Fun

silly straw glasses

 no front teeth

 and a visit to the witches

Jack's Party

Jack thought he should have another pirate party, for like the third year in a row. :)  But I thought, 'what does Jack like most in the world?', candy.  So, we decided a Candyland party was appropriate.  Lucky for me, Shanna had made a Candyland game a few years ago (she's the best).  The kids thought is was awesome.   Every time they passed one of the candy squares (the chocolate swamp, licorice forest, etc.) they got to eat one.  With 15 kids and only one adult, I didn't get the best pictures, but the kids had a wild, crazy,

great time.

party people: Wesley, Jack, Avery, Tate, Ellie,
Bailey, Madi, Austin, Katie, Isaiah, Beau, Zayne,
Spencer, Cody, and Micah

Birthday Boy

We always start the day with family presents because really is there a better way to start your birthday?

 Jack borrowed a Lego Ninjago movie from the library a month ago and found a new obsession.  He was so happy to get this.

 That evening we celebrated with grandmas and grandpas and aunts and uncles.

 Once again, he was spoiled with all kinds of fun stuff.

 Thanks to the blue frosting we were all kind of a mess, but we had so much fun.

We love you Jackie!

Another Baby Girl

My kids are getting their first Larson cousin and we are so excited!  I am thrilled for Shanna and Reed and can't wait to meet her!

In the last few days

My baby girl has been going 9 hours between her feedings at night.  She eats at 8:30, but laughs and plays with us until we put her in bed at 10.  It's my favorite part of the evening.

 Wesley also has been having a bit of fun before bed.

 And this morning my house was taken over by ninjas.
Scaaary.

September 11th

Stitches

This was going to happen sooner or later.

We were at the pool and Jack jumped a little to close to our neighbor Anderson, landing his chin right on Anderson's head.  I knew right away it would need stitches so we headed down to the hospital in Riverton with Primary Children's (I'm sparing everyone the pre-stitches picture).  Jack is so tough, he was done crying before we even got in the car!  And once we got there he was more than happy to play with the action figures they brought him and to watch Despicable Me. 

 The two women assigned to Jack (not nurses, just specialists to help kids) were all over him like glue.  They explained what the doctor was going to do, so he was excited to see the doctor's tools.

 He was so calm and observant as the doctor stitched away. 

Five on the inside, eight on the outside.

Five days later we were back to get them taken out.

It looks pretty bad in these pictures, but it's under his chin so you can't see it at all unless he's looking up.
He's as good as new.

Crazy Hair Day

Oh yeah, we were serious about Crazy Hair Day!

Don't worry it was trimmed up two days later.

2 months old

It's been an Exciting Day!

Miss Avery started preschool today!

 Avery has been so ready for preschool to start.  She knows all of her letters and sounds, and can write her name and a few other letters.  We are doing preschool with moms/kids in the neighborhood again, so her preschool friends are Katie, Zoey, Maycee, and Luke.  Today class was at our house, but she's super excited to go to the other houses for school.

 

Just a few hours after starting preschool, Avery also started a dance class!   I stayed with her today (since we had never been there before) and was dying over how cute these little girls were!  Their teacher is sweet and patient and the girls are full of energy and excitement.  Avery must have interrupted 10 times to say something 'important'. :) 
This is going to be fun!