Pathetic!!

What's pathetic, you ask? How about the fact that T brought home a note today from school talking about the Easter egg hunt (exciting!) and that she needs to bring eggs filled with TOYS, not CANDY for everyone in her class. (pathetic) Yeah, yeah, yeah- kids are fat. I get it. (If you think about it, it's the only holiday they really have to earn the candy- running around, pushing and shoving to get the most biggest shiniest sparkliest eggs...) So then let me ask- What's the difference between Easter candy and Halloween, Christmas, or Valentine candy? Are the sixlets too easy to choke on? Is the Easter bunny involved in some kind of cult that I am not aware of? (you should have seen the amount of sugary crap they had at the other parties) Get this- last week T came home (of course, they have snacks every day in kindergarten you know) excited because Louisa brought Doritos and Little Debbie cakes for snack time that day! You can see where I am going.... Pathetic!!!

My official stand - I am blaming the baby!

So basically at this point I have two options. Option #1- apologize profusely for my lack of dedication to this blog, and spend the next 5 days updating you on what has happened in our family over the last 6 (more?) months, including all of the special events, birthdays, and holidays and of course posting an OBSCENE amount of photos..... OR Option #2- blame the baby. Seems like such an obvious choice....

Status update- We are all doing great! I am now 6 months into my last pregnancy (that feels nice to say) and it's a GIRL! (Even better!) I know what you are thinking. 4 kids?! In 6 years?! Yeah..... that's what we are thinking, too. The boys seem to have no clue what's going on, but I secretly think that they understand and are planning their payback for when she arrives. Taylor on the other hand is totally excited, and that has been a lot of fun! Cade is, well- great. If I were him I'd be pretty sick of dealing with the hormones, puke, more puke, the fact that my significant other went on strike from doing dishes for a couple or few weeks... you know. But he still holds my hair and acts like he doesn't care that the laundry should have it's own zip code. You are my hero!!

Funsies

I had forgotten about Cade's special talent untill today. Let me ask you- can you sing all of "Jingle Bells" in Pig Latin? Oh yeah. That's my husband!

Big Boy!

So ever since Taylor has become a "soccer player" (her big move in the last game was to kick the ball really hard away from the goal,and then celebrate by throwing both fists in the air and doing some kind of victory dance that involved lots of twirling and jumping) Cooper has wanted to play, too. And now that her season is over, it's great! It no longer means that we are chasing him off of the field during her practices and games, but rather that the feilds are empty and he can have at it.

Well, thanks to a good friend he now has his very own official soccer uniform, and every day that it's "clean" enough to wear is like the greatest day in his life! It's so cute sometimes I can hardly stand it.

Now let me preface this next comment with something-- I do NOT have the baby fever! ........but he is only two and he looks like such a little BIG BOY and it's not fair and I don't like it!

Candy + Candy + Candy + Candy + More Candy

Trick-or Treat!! We had such a great Halloween! The kids (especially the biggest- Cade) had so much fun trapsing throught the neighborhood looking for the loot. We could barely keep up with Taylor, and Cooper insisted on carrying his "busket" in one hand and sword in the other. (so adorable) By the third house Lincoln was covered in what I can only assume was a mixture of blue tootsie pop, twix, and nerds. Yummy!

I learned 3 things that night- #1. Cooper is not as shy as he lets on to be. He ran right up to door after door and gave the cutest "twick-or-tweat" and "happy hoween!" I have ever heard. #2. I'm not as hard-core as I thought. I was scared by this giant Knome. Long story- ending with me losing a little bit of pee. #3. Carving pumpkins with Jason is always more fun!

BOO! We love Halloween! I guess there are the obvious reasons- candy corn, pumpkin guts, Cade having a valid reason to scare the crap out of the kids, you know. So we added a new one this year- the white trash Halloween blow-up in front of the house! The kids go CRAZY over it! We took the munchkins to BOO at the Zoo and they were hilarious.

Taylor just kept saying, "This is the best day of my life!" (Which she also said last Wednesday because I let her take Mac and Cheese to school for lunch, and two nights ago when I let her sleep with the super ultra mega bright night light.) Cooper spent the evening protecting his plastic pumpkin and looking for the tiger, and Lincoln spent the whole time sneaking anything chocolate into his cheeks. (Subsequently, Cade spent the evening fishing foil wrappers out of his chompers.) It was a blast! And the kids fell asleep on the way home so Cade and I got to eat the "good" candy out of their loot! What more can you ask for?

BFF Here I come!

Yes, yes, yes- we have been very busy lately (soccer games, the primary program, school issues-for Cade and Taylor- emergency tooth extractions- poor Lincoln!) and and here are a couple of cute pics, but the REAL news is that I AM GOING ON A TRIP! (And no, not to the looney bin or fat camp.) Cade has suprised me with a trip to see my BFF!! I am soooooo excited I just might puke! The question is, how many suitcases does a girl need for one week...?