Award!

I am so proud of Jaxson! When he came home from preschool yesterday he had something very special in his bag, it was an award from his preschool teacher. He got this award because he can now write his name all by himself! He does it very well I might add! He has been practicing so hard. He loves to practice writing his numbers and his letters. He was so proud of himself when I asked him about the award, he even got a little prize from his teacher for it too! I cant believe how fast he is growing up! Way to go Jax you are so smart and mommy and daddy are so proud of you!

Amazing!

Yesterday we went to Cabelas with our friends Keith and Janelle, this was the highlight of Jaxson and Nick's day! Jax needed some new snow clothes (thanks Papa George and Grandma Bonnie) so Nick thought this would be a perfect excuse to go there, because apparently you can't just buy snow clothes anywhere, they have to be from Cabelas according to Nick. Both Nick and Jax could hardly wait to get there. When we walked in Jax said "this place is AMAZING" of course he has been there before but THIS time he was four and a half so it was even cooler, as Jax put it. Jax said that his favorite part was the fish and the animals and all of the really cool stuff there. I think Nick's favorite part was the thermal boxers that he informed me he must have!

Of course Jax was super excited to go outside today after preschool in his new snowclothes, but since there isn't any snow right now, he just settled for wearing his new coat and hat and playing in the mud. A LOT of mud, it is a rainy day today, and that means the dirt is wet and we all know that little boys are drawn to mud! Good thing I decided not to mop my floor today (nice excuse huh!) because when Jax came in from playing he was covered! He was not very happy when I made him strip down to his underwear so that I could put his dirty clothes in the washer and get him some dry clothes, however he quickly got over this when a song he likes came on the tv and he proceeded to "rock out" in his underwear, where's the camera when you need it? Needless to say, Jax is still talking about Cabelas today...and so is Nick.

New trick

Miss Ella learned a new trick yesterday, and she was quite proud of herself when she showed her daddy and I. No, this new trick of hers is not walking, although she could walk if she wanted to, but she is a princess and she likes to do things in her own time and in her own way. This is her new trick...
She had been crawling around playing with her toys when Nick and I heard her laugh, we looked over and saw her doing this. She was so proud of herself and kept doing it over and over, and she had to make sure that mommy and daddy and brother were watching her when she did this.

Snow

Jaxson was so excited this morning when he looked outside and saw that it was snowing! He had to put on his snow boots (with his jammies still on) before preschool and go outside for a second, he just couldn't wait until after preschool to play in the snow. Of course the second he walked in the door from preschool he wanted me to find all of his snow clothes, which he has now grown out of, so that he could go outside. He was not very happy that I had failed to go out and buy him some new snow boots while he was at school, and was even more upset when I told him we didn't have the money right now, he told me to GO GET SOME MORE MONEY! Apparently our money tree has stopped growing. But he quickly forgot about the fact that his snow boots were a size (or two) too small once he got outside with his shovel in hand and busily got to work playing in the snow! When he decided that he was just too cold to play outside anymore, he came inside and snuggled on the couch with a blanket and some hot chocolate.

Me & Sis

Last night while I was cooking dinner, both of the kids were in the playroom. I heard Jaxson laugh and then he called me to come in and look at him and Ella. He was so proud of himself because he had lifted Ella up and put her onto the chair in the playroom and they were watching a movie together. Jax just couldn't wait for me to come in there and look at the two of them. He thought it was so cute that his sis was sitting right next to him, although I did have to tell him that it's probably not a good idea to try and lift Ella anymore, especially when I am not right there to help him. He had even put a few toys next to Ella so that she would want to stay on the chair with him a little longer. He just kept looking at Ella saying "your so cute sis" however he didn't think she was very cute later on when he was playing with his legos and she was trying to destroy all of the things he had made!

Daddy's job

This morning Jax was outside playing on the deck and he came in and asked if he could have a rake, I asked him why he wanted a rake and he said "because I want to rake up all of dese leaves and put dem into a pile" I got him the rake and he went to work. He came in a few minutes later and said "Mom, did you know dat I am doing Daddy's job? Mom, he shoulda done dis job a long time ago, so now im gonna do it for him and when he gets home from work tonight im gonna tell him dat I did HIS job!" I about died laughing at the expression on his face, he was dead serious when he was telling me that his daddy should have done this job already (I have no idea where he would have gotten this from, im pretty sure that I didn't already tell Nick that he should have done this) after Jax informed me that he was doing his Daddy's job, he went back outside and got to work, and I must say that he did a very good job! He even had to have on his "work jacket."
What a good little helper!

Halloween party

This year for Halloween my mom had a really fun halloween party! We all dressed up, although everybody else dressed up quite a bit more than me, all I did was put on a witches hat, but after just having surgery that was about all the energy I had to put into a costume! Jaxson was Mr. Incredible, and a very handsome Mr. Incredible too!

Ella was a beautiful butterfly and daddy was a hunter (very creative honey)

Uncle Colby was a pirate, Soma (grandma) wore a cool spider hat, Gabey and uncle Derek were Batman, and Tahti was a gangster with a big afro wig.

my mom went all out on this party, she had her house all decorated and all of the food had fun Halloween names like, Hot foamy cheese soup with freshly picked green boogers aka broccoli cheese soup. We played fun games which the kids loved, I think the favorite was wrapping uncle Colby up in toilet paper like a mummy and bobbing for apples.

We had so much fun and my mom went to a lot of work to have this party for us. Thanks mom!