Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween!  The boys had a blast today.  We spent the day at home just hanging out and then went to a neighbors house for a pre-trick or treat dinner.  This is the 4th year that they have hosted a chili dinner in their driveway for a bunch of the neighbors. 

Trick or treating was a lot of fun for the older boys this year!  I stayed home with Logan to hand out candy while Dennis took Colin and Evan.  They went to a lot more houses this year and really enjoyed it.  Their buckets are full of stuff that I am sure will take a good 6 months to get through.  What a great weekend.

All Good Things Must Come To An End

Well, fall soccer season has come to an end.  It ended on a good note.  Colin had a great game, he was goalie the first half and didn't let a single goal go through again.  He is starting to like the goalie position and as a result has been goalie for most of the last 4 games or so.  The second half he really dominated on offense and scored two goals!

Evan did well in his game too, he came close to scoring a few times.  He came up to us at one point and said "Me am doing awesome!".  He is still easily distracted, if someone says "good job Evan"  he turns to look at them and then completely looses track of where the ball is.  We are very proud of him though, he plays almost the whole game whereas other kids are throwing temper tantrums, refusing to play, crying, etc.  Evan smiles the whole time!

Funny story at lunch...We were telling the boys that we were going to a party this afternoon at Evan's teammate, Carsons' house and Colin was trying to figure out which of two Carson's it was.  Colin asked "the one that talks a lot?"  Evan responded "No that is me"!  Ha Ha, so true!!!

We had one of the best times ever at a party this afternoon.  Evan's soccer team had the best group of parents and one of them decided to have a fall party.  I have never seen so many Halloween decorations and they had tons of food, drinks, a pumpkin carving station, treat bags, cookie decorating, etc...it was just a blast.  We hardly saw the boys the whole time because they were having so much fun playing.  It figures that we would make some good friends right before we move, but hopefully we will be able to hang out a few more times before that day comes.

7 months!

Logan turned 7 months old today, with each baby time seems to be flying by faster and faster!  At 7 months Logan is sleeping about 11 hours at night (7:30 pm to 6:30 am on average), and taking 2-3 naps during the day.  He is nursing (or taking a breast milk bottle) 4 times a day and eating 3 meals of stage 2 baby food, with the occasional bites of my food if it is soft or crackers.

Logan loves his mommy, sleep, eating big people food, laughing at his brothers, and chewing on toys.  This week we moved him out of the infant car seat and in to a regular one because he is so tall and he would rather sit up in his stroller than lie in the infant carrier.  I think he is already trying hard to keep up with his brothers.  Logan is generally happy but like his brothers were as babies, he lets you know when he is not (which is most evenings).  He is a lucky baby as he not only gets a lot of love from Dennis and I, but also his big brothers.

Today Evan's preschool had a Halloween parade.  Evan was so excited to go he jumped out of bed when I woke him up from his nap and quickly got in his costume.  I have never seen him move that quickly.  Then when we got in the car he said "Mommy your my best friend because you put my costume on". 

Evan is Spiderman for Halloween, this is the 3rd time this costume has been used (Colin wore it the previous two years).  I wish they liked something a bit cuter but unfortunately they just want to be superhero's every year.  Can't get much easier than that!

Pumpkin Lighting

Dennis was late getting out of court today due to spending 4+ hours in deliberation coming to a verdict.  He really enjoyed the whole process of being a juror.  As a result of being late, he was missing in action for Colin's school pumpkin lighting and dinner.  I had to go ahead and take the 3 boys by myself.  Luckily, a neighbor was there and helped me carry all the plates to our table, I don't know what I would have done without that help.  It was very cute to see all the decorated pumpkins the classes did.  I was very proud that the boys helped me out and were well behaved (of course they did have a talking to on the way there to make sure they were on their best behavior). 

We had a showing today which we haven't heard anything about, so I am assuming that is bad news.  But, anyway, when Evan went in his room after he got home from school he said "Me room looks so nice, you vacuumed it Mommy".  It is cute that he even noticed and it was so nice to be appreciated by a 3 yr old.  Yesterday, he learned his phone number and address, I was very proud of him and he was very proud of himself too. 

Play Date!

Logan had his first play date today.  Three of my old PT classmates came over with their kids, we have 11 kids between us, but some of the kids were in school.   All four of us have had babies within the last nine months.  I think Logan enjoyed seeing some different faces in our house.  It was fun time!

Colin is having a great time at school.  He is starting to recognize some words and we are practicing writing different words and using them in sentences.  I am amazed that even when he gets home from school he is excited to sit down with me and work on his "wall words". 

I am trying to teach Evan his phone number and address, which has been entertaining.  I will have to try again tomorrow when I can sit alone with him and work on it.  He was eager to learn but there was too much going on during that time.

Dennis spent the day in Jury Duty.  He actually had a lot of fun and thought it was interesting. 

Oh, update on the Colin "bullying" situation...I am guessing that it was just a one time thing.  I never got a call back from the school, but they did start doing assigned seats on the school bus so my guess is there were some other issues that happened with other kids.  Everything seems to be fine, Colin is making a lot of friends at school and really loves going.

Stay At Home Mom

I am loving being a stay at home Mom!  It feels so good to get things accomplished and to have my house in order.  Today, I cleaned the house including the the floors, made blueberry muffins for a play date I am hosting tomorrow, dropped off a couple bags of stuff for some teachers at Colin's school, made dinner, picked up Evan from preschool, got both boys to soccer all while entertaining, feeding, and napping Logan. Oh and I did some studying for a continuing education home study course I am taking.  Of course I am exhausted now, but it puts a smile on my face to see things cleaned and organized.  It will be tough to go back to work some day! 

Go Redskins!

The more kids we have the more we have to divide and conquer.  This morning was one of those examples.  Colin had religious education class this morning so I took Colin to class while Dennis stayed home and took care of Logan, bathed him and put him down for a nap.  Meanwhile, Evan and I hung out at the church playground while Colin had class. I am very grateful to have a husband that is so helpful with the kids.

The afternoon was of course spent watching football.  It was nice to see the Redskins get another win and it is so cute that Colin is starting to take an interest in the games.  He will say things like "did you see that interception, you need to rewind that"!  He will watch for a little while and then he gets all excited and starts throwing a football up and catching it then running around the house.  Dennis took him outside to throw the football around after the game to get some of that energy out.  Colin is already asking when his next football season is, maybe football will be his sport like his Daddy???

Evan said something cute this evening....he said that he wants to share a room with Colin in the new house.  I asked if he wants bunk beds or to share the same bed and cuddle.  And he said he wants to cuddle.  He was completely serious, like of course he wanted to cuddle.  Colins response....he wants to share a room with the next baby and if we don't have another baby then he wants to share with Logan, that boy loves him some babies!