Sunday, November 10, 2019

Fun in the fall leaves

Last Sunday Lyza and I got to get out into the forest and take some pictures for her baptism invitation. We had lots of fun together and got way too many good pictures.










 Lyza insisted on doing this pose and when we looked at the pictures after she told me this was her favorite 😛
 Henry got so tired one day that he fell asleep during lunch

Lyza and Nixon having lots of fun playing War
 Kim took the boys out into the backyard to play with the leaves they raked up
 There was a lot of throwing





 Kim was often the target


 Henry wasn't quite so violent
 He just wanted to dig in the leaves with his little spoon
 His brothers had other plans
Kim and the boys went to a Dr. Seuss play/musical
 They got to decorate cookies after

Kim has had a hard time keeping up with the house work so she had to hire a professional to clean the kitchen table
 After all that hard work cleaning Mason slept great the next night. He slept in a lot the next morning and when he woke up he wouldn't speak. It was funny at first but he kept it up so long we weren't sure if he actually lost his voice or something
Nixon was very proud of his face stickers yesterday
 Lyza and Mason were super interested in the learning games that Nixon was playing
 While the were doing that I got to change the oil in my car
 Then I got up on the roof to clean off the pine needles, clean out the gutters, and hang the Christmas lights. I also got our annual picture of the backyard
 Kim found these building toys at the thrift store for a killer deal and the kids loved playing with them yesterday


 Nixon volunteered to clean the last of the carrots from the garden. He is so sweet!
 Nixon got to have a bath with Henry for the first time and it was the cutest thing in the world
They had so much fun playing together
Enjoy your week and take care

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Happy Trick or Treating!

Nixon looks so beautiful wearing Lyza's bow ;)
One of my clients sent me this doll. The kids didn't believe me when I told them that I had a doll at work
Spider-Man wearing a Batman cape with vampire teeth
We got our Jack-o-lanterns carved this year
Nixon gutted his pumpkin all by himself
Henry loves "helping" with laundry
Kim found Youtube videos that teach kids how to draw step-by-step. Nixon really enjoyed them
All of the kids (except Henry) started skating lessons this week
Let's just say that then next 15 weeks could be long...although I bet by the end we will have kids that are better at skating than their dad (that is a very realistic goal)
There was a library activity for Halloween this week
The activity was held at the new carousel in Coeur d'Alene
I think Mason enjoyed it ;)
Mason decided that he could be a robot with these boxes
The kids trick or treated at my office
Henry was ADORABLE!
Round two of pumpkin carving/painting


Kim really knocked the ball out of the park doing Lyza's hair for Halloween
Kim got some super cute pictures of our little chameleon on Halloween



Trick or treating on Halloween went well
Our first house was two doors over and they go ALL OUT with their decorating. Listen for Henry crying when the person jumps out
The kids appreciated the Jack Skellington decorations
Mason was super cute when he was trick or treating. Instead of just saying "trick or treat" he would say "happy trick or treating!"
They were happy with the candy they got


On Saturday morning I did some yard work with my two little helpers
Mason and I had fun together with this magnet board
When I take his picture he often won't be looking at the camera. I ask him to show me his eyes so he will have to look at the camera. This is what I get...
When Lyza is looking at you this way you know you are in trouble
Mason fell in love with his train set again yesterday
He just needs someone to play with him and Kim was a great play date yesterday
When I take Henry to bed I sing part of the Raffi song about brushing teeth:
So here he is brushing my teeth
Henry will not keep his hands out of his diaper when it needs to be changed. It is so bad that whenever possible we have another person helping with his diaper changes to hold his hands. Last night that meant that Kim could get this adorable picture of him
Since everyone was up way too early this morning because of daylight savings I went for a little walk down to the river first thing in the morning
The river looked really neat because it was really still and had nice reflections but it also had mist coming off of it

The mist was cool

If you look closely at this one you can see the line of geese flying close to the water
Take care