Homeschool Fieldtrip

For the past couple of weeks I have been organizing a homeschool fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch!  We had a pretty good turn out and had a lot of fun.  For $3 you got to go through the hay maze, corn maze, climb two of the hay pyramids, pet the animals, go on a hay ride, get a pumpkin, and got a cookie with juice.  I thought that was an awesome deal!  The kids were a little disappointed they couldn't find a square pumpkin named Spookly (this is one of their favorite halloween movies)but they did end up finding the perfect pumpkins.  Carson enjoyed eating everything from the pumpkins to the straw and needless to say he was one dirty boy by the end of the trip.  If you notice the last picture in the blog you will see what I mean!  Just kidding  . . . that's the pig we saw!  But as far as filthyness goes it was a close tie!

Robb asked me to post this!

I titled this cartoon that way so that if anyone takes offense they can blame Robb! :)  I have to admit though I found it pretty funny!

Better Late Than Never!

So here are the pics from Carson's first birthday at Oma and Opa's house.  He was a little apprehensive at first, but as you can tell from the pics he got into real quick!  Happy Birthday Carson!  We love you!

  

LOVE this book

If you haven't read this book or even heard of this book and you are a mother you need to get this book!  It is the sweetest book and so true to what us mom's go through on a day to day basis.  A lady at our church wrote and shared it with the little kids last Sunday.  It pretty much brought a tear to everyones eye.  And if you notice she has the same first and middle name as me.  We joke that we both totally ROCK because of that . . .  her words not mine! :)  Anyways, just wanted to share one of my favorites.  If I were Oprah it would so be on the My Favorites christmas show this year! :)

Another Proposition 8 video!

I know I have already posted about this, but I saw this video on a friends blog and couldn't resist posting it.  Sorry I have not posted in a while . . . still trying to resolve the car thing . . . which seems to take up a lot of time! Anyways, back to the movie!  I just feel so strongly about this and I really enjoyed this guys stance on Proposition 8.  I have no intention on offending anyone in anyway, this is just how I feel.  Feel free to let me know how you feel, but again, I in no way mean to offend anyone.  Just letting you know . . . 

 

Sunday Fun . . . NOT!

This is what happened to us on our way to church today!  This is only a picture of part of the damage!  Luckily it wasn't our fault by any means.  The other driver drove into our lane.  Not so lucky, though, that it was a member of our church.  I wish I had a picture of his truck!  The entire wheel, axel, rod, everything just popped right off his truck!  Pretty crazy!   We seem to all be o.k. just pretty sore.  But it happened to be the day of Hailey's primary program so Robb ended up missing that.  DEPRESSING!  I had to rush from the scene of the accident to go play the piano for the program and because I was so shaken up from the accident I don't even remember the program.  We will keep everyone posted as to what happens with our car!

Anatomy Lesson :)

So this morning we were lying in bed with all of the kids and Carson was being silly and climbing all over and Hailey very sweetly said "Carson has a piggy tail on his bum, doesn't he?"  It took me a minute to register what she had said and then I realized what she was talking about.  I couldn't help but chuckle a little.  Now I know you are thinking she should probably know these terms by now, but I kind of feel that when she is ready or shows signs of curiosity that I would then take the opportunity to address it then.  I mean she definitely knows that there is a difference between boys and girls, but when changing Carson's diaper she has never said anything to the effect of "what's that mom?" or anything, so I just figured she wasn't ready.  So this morning after this comment I felt that she was mature enough to handle the more mature terms, if you catch my drift.  So I took her aside by herself and explained what the real deal is! She was very sweet about the whole thing.   Anyways, just thought it was cute story that I thought I would share!