Napoleon Dynamite!

Travis has a new nickname for Gavin.  He has started calling him Napoleon.  Since it snowed a couple of weeks ago, he has been insisting on wearing his snow boots day AND night.  I only hope that when I take him out in public, people will understand that some things are just NOT worth the fight!!!

I asked Gavin to go get dressed this morning while I was in the shower.  I had to laugh when I came out to find him dressed like this!!!  He was so proud of himself!

Yes... he even sleeps in them!

I FINALLY got a haircut!

So I finally did it!  I chopped my hair off.  I have been wanting to do it for months now, but had finally had it and went through with it.  When I got home, Gavin looked and me and said "what happened mommy?" He says that he likes it better short, but Tyler and Emily don't.  A few years ago this really would have bothered me, but it feels so much better!!!  It was also really nice to wake up this morning, tossle it a little bit and call it good.  If any of you are contemplating it, GO FOR IT!!!

Halloween Night

Tyler isn't one for dressing up.  The wig was stretching it for this year. He didn't even want to wear baseball pants to complete his outfit. However, notice the fabulous pumpkin! He figures he went to over 100 houses and was very worn out by the end of the night!  Maybe that's because he "forgot" to wear socks!!!

Emily wanted to be Jasmine this year.  Thank goodness I chose to buy her costume instead of making it because on Halloween night, she changed her mind.  She decided to be Sleeping Beauty (last year's costume).  She was in such a hurry to get out trick or treating, I didn't get a decent picture of her in her costume.  Emily got tired about 1/2 way through and had to hitch a ride home with some friends.  She had a great time sorting and counting her candy.

Gavin's costume was truly fitting for him since he can be a little monster. He LOVED his costume and had lots of fun scaring everyone around him.  He wouldn't answer to Gavin, only Stitch.  He was very excited to go trick or treating.  He went to our next door neighbors and took several treats from the bowl and thought that he was done.  He was in for a surprise when he discovered that every house had treats for him. He didn't make it to very many houses, but he had just as much fun answering the door and filling his bag with treats from our own house.

Carving the Pumpkins

Tyler did a great job on his pumpkin this year.  He was really grossed out scooping it out, but he spent over two hours putting the finishing touches on it.  I was really surprised how patient he was.

Emily didn't hestitate to dig right in.  She wanted to do everything by herself, including the carving which made me REALLY nervous!

Gavin was interested just long enough for me to take this picture, then he was off and playing with his cousins!

Happy Birthday Emily!

Emily had her 6th birthday yesterday.  Unfortunately for her, it wasn't very happy.  She was coughing Wednesday night, so I kept her home from school.  It all went downhill from there.  Her cough got really bad and she began gasping for air.  I took her into the doctor and found out that she has pneumonia.  I felt so bad when I tucked her into bed and told her happy birthday, because it wasn't.  She tried to put on a happy face, but she didn't even feel like eating her birthday cake.  She is doing a little bit better today, so we will celebrate again when she feels up to it :(

Gavin's first horse ride

Travis went hunting yesterday so we went up to his parents to wait for him to get home.  As Grandpa Paul was unloading the horse trailer, he grabbed Gavin and put him on one of the horses.  He had so much fun!  He kept saying "Mama, Gavin's riding a horse!"  It was so cute!

Poor Emily

We were cleaning the house this morning and I gave the kids the task of taking on their own rooms.  Tyler did pretty good, however, Emily put up quite a fight.  After about an hour of whining and complaining without me giving in, she came in and said "Mom, I am just really disappointed in you".  Poor little girl!!!