Puppet Show and Flying Pancakes

Last night we went to an event at our church. It was a "flying pancake" dinner followed by a black light puppet show. We were not quite sure what they meant by flying pancakes....but they are just as they sound....flying in the air and we had to catch them. It was a fun night out. The puppet show was awesome. We went to one last year as well and it is very well organized and both fun for the kids and adults!

Wy soooo excited!

Wyatt recently found Owen's old backpack and has been infatuated with it ever since. He is so adorable wearing it and says that he wants to go to his "class" with it. Of course the only class that he goes to is his Sunday school class at church. But he also likes wearing it to visit his Nana and Grammy!! So cute!

Parenting...the hardest job ever!

We have been trying to encourage healthy eating habits lately. But it is so hard! Tonight for example we made pizza for dinner, a quick and easy dinner since Kris hadn't voted yet. I was working so he took the boys with him so that they were able to "experience" what our freedom is all about. Since it took him longer then he was expecting I just decided to throw in a pizza. But as I was getting drinks out of the refrigerator, I saw that I had the right fixings to make a decent salad....broccoli, carrots, lettuce and shredded cheese. We even had a new bottle of ranch dressing. It was going to be a perfect start to a relatively unhealthy dinner. What was I thinking? I don't know! Maybe that my boys would just chow down on their salads and beg for more. Wishful thinking....

Instead this is how our evening went down.....

 Owen wouldn't try a bite for the life of him. He acted as if we were forcing him to eat a pigs head or a plate of worms or something. Really, I promise it was a nice salad!

 And then there is this kid. Freaking out, screaming and crying and just saying over and over again, "ewe gross!"

So what do you do? Reward them for not trying something that is good for them? Something that will help become big and strong and healthy? And just say "oh well, we tried" and let them have the pizza?

Or do you say enough is enough and enforce them to eat what is on the table in front of them?

We chose the second option and listened to uncontrollable screaming and crying for about 30 minutes....then they were put to bed, without dinner.....

As a mom, this decision broke my heart. I just wanted to break down and say, "okay you can just have peanut butter toast for dinner." But that is only giving in to what they want and what they were hoping the end result would be. Kris and I were both strong and firm in our choice.

They are both sleeping now and I just want to go and give them a nice squeeze and kiss their sweet little faces up!

Parenting...it is hard...very hard!

Wyatt a bit OCD?

The other night we all piled into my bed for story time. We read lots of books and had some nice family cuddle time. I remembered that I told my sister in law that I would give her some jeans to try on so I went into my closet, pulled out the jeans and then plopped back down on the bed. I forgot to close the closet doors and it was bothering me, but I was too lazy to get up again and close them. So I just tried to get my mind back into our books. Less than a minute had gone by and Wyatt jumped off of the bed, ran to the closet and closed both of my closet doors, came back and crawled back into bed. I said, "Thanks Wyatt that was bothering mommy too." He responded with a "you're welcome."

This kid is a bit O.C.D...I don't know if that's good or bad for only being two years old!!

Owen's school picture

Here is Owen's school picture this year. I'm like a kid on Christmas waiting for his school pictures to arrive. Love this kid!!

Happy Halloween

yesterday i took wyatt to our local library for a Halloween event. We met with another kindergarten mom and her daughter who is the same age as Wy. It was a lot of fun.

Getting ready for Halloween

Last week Owen had a field trip to a local pumpkin patch and cider mill. We had a great time and he even got to pick out two pumpkins to take home.

 Later that night Kris took the boys to get larger pumpkins to carve. Kris did an awesome job helping the boys.

 Owen was a champ at scooping out all the guts.

 Here is Wy's pumpkin!

 And Owen's.....he wanted a Castle Grayskull.

 They both turned out great. What a fun tradition!