Completely appropriate for today...

Jakob has lost 4 teeth in the last month or so & Isaac FINALLY lost his 4th tooth this morning.

(he woke us up at 4:15am after rolling over and it popping out!)

Wordless Wednesday

Isaac has now lost 2 teeth! With his first lost tooth, he had no interest in writing a note to the Tooth Fairy. This time though, he wanted to. So he told me what to write, I wrote it and he copied it in his own handwriting. He was so cute leaning over the paper and diligently writing. He did a wonderful job too!

Yeah. He said that.

On one of the snowy days, we went over to Gramma and Grandpa's house. Chris and Isaac didn't even come inside. 

At one point Isaac came in and asked, "Christian is making a Calvin and Hobbes snowman and he wants ketchup." (in total seriousness) 

I looked at him and said, "Um, no." 

He looks over at Gramma and says, "Do you agree with that?"

Gramma (desperately trying no to crack) says, "Yep." With that, Isaac goes back outside and we lose it laughing. 

Oh. My.

Um... Not really sure how to title this

For one Wednesday night church in October, it was Mask Night (at least for Middle School) and, of course, Isaac had to join in!

The boys decided to cut up a pair of John's old jeans, with permission, and fashion masks out of them...

 Jakob as "Gladiator Boy"

Isaac as "The Wrangler"

 Christian as "Denim Dude"

and these are the "Levi-tes"

 I think their faces are almost as entertaining as the masks!

Wordless Wednesday (kinda)

(Life through the eyes of a 10 year old...)

First day of school

All my babies (I know, they aren't babies anymore... but they always will be to me!) are in school this year!

Chris is in 7th grade, Jake is in 6th grade and Isaac is in 1/2 day kindergarten! It's hard to believe that are all old enough to be in school all day.

Its so sad that they aren't photogenic. And they really hate their picture being taken... So sad.

I Moustache you a question

 

   

We have been having a little fun with moustaches around here… can you tell?

 

    

Isaac’s Birthday

The littlest man in this house turned 5 in November…

Each time one of my boys has a birthday, I think, “Where did my little boy go?” This birthday was no different.

Isaac is a constant source of joy, laughter and head-shaking wonder.

He is writing his numbers and letters – I find papers all over the house with “mommy” and “Isaac” written on them, as well as little stick figures holding hands or camping in tents.

For his birthday, Isaac wanted to go to Safari Sam’s (a local indoor play area that has food and a small arcade and stuff). We took one of his friends, Keala, with us and had a BLAST!

 

 

I know it is a bit belated (but better late than never right?)

Happy  Birthday Isaac!!!

Mommies little helper

This handsome little boy was suddenly in my kitchen, washing dishes and making a mess and having a blast!

He was so proud that he had used the soap and the scrub brush and put the dishes into the dishwasher and everything! I helped him clean up the mess he made and change his shirt.

I love this kid.

Muddy mess

I started this post off as a Wordless Wednesday but quickly realized that there was stuff I wanted to say about these crazy creatures pictured below…

My Bestie and I took our kids (my 3 boys and her 1 girl) to Hagg Lake for a picnic and to play in the water sometime this summer. It was late enough in the summer that the water was still warm but not HOT outside.  THIS IS WHAT TOOK PLACE:

There was probably 6 inches of sticky, gooey mud on part of the bank of the river where we were at (lucky us, right?). All of the kids gravitated to it like moths to a flame… us moms were helpless to stop it. We just made it clear that they would NOT be getting in the car without getting cleaned off first. Isaac was the only one that hesitated and then was NOT HAPPY when we made him get back into the water to get the mud off him even though he was cold and ready to be DONE!

There is no photographic proof, but the mommies DID enjoy a bit of the mud as well!