Anything Different?

Do you notice anything different about my little girl in these pictures???

Spiderman Pajamas

Well I finally got the Spiderman Pajamas off of Parker yesterday. He wanted to go outside with his dad and we talked him into wearing warmer clothes. That was the easy part. Then last night when getting ready for bed, what did he want to wear??? You guessed it, the Spiderman jammies. Well I sneakily (is that a word) put them in the washing machine so he couldn't get them out of the dirty clothes basket, so he was so upset and had a full blown tantrum about the jammies. I wasn't going to give in. After being worn for 4 full days, they were downright dirty!!! I told him he could wear one of the other 5 pair he got for his birthday. No? he wanted the spiderman jammies. So after a few minutes in time out and many tears I finally convinced him to TRY ON the dinosaur jammies. I let him look at himself in the mirror and once he saw himself with the dinosaurs on he stopped crying. He realized they weren't so bad and were actually kind of fun. He decided that he could wear them this time. He made it thru the night!!! This morning he had to point out to me the different dino's on the jammies and he seems to like them more. But I better get a load of laundry done just in case. I may just sneak the clean Spiderman jammies into his drawer and see if he notices they are there tonight when he picks out his jammies to wear. We'll see what happens.

Thankfulness

Today I finally took down my Halloween decorations and swapped them for Thanksgiving things. It got me thinking of all the many things that I am thankful for at this time. So this post is going to be a list of things that I am thankful for in my life. Anyone who reads this I am tagging you to do the same on your blog or on a sheet of paper to get you in the spirit of the season and to really realize all the things we take for granted in our daily lives. I know that I take things for granted so here is my list in no particular order
1. My family, Matt, Parker, and Paige
2. My extended family, parents, in-laws, sister, aunts, uncles, cousins etc.
3. Great friends... I hope you know who you are!
4. A roof over my head
5. Clothing to wear
6. Food to eat, and food storage!! (6 months we have stored)
7. 72 hour kit
8. A vehicle, I would hate to have to walk to the store and back with two kids, where would I put groceries.
9. The right to vote... I voted today!
10. The gospel in my life... The choice to worship how, where or what I may.
11. A calling in the church. I love Primary and the kids in our ward. They have taught me so much.
12. An education. I am glad that I have some education to fall back on.
13. Clean clothes.
14. Water... I love water...to drink and to take hot showers in.
15. Seasons. I am glad I live in a place that has seasons. Although the weather here is crappy and wet, I still like the fact that it changes.
16. The internet, as dumb as that may sound it is a great source for information and the ability to blog and keep in contact with family and friends so conveniently.
17. The scriptures.
18. Other books, I love to read a good book, any suggestions???
19. Scapbooking, all my scrapbooking supplies. I love to capture memories and then look back on them and be able to remember that particular picture.
20. Pictures
21. A digital camera. What did I do without it?
22. A king size bed, how did we ever sleep on a full size bed Matt??
23. A portable DVD player. Keeps big brother occupied on car rides.
24. A dvr recorder. I am addicted to some television shows and it is so wonderful to record, pause or fast forward shows.
25. A washer and dryer in my home. I hated having to take my clothes to mom and dad's and how do people go to the laundrymat (I think I spelled that wrong) every week.
26. Cell phones
27. Land lines, there when you need them.
28. Chocolate
29. My talents, some I am still developing
30. My husbands Job... what in the world would we do without him or the job!!! Thanks Matt for working so hard.
31. Challenges in my life, they make me stronger.
32. Doctors, they saved my two kids lives, and mine
33. Music, and IPOD
34. Heat. I love to be warm and cozy, especially in the morning.
35. Close family. I know I said this already but I am so grateful that we are close and all get along so well. I would hate to not have my family in my life or to not get along or be so far away from each other.
This list I could probably make longer but these are the things I can think of right now. We live in a wonderful country in spite of all that in going on and we are really lucky to have the things we do and we should enjoy them and not take advantage of them. We may never know when there will come a time when we will have to go without. Happy Tuesday!!

pictures

I can't figure out how to do a slideshow so here are a few picture from Parker's birthday.

