I didn't have a stocking for Kael yet (last year he was too little) so I decided to try making some new ones this year. I wanted to be brave and make some quilted ones, but decided that they would be far too time consuming, and what if I wasn't time and money on them and they didn't turn out? I settled for this cute little things, and I think they turned out amazing!
The photographer that took these just emailed me that our sneek peak is posted. Here are the pictures. I am sure there are way more on the disc I should be getting in the mail.
So this story isn't really about Tinkerbell, but I thought the name fit. Yesterday at breakfast the three little ones and I were discussing names and what a name is. I asked Kai what my name was and he replied "mom" and I told him what my real name is and he and Havyn can't pronounce it correctly for the life of them. They say "weesha". I think it is funny! This morning Tyrell was trying to get them to say his name and Havyn kept calling him Tinkerbell. I guess Tyrell is Tinkerbell because even when we tried correcting her she still called him Tinkerbell.
This was the first year we have ever been able to go trick or treating at night as an entire family. Last year Tyrell was here in Nampa and I was still in Shelley. I would have to say that it wasn't Tyrell's most favorite year ever. I believe I remember some tears over the phone. It wasn't the ideal situation, but I am so thankful we made it through it, and that Tyrell got the job he did here. When we lived in Pocatello we always just took the boys to downtown and did the businesses in the afternoon. So this year was much different than all the rest. We started trick or treating at about 5 and soon returned home because no one else was out and no one was home. We got to one house and he had to dig out the candy. Havyn also just walked right on in and started looking for the candy. This is when we decided it was time to head home and wait while we had a little discussion about how to be polite. The kids weren't too thrilled, but we waited another hour. They got lots of candy, and now mom had to hide it. Kael already spit bubblegum in the carpet and he was king of lick a candy then throw it down to lick the next. He wouldn't even take his bag to the door because he planned to eat what he got between houses and if it wasn't gone it was going on the lawn, street, or sidewalk. Havyn was slow (like always). She got distracted easily and kept watching all the other kids instead of keeping up so she and I ended up behind a lot, and she lost out on some candy :( Kai was his normal self and when Tyrell asked him to stay out of the street so he didn't get run over he replied "I won't get run over. I am Captain America. I will stop that car." Koen knew exactly what was happening and enjoyed every minute of getting candy. He is getting too old to do the funny things the little ones do so I don't have any funny comments about him. He was just amazingly good and obiedient because he wanted candy.
Fall is here! The kids are already having trouble with the idea that they can't play outside as much, and that if they want to play outside they need shoes, pants, and jackets. Kai is a firm believer of running around in underwear only (many of you know that) so it has been rough on him to wrap his head around the idea that he needs cover up when he goes in the backyard. If it's this bad I guess I need to be a little more aggressive with the fact that running around that way is unacceptable anyway and at any time. I swear that I get the boy dressed every morning, sometimes twice, but he still ends up in his underpants. I don't know how to get him to leave his clothes on. Kael stands at the door and cries until I give in so they have still been outside, but I watch the time really close because I really don't want all the ear infections and colds again.
Last night the kids were in heaven because not only did I let them outside, they got to carve pumpkins too!!! Well to be real honest they helped clean out the pumpkins (except Kai) and Tyrell carved them all because according to Kai "mom is a girl" I am not sure if that implies girls can't carve or they aren't supposed to carve, but oh well!
This is Kai's sad face because, like everything else he does, cleaning the pumpkin is too hard and he can't do it, he needs help!
So last Friday I had another birthday. I would have to say that this was one of my favorite birthdays so far. Most of the kids are old enough now to understand. I think for Kai it was more exciting than his own birthday. He kept telling me "it's my mom's birthday today" then he would say "where's your cake? We can't have your birthday without a cake!" Finally I had to take him to Winco to get a cake mix so we could bake cupcakes for my birthday. He was so funny! First thing in the morning when Havyn woke up he told her, "it's my mom's birthday so you can't scream today." This made me smile because Kai is always saying my mom like I am not anyone else's mom too. After an entire day of hearing my mom's birthday this my mom's birthday that I got to go out with my hunny on a night away. It was super fun!!! First we went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. I should have known better than to go there on my birthday since Tyrell works there, but oh well. Secretly I enjoyed the attention. Shh....don't tell anyone! They made me sit on this saddle they bring out for birthday people. I am pretty sure the average person doesn't get the kind of treatment they gave me though (being Tyell's wife and all). So I am on the saddle and like every server in the restraunant is surrouning me and Tyrell does the call out to get everyone's attention. He was extra loud about it too! He says something about how his beautiful wife is celebrating her 27th birthday and could they all give me a Texas Roadhouse ye-ha. I really think my face was probably as red as a bright red tomato at this point. So embarrassing, and really did he have to tell everyone how old I am? I think every person in there heard and saw the comotion. After getting through that I wanted to go bowling. You see Tyrell and I have never gone bowling since we have been married (we discovered this as we were thinking back). It was so much fun, and Tyrell really isn't that much better than me at bowling so I think we could easily do it again.
