HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thankgiving today with family & friends & continue to think as time goes by of all the many blessings that we have and are blessed with! I am particularly thankful for my growing family! Each one of my children bring such a special joy and spirit into our house that I can never get enough of! My husband is so loving & caring, and always making sure I am okay and have everything I need, no matter how busy he can get. I love my family!

Today it will be just us this year - all family and friends had plans already - but we are happy to spend this day together contemplating on the things we are forever thankful for, and just spending some good quality time! Hope you have a wonderful day today ...

A Disaster!

So, disaster struck last night like never before! It started off with Clint and I talking while Ethan and Haylee were in Ethan's room playing ... unnattended (that was a mistake) as all of a sudden, we hear Haylee cry, so we rush over to hear whats the matter, and she is fine ... but the room is FAR from okay. You see, we have a little pet named "mickey" (Ethan named him since he liked Mickey mouse) and he's a hampster - and apparently, Haylee thought it would be fun to knock the cage over onto it's side on the floore, while Ethan poured water all over the poor little thing and soaked it while it's house was practically upside down. So we come into the room, to find the cage on the floore with the stuffing all over with the food and poo/pee to go with it, ALL OVER THE ROOM, literally on everything, making it beyond germ city, and a super duper scared hampster hanging on for dear life at the top of his cage soaking wet and cold. So, Clint and I both freaked out a little bit and I rushed the kids into the bath to "disinfect" their bodies, and while they were in the bath, and I could hear them next door, I went in to tackle this mess that literally made me cry because it was so horrid. Meanwhile, as the children were unattended for the second time (2nd mistake) I walk in to check on them (because they sounded fine ... but I still wanted to check) and I see two inches of water ALL over the floore in the bathroom!!! How did they do that so fast?!?!? So, I felt like I had a heart attack last night, and after all that was done, little things still continued to happen, so it was a difficult night and I'm SO happy to say that last night is over, and we have a fresh new day to deal with. :)

P.S. oh ya, and I'm not going to let the kids in the room until I get the carpets professionally cleaned - because the entire floore was covered in who knows what, and everything. So that concludes my night & I hope you enjoyed this sad, but true story :) lol

kids say the cutest things!!

Haylee just seems to be saying so many things that are cute or funny these days. Ethan also has been saying so many cute things these days that I've really been enjoying to hear and watch as he grows.
So today, Haylee got a "booga" (booger (sp?) ) on her finger, and says "I got to put in the barbie" ... "barbie" as she says it, is garbage! I LOVE when she says that, it's so cute!!

Ethan and Haylee chase each other around the house all the time - they just love to run. But because Ethan is a wee bit faster, and bigger, she sometimes starts to get scared, so she'll say "Don't eat me!!!" as if to say, "don't get me!" but I think it's hilarious that she says that. And sometimes when she does something she shouldn't do, she'll look at me and tell me not to eat her either! haha, I think it's so adorable!

Ethan's birthday has passed - and I thought it was really cute, because a couple days after, he starts telling us about this toy that he had said he wanted, that he didn't get for his birthday (because we didn't understand what the toy was ... so we told him "we don't know what toy that is Ethan" and then apologized that we didn't know what it was. Anyways, days after the fact he says, "Yeah, I wanted to get that twirly toy, yeah ... but you guys didn't get it for me! yeah .. becaue you didn't know what it was!" haha, he seems to say "yeah" a lot! But he was saying it as a matter of fact, that thats why it didn't happen, it was really cute!

I love my kids :)

4 already?!?

I'm amazed today that Ethan is 4!! That just seems grown-up all of a sudden. He's supposed to be my "baby"!! Man, how time flies! Ethan is learning and growing so much. He is an awesome big brother to his baby brother Logan. He is so sweet and soft and loving with him. I love how he interects with him.

I hope Ethan has enjoyed his special day today. He woke up REALLY early today - so I'm pretty tired today. I made him eggs with cream cheese (his favorite) and choco milk for breakfast and then he opened gifts up once Clint got back from school. We went to the park to let him play with all his new outdoor toys he got for his birthday. He got a baseball mitt and gloves because he LOVES to throw everything, and anything. Also a "basketball in training" ball :) lol. (It's smaller than the origional size} and some other things. We spent a good couple hours at the park letting him do whatever he wanted to do. We asked him after being there for a couple hours what he wanted to do next, and he didn't want to do anything else. He said he wanted to stay there all day! hehe. He was perfectly happy playing at the park all day, it was very cute. We didn't do that though, so we took him to McDee's for Happy meals and then he and Haylee played at the play area they have outside. I think they had too much fun & started to get tired though because they started acting out after that. But I think he had fun :) We played "pin the tail on the donkey" and we're going to have pizza and a movie tonight, which Ethan loves. :) And to make tonight special, we're not going to do the regular routine of bedtime - he gets to stay up a little later and fall asleep like he used to when we weren't so good at routines, and let him fall asleep on our lovesac whenever he gets tired. :) haha. (he loves to snuggle with us on them) Ethan is by far the most nuggliest boy I know!!

Happy 4th Birthday Ethan - we love you tons!!! :)

Halloween Re-Cap ...

Halloween was awesome this year, if I do say so myself!! :) It was such a blast being able to take Ethan & Haylee out. We were able to find Haylee something for Trick-or-treating this year - she was a butterfly, and was so adorable! I'm sad to say that we didn't have a camera to take pictures - but I did video tape them so at least we have some memory of them looking adorablee. :) Ethan made an awesome Bob the builder, and was told many times that he was the only Bob the builder they had seen all night. Ethan and Haylee did amazingly. They wanted to walk the entire time (we had brought the wagon to pull them in) and I was so happy that our "practising" had pulled off, because they both said trick or treat nice and loud so everyone could hear, and were very polite saying "happy halloween" to everyone they passed, saying thank you and buh-bye to all those they got candy from. :) I was amazed especially with Haylee, this being her first year (that she could remember) and she said "trick r wheat", and thank you, and happy halloween to EVERYONE who gave her candy. She was adorable to watch and wanted to keep going to more and more houses. Ethan did great as well this year. Last year he didn't say trick or trick for the most part, and if he did, it was really quiet, so he was definitely less shy this year. :) Clint and I really enjoyed taking them out this year and seeing them interact and being so polite, and it was also fun to be in such a great neighborhood full of families!

We had fun each day beforehand doing a little halloween thing in preparation to Halloween that kept the kids happy each day. :) So it was a 5 star halloween for us!

Now that we're coming into November, i'm excited for Ethan's 4th birthday (on the 6th) and Thanksgiving, and Christmas :) I am probably going to decorate for Christmas on Monday because I can't get enough of it!!! Some of you may think I'm nuts, and some might think that's cool - but I definitely have to say that I LOVE everything, and anything, about Christmas, so I'm very excited :)

I hope you all had a fabulous time, and can't wait to hear how it went for everyone! Happy weekend :)