Sick. Again.

Yeah it is starting to get a little old. The kids have been cycling through a nasty cold that kept Charley home from school for 3 days last week it was CRAZY. Thankfully he was doing better on Friday so he could be in his program and his class Christmas party. William had to miss basketball this last weekend but was able to be in his program also. *although he may have looked like the walking dead front and center up there* The kids in his class kept telling him that he looked like he should be riding in a limo because he was wearing a suit (You can bet he was smiling from ear to ear to be hearing that!) He had his class party yesterday and had lots of fun bringing a gift to the gift exchange. Both of the big boys got to go to the movie today and get their drink and popcorn with their class they loved it! William got to watch Home Alone and Charley watched Arthur's Christmas. Charley also brought home gifts that he made for Ben and I and wanted us to open them right away because "they are ORNAMENTS!!!!" he shouted. I think the suspense got to him :).

This guy is now fighting this awful cold that has reduced his sleep hours to about 6/24 and not in a row. I think he is teething on top of it so he is super miserable and there isn't really anything we can do to help him. Needless to say Ben and I are totally exhausted :(

He was walking around observing his peasants and managing the unruly ones with a hefty head butt to the abs. But he sure is so cute!!

 He got to go play in the snow. He loves the snow but more importantly he loves boots. Anytime someone goes to leave he says "boots" repeatedly and runs to find the nearest pair, can you guess what he is getting for Christmas??????

 This girl had a hot lunch date with her dad yesterday. She was super excited to go, not super excited to have her picture taken, but she looked so cute I really wanted to! They went to a work lunch because Ben had a coworker that is retiring. I wasn't invited because Brevick is my +1 and he doesn't do lunch.

Ben took William and Charley to Star Wars yesterday they had a BLAST and wouldn't stop talking. Ben said it took forever to get them to quiet down as the movie was starting. We were a little worried that Emmerlyn was going to feel left out when I told her after her date that the boys were going but she responded to the news with "Do I have to go? I don't want to, I HATE star wars!" A girl after my own heart <3 nbsp="" p="">

So between the stomach flu and this severe cold our household is barely sticking together. If you didn't know, Christmas is on Friday and we do not have 1 single present wrapped. . . .  I did get the Turkey out of the freezer today so if nothing else we will have a pile of unwrapped toys under the tree and a turkey in the oven. But hey, you can't win everything right :/

Christmas Prep

I think that has been the name of the game lately. It seems like this time of year gets busier and busier each time we come to it. I don't know what my deal has been but I feel like I have been way behind on life. It has been snowing these last few days so naturally we have been needing lots of hot chocolate breaks :) Emmerlyn always says she is so cold that nothing can warm her up except for hot chocolate. If I deny her request then she follows it immediately with "well if I don't get hot chocolate than you HAVE to give me ice cream, k mom, which one?" Her demands kind of cancel each other out don't ya think?

 We have slowly been working on our Christmas decoration situation. I don't feel like I can invest in Christmas decorations until I have general home decorations because they have to coordinate of course :/ ? We did get the stockings hung up but I feel like the board needs a little something else but I am not sure which direction I want to go with it. So that translates to we aren't ever going to do anything with it and it is finished . . .but I think it looks nice.

William has been busy with basketball, scouts, piano, and birthday parties. He is loving school (yay!) Last week he got to go with his teacher to give a presentation to a group to promote the STEM program in his school. He did a great job and spoke loud so everyone could hear him. I think he would be a great poster child for that program and so does his teacher! He really loves what he is learning and I am glad. He teacher has been doing some research at home on various military subjects that William has been bringing up so that he doesn't always know more than she does!

Charley has been loving kindergarten and his reading is really taking off. He really loves stories. He has a yucky cough today and is waiting for it to get better so he can go play in the snow!

Emmerlyn is busy being her little bossy self. She likes to run the show and be very involved in all of our events. She and Charley love going to William's basketball on Saturday because after they do all of the warm up running and stretching they get to take turns playing games on my phone. I dread the day when I have to take Brevick because the bleachers are up on a balcony and they only have 2 rails on the edge and it is open to the floor. I am afraid he will fall and he is not one to want to sit and play games on my phone!

Ben is busy with his audits and training for the upcoming tax season. I think he is getting excited to have a little break at Christmas but then to get going with taxes. He likes to do taxes :)

Yay the blog is mostly caught up! Go me!

18 Months!

I know I am having a hard time believing it too. He is sure living it up!! Last week He opted to restructure his sleeping habits and starting waking up in the night super MAD and then refusing to take naps. It didn't take long before we were all a little worn out and short tempered. He was also excited to show me at 2:30 AM that he could now climb out of his crib. I wasn't proud or excited. To be totally honest I just about cried tears of exhaustion. Thankfully with some strategic furniture placement he is once again trapped. He is NOT ready for a big boy bed and neither am I!

He has been loving the snow and every time we go outside to go anywhere he says "touch touch" and reaches out his hand so he can pat the cold snow. He loves to get on his snow stuff and go outside. Unfortunately he can open the back door and does it often but Jetta gets so excited to see him and jumps up on the screen so he won't go out all the way! Thank goodness for our guard dog!

You are trying to master using eating utensils and so you are always grabbing a spoon or fork to go with what ever you are eating even oranges or crackers!

This sweet exhaustion was a direct result of not ever going to bed!!!

At his 18 month appointment he weighed 27 lbs 14 oz (90.6 %) and is 35.25" long (99.6 %) he is a tall solid boy who has lots of energy, loves balls, and toys he can throw and hates church! He gives the sweetest kisses and hugs! He is really starting to talk more and repeats a lot of what we say. His favorite foods are bananas, cutie oranges, and oatmeal. He also LOVES anything that is sweet. We sure love our big busy baby boy!

Happy Thanksgiving

Yes I know that I am late and that I didn't Blog. We came down with a bad case of the stomach flu and so we didn't do much of anything at the beginning of last week. 

We had a great Thanksgiving with good friends. The kids had lots of fun playing and eating great food! We had way too many potatoes!

This guy was helping crush oreos for a pie. He opted for a potato as his tool of choice.

This is how William spent his sick days.

After we all got better we made our Christmas ornaments. The kids painted them (with edible paint of course!) Brevick is eating them faster than I anticipated so by the time Christmas gets here are tree will be bare. He is also plucking all of the berries off the tree so it's going to be lovely. 

Emmerlyn is playing with some kinetic sand. We need to get a sensory table so she can not be trapped but still not get it everywhere.

A couple of weekends ago I talked Ben into doing a little closet 'restructuring' ;) It didn't take very long and it worked so well! Once I finish getting everything organized and out of their our room will be so much more spacious!

This is what we have left of our Halloween candy. There is enough of it that we are still eating the good stuff and we have gotten down to just the stuff that no one likes.

William started his basketball through the city this week so that was fun. We also had stake conference this weekend and our kids did shockingly well we felt like. Have a great week!