Snow Day

Yesterday was the first day we got snow this year.  The snow closed school for the day, which meant outside fun for us!

Every year since Evan was 1 Tony would pull him on a sled with his wheel chair.  Every year we get a least one day of snow that we can do that and this year the little boys were big enough to get on the sled and EVERYONE thought that was pretty cool!

The little boys loved their first real snow and had a lot of fun playing in it.  Our time outside didn't last too long, maybe an hour at the most, but it was time well spent.

I Love all 4 of my boys!!

Morgan, Morgan, Morgan

In October Morgan had a small surgery to have his tear duct unclogged. This was simple and ever since his eye has not been goopy at all.

Since birth he has had too many ear infections and he is the one who is prone to get sick.  We went to the ER a few months ago for croup. On October 30th we went to the ER because his fever reached 105*.  They told me he had another ear infection, we went to the Dr. the next day and they said no ear infection, just a virus.  He kept the high temp for a week!  We went in for his 15 month appointment when he was feeling better and sleeping through the night and happy and they said "hey, he has an ear infection" What?!?!?  So long story short Morgan just got tubes in his ears December 16th.  I am hoping that he will start to feel so much better and he will not have those yucky ear infections any more!
Poor guy!

He is a trooper!

BB Guns and Cupcakes!

Evan was invited to Grahams 7th birthday party.  Graham chose to have it in the woods shooting bb guns, off roading and of course eating cupcakes.

Evan had a BLAST!!  I was a little nervous, but the party was super safe and everyone was having a lot of fun.

The Swing and Teeter Totter Park

Evan's favorite park to visit is a park in Puyallup that has both swing AND teeter totters, plus woods to roam around in and 2 different play areas.  He always asks us to take him there and when we are near Puyallup we try to take him.
All of the boys have a blast at this park....we just wish it was closer to home!

A great family day!

One-on-one time

I have been trying to spend time alone with each boy.  I will take one with me to the grocery store, or to Tae Kwon Do to watch Evan.  I can tell they enjoy that time and will appreciate it more when they all get a little older.

Evan and I went to the fruit stand to get some pumpkins for carving.

Morgan and I made a trip to Wal-mart....he was a little tired afterward.

Riley has been going with me to Tae Kwon Do because Morgan takes longer naps than him in the afternoon.  I don't have a picture of that but here he is playing play dough :-)

First School Picture

Since Evan is in preschool at a public elementary school this year he gets his picture taken like all of the other school kids.

I was so excited for this because it is a momentous time in life when your kid actually starts getting school photos.  It is bittersweet.

I didn't get to stay to make sure his hair looked OK or that his shirt was OK or that he smiled and cooperated...but I obviously didn't need to worry at all!

What a handsome little boy I have, and he is growing way too fast!

How Tall This Fall?

I love that the Thomasson Family Farm has a big pumpkin "ruler" so that you can take a picture of your kids each year and see how much they have grown.

These are our How Tall This Fall pictures since we started going:

Evan 2010

Evan 2011

Evan 2012

Evan 2013

Morgan 2013

Riley 2013

Pumpkin Patch Time

I love, love, love this time of year when we get to visit the pumpkin patch.  It is one of Evan's favorite things too and I hope to make it a tradition that we go at least once every year.

This year we went with Evan's preschool class to Thomasson Family Farms in Enumclaw. He had fun, but did not enjoy being on a tour or on a time frame.

We planned another trip with the boys and we just happened to get there at the time of day when the field trips were done for the day and there were not a lot of people there.  The day was sunny and cool and all 3 boys (and mommy) had a BLAST!  We didn't rush and I just let all 3 boys play where ever they wanted for as long as they wanted.  It was nice quality time.

                       The trip with his class.

Isn't he so cute?

                                  Everyone LOVED the redneck sandbox! It's always a favorite.

                                         The boys loved the corn box.  Morgan laughed so hard!

                                         Everybody got to ride the tractor train ride...what fun!

                      The hay ride was fun too, but bumpy.  Morgan and Riley were a little unsure about that.

My boys. My World.

Bubbles!

                                                       

                                                         And bubble wands :-)

Morgan looks at the camera and sort of stood still.

This was the best I could do for Riley :-)

I love these boys and I look forward to the pumpkin patch again next year!