Laundry

Apparently I don't keep up with laundry enough. The other day after I had folded laundry, Emily gave me a huge hug and said, "Thank you, thank you, for folding my clothes"

Oreo Turkeys

Wednesday night we made Oreo Turkeys as a family with Rachel and Tim. It was so much fun. We all helped the kids make theirs and after we were done we ate them all. We kind of improvised with some items because we didn't have everything I have seen them made with before. It was fun to watch each of the kids decorate them. Madison was so worried about doing something wrong until we just left her alone and then she didn't care anymore. Rachel and Emily were even playing with the turkeys when they were done making them.

Here are Emily's turkeys

Here are Madison's Turkeys

Car Seat Blanket

I made this blanket for my friend that just had a baby girl. My friend, Julee, made one for me when Madison was born and it has been one of my favorite things. It keeps the baby so warm when they are in their car seat and doesn't have to come out every time you get the baby out.

Hand Turkeys

We made hand turkeys Tuesday night with our kids. Joe helped Emily and I helped Madison and JJ. We had a lot of fun and it was really cute to hear what our kids said they were thankful for. We wrote something on each hand and did 5 hands each.

JJ only did one hand because he didn't want to sit still long enough to do more. He can't talk yet so we didn't ask him what he was thankful for.

This is Madison's turkey. She said she was thankful for her Body every time I asked. I had to pry a little bit to get anything else. The rest of her list is: hands, Mommy and Daddy, clothes, and toys.

Emily was flowing with things she was thankful for. Joe couldn't keep up, but he did his best. Her list is: Loving others and pancakes, Helping Mommy, Mommy and Daddy, Holidays, and Pencils and Grandma.

I am so glad we did this activity because it was fun listening to what things they were thankful for.

JJ on the phone

A couple of weeks ago my Mom had called and we had each of the kids talk to her on the phone. Even JJ wanted to talk. I have never heard him talk so much. Of course we didn't understand any of it, but he was sure getting excited and animated. We tried to take some pictures, but none of them show how cute he really was. When she told him she loved him he even turned and kissed the phone.

Another Cake

I actually did this cake a couple of weeks ago. It was a lot of fun. It was my first time working with fondant. I also thought it tasted so yummy. I did lemon cake with lemon buttercream frosting. The fondant was rolled so thin that it absorbed some of the moisture and flavoring from the frosting so it tasted lemony too. My kids loved eating the flowers on the sticks.

JJ cuteness

JJ took an early nap today so he has been awake and playing while the girls are sleeping. He actually came to me with a poopy diaper to have it changed. I wasn't sure that was what he wanted, but he stunk so I grabbed the diaper bag. He got so excited I knew that must have been it. After I changed him he held his hands out so he could carry it to the garbage (I hold him and he throws it in the garbage) Later, he got tired of crawling around playing by himself and went to their bedroom door and started knocking on it calling for Emily. (he kind of says E-y, but we know it is his ways of saying Emily) He is such a cutie.

Alphabet

My parent's gave Emily a leap frog alphabet fridge toy because they saw it at Dean and Amanda's house and thought it was great. Lately Madison has been playing with it a lot. The other day she had the letter U in the toy and kept pushing it over and over.
Toy, "U says, U says, U says, U says" (Normally it would continue singing a song, but Maddie wouldn't let it get that far)
Maddie, "ME!"
She thought the toy was talking to her :)

Names

I actually didn't hear Emily say this, but my sister did and I wanted to write it down so I don't forget it. A week ago we had everyone over to our house for Sunday dinner. Emily and Madison were playing memory with their great-grandpa Mefford. Emily said to him. "I know what your middle name is" "What's that" "Grandpa, because your first name is Great" I love it!

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween. We started our fun on Thursday when Emily had her class party for preschool. Her teacher read a cute story about witches brew, Emily and her classmates sang to us, and they enjoyed treats. It was a lot of fun. Then on Friday we went to a party at my friend Julee's house. We enjoyed yummy treats and fun conversation. The kids got to watch a halloween movie with the Chipmunks. Saturday, we went to a safety fair in Caldwell. They had trick-or-treating at each station and lots of fun crafts to make. The kids had a great time. That evening we went to Ben and Sara's ward Trunk-or-treating. Then we came home, ate some chili and cornbread, and then went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. The kids loved it. I don't think JJ really cared, but Emily and Madison thought it was great. Emily kept asking if it was time to go home. I asked her if she was ready and she said no, she wanted to go to lots more houses. Maddie was really good at saying trick-or-treat by the end of the night. They especially loved it when we went to someone's house that we knew. After trick-or-treating, Ben, Sara, and Rachel all came back to our house and we watched a football game for a little bit, and then everyone was so pooped they went home. Someone must have told Emily on Halloween that the next holiday was Thanksgiving because the next morning she came in and asked if it was Thanksgiving. I told her we have a little while before it will be Thanksgiving.
Here are our cute little trick-or-treaters. Emily is a ballerina fairy, Maddie is a pumpkin, and JJ was a bee.

Cake #3

Here is Cake #3. I learned lots of fun things this week in my class. My favorite was the swirls. They are so easy. I also enjoyed making the little buttercup flowers, and the rope border. There were a couple of other things I learned, but I couldn't fit them all on one cake. Next week we are going to do some fondant.

Here is a close up to see the swirls better.