While we were sleeping . . .

What happened last night?

A. Connor got bored last night, found a Sharpie and wrote on his siblings.
B. Anderson got bored last night, found a Sharpie and wrote on Kyndall and himself.
C. Kyndall got bored last night, found a Sharpie and wrote on herself and Anderson.
D. Dad got bored last night, found a Sharpie and wrote on Kyndall and Anderson.

Hint: When in doubt, always pick C.

OH MY!!!



Doesn't the poor baby look tired after such an eventful night?!?!



Andy was almost in tears when he saw himself.

Kyndall had a yucky nose and cough last night. Jon brought her downstairs to sleep on the floor with him. Anderson got up too . . . and fell asleep next to Kyndall. With everyone snug, Jon fell asleep. But . . . Kyndall must have had a burst of energy! She found my basket with Connor's sight word book and my Sharpie for writing the cards in the dark and started getting creative. I am actually thankful that only people (and one pair of pajamas) were marked on. Oh my! My mind went crazy thinking about the walls, floor, sofa . . . AHHHH! Jon woke up when she started marking on him at about 2:30am. So funny! He had black little scribbles on his chin when he told me this story. Andy didn't wake up till the morning. What a surprise in the mirror he had!

Connor was bummed that he missed out on the events of the night. Go figure!

My heart is blowing BUBBLES!!!!!!!

Here is a picture of Connor and Jon when Connor was 5 months old.



Here is a picture of them last night . . . almost EXACTLY five years later!!!!!



These are super simple books, but he is really really reading them! I think the most wonderful thing for me is that he LOVES it! We have a bunch of sight words we practice at home and he found them in the books and was so proud. Some of his sounding out is funny . . . like becomes lick, happy turned into hoopy, and others kept us smiling too. We are loving this new stage!

Food Manners!

I am pretty sure you shouldn't bite a hole in your cheese crisp and put your tongue through it to make silly faces . . .
and smiling really big, although sweet, probably doesn't excuse the behavior (however, why would mom be taking a picture if it was not something adorable?!?! Huh?).

But if that was questionable, I am almost certain you shouldn't place your fruit bites on the edge of your tray and slurp them up like a puppy.

This little lady is in definite need of some lessons! :)

A FOUR year old!!

Our Anderson turned four this past week! We celebrated with two parties . . . in hopes of making it more fun for our kiddo with a ton of friends, but a low tolerance for crowds.

He had a FRIEND party Friday afterschool. We ate snacks, played games, opened fun presents, sang "Happy Birthday", ate cake, and played more games! Jon and I had a blast . . . hopefully the kids did too!!








Pictures from the family party will come soon . . . I hired out for the photography (okay, I just
begged my sisters to take pictures so I didn't have to . . . ha!).

SUPER Fun!

The kids love dressing up . . . maybe a little more than is normal. But can I blame them?!?! Sometimes even I would like to put on some different clothes and be someone different for a day . . . especially someone with SUPER powers! :)

Connor would wear practically any costume any day---so picking a costume for Halloween is easy!! But Anderson is way more picky. He had to have the JUST RIGHT idea. It took him weeks to decide. It was painful. Seriously. He finally decided on Robin . . . and so Connor was more than thrilled to take on the role of Batman! Not to be left out, we put together a SUPER KYNDALL outfit for little sister. She really was her own type of super gal the whole night. The costume fit her perfectly!



On the hayride at our church Fall Fun Fest! Anderson is next to his sweet friend, Sadie . . . aka Minnie Mouse.


My enthusiastic BATMAN!


Super Kyndall must somehow get her SUPER-SPEED from collecting rocks. She picked them up everywhere ALL NIGHT LONG!


Super Kyndall chasing after Papa while trick-or-treating later on. We have a fun tradition with my family . . . yummy chili, fun cousin time, and trick-or-treating around my brother's neighborhood. It is a highlight!


Kyndall was very persistent. Even when the boys would give up and think no one was home, she would keep on knocking! It paid off a couple times . . . and of course they gave out big handfuls of candy to little girls too small to eat any of it . . . such torture for the parents! Yikes!



Luke Skywalker, Batman, Robin, Pirate Tyler, and Super Kyndall!!