Wall-e day

This is one of my favorite pics of Cooper. We have it as our wallpaper right now. He was actually sitting on my lap at a pool in Leavenworth. He is really a beautiful boy! Today when he got home from school I asked him to take off his shoes and put them in the "shoe center". He ran off and did it (surprise!). A little while later I walked by the shoe center and he had tucked his shoes into my "ugg knock off slippers". He was so proud of himself when I found them.

Barry has been at a staff meeting at Suncadia in Roslyn! Poor Barry! NOT! But he is coming home soon with a mission of buying the WALL-E movie! We are so excited. The boys and I did see it and they all thought it was great. It is a very touching story.

My favorite holiday is fastly approaching! Niki called today and said that the annual Crab Feast is a GO! Man, we are going to be living next week!

Whats Up?

Sorry for not posting for awhile. We have just been doing our thing. We had some bad windy days and even some rain. Now it is cold but sunny. I am going to detach these kids from the t.v. and video games and get outside today. Wyatt has really started to play the games pretty well I might add. A hazard of having older brothers is that he gets exposed to stuff at an earlier age.
I need to try harder to find other stuff for him to do.
My rainboots came! They were such a great deal. I can stomp through the yard and not really worry about what I step on because I can just spray the heck out of them to get them clean :)
Max was right. The black ones were the better choice. Red with white polka dots would have been fun but I probably would have lost the fun in that eventually. Barry of course thinks they are just plain silly. $15.00 plus .97 cent shipping! Screaming deal!
The Pasco terminal is losing a trainmaster. One of the "young ones" got a job I believe in Sioux City. Matt was so great with the kids. He always played catch with Max when he came over and even bought them Christmas presents last year! We will miss him but wish him the best of luck with his adventure. We still have our buddy Tanner. I am sure that won't be for long.
Well, I need to go make homemade waffles. Max has decided that he likes them better than the frozen kind. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Slow start

Off to a slow start today. Max didn't finish his homework last night. So we have been working on that this morning. Every once and awhile he lets it slip and then it is a big push in the morning to get it done. Then I have to sign my name on his homework saying that I reviewed it. It is so embarassing when it comes back with corrections! Shape of an "L" on my forehead!
Barry is off work today but has dentist and Dr. appointments. Coop goes to school. I GET to go grocery shopping. Woo Hoo! Not!
Barry and I worked on the leaves in the yard yesterday. Lucky thing because it is raining again today. I ordered a pair of tall rain boots from Walmart.com. They have .97 cent shipping on all apparel! I wanted to get the red with white polka dots but Max wouldn't let me. So I settled for basic black. I wish they would get here. They will be great for working in the yard this time of year. I have lots of winter clean up to get started on.

Eevee

What a relief! Jason is going to keep Eevee.
I am going to try my best to detach myself from the T.V. today. It is going to be a long day. I am just ready for this whole election to be over. Move on and get this country fixed already!
No matter what the outcome tonight is! I hope you all vote!
O.K. it is pouring down raining and my neighbor is out running! She just ran past our house. Let's hope I can atleast get on the treadmill.

unsettling

Something that has been on my mind this weekend. We heard from Eevee's owner on Friday and apparently she doesn't like his new shorthair he got and has started fighting with her. So.....
He needs to find her a new home. We had asked him to let us know if he ever got in that situation. He thinks he has a friend that will take her. I just am really sad. I have this feeling that I really let her down. I think that any animal that has to make so many transitions like that is not going to fair well. If this "friend" really wants her than that is O.K. But, I don't want to see her go to the pound. I won't let that happen. That silly dog! What a challenge she is!

51 more days until Christmas. Something like that. The boys are gearing up. Trying to get lists made.

Fall back. Kids just don't get it. 5:30 this morning they were up! It is going to be a long day. They better get along!!! Momma's tired!

Good bye Halloween come on Turkey Day

O.K. I really like Thanksgiving. The food, the relaxing and reflecting and most of all no presents or too much candy! For me, it is a good holiday. My sis is coming again this year and we have lots of fun cooking together. We are hoping that the new Harry Potter movie will be out and we will have time to go see it. Some things to look forward to this month.

Thursday it was my turn to work at Coop's school. It was dress up day and was lots of fun. Everytime I work there I am reminded that it is a great place for our kids to get their start.

Coop couldn't wear his scary costume so he chose his astronaut costume. Barry has great pics on his blog.

Halloween wasn't without its troubles. For the second year in a row, Wyatt wouldn't put his costume on! He picked it out himself! So frustrating. And then Max's mask was hurting his face so after trying many things to adjust it, it was left behind. We had mild weather for the evening. I could even leave the door open and just use the screen door. Its nice when you don't have to bundle the kids up in hats and gloves and coats with their costumes. The boys had a great time.

Too much candy. Max weighed his bag and told me he has 7 pounds .

Some ramblings but now I need to put my groceries away.