Life at home

Lately I've been learning many lessons on the great value of being a woman and being at home with my children. I'm being stretched to be better and do better. I'm striving to find the BEST things and fill our life with them. 

I've made an activity jar for Wade. HE pulls out a Popsicle stick and we do whatever it says. It's so fun for him and it helps me not be a party pooper of a mom. Hank just wants to play with kitchen items...

We made gak, which was a raging success!

We have also begun reading small chapter books together. This has been so, so wonderful. Perris started early this year with the BFG. We then read The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Charlottes Web, Henry Huggins, Fantastic Mr Fox, and we just finished James and the Giant Peach last night!  I have read 1 of those books, and I am really having a splendid time! It's such a beneficial activity in so many ways. Wade LOVES it. 

Halloween was so much fun this year. Wade got a Dusty Crophopper outfit from Gma Pam, but he started refusing to put it on. We went with it and made sure he understood he didn't get candy without a costume. At the ward party he came to us 10 min before we left and was ready for the costume and trick or treating. ;)

Discoveries in the mean time of Perris's old cowboy vest & boots became his dream and he declared he wanted to be a cowboy for Halloween. (This could be because of his new found love of Woody. His favorite toys right now are a cowboy and his horse from the Lincoln Logs set his Gpa Dan gave him for his bday. Those two little things go everywhere wth us and are LOST in like every store we go to. They should be very grateful for their miraculous rescues by cowgirl Ali!)

So, he was a cowboy. And oh my gosh the cutest one ever!  He stared at himself for seriously 30 seconds in the mirror after he was put together. It was like he was thinking "this is so legit"!!! 

He also took a mighty resemblance to his GGpa W. This Gpa wears cowboy attire daily. I could not stop giggling as I looked at him throughout the night. A little mini me!!

 Henry the cow was the best cow. He ran all over the place and was acting the part. Once he went to the first door and they gave him a sucker, he stuck that thing--wrapper and all-- right into his mouth and didn't let it out til we got back in te car to go home. The wrapper, slightly disintegrated, came right off and imagine his delight at now having the real thug in his mouth!

Hank is the master of climbing. I was helping Wade get cowboy'ed and realized I heard silence. I came downstairs and found a sneak in the candy corn and peanuts. He had also graciously dumped some into my open water bottle where the candy disintegrated into a lovely mess. 

It was a pretty cold Halloween. So far that's a 2 for 2 record, Minnesota. I need to dress warmer next year! I was holding out hope.