Too funny! I think I might, quite possibly, have my work cut out for me in this one!
After he would send the ball down, he would get on his knees and "will" the ball to hit the pins. When he knocked over more than one......no need to cheer.....he takes care of his own cheering! Hands in the air, all pumped up, a Who-hoo here and a high five to whoever is standing closest! Quite the site to see! It's worth taking him just for the pure entertainment of watching him!
Kenna wanted to get in on the action as well. If she could hold the ball herself.....she would have done it alone! Instead, Daddy helped her just a bit!
It was a great time and we all had a lot of fun. My thumb, however, was a little sore after 2 games! They never make those finger holes big enough!!!
We finally decorated the tree last night....it only took us 4 days to do it! We couldn't find any working lights at home, then we couldn't find any new lights at the store...but we did!
You have all heard of the story of the Elf on the Shelf, well, Sally is our Shelf Elf! Last year I was on the phone calling Santa, and his elf, Sally, answered the phone. Jaxson was even able to talk to Sally a few times last year too.
Since Jaxson has already talked to Sally, Santa sent her to our house. Jaxson just found her sitting on top of our computer armoire and is now very aware of his behavior! This letter came at the perfect time...yesterday...the kids were not so great!
Is there such a thing as Halloween elves? Summertime elves? Year long watcher elves????
Wait! Where is Kenna going?
Kenna look this way! Tanner you too...nothing is down there....
No! Go back..."here, I'll give you some candy, but you have to sit in that chair"...
Too late! Kenna' s gone and they have all gone crazy.....let's stick to one from the beginning and call it good! Best 5 kids out of 7...majority rules!
Kenna is showing some early interest in going potty! I have been letting her sit on the potty for the past month and she thinks it is pretty cool. Her favorite part is reaching over and grabbing the toilet paper.....pretending to blow her nose.....and sticking it in the toilet....over and over and over! Well, at least until I remove the toilet paper from out of sight that is!
We had a great time taking the kids out trick-or-treating. We went with our neighbors and all their family! It was wonderfully fun chaos! Jaxson has been in his costume all day, he was a firefighter and was very "brave" as he says. Kenna, well we couldn't decide what she should be, but when I saw the kitty costume, I decided that was it! For some strange reason, she LOVES cats. Neither DJ or I are cat lovers, but she sure is. Half the time she walks around saying "meow" so I thought it would be perfect.
Well Jaxson knew exactly what to do because at age 4, you are a seasoned pro at trick-or-treating. Kenna watched the first time, and scoped it out...... 
We went on quite the expedition with the group and had quite the haul of candy...which isn't necessary for any of us! I held Kenna a lot of the time because she was just too slow walking really. I tried to stand back a couple times and not go to a house or two because, really, does an 18 month old need any of this and she wouldn't know the difference anyway. Wrong! If I stood there and she saw that there were houses we were missing, she would squirm and say "down" or "nandy" (candy)! She didn't miss a beat! There was even one time when she dropped her bucket and Daddy was picking up all the candy for her and she yelled "mine" at him! No one messes with her candy!
When she started to fall asleep, my neighbor grabbed the bucket so she didn't have to hold it. A minute later, Kenna looked down and yelled....she suddenly realized her candy was gone!
After Jaxson finished coloring his, he decided to just leave it like that and don't cut it (we carved a pumpkin the night before and he didn't like the feel or want to get dirty so I had to do it myself). When we took them out to light them up, Jaxson got all upset because his wasn't glowing like the rest of ours! So after we cleaned up all the mess, and put everything back in order, DJ carved a face in his pumpkin so that Jaxson could light it up too! What we do for our kids right? They did turn out pretty cute!
Well, that all sounded fine, but then I remembered that I still had to make the fruit dip that I was signed up to bring for the party...so I quickly finished that and thought....now to bed. Oh, but wait, Jaxson is a firefighter and the costume is borrowed. There is a little name badge that goes to it, but it has another name written in permanent marker and there is no way around it to write or white out over it. So I had told Jaxson earlier in the day that I would find a new picture of a badge and and make a new one. Earlier in the day though, the printer was not working because I had torn the whole computer apart to clean it and changed the cartridge so that the badge was red and not pink! Right before bed, around 10:30, I got my masterpiece finished. I even "laminated" it with packing tape! So I sit here wondering, as I am dressed in an improvised witch's costume because it's not acceptable to not be dressed up on Halloween, why do I go to all this trouble? It's not like the kids will know that I spent 45 minutes making the "perfect" badge, or that I spent over an hour decorating the cookies, but I know! I guess it just goes into the category of "someday they'll thank me for this!"
