Day of the Dead

For family night we decided to take the kids to the public library for free Day of the Dead crafts, food, and displays. Looking back I realize that this is just how my life is at this stage, but while we were there it was a minor catastrophe.

Jaxon & Daniel decide to paint masks, promptly get non washable paint all over their shirts and my favorite skirt.

Run to the bathroom to wash out paint (out in the hallway, have to stop and get the key) leaving Johnny to man the 3 boys. Luckily Wesley was confined in the stroller but he was making sure everyone knew he was not happy with the situation.

Return from the bathroom, hang the wet shirt on the back of my chair. Realize Jaxon has gum on his chin which he promptly tells me came from under the table. Yuck! Johnny gives a weak smile and states he took the gum away.

Continue painting with the boys. Break-up a fight over who gets the bigger brush. Stand up to get paper towels only to realize the wet shirt slipped down the back of my chair and I now look like I peed my pants!

Painting is over. Wesley is protesting loudly. Get Daniel some traditional sweetbread only to turn around and find Jaxon eating sequins and who knows what else off the floor. Think to myself "at least it is not something that will make him sick," then do a double take and question if sequins really will make him sick. Daniel promptly dumps his cup all over the craft table and into the newly opened economy size bag of sequins. Grab more paper towels.

Release the beast (Wesley) who is protesting more loudly than ever and assign Johnny chasing duties. Clean up and apologize (for the 500th time). Let the boys put on their still wet masks and think to myself "at least it is bath time. " Snap a cute picture for the blog.

Herd my small flock out the door only to hear rather loud sighs of relief from the other participants and the craft director.

Get out of the car at home only to turn around and see Jaxon dump dirt over Daniel's head and down his back. Daniel is not protesting so I decide to pick my battles.

Hurray for bath time & bedtime! Sometimes I think, is all of it worth this? It is.

Halloween 2010

This Halloween was a few weeks of festivities. We started at the Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival to pick out pumpkins.

The next weekend headed to the Scarium of the Pacific at the Aquarium in Long Beach. It was a great time. The boys all wore their costumes. For some reason I only took pictures of their backs, but they were adorable. Daniel was a Firefighter, of course, Jaxon was a Knight and Wesley was a Monkey. Baby June was a Dinosaur. Next we crashed a trunk-or-treat at one of the wards in Hemet. Jaxon ate way too much cotton candy! On Saturday we went to my sister Jeanine's 7th annual pumpkin carving contest.

During the pumpkin judging we headed to the El Sugundo ward trunk-or-treat and carnival. It was of course great, but we ended up with way too much candy!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Aunt Jeanine's

My boys think Aunt Jeanine's house is the epitome of cool. She has a garden where they have their own plants, chickens to chase, and their own tent. Of course they like the tent on their bed. It is so cute to see the two of them together inside of it. Too bad they are so close they wake each other up VERY early in the morning.

When they wake up early she usually takes them to see the planes taking off and landing at the LA airport. Last week Daniel informed me that we have to make sure to have Christmas at Aunt Jeanine & Uncle Kevin's house this year. It was so cute.

Bath time!

My niece June and Wesley enjoyed their first bath together in the sink. It was adorable. Wesley wanted to climb out and June was a little confused as to why an intruder was interfering in her bath time.

Kidspace Children's Museum

We visited Kidspace Children's Museum in Pasadena a few weeks ago and the boys absolutely loved it. We spent most of our time at the tricycle track in the back and in the waterfall/river where the kids can play in the water. It was a great day.

This week we went again but it was raining so we spent most of our time inside. There are climbing towers, a life size ant hole, and much more. I left the boys with my sister Diana for a few minutes to change Wesley and this is what I came back to. His name is Matty. A Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. The boys were petting him, but I just couldn't make myself do it!

I highly recommend this museum, but it is very pricey. If you can get a membership at one of the reciprocal museums to get into this one on the membership.

Back to the Future

Johnny loves to quote movies. Sometimes our conversation are nothing more than movie lines. Tonight Johnny told Daniel "No Biff" to answer one of his questions. Of course I said "I hate manure." Johnny gave me a half smile and went on with scripture reading. Jaxon and Daniel then spent the next 90+ minutes calling each other Biff and giggling. Driving Johnny crazy of course (poor guy was so tired). I could not help but laugh every time I heard them giggle and whisper "No Biff" from their bunk beds. Johnny eventually ended the hilarity, but I hope my boys remember how they felt laughing with each other tonight. There is nothing sweeter than hearing them laugh over nothing important whatsoever.