Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and got to see both sides of our family throughout our 4 days away. We spent Thanksgiving day with the Teeters. They are always so much fun because everyone is so laid back and silly. Our kids were terrified of their dogs, so the poor things had to be put in the garage for the couple days we were around. I don't understand Kai's severe fear for dogs. I do know though, that I had the same severe fear at his age. I guess it's pay back. I really don't know why I was so scared either. I do know that I would avoid them at all costs, though. Even if it meant hiding in the girls bathroom at recess in elementary school. Other than that, the kiddos had a blast and they wore themselves out. For some reason I didn't take any pictures while we were there, but I am hoping that the kids will have plenty of memories in the future! I did, however, take a picture of Koen's birthday cake. He got to have cake and ice cream with the Teeter crew!!! Lucky Boy!

The day after Thanksgiving we headed to my parent's for the night. It was a quick, but good trip. It's always nice to my Grandma and siblings that are around. Plus now there is baby Bryken to love on! I took one picture on our adventures there because I just couldn't resist. We went to lunch with Grandma Snyder on Saturday and not a one of our kids wanted to sit at our table. They surrounded grandma instead.

Christmas Tree 2012

The kids were beyond excited to put up the tree last night! I really want to teach them that it is for looking at and not touching or playing in. All I can say is we have a LONG, VERY LONG way to go. Kael just threw the ornaments, and then when I showed him what we should do with them, he started taking the ones with no hooks and stuffing them all on the same spot of the tree. Kai thought hanging about 12 on the same branch was the way to go, Havyn was more into licking them and breaking them than hanging them, and Koen did  well (maybe it happens with age). As soon as we got the tree somewhat decent looking we struggled to keep the ornaments on it because Kael is just sooooo tempted to use them as balls, and they are just so pretty he can't help but touch them with his pointed index finger while he looks right at mom or dad waiting for what he knows he is going to hear. This morning I thought I could out smart him, or at least block him, by placing the love seat in front of the doorway to the living room. Well, it keeps him out as long as Kai, Havyn, or Koen don't help him over the sofa. They are all too smart for their own good and have figured out that they can indeed go over instead of around.  After a long day of telling them to stay out of my tree, and chasing them away from it, I'd had enough and I put both Havyn and Kael in a time out in their rooms for using ornaments as balls. Neither one of them has touched it since, but I doubt that will continue tomorrow. I think I know why I gave up last year and had a half naked tree by Christmas.

 

New stockings

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!

When Mom Isn't Feeling Well

The other day I wasn't feeling so well. I had been up half the night, and gone to the ER thanks to a bladder infection. Tyrell had to work a double that day so I sat back and watched the kids make memories all day. I found out that I miss out on so many things when I am busy mom all day long. It was nice to observe my silly kiddos and watch their little imaginations work. Havyn and Kael especially were fun to watch. They carried around pieces of Kael's pack and play and used it for many different things. One being a bed.

Koen and Kai were super heros fighting Woody (from toy story). They made a good team.

 Oh and we had Havyn the fairy most of the day too! She was good at leading Kael around and being a big sister, as long as he did whatever she said. They held hands, they danced, and they found trouble toether.

 

 Then to finish the day off they all got together and had some sort of picnic on the living room floor.

Kone Havyn pretended to sleep in it occasionally.Oh

Family Picture Sneek Peak

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.

Tinkerbell

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.

Halloween 2012

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.