I remember thinking clearly things were changing when Jaxson was 2 or so and in the backseat talking on the phone on the way home from daycare. At that point and time, I thought "this is crazy, who would have ever thought a 2 year old would be on a cell phone!" Then it got worse.....as he got older, we were instant messaging my sister on the computer and he would ask to email her. Then he got a computer TOY that says he has email and that it has a computer virus! When did this all happen?
Daddy had to work on Saturday so he came in his uniform and patrol car, he even had a couple buddies with him to watch. Jaxson thought it was pretty cool that the cops came to watch him play.
At the end of the games, they had a little award given to everyone and they even got a medal! Jaxson was so proud of his medal he was literally jumping up and down. He said "Yes, I always wanted a medal!"
We had a really great time with the family, had some fun time at the park, played a few games, and ate some yummy food. We enjoyed the visit and look forward to the next!
Jaxson cracks me up! He says the funniest things, and I am always left to wonder "Where did he come up with that?" Last night I was reading him his bedtime story, which happens to be a children’s picture bible right now, and he said the cutest thing. The story was about Jesus being a long ways away and having to come heal a little girl. Jaxson says “Well, God lives a long ways away too because he lives in the sky…..I would like to ride a spaceship sometime and go see him, but someone will have to watch Kenna.” I just said, “yeah, that would be cool.” At least he thought of his sister...this time.
The other day, Jaxson was sitting watching TV with his daddy and a commercial for hearing aids came on. He sat there and watched it for awhile, then came and said "Mommy, maybe you should get me one of those things because you always have to tell me 4 times and that will make me hear better! You gotta love him!
Another story...just proves he is too smart for his own good. We were at a friend's house eating dinner and Kenna kept going under the table. The table wasn't very sturdy, so I kept telling her to get out from under it. Jaxson is quite good at "tattling" every time Kenna does something. So he would tell us every time she would go under the table. Since we are trying to end the tattling, I had told him to stop and I would take care of her. He sat there a minute, seeming to be pondering, and then says; "Hey Mom, look under the table." He fully knew Kenna would get in trouble, but technically, he wasn't tattling! Kids always keep you on your toes....that's for sure!
Jaxson missed out on the school field trip to the pumpkin patch, so we went to one in Boise. The only problem we encountered, besides freezing cold and crabby kids, was the fact that the pumpkins had to stay at Aunt Shell's house. Well, we set out to get our own!
We went to a local orchard that we get apples from regularly, which is one of the few perks of this town, and checked out their pumpkin patch. It was nothing like Green Bluff in Spokane, but it was perfect for my short-attention-spanned children, and our neighbor Mia, who joined us!
There was a small Maze which Mia and Jaxson went through more times than I can count, and Kenna even tried too.
They had some hay bales set up for a nice photo opportunity, but being who we are, the kids climbed up on top and a few pumpkins fell. Now when I say fell, I mean rolled off the hay stack, down the embankment, through the parking lot, and right into the barn! We laughed and the owner comes out and says "Did you really want this one, or do you just want me to put it with the others?" Apparently we weren't the first to cause that mishap! We did end up getting a great family photo, minus one pumpkin from the top. I can't tell you how amazing it is to have all of us looking at the camera and smiling. A miracle really!
Kenna hitched a ride in the pumpkin wagon and protected her pumpkin. She had a slight meltdown when we had to take it away to weigh it, but she recovered.
All in all we had a great time. We got to go on a hay ride and Jaxson loved the tractor that pulled us. We got about 6 or so pumpkins and lots of apples. Kenna figured out at the end, that the pumpkins were just right size for a seat. It was a beautiful day and we all had fun....now for the carving!
By the way, it was difficult getting any pictures of Jaxson because he and Mia were running all over the place constantly! At least they were having a good time!
