A Visit With Santa - Nobody Was Eaten

Cole has been telling us for two years that he thought Santa would eat him. This year, they actually did sit on Santa's lap this year and were somehow able to get out the words "Optimus Prime" and "Bumblebee" (the transformer, not the Bee movie - for any of you that don't know our boys). Overall Cole thought it was a successful visit.

Cole Kills the Snowman

Well the magic of the snowfall is gone. The other morning Cole looked out the window and saw that his snowman was melting and the eyes and buttons were falling off. He acted very sad and said that Frosty was his friend. I explained that next time it snowed he could make a new snowman. He asked to go out and see him. I thought it was cute and that he was going to go out and say goodbye or something sweet like that. Well I looked out the window a few minutes later and saw Cole stabbing a garden shovel into Frosty and pulling pieces of him off. He broke the arms off and just kept jabbing his shovel into the snowman. When he came in I asked him what he was doing and he answered (and yes, this is a direct quote) "I severed him so he could have bleeds". Of course, why didn't I realize that?

Winter Wonderland

The boys were so excited to wake up to snow today! I don't think Josh knew what it even was. He stood here by our kitchen window for about ten minutes and didn't even move. He kept saying "Look at that"Cole insisted that everyone hold hands and dance around the snowman like they do in Frosty
No snow day is complete without hot chocolate (Josh's entire cup was spilled about a half second after this picture was taken)
What a fun day!

The Cast is On

Well Josh couldn't get his cast on Friday because the swelling was so bad, but he finally got it this morning. He is VERY proud of his "Lightning McQueen Cast". Thank heaven that they come in colors - it's a great way to make them excited! The best part is that the new casts can actually go in water! I am so relieved! I am glad his cast is finally on. He played so rough and crazy all weekend and he kept hurting it. I am just waiting for him to figure out that it is a weapon....

I also found out he only has to wear it for a month, so he will get it off just before Christmas!

OUCH!

Well we've had the first (and hopefully last, but dare I say that?) broken bone among our kids. Poor little Josh fell down our stairs yesterday, took Cole with him on the way and landed on his arm. He fractured his wrist. He is getting his cast on Friday. For now it's in a splint, and a sling that he is supposed to wear but he S it! It just broke my heart! He is so little and so sad, but he is being really brave about it. Cole is being a good helper and taking care of Josh, he even let him pick out the movie last night, which is saying quite a lot for Cole!

OUCH!

Well we've had the first (and hopefully last, but dare I say that?) broken bone among our kids. Poor little Josh fell down our stairs yesterday, took Cole with him on the way and landed on his arm. He fractured his wrist. He is getting his cast on Friday. For now it's in a splint, and a sling that he is supposed to wear but he HATES it! It just broke my heart! He is so little and so sad, but he is being really brave about it. It is so hard to see your kids suffering!

Here's What's Been On My Camera!

Cole has such a fashion sense. Here's the latest ensamble. Watch out, 50 Cent!Josh with his vampire teeth (I think he wants to be Edward!)
My sharp little man!
Cole and Josh love to make a big bed on the floor and watch movies. This weekend they enjoyed Transformers and Ratatouille. Alaria kept getting right in the middle the whole time, she loved it!
What can I say? Is she adorable or what?

Bowling and Such

Monday night we went bowling and celebrated Josh and Tyler (his friend)'s second birthdays! We had a great time and I was only a little discouraged that all four kids beat my score!
Josh and Cole in their matching Spiderman jammies


This is Alaria's favorite new thing...whenever she takes a bite she just clamps down on the spoon and won't let go. She thinks she is pretty funny. It is pretty adorable though!


I'll post Halloween pictures soon. I temporarily lost my camera but my neighbor took some pictures for us.

Laura Tagged Me.....

Here's the rules:
A. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
B. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog, for these rules.

1. If you get me laughing hard enough, I snort when I laugh.

2. I am a HUGE fan of horror movies and am loving the Halloween season - we have watched a scary movie almost every night.

3. I grew up on heavy metal/hard rock. I have enjoyed several concerts, including Metallica (three times), Def Leppard, Queensryche, Poison, Ratt, KISS, Warrant, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, Styx. For my birthday a few years ago, I went to a Metallica concert with my brother (yes, Kris was kind enough to stay home with Cole and let me go). Kris' little brother even made me a "Momtallica" t-shirt.

4. Growing up I was a clogger. I loved it, but for some reason my husband thinks it's pretty funny.

5. A random fact - I am VERY picky about my drinking water, but suprisingly don't care much for bottled water. Here are the rules. It has to be COLD water with a lot of ice, and if it came out of a bathroom tap don't even think about me drinking it! It grosses me out so much. The sad thing is that I give my kids drinks from the bathroom sinks at night, but there is no way I would do it.

6. I love playing Guitar Hero II on XBOX 360

Well - there you have it, nothing too exciting, but maybe something new to learn about me!

I am tagging Mikelle, Jennifer, Jethroblincoln (any of you can participate), Colleen, Sarah, and The Brownes.

A Birthday Boy, A Racecar Room, and a Winning Walrus

Happy Birthday Joshua!!! I can't believe he is already 2 years old!

Had to put a sweet baby picture on to reminice a little...

Today for his birthday, Josh got a new racecar bed! He is super excited. He also has a cars toybox (Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Gamber) and a cars table and chairs set...and of course the Cars bedding. You'll notice he's in his Cars pajamas....any guesses at what this kid's obsession is???

Last night we had our ward Halloween Party and Trunk or Treat. We are proud to annouce that Alaria, the sweet little Walrus that she is, won 1st place for Best Costume!

We know how adorable she is, but it's always nice to hear that other people think so as well :)