halloween is underway

Soren had his little class Halloween party today. We are going as the wizard of oz this year with Soren being the tin man, Ivan being the scarecrow and Kaydence being Dorothy. We got the movie for Soren's birthday back in September. When Kaydence tells people what she is going as she has a disclaimer afterward. "I'm going as Dorothy, but I bet none of you know who that is!" We will have more tomorrow night when we attend the Emmett Halloween party with cousins Rylie, Luke and Cole.


Here is one of Ivan the cutester.

is no longer in the 200 club

Mentioning a women's weight is a top no no!!!! But I've been in the 200 lb club since getting pregnant with Soren who is 5 years old now so getting under and out is a big accomplishment and deemed note worthy to mention on a blog of ones noteworthy doings. right?? It's embarrassing but hey when your nearly 6 ft tall it doesn't take much to get above it. The 2 on the scale has haunted me for more than 5 years and I finally kicked it to the curb :) I still have a ways to go and it's coming off slowly but hey It's coming off.

Family photo Fall 2010

It's getting harder and harder to take a decent family photo from a tripod the bigger our family gets. AND to say Craig HATES getting a family photo taken would be the understatement of the century!!!!

Mya the dog, Kaydence, Craig, Ivan the baby, Soren, and Katy

Ivan at 7 months

Can't forget the ivanator. The battery was dying on my camera and so I had to turn it off and wait for ivan to look at me and quickly turn it on and take a picture before it would die again (maybe 2 seconds). He is just too cute!!!! I'd put him in a cute baby contest but would feel bad for everyone else who doesn't stand a chance :) lol jk

oh and he can now sit up on his own, has 2 teeth, is eating real food once a day and almost almost is crawling. His eyes are still blue and according to our unreliable home scale he is almost 23 lbs???

kids "school" pictures

It's that time of year again when all the schools are taking their school photos. Im not actually sure if Soren's class was actually going to take them since he just goes to preschool but Kaydence already did. I hate having to buy them when you haven't even seen the photo yet. Why would I want 50 prints if she has ketchup on her face??? (like last year) So I took them myself. Set up the lights in the garage and took them this morning since they both were out of school today. What's funny is they both are wearing pajama bottoms :) I can't beleive how big these two are getting.

Kaydence is 6 years old and in the 1st grade

Soren is 5 years old and in Preschool.....should be in kindergarten, but no... missed the idaho deadline by 4 days (even though he was a week overdue :( grr )

ivan's high chair

I've been researching high chairs for months now without any luck. There are millions off them and I couldn't decide. They all started looking the same and all had half good reviews and half bad reviews and I was at a loss. We were doing just fine with his blue chair and bumbo for feeding time so I wasn't really in any hurry. I didn't know if I just wanted a space saver or a big one with toys on the tray or a simple one that was easy to clean. I found this one on craigslist (brand new still in box) and decided to splurge. It looked really really easy to clean. It grows with the child till age 12. it has a bumper bar that can be replaced with a feeding tray and has a seat reducer booster and 5 point harness that can all be removed and wiped down. The seat, feeding tray and foot rest all can go up and down the seat for ideal height and comfort. It's made from this really nice teflon nylon stuff so it wipes down easy and looks very stylish. It's called a Mutsy Easy grow high chair and they retail for $200-250 (of corse I didn't even pay half that since i'm a ruthless craigslist negotiator). I like that he can sit right up at the table and be with the family for dinner :)

hair cut

I've always had long hair (besides that phase were I wanted to be a boy in 5th grade) and since having children my hair has gotten really thin, pretty much non existent and coupled with also having baby fine and frizzy hair makes for terrible hair to have. When I was a kid I would go in and get a cut and they would blow dry my hair half dry/straight and I would leave home crying until I got home and finished drying/straighten my hair and realized it was fine. **not everyone has hair that just blow drys straight people!!!!!** So I have always just kept it long and trimmed it myself once or twice a year. I don't like salons. I got a gift card coupon from city smart a few months ago for this nicer salon and decided to treat myself. I got the cut, full highlights and style for 35$. I have been looking at pictures after picture trying to find a haircut suitable for my face shape and hair thickness and decided I might try short??? was worried but was willing to give it a try. The hair guy didn't suggest cutting it too short since it was really thin and would be really hard to manage. We settled on this length. sometimes I don't like it, sometimes I do. haven't really had much time to test out how hard it will be to do each morning but so far I am glad I cut it. Craig has ALWAYS said he liked long hair but today I ask him if he liked it...YES (of corse what else would he say :) ) but then I asked "do you like my long hair better?} .... um, NO! WOW, never thought I would hear that, so that makes me feel good. apparently you are suppose to get your hair cut like every 6-8 weeks...thats what the hair guy said when trying to get me to make another appointment...um no, more like once a year for me thanks :) The cut and color was a special treat, I don't do this often.