Super Heros

I love that these three play so well, and they have such great imaginations.  They were playing super heroes  once again I think Chad got these pictures, because I don't remember this.

Big Mac

Tyler has been asking to try a Big Mac since my brother visited this summer and had one.  So we finally hit McDonald's again and I let him get one.

He loved it and now has a new go to meal when we eat their.  They are growing and up and having grown up food when we eat out now.

Dentist

Aiden had his first dentist appointment.  I know it was really late for him to start, but between no insurance and then just not getting around to it  here he is finally getting his first check up.  I should have know this late start was a really bad thing since bad teeth run in the family (thanks daddy).  He need work done and it was significant and since he was so young they recommended paying the extra to knock him out completely (anesthesiologist) so that they could get all the work done at once and have no memory.  I agreed since I had gone through bad experience with Court and wanted to avoid that again.  So for a total of $900.00 later he is good to go and caught up on dental care.  We will stay on top of it this time and hopefully avoid a repeat.

He got a hold of a blue sharpie and did some art work on his legs a few days before his appointment so he was sporting some lovely legs.  He did a great job during his check up and did cry once which is more than i can say for the 10 year old getting a cleaning in the next chair over.  He also did great for the follow up appointment where they did all the work, but that was e plan when we paid the extra $650.oo.

special time with Aiden

One day the older kids each had some special thing they got to do ( I cant remember now what they did) and I was needing to get out of the house so I decided to take Aiden to Macyo's for some special one on one time.  Since it was still 65th anniversary and the food was cheep this was the perfect fun time activity.

He was silly and had to have  gum ball from the gumball machine in the entrance for his dessert.

One of the funny things that happened was that he needed to go the bathroom while we were waiting for our food to arrive.  I was worried that no one would be at the table while we were gone, but he cant go by himself so off we went.  When we got back our drinks were gone and they were wiping down our table.  I told them were just at the bathroom and were still waiting for our food.  They apologised profusely and got us new drinks and chips. our food got their soon after.

Crazy Hair

One day it was real hot and i was at my computer and I wanted to get my hair off my neck but I didnt have any hair thing close at had so I grabbed a couple of pencils and twisted them trough my hair.  it worked and my hair off my neck...problem solved.  Chad came home and said "what the heck did you do to your hair?"  so he had to get a picture of me looking silly.

Race

Chad got tickets from his buddy that he works for sometimes to the races at the track by the pit.  They got to watch the real size cars of the same ones they race.

Rockstar won the race which Tyler loved since his car is the smaller version of this one.

Silly play

I think Chad got these pictures because I don't remember taking them or them playing around with underwear on their heads. 

Happy Birthday Cam

For Cameron's 5th birthday we did our usual balloon release.  Now every time Aiden gets balloons he lets them go as soon as we get outside....not sure if it comes from this tradition of ours, but I think so.

even had a birthday cake this year as a new tradition we are adding to his birthday celebration.

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Racing at Fear Farm

The "Pit" is get less and less participants for races because most people are racing at "Fear Farm".  Chas took the boys over for a race one evening and they won 2nd and 3rd in their class.

Macayo's

Macayo's had a special going on for month.  It was their 65th anniversary and chimichangas were $6.50 and all kids meals were $1.99 so we took the whole family plus a friend that over and got out of there for under $40.00.  It was fun and so yummy.  The kids meals were huge and so we even had lunch for the nest day  :)

Just some random pics

D23 Convention

In Aug my parent invited me to join them at the D23 convention.  This is a huge Disney convention and since I had exclaimed my interest in in the fun things they saw at the last convention they called when this one came around.  I had hoped to be able to leave Brody at home with daddy so that I could have me time, but unfortunately he is holding on the t nursing (I'm not trying to hard to wean him though) he had to come with me.  I drove out to California on my own and met mom and dad at the hotel.  When we got there it was to get in a crazy busy long line that was a huge mess.  When we finally got into the convention it was a little overwhelming to figure out where to go and what to see.  We started by walking around some booths.  I saw this cool lighting McQueen made out of Legos and had to get a shot for my kids!  after snapping a few more pics...like 5...my camera broke and that was the end of capturing all the coolness that is Disney  :(  so sad, but between pushing a stroller through the crowds and all t mayhem it was fine not having to worry about  getting pictures too.

