Gobble Gobble

last week driving to the store.......
Me: "Kids, what do we eat for Thanksgiving?"
Lilly: "TURKEY! Yum!"
Me: "That's right.  Want to help me pick out a turkey?"
Lilly: pause, quizative look, "Mom, How we gonna catch a turkey?"

Halloween at Last!

We dressed up as the clan from Peter Pan.

 Tinker-Bell had the perfect hair!

Tiger Lilly- Cutest blond indian I ever saw!

 Who wouldn't be scared of this guy?

Rylan won his work dress up contest.

Nice eyeliner!

 I'm Wendy, I got to wear a nightgown HA!

 Ward Trunk or Treat

 Girls drew the faces on, Daddy carved um out.

Mom's Pumpkin Houses

We carved um a week before, they were rotten by halloween, it was 95 degrees that week.

I guess in Phoenix you carve pumpkins the day before.

What would our little clan be without the star, Peter Pan!

This is Reed's favorite manly pose, he plays like this all the time.

Other fun stuff: Anisten insisted on flying with her wings!  She thought she really could fly.  She insisted on going outside, and Daddy helped her fly.  She loved it.

The Hook costume was a hit with the kids. 

 And the swords

 And the wig

To Be Like a Fishie

I've been prepping Anisten for her change from nursery to primary starting in January.  Anisten was a late talker, doesn't show interest in friends, still throws tantrums at times, needless to say I'm concerned she isn't ready for Primary.  Non the less, we've been talking about what her new Sunbeam class will be like, and singing time, and being in Primary with big sister Lilly.

Anisten later told me that she does not want to be a Sunbeam.  She said "I want to be like a fishie... I want a fishie tatoom."  I asked her if she could be a Sunbeam, and be like a fishie.  She said "Nope".  She is determined.

Now I know she is not ready for Primary.  Fishie class anyone?

Arizona and New Shoes

Here we are in Sunny Arizona.  We flew and arrived safely on Thursday last week.  All our stuff is in storage, we are living in a furnished 3br apartment until we find a rental home, and are sharing one rental car until our automobiles arrive.  Bad news: I have no computer, no quilt to work on, no friends and no family and Phoenix has no Recycling program.  Oh and the bugs, lots and lots of bugs. 
Good news: Reed's surgery couldn't have gone better, and I pretty much love it here so far.  Could it be due to my hair turning out fabulous every day? :) Today Rylan didn't have to be to work until 8am (normally he starts at 6:30am).  So me and the kids drove him to work so we had use of the car all day!  Today it happened to be raining and Lilly and Anisten saw and enjoyed their first RAINBOW!  It actually was a double rainbow.  Ah, we loved it, marveled at it, oogled, and ahhed.  We named off the colors, and talked about what a rainbow is.  What a mini blessing for us!  Of all the rain in Seattle, when was the last time you saw a rainbow?
With my happy husband off to work, me and the kids in tow, we set off to find the mall (I've used my GPS non-stop).  Baby Reed grew out of his shoes and has been going bare foot. since we got here.. wwhich would be fine, but Reed is on the cusp of walking.  I was on the hunt for a sturdy pair of walking shoes.  Our first stop: Stride Rite.  The sales lady measured Reed's foot as a 5 wide, on the verge of 5 double wide!  No wonder I couldn't get his other shoes on, they were a size 3!  oops.  Ever wonder what your baby would tell you if he could talk?  Like, those shoes hurt!  I'm positive Reed would tell me he is done with baby food or any other substance spooned into his mouth.  I'm not sure what to feed the guy, he only has 7 teeth.  Anyway, We got some great brown and orange double Velcro strap shoes.  He will be off and running in no time.  By the way, we got completely DRENCHED running from the mall to the car.  I'm talking POURING.
I have no photos to post.  I packed my camera, but not the cord to upload.  Tootles.

Green Tomatoes

What you get when you plant seeds in May.

Even being GREEN, they are very pretty to look at,

and they smell wonderful.

I'm going to enjoy them,

even if I never get to eat them. 

Its the first time I've grown anything.

Uh-licious

Anisten is "Fee" (three)!

Today she asked me for chocolate milk, and said it was "uh-licious".  Made me smile, she is acting older already.

Here are some pics from her party.

Afraid of candles, needed encouragement to blow em out.

She licked all the frosting off the cupcake and moved on to the brownie.

Pin the nose on the clown game, Anisten's nose was the purple one, halfway off the poster.  She was blindfolded, and tickled pink about the game

Had to include this one of Reed teething on some corn.

First Day of Pre-School ... again

This is Lilly's second year of pre-school.  She was so ready for it to start.  If you look closely at her right hand, she is holding her pink scooby-doo lunch box.  Let me tell you, taking a lunch box to school is one of the coolest things Lilly can think of.  We walked home (it is so close to us!) and Lilly told us all about her day.  She was on top of the world!

Anisten cried all the way home, sobbing "Lilly stay wif us".  I counted on her having a hard time of it.  Anisten and I enjoyed some one on one time at hoome, so nice.  Miraya, like the outfit?  Fits perfectly.

What did you do today?

Bet you didn't play with slime!

I made this stuff using the recipe on the website ourbestbites

Anisten likes to be clean, naturally she was very distraught about the whole thing...

Not Diego, he loved his "Goop"

Coming around a little, "Is ucky moma"

Stretch                                                

Lilly played for about an hour.

All the while Reed was under the table chewing on a butterfly bath toy...

Documentary- The Business of Being Born

To the women in my life: YOU have got to watch this documentary! Information is power. We need to be informed. All women need to see this, whether you are birthing age or not. My friend watched it and recommended that I see it. I found it on our NetFlix instant queue, under the documentary tab. Careful, you strong women may change your opinions....

"Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business.
Compelled to explore the subject after the delivery of her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to question the way American women have babies.
The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal.
Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency?"

Look Who's 5!

Horah for Lilly. What a big girl.

Carousel Cake

Lilly just had to have this coloring castle.

Sampler Quilt

I did it! I finished my first quilt last night. I started it in July in a class with some friends, worked on it a ton along the way, and finally I'm done! It is called a "sampler" because each block is different, learning new skills as you go. I have a new reverence for our mothers of past times, who hand pieced scraps of fabric together to make useful warm quilts. I also now know that quilting is a labour of love. Its so much work, you better love it or you will quit. So I think I love it, because the finished product is so great. Thanks to Sara, for sharing her love of quilting with beginners who don't have a clue what they are doing.

My quilt has already been indoctrinated into the Evans family. Last night I was hand sewing the binding on, when Anisten ran up to me holding her tummy and puked everywhere (yes it got all over the quilt!, carpet, me and Rylan). I stayed up really late finishing the binding so I could wash it. That's the way things roll over here.

Bad BAD Moma

Waterproof SPF 50 Sunscreen applied twice.

Ate her lunch in the shade.

Still got a sunburn :(
Bad Moma