Parker Turns 3

Saturday the 1st was Parker's 3rd birthday. Wow has time gone by so quickly. I can't believe that my little boy is 3 and is no longer a baby. He is growing up to be a pretty smart little boy. Everyday he surprises me with the things he is learning. I spent the morning preparing for a little get together we were having in the evening for him. I made his birthday cake (a dirt cake, he loves dirt, this time it was edible) and I had a lot of fun making it for him. I thought it turned out really good. I told him to come and look at it and when he came into the kitchen and saw it he looked at me and said, "What is it?" I said a birthday cake. Doesn't it look good? He just wanted to take the bugs off of it. In the early evening we mte Matt's parents and Tara for Pizza and he had a fun time running around with his cousin. We got home and had my parents over for a little party. The theme for the night was pajamas, he got 6 new pairs (he was in desperate need of new ones). He also got a new pair of shoes, some slippers, snow boots, a movie, some sugar cookies, a new book,a new outfit, some laffy taffy, and the big one was a new set of junior golf clubs. He was pretty excited about those. Too bad there aren't too many more days left to play with them. He will have to wait until the spring. meanwhile the clubs will be resting in the garage. I don't want the house destroyed. After we opened gifts we had cake and ice cream. He loved blowing out the candles. Oh one funny thing that I have to mention is that he got a pair of Spiderman jammies from Grandpa Yancey, and Parker immediately wanted to put them on. He then tried to climb the walls like Spiderman. It was funny. He has had the jammies on ever since that night. I did manage to get them off him for a few hours yesterday for church, ony after promising him that as soon as we got home he could put them back on. The same thing this morning. I had him put on some clothes so we could run errands. Then as soon as we walked in the door he wanted them back on. I am not sure when I will be able to get them to put them in the washing machine. I guess he really likes them. Good choice Dad!! Thank you to everyone that got him a gift. He is spoiled!!

Halloween Carnival

Our ward had a little Halloween carnival last night and I would have to say that it was a big success. Ususally our ward does their own version of trunk or treat and it usually ends up with people lining the walls of the cultural hall handing out candy. So the kids ends up just walking around in a big circle with their bags wide open and the hardly even have to say anything. It usually lasts about 15 minutes and then it's over. BORING!!!! If you ask me and I don't think that the kids need a ton of candy and how not fun is that for a kid to walk around and not even have very much fun. well I put up a little stink about it this year saying that I wanted to do something funner and that would get the kids more involved. I guess a few other people agreed because they planned this super fun carnival. They had a bean bag toss into a pumpkin face, basketball hoop shoot, golf put-put, a trivia game, fishing, cupcake walk, ring toss and a penny toss game. Plus they had refreshments. The kids got to play the games and those in the ward that wanted to participate that didn't have kids just came and picked a station to sit by and handed out their candy as well. It was really fun and a ton of people showed up. Parker sure had a fun time with all his friends from nurery and I think he was the cutest pirate around. Paige is too little to know what was going on but she was a cute little pink leopard. It is sure fun to dress the kids up and let them have a great time!!! I hope the ward does something similar next year. Yay for the activities commitee, they did good!!!!


Me with Paige, there is a spider hanging above me, that is what is in my face.


The fishing game. Parker loved this, he got M&M's, one of his favorites


This was the penny toss, wherever your penny landed you got a prize from the corresponding bowl.



My two cuties!!

Yay the floor is in!!

The floor in my scrapbook/storage room is in and finished. I think it turned out really nice. Matt and I both like it better than our kitchen floor. We are so happy to have out house back to normal without all the clutter in the kitchen. Thanks to my dad we have the room pretty much finished. Who knows how long we would have had to wait for the other guy to do it!! I think my dad is going to put up a couple of shelves for some extra storage so that will be nice when he gets those in there. Meanwhile we are just happy to have a floor. So here is the picture of the finished room. I will take another picture when the shelves are in and the room is totally complete. Don't be afraid of the color, it really looks nice with the dark wood floor and with everything in there it isn't quite as alarming. I think it is fun and bright!!!