you guessed it, Carson digging in it.   Next up is . . . the toilet!  AAAHHH!!! It just keeps getting better!  And no, it hadn't been flushed!  Thanks to our two year old who can never seem to remember to flush . . . also forgot to put the toilet seat down and close the bathroom door.  Two musts in our house!!!  So Carson found his way in there and decided to have a splash fest!   For all who know me, I am a major germ-a-phobe.  This was not good.  No not good at all!  So up to the bath for Carson (even though he had just had one, of course).   While giving him a bath the girls decided to color, which would explain the following photograph.  Our two year old decided to practice her letters.  However, being the forgetful person she is, forgot the paper and went right for the kitchen counter.  Now with this one I was so excited she was writing her letters I decided not to punish and just explain how proud I was but she needed to remember to use paper.  To this she replied, "I know mom, but I was just writing my M's, want to see me do R's?"  What do you say to that?  So I pulled out the paper and she proceeded to show me how she can write R's and H's!  And to finish off the day here is Carson again with his new found talent that I only hope he will grow out of . . . SOON!

Hoping for a better day tomorrow!

Tantrum!

Carson in the last couple of days has perfected the tantrum.  Lately he has been arching his back while making the noises you see on this video.  In this video though, he really wanted the camera so he makes it known by reaching and screaming at me.  I tell you . . . Heavenly Father makes kids cute for a reason.  It's the only way they are allowed to survive!

I Can't Believe We Have a FIve Year Old!

Our baby is growing up!  I can't believe it!  Here is our big girl at her 5th birthday party.  She had so much fun with the kids from her primary class.  I loved how none of the kids wanted to eat . . . all they wanted to do was play the games.  We should of skipped the pizza and cake and just bought tokens and let them have at it!  But it was a lot of fun!  

Here she is filling out her thank you cards!  So proud!  Oh, and no her ears aren't pierced.  She insisted on wearing these play clip on earrings all day.  Oh well, it was her birthday!  

Cupcakes!

I love cupcakes!  I have decided I want to open up a cupcake shop.  Just add it to my list of "somedays".  This is my most recent cupcake.  It is a vanilla cupcake with a hint of lemon and is topped with a lemon cream cheese frosting!  They were TASTY!!!  I added yellow sparkles to add to the whole lemon effect!  So much fun!

Breaking Dawn Concert Series!

So if you are totally into the Twilight Series than this is totally awesome!  My sister won free tickets to the Breaking Dawn Concert Series in Seattle and she invited me!  It was amazing!  Justin from Blue October performed and I am not that into his music . . . it's a little to hard core for me . . . but he performed acoustically and it was pretty much amazing!  So emotional!  I can totally see how his songs inspired parts of her books.  We had awesome seats 7 rows back smack dab in the center.  However our seats weren't that cool at the end when they decided to release people starting from the top balcony and then worked there way down so that everyone could get their book signed.  All 2400 of them!  It took over three hours, hence the crazy pics of me and my sister.  I think by then all my makeup had worn off and I was getting a little loopy from having to stay put for so long, but all in all, it was way cool!!!  We were also inspired by all these people decked out in Twilight apparel so we went home and made our own shirts!  My husband thinks I am too much of a dork so he wouldn't take my picture in my shirts, but one says . . . "my heart belongs to my husband, and my neck belongs to Edward!"  and the other says . . . "shhh.... don't tell my husband about Edward"  O.k., maybe it is a bit dorky, but they were fun to make anyways!