Buses, Airplanes, and Trains...Oh My!

The boys are completely obsessed with all of these. For about 6 months now, this is our routine day in and day out. We leave the house and I immediately hear..."buses mommy, find buses!!" And that is what we do the entire time we are on the road. We look for buses and trains and airplanes. The boys usually spot them before me. As soon as they see one they begin shouting, "bus, bus!!" They continue until I respond back to them. They get the hugest smiles on their faces and sometimes clap their hands in excitement. Then they say, "more buses, find more buses". I have been known to speed or slow down on the freeway to catch up to a bus. Anything to see them smile from ear to ear. I have people ride with me in the car and they ask me, "is this how they always are?" Whatever makes my boys happy is what I always say.

Evening in Excellence

We had Evening in Excellence this last week. I don't normally post stuff like this, but I thought I would share to maybe spark an idea for others. I can't take credit for the idea. My fabulous Sister-in-Law, Jaimee, gave it to me. We turned our gym into Eternal Gateway Mall. We had 7 stores and a food court in the middle. Each Personal Progress value was a store. These pictures do not do justice at all. The girls and their parents all loved it and so many people helped to make it a great night.

We started with the girls doing a skit about going to the mall. Then they got into groups and went to each store for a 6 minute talk on that value. They got credit cards and purses to put hand outs in from each store. Afterwards they enjoyed food from the food court. It was a great night and all had fun!!

Food Court in the middle of the gym.


Choice and Accountability (Bank)


Knowledge (Book Store)


Individual Worth (Clothing Store)


Divine Nature (Beauty Supply Store)


Faith (Shoe Store)


Integrity (Jewelery Store)


Good Works (This was a boutique that included all the girls 10 hour projects.)

Bad Day

I had just finished hand mopping the floor. I put Nemo on for the boys and run to get into the shower. When I get out of the shower, I go to check on them. I find Mason by the refrigerator with a cup in his hand. Water was overflowing onto my freshly mopped floor. Then I look to my left and see Carter sitting inside our entertainment center drawer and I look to see that he pooped inside of it. It has been one of those days, but then I look at these adorable pictures of my boys and I realize I absolutely love them, good day or bad!!

Tigger to the Polls

So we got the boys up this morning and told them we were going to vote. Carter came running into the kitchen with both of his tiggers and said, "Mommy tigger vote." I had to laugh and told him just mommy and daddy were voting. We got in the car and drove to the school we were going to vote at. (Thank goodness we had early ballots and just had to drop them in the box. The line was at least 2 hours long.) As I got Carter out of the car, I threw his tigger onto the seat. Carter started to cry. I asked what was wrong and he was saying,"Tigger vote, tigger vote." He was so upset that tigger didn't get to vote.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year!! The boys were the cutest UPS delivery men ever! We saw these costumes at Party City and had to get them. They were sold out across the state and I had to drive 45 minutes one way to a store that just got a shipment in. The things we do for them. These are pictures from our ward's Trunk or Treat. The boys had fun on the cake walk and fishing pond. Mommy forgot to charge the camera battery so we didn't get any photos on Halloween, but they loved trick or treating. At one point while we were out, Carter had 2 suckers in his hand and loving every minute of it. It was a sticky night, but we had a blast!