I confess...

I have not taken many pictures lately, and by the end of the year I start fizzling on the blog side too. However, just as I have done every year for the past 3 years I will recommit myself to preserving our memories. I've had two blog books made, they cover every post from my first post, Eva's birth, until the first post with Cy. The kids have been looking at them A LOT lately, it makes me happy, they enjoy looking at all the pictures, and I know one day they will enjoy reading all about our lives. 

Any how, things have been really crazy around our house. This was the first normal school week in a month, so I actually feel like I was able to accomplish some things, like ironing, laundry, cleaning. Not that things are perfect, because they are not. I found this cute saying on Pinterst, it says:

"Please excuse this mess, the children are making memories." I Love it! The kids have had a "set up" in their room pretty much all week, but they have been having fun, they've even slept

in their sleeping bags. At this Thanksgiving time I just want to say how thankful I am that I can be home with my children, it means the world to me! When asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I would often say, A Mother. Best job in the world!!!

Last week the kids helped me make lasagna. We had a lot of fun, we didn't make a huge mess, and the lasagna was yummy! Here are my cute helpers!!!

Eva got her costume for dance last week, she wore it for like 3 days straight, she really lights up when she puts it on!

JJ has been loving gymnastics, he has gotten good a cart wheels and back bends. I really enjoy watching him on the bar, he is so good at it, he seems like a natural.

Cy is getting so big! He loves to watch JJ and Eva, they are always up to something! He loves to be talked to, he smiles a lot, and when he talks he gets his whole body moving, it's so cute! This week he really seems to be enjoying toys. Oh, and he's been slobbering A Lot, I know it's kind of early, but maybe he has teeth coming?.

Spooky Fun!

Eva started dance class the week before Halloween. She was supposed to wear her costume, but she was so excited she really wanted to wear her leotard. Her teacher let her wear a tiara, so she could be a ballet princess. She loved it, she asks every day, "Mom, do I get to go to dance today?" I love that she enjoys it!

I had a lot of fun making the kids spooky breakfast. One morning I made Ghost Toast, bloody brain  (eggs), ghost guts (bananas), and sinking sand (chocolate milk). 

We all went to Planet Play. JJ got to play laser tag for the first time, he thought it was great. I took JJ and Eva in the race cars. I ended up going around that track like 100 times. The kids had a great time!

A lady bug that landed on Eva, I love how this picture turned out!

Eva really wanted to paint her pumpkin, and JJ wanted to carve his. The turned out really cute!

Spencer and I went to the Army Surplus store to get a few things to surprise JJ. Spencer has surprised JJ the last three years. The first time JJ was Spider man, and Spencer dressed up as the black Spider man. Last year JJ was Darth Vader, and Spencer surprised him by being Darth Mal. This year we got dog tags made JJ's says "Army General Pratt" and Spencer's says, "Army Private Pratt". JJ thought it was great. I actually heard JJ say, "I don't take orders from you!", which was kind of funny, the first time, but it got old real quick. 

Eva was so excited she kept asking me throughout the day, "Mom, it's not Halloween is it?" I would tell her. "Yes, Eva it is Halloween, but it's not time to go trick or treating yet." She would just say "Oh", and then ask me again an hour later.

The weather couldn't have been better for trick or treating. I guess it was the calm before the storm, because the next morning we woke up to snow. At least the kids enjoyed it! :)

JJ recently started gymnastics. Each time he gets his hand stamped. I had pictures scheduled, so I asked his teacher if he could get stamps on his big muscles. He thought it was great! He is really enjoying gymnastics. I think he's a little natural.

When I took the pictures of his muscles he started goofing off, so I just started snapping pictures. I thought it was fun, and I like the results...