Sunday, October 12, 2008

Bridger


So I've been thinking about the joys of being a parent. Some days I think my 3 year old is trying to torture me. His latest helpful thing to do is to put his peed in underwear in the dryer so it can get "dried." When you have 5 children, you do a lot of laundry. So usually there is always a load of clean laundry waiting for me to fold in the dryer. I don't like to take it out unless I can fold it(the wrinkle release cycle is great). So you can imagine how thrilled I am to find peed underwear mixed in with the clean laundry. Thank-you Bridger.
Now that Bridger is 3 1/2 his communication skills have increased. He has developed a "potty" mouth. When he's mad at me, I'm a poo poo. And if he's really really mad--I'm a PENIS. I've tried to explain to him that the word PENIS is not a bad word but a body part. I'm going to give the credit for that lovely vocabulary term to his friend Blaine. We were in church when Blaine got his toys taken away during the sacrament by his grandmother--he was quite angry and called her a penis--like it was the worst ever insult you could possibly give anyone. Now Blaine isn't entirely to blame--the great reactions by his sisters and others have only made the term more exciting to use. We have been trying the naughty step to try to "modify" his behavior. I just wanted to warn those of you with sensitive ears that if the behavior modification fails--hopefully Brooklyn and Breyton won't start calling their loved ones a PENIS. If they do, you know who to blame--Blaine--I'll give you his mother's number.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Brinley's Birthday

Brinley got an extreme green (pink) machine for her birthday. We had a spa birthday party with 10 of her friends. Here they are relaxing with their face masks on.

First Day of School





The kids were excited for their first day of school. We had some big changes this year. Tanner has moved to the intermediate school and is no longer a Yostie. Paige will be in school all day and is thrilled to have lunch and recess. I'm going to be with two crazy little boys all day! Bridger will be in pre-school on Mondays and Fridays for 3 hours. Life keeps changing.

Six Flags




We went to Six Flags with the Reyes Family. The kids had a great time even though some of the lines were an hour long.

Libby Lu

Paige and Brinley saved up their allowance to go to Libby Lu's. They had their hair, nails and make-up done. Afterwards, we went to see Kit Kiteridge, the American Girl movie. It was a fun girl's night.

Christmas

Christmas in Louisiana!

I looked at our exchange list for last year--and decided now with 2 more married we could exchange as couples. This way you can buy a combined gift for the couple. For this purpose Rebecca and Rosalia will be put together as a couple. Price range to stick to should be $25-35 for the couple. Here is what I came up with:

Bethany & Rich: T.J & Michelle
Kimberly & Trevin: Mark & Tracy
T.J & Michelle: Kimberly & Trevin
Mark & Tracy: Jessica & Skyler
Stephen & Desirae: Bethany & Rich
David & Jana: Eric & Cindy
Eric & Cindy: Rosalia & Rebecca
Jessica & Skyler: David & Jana
Rebecca & Rosalia: Stephen & Desirae

Since we are going to all be together this year, I thought it would be fun for the cousins to exchange pajamas and a book on Christmas Eve. For the cousin exchange I put names into a cup and came up with the following:

Hayden: Drew
Maddison: Baby Badger
Max: Brandon
Hunter: Alyssa
Mckay: Brooklyn
Halli: Mason

Tanner: Maddison
Brinley: Max
Paige: Hayden
Bridger: Breyton
Cooper: McKay

Brandon: Tanner size 10-12
Mason: Brinley size 8-10

Alyssa: Halli
Drew: Hunter

Brooklyn: Paige Size 6
Baby Badger: Cooper 18-24 month

Breyton: Bridger size 4T

If you have any questions or concerns, let me know. Please post your child's size PJ's! Thanks, Kimberly