They got to ride on a little tractor pulled train, run around in the hay bale maze, swing, check out the animals, and everybody picked their own pumpkin.
Benson's Kindergarten Class being silly (I think there is 1 missing, there should be 18)
Monday, October 26, 2009
Pumpkin Patch
Last week all the kindergarten classes at Benson's school went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch and parents and siblings were invited to attend so the girls and I tagged along. The weather was less than perfect, it started raining a few times, but the heavier rain held off until later that afternoon so it worked out. They had lots of fun and as always it was interesting to watch Benson interact with his classmates.
They got to ride on a little tractor pulled train, run around in the hay bale maze, swing, check out the animals, and everybody picked their own pumpkin.
Benson's Kindergarten Class being silly (I think there is 1 missing, there should be 18)
They got to ride on a little tractor pulled train, run around in the hay bale maze, swing, check out the animals, and everybody picked their own pumpkin.
Benson's Kindergarten Class being silly (I think there is 1 missing, there should be 18)
Sabrina's Rough Nights
Sabrina is again challenging us in the sleeping department. She really does still need a nap, but some days I don't feel like fighting with her to get her to take one. Then she usually falls asleep at 3 or 4 or even 5pm and won't go to bed at night. If I keep her up all day like I did on Friday she loses it in the evening and is unbearable to be around. And she has been getting up at night again. We are hoping she is getting it out of her system now, because in 5 weeks she might kill us if she keeps this up.
This picture is actually from the one night last week that she went to bed without any problems and slept all night...go figure. Mike went in to check on her and this was how she was sleeping.
She hasn't fallen out of bed for a long time, but I'm pretty sure she would have that night had we not intervened.
This picture is actually from the one night last week that she went to bed without any problems and slept all night...go figure. Mike went in to check on her and this was how she was sleeping.
She hasn't fallen out of bed for a long time, but I'm pretty sure she would have that night had we not intervened.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Still closer to 20 than 40!
Mike's birthday was on Tuesday. He told people all day that he's still closer to 20 than he is to 40, so you can guess how old he is with that clue. He had a very busy day, actually he had a very busy week between work and school. We had cake at 8pm that night after he got home from work and the kids and I got back from Benson's swimming lesson.
We appreciate all his hard work. Maybe next year he can actually take a little break and enjoy his birthday...what do you think are the chances??
We appreciate all his hard work. Maybe next year he can actually take a little break and enjoy his birthday...what do you think are the chances??
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Roasting delicious hot smoes
Name that movie!
Last weekend we headed to Oklahoma to visit with my family and especially to see my Grandpa Burkinshaw who was visiting from Utah. I was especially excited that Mike came with us this time. I just didn't feel like I could go by myself and so he took a day off work to come with us.
When we got there Saturday night it was kind of late (we couldn't leave until Saturday afternoon because I had a church meeting during the morning), and Grandpa had gone out and bought a fire pit so we could have s'mores. Our kids were THRILLED! They love camping and fires and especially roasted marshmallows.
1 - Uncle Mike with Spencer, 2 - Aunt Sarah and Sabrina, 3 - Grace and her fuzzy caterpillar that she named Charlie, apparently all animals found in Grandma's backyard must be called Charlie, 4 - Daddy helping Benson and Grace roast marshmallows, 5 - The whole family around the fire pit, 6 - Aunt Kathleen and Sabrina
The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxed. We got to give Spencer his birthday gift which was the Who Loves Spencer? book I showed in a previous post. I got the idea here and ordered the blank board books from Blank Slate. I did all my pages in Photoshop and then used the template that came with the board books to print them out. Next time I will make the pictures bigger and I probably should have switched out my ink cartridges before printing, but other than that I think it turned out pretty cute.
This was our last trip to Bartlesville until who knows when, so I'm grateful we got to go. We'll have to see how good of a traveler this new baby is...
Last weekend we headed to Oklahoma to visit with my family and especially to see my Grandpa Burkinshaw who was visiting from Utah. I was especially excited that Mike came with us this time. I just didn't feel like I could go by myself and so he took a day off work to come with us.
When we got there Saturday night it was kind of late (we couldn't leave until Saturday afternoon because I had a church meeting during the morning), and Grandpa had gone out and bought a fire pit so we could have s'mores. Our kids were THRILLED! They love camping and fires and especially roasted marshmallows.
1 - Uncle Mike with Spencer, 2 - Aunt Sarah and Sabrina, 3 - Grace and her fuzzy caterpillar that she named Charlie, apparently all animals found in Grandma's backyard must be called Charlie, 4 - Daddy helping Benson and Grace roast marshmallows, 5 - The whole family around the fire pit, 6 - Aunt Kathleen and Sabrina
The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxed. We got to give Spencer his birthday gift which was the Who Loves Spencer? book I showed in a previous post. I got the idea here and ordered the blank board books from Blank Slate. I did all my pages in Photoshop and then used the template that came with the board books to print them out. Next time I will make the pictures bigger and I probably should have switched out my ink cartridges before printing, but other than that I think it turned out pretty cute.
This was our last trip to Bartlesville until who knows when, so I'm grateful we got to go. We'll have to see how good of a traveler this new baby is...
Milestone
On Thursday, October 8th, Benson lost his first tooth. We knew it was going to be soon because he went to the dentist recently and we could see on the x-ray that the other tooth was pushing through, but we were surprised to notice how loose it was last Thursday. After 30 minutes of trying to convince Benson that it would be better if Daddy just pulled it out and him getting very upset with us, we told him it would come out on its own. Friday morning he woke up and told us that after we put him to bed he had wiggled it out on his own and put it under his pillow but the tooth fairy didn't come. Oops. So we told him that mommy and daddy have to notify the tooth fairy so she knows to come and we didn't know that his tooth had come out. The tooth fairy came Friday night so everything was good.
It looks like this is the second tooth that Benson has lost, but he had a baby tooth that never came in which is the gap on the left. The gap on the right is the one he lost.
It looks like this is the second tooth that Benson has lost, but he had a baby tooth that never came in which is the gap on the left. The gap on the right is the one he lost.
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