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The first day we quickly figured out the the crowds were huge and if we wanted to get into a certain Q and A or presentation we needed to be in line a couple hours before hand.  It was kind of frustrating because we pretty much had to go from one presentation to get in line for the next one.  Unfortunately the really popular one like Dick Van Dyke were so sought after that one would have had to be in line like 4 hours early so sadly we and many many others missed out on seeing this icon.  We did get to see some really cool things though.  We saw the upcoming movies planned for the next 3 years by Pixar, Disney studios and Disney animation.  Some really fun and exciting stuff.  We got to see the art of "Brave", the new Pixar coming out next year.  so beautiful. The detail they go into is amazing!  This one was especially cool since my brother works at pixar and he worked on this movie.  I had so much fun with my parents and Brody did so well considering we were constantly sitting in a line or in a presentation.  It was so busy and so much fun. we didn't even get to see everything wanted and not even 1/4 of what was offered.

Canning Pears

The kids love canned pears so when bountiful basket had them for sale by the case I decided to get some and jar them.  It was a lot of work all by myself, but i got a good routine going and got them all done.

childrens museum

Aiden's friend down the block took him to the children's museum one day. He had so much fun and now every time he sees the commercial for sponsorship in PBS he says "hey! I went there"

12 years

I was so sad when I was reading to Aiden one night when I noticed my ring kept catching on the blanket so I finally looked and found that the two of the prongs ad broken on my ring and the diamond was gone! I couldn't find it anywhere and still have not found it. It lasted one week short of our 12th anniversary. some day I will replace it...or get a fake one put in who knows.

new school year

School started on Aug 8th this year. I didn't get pictures except these two of the first day...they are walking this year...yea!!  And all the supplies we had to get.

first tooth

Court finally had her first loose tooth. She wiggled and wiggled it till it was to the point that it could be pulled. Chad tried to get close enough but she totally freaked out. Casey asked if he pulled it would I give him a dollar and I said no but if Court let him pull it I would give her five dollars. After her freak out with Chad I figured I was safe making that deal.......

But I was wrong she immediately perked up and said OK, sat there calmly while Casey pulled it out. Not a flinch, no hesitation. nothing.

We wrote a note to the tooth fairy since as the note said Court never sleeps in the same place she was worried about loosing it.

The tooth fairy brought a dollar and I handed over my 5. I think that is the most any of my kids have made on tooth to date.

TV

Just a cute shot of court, the boys, and her doll watching a show...not sure what it was but so cute :)

dare devils

We went to Corona to help paint some rooms for uncle Sam. He had been commuting and house hunting all summer and his family was finally joining him at the end of the week. There were things to be done around the rental house and he was getting it all done after work. I told him I would paint the kids bedrooms if he paid for my gas to get there and he took me up on the offer. The great news was I got the painting done in one whole day, but that sad news on that was as I was rinsing off the paint brush in the toilet (great for cleaning brushes because you can swish it all around in the water and just flush away the paint water) I was talking to Chad on my cell phone and it dropped from my shoulder and fell into the toilet :( no more phone for me for the rest of the week!!! Since they were not moved in the did have a house phone yet either.
Something else that had to be done was changing the light bulbs. This was a tricky effort in the high stair well, but they worked it out by standing on uncle Sam's shoulder while he stood on the ladder.
To make it even trickier the furthest bulb came off without the metal base that screws into the socket. they had to use piers to get it out and when I started snapping pictures the flash made Sam freak out because he thought the boys were getting electrocuted! They eventually got it out and all was well.