Karate and Potty Chairs...

November for my family is considered a month of routine for us. We aren't usually starting anything new or going anywhere too fun. So we just do the regular everyday stuff, until Thanksgiving comes and then everything is pretty crazy again until February. So I thought I would put Tyson in Karate this month. Oh my gosh! It is the cutest thing ever! Manny is the "sensay" (I don't know how to spell it). He taught a really awesome kickboxing class at the Fit Stop. He is so good with the boys and Tyson caught on really quick. He loves it and asks if it's Karate every morning. I wanted to take a thousand more pictures, but I felt like the "dorky mom" so I settled with just enjoying watching him. I can't wait for him to go again, it was really fun to watch!



Lately I have been getting the biggest kick out of Whitney! She learns things so fast and has the vocabulary of a four year old. I don't have to wonder what is going on in her little head anymore because she just goes ahead and tells me. Today we were running around the house, roaring, and chasing an imaginary dinosaur that she said we needed to "chase and catch it and feed dinosaur some grass." She continued by saying,"shhh, mom, go get it! It's right there!" Where on earth did this imagination come from? I'm blaming Dora the Explorer, which is THE only show on TV worth watching as far as Whitney is concerned. So for her story before her nap I dug out one of Tysons pop out dinosaur books. She thought it was pretty neat to touch all the pop outs. Any other of my one year old babies would have torn the book to shreads. She is so old for her age, but I love it!



Her newest favorite thing is a Dora potty chair we saw at Wal-Mart last week. She ended up taking it and sitting on it in the cart the rest of our time there. Once we got it home, she has carried it around with her (I know gross! But I clean it!) like a doll. The good thing is that she knows what it is for, and puts it on the toilet seat and sits there forever until she goes potty. It would be great, however she tells me to "get the stool and sit mommy" so I don't get anything done while she takes her time on her potty chair. But once again I'm putty in her hands and laugh and smile. She cracks me up! I guess it's time for pull ups.






She also gives what we call "Chunker kisses" - where she puckers up her lips as big as can be at the mention of one, and everyone gets one, well at least Travis and I get thousands a day! This past month we have noticed she has a "hereditary gene" from Travis's family that makes her bite the bottom left side of her lip absentmindedly...in her car seat, or playing with blocks and toys. Travis does it all the time, and so does his mom and sister. It's really funny!



She let me put curlers in her hair the other day. I have been going in withdrawls because Kelsey no longer lets me do braids and crazy buns and fun hair things, and Whitney, bless her heart, barely has any hair for me to play with. So, regaurdless of the out come, it was fun to have her be excited about getting her hair done.

I Love You Grandma!

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Trick or Treat

Another Halloween... one of the great holidays where I don't have to buy a gift or even make a salad or dessert for a family party, hooray!! And I certainly don't mind buying candy. I hope when my kids get older they don't blame all their diseases on bad nutritional choices made by their mother.

Anyways this Halloween was the best! No snow, no rain, no jackets! Who could ask for better weather? My kids had a good time trick or treating at the Hamlet with grandma and me, while Travis and grandpa watched a movie and handed out candy. We tried to visit all the family we have in Heber, some weren't there at the time. So darn, I guess they missed out on my cute kids, but hey I really didn't mind. Did that sound mean?

Whitney was a little timid at first when Kelsey and Tyson would knock on the doors, but after she figured out all the people that opened the doors put candy in her bucket, she was running from house to house and even taking candy from the people dressed up in the scary costumes and saying "Thanks." She was pretty cute to watch. Everyone kept asking how we keep the crown on her head. The trick is that she loves it. She had to have it on. I know, what a perfect child!

This year Kelsey insisted on a pillowcase, no silly pumpkin head for her. She needed something to hold a TON of candy. Which she thinks it did the job. Even though she got as much as Tyson, but I'm not saying a word.

Tyson has the Darth Vader breathing down and was the leader of the pack trick or treating. At one time he told grandma and me that we were slowpokes and he wanted to join the group ahead of us.

Mckay has finally decided he is too old to go trick or treating. So he and his friends got together at one home for pizza and fun, then they headed over to our house to watch scary movies, drink A LOT of soda, and vege on candy, chips, cookies...(once again my poor dietary habits!)

Well Happy Halloween to all. I am really looking forward to the next holidays. Kelsey, Tyson, Whitney and I went for a bike ride today and we rode to grandma Dawnette's house. On the way Tyson told me he doesn't like any days except for Christmas. When we walked into grandma's house she had her Christmas music on. I told Tyson he should spend more time at grandmas then.

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