Michael is now 6

Michael turned 6 over this last weekend. He had a party with lots of friends and family present. We started out with a game of baseball and then had cake and ice cream (peppermint ice cream, is what he picked out) then he was able to open presents. After presents, we had a pinata and the children took turns trying to bust it open. He had a lot of fun. When I asked him what the best part of being 6 is he told me, "I get to be 3 years older than Melanie." So from the mouth of a 6 year old it is fun being older than your sister.

Michael's Halloween

Michael impressed his mom and dad so much. He, being almost 6, was the most patient and loving brother I have ever seen. He would get excited and run ahead then quickly come back and take his sister's hand and encourage her to be a little faster. When he would get to far ahead we would remind him to wait for his brother and sister and he would come back and gladly help with them. He never once complained or showed any signs of frustration. With all that being said, on our way home we decided to reward him. Grandma Angie came over and watched my cold little fairy and my sleepy lion so just Michael and Mommy could go trick-or-treating. I knew a really great neighbor hood close to ours that we could trick-or-treat and when we turned down the block Michael got excited and said, "We have a lot of work ahead of us." We would race from house to house and really enjoyed our time together. He had his family time and then he had his time.

Melanie's Halloween

Melanie knew what she was doing this year and tried hard to keep up with her brother Michael. She would try and run so fast and when she did the wings she was wearing would flap. She loved it. She kept running around saying, "I'm flying, I'm flying." I really don't remember giving her candy started to get chilled rather quickly once the sun set. After all tights and a tutu don't really work well for before hand but nobody would believe me. The whether wasn't too cold but she a chilly October night.

Zander's Halloween

Zander really caught on to the idea of trick-or-treating. Unfortunately, he hated the idea of having to wait to eat the candy he received. If he had it his way, it would have been one house at a time and one candy at a time. Always an empty bucket. This is his Lion costume. All 3 of my little angels have worn it. It is a great chilly October night costume, but during the day when it was warmer it was a little to hot. Who am I kidding? He was sweating so badly we decided to change his costume a little just until it cooled off. He wore Melanie's white and red poka dot swim suite, we put a pony tail in his hair and a pretty pink bow. He looked so cute and now I have a black mail picture when he gets older and starts dating.

Halloween Excitement

I am so excited for Halloween. I have costumes picked out and lots of activities for kids to do all week. We are going to the Green Acres Boo Blast on Thursday and the Ward Party on Friday, then we all know what we have in store for us on Saturday. ALL DAY TRICK OR TREATING!!!!
I am really not looking forward to the candy and such but the excitement that my kids have and getting them all dressed up is just so much fun. I hope every one remembers to be safe and just have fun this week.

Today is relaxing!!

I really enjoy the quiet of the day when my Melanie and Zander are napping and Michael is off to school. It tends to rejuvinate me. I normally spend this 3 hours running around the house cleaning up the mess the kids spent the whole morning making, only to have it back to their normal mess by dinner, but today I have decided to take a relax day. I am sitting here next to little Melanie and am going to join her for a nap. I love my children and I love sleep.

Today is relaxing