happy thanksgiving...

lucky hour 7...

Cameron wanted a "7 hour party" for his birthday!
and somehow, he got just what he wanted?
We did a joint party for him and his best friend Robert -
it started here with some games (not party games, xbox games! - they are 12 after all)
then we took all 15 kids to Panda (where the 4 adults sat on the other side of the restaurant, pretending not to know who those wild kids were)
once the food arrived, there was a brief period of quietness
(which very well could have been my favorite part of the party)
After they finished off lots and lots of orange chicken, we packed back in the cars and went ice skating! A few of the boys had never been ice skating before - most of the boys had no idea how to tie shoelaces tight and all of the boys had a good time (and hopefully, so did Katie - the only girl - the younger, smaller girl who beat almost all the boys in arm wrestling - including mine! GO Katie!!)



Once blisters were properly formed, we took the kids to Artic Circle for an ice cream cone - until the 7 hour bell rang and they were all taken home!!

All but Robert, who stayed the night! In the morning we went to Kneaders for a birthday breakfast!

At church on Sunday Cameron was able to receive the Aaronic priesthood -
he was lucky enough to have both of his Grandpa's there, along with other friends and family that he loves, to support him!

Happy Birthday Bug! I love you and am proud of you! xoxo

sharing - easier done than said...

Last week for family home evening, Wesley said he wanted to be in charge!

He wanted to lesson to be on sharing,
so we could all take turns pulling out his loose tooth!
Next time I will record the event - nothing is funnier than helping Wesley pull out his tooth.

Once it was out (Bill having the final pull) we went around the room and gave him hard words to say with his new large gap! (so cute)
Just like last time, he didn't want to put the tooth under his pillow because he wanted to show his teacher (I am sure one of these days the tooth fairy will be more important to him than show and tell)!

After everyone was in bed, Reagan came into my room and said
"Mom, I figured out who the tooth fairy is."
"Really? How does that make you feel?"
"Kinda sad but kinda glad - the kids in my class were making fun of me for still believing"
When he was leaving to go to bed, he turned around and said,
"but I still believe in Santa!!"

"witch" hat are you wearing?

This year for Halloween I told the kids that they could pick something to wear from the myriad of costumes we have downstairs, so...
Wesley was the same star wars guy he was last year

Reagan (and more importantly - 6 of his friends) was the grim reaper

Cameron decided to be a little more creative, he was a "box"

(someone actually gave him a king size candy bar for "trying")
and then there was Chase
Chase was very adamant on being a witch -
he was also very specific with his details...
he needed a "vroom with a cat on it" (check)

a "big hat"(check)

a "spider ring like Sophies" (check)

"witches pants" (check)

When it was time to go trick or treating, I told him to go get his cape (which he had been wearing for a week straight). He said it was downstairs and went to grab it, he came up 5 minutes later (NOT with a cape in his hand) and said, "I want to be a cowboy"

{I hate Halloween}