You need a cashew costume?

So 3rd grade did a school musical called Nuts! and it was amazing. Not just like impressive for 3rd grade but amazingly professional and entertaining. Charlotte was a cashew!

Yeah, the kid in the sunglasses was Saturday Night Live worthy.

Halloween 2018

Well first Halloween in the new house. Connor is going to hang out with his buds. Charlotte is sporting her flamingo costume. Only problem is it’s raining (as it has been since early September!). Not sure if we’ll get to trick or treat. Keep you posted.

Update:  it was a great night. Rain stopped and the weather was great. Connor ran off with his friends and Charlotte went to two houses as a flamingo, decided it was too hard to walk, and changed into her deer zip up pjs. 

And of course there was Gam & Pop’s (Erin’s Parents) Annual Halloween Party. 

Parenting Fails

1.  Do you think teachers notice when a sack lunch is required for a field trip and the night before you realize all you have is a brown bag from a bottle of wine?  I sent it. 

2.  Is it bad if you watch alot of Live PD (live cop show) and your daughter says, "Mommy!  Why do we have Awana at church!"?  She was confusing it with marijuana. :(

3.  Again, is it bad if your 8 year old knows what a felony warrant is?

From the Mouths of Babes

I've decided I have to blog about some of the unbelievable (and horrifying) or funny things that come out of the kid's mouths. (Some of these are older so I don't know all the ages).

Connor:

• "Hey, Mom, look that dog on tv is wearing a sweater. You can buy it. It's for sale. Don't miss it!"


• Scene: Dinner on the patio at a restaurant. "Hey, you Ship Head!". Reaction: Every patron's head spins around to look at Connor as Aaron and I say "What did you say????". Connor's response: "You know Mom, like when you have a boat on your head?!"


• Scene: Connor licks Aaron's head (not really sure why). Connor: "You're a sucker!!" Us: "Excuse me?" Connor: "You know like your head is a lollipop"


• He tooted and then gave the "hang loose" sign.  (Where did he learn that!?!)

• "Did you know if you get a scratch you can get Tetris?"

• Gramma, "Oh Connor, someday your time will come" (She was referring to him finding a girlfriend)
• Connor: "My time has already come" (say what!)

• "So, they are boyfriend and girlfriend but then he said she was too bossy and so he dumped her and then he married this other girl".  (What in the world were we watching!?!

• He shows me his hitch hikers thumb and then says "I learned that in 3rd grade".

• Connor "He's fast as a turkey"
• Mom "Turkeys aren't fast"
• Connor "They are if they have an upgrade"

Charlotte

• "I don't like it when people stop talking because then I get bored".

• "College doesn't have recess?  Boring!!"

• "I feel betraded.  I'm sorry, I don't accept that.  Say something more confident".  (What in the world is she talking about?)

• "My slippers squeek.  Oh wait, that's just my nose making a sound".
• “I don’t want to look back on my childhood and say I never TP’d a house. I’m putting it on my bucket list.”

And last but not least......

• Pointing at my chest, "Aren't those things supposed to be higher?".

Oh wait.   I can't stop writing without sharing a song Charlotte wrote in Nov. 2017 (you can't make this stuff up):

I want an ugly goose

A really ugly goose

Repeat

A goose. A geese. A pas.

Repeat 2x

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I want an ugly goose

A really ugly goose

Repeat

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I want an ugly goose

A really ugly goose

Repeat

Yeah ummmmmmmm

Yeah goose yeah goose yeah

We're the goose yeah

Connor's 1st Day of Kindergarten (Sept. 2011)

And, finally, Connor's take on the whole day. I got the idea of recording him from my friend Carolin. Her mom tape recorded her back on her first day of kindergarten and she remembers how she was fascinated that the lunch trays had cutout sections on them! So cute. Thanks Carolin!

It's a little long because he goes into GREAT detail about everything!




Ok.  So apparently the video didn't upload.  I'll work on tracking that down.

Summer 2012?

Oh my word.  How cute are you!





Look how clean giraffey is!




I love Lake Tahoe!  Why do I not live there?

Trying to post from my phone

This must be from 2013 or earlier.  Back in the good ole days.

We like to call this the shipwrecked sailor look or what happens when dad brings the kids to church.


So, I just found out that blogger has an app. Maybe this will make it easier to keep up with my blog.