At church today

Yoda saw a baby who was VERY young, quiet, still and dressed in a fancy dress.
"Is that a real baby ???!"
*laughter all around*

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When Yoda took a piece of bread that had a bit of crust on it, he tried to put it back.  I asked him to just take the piece he touched.
"but I don't like the RUSTY kind..."

 Parker turned 11! 

Just as a side note, Parker has like 10 teeth growing in right now...TEN!  All at once.  I'm not sure how he even chews his food! 

He wanted cupcakes, which was awesome since we now have this perfect cupcake stand--thanks Sonya! 

Mimi picked out this outfit, I loved the purple tights with the pink shoes...I love the rounded collar shirt too :)

Stay Warm....

There's a few things to blog about

But for now I'll leave you with this...

Merry Christmas!

Yoda's Birthday

This week I'm exhausted and I think I figured out why...

On Thursday we had Yoda's 4th birthday party...

I bought a cake!?!?  A mommy first for me and I don't even feel guilty.  Yoda saw this cake at Costco and said,"I changed my mind, I want to buy a cake."
The cake was so giant, we only ate half of it!  The rest is hidden away for after the holidays.  

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On Friday I hosted Mimi's Girl Scout troop...12 sugar-ed up 8-year-olds! 

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On Saturday we hosted Yoda's first "friend-party"

I did bake cupcakes for this one :)

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But in addition to that I had normal Girl Scout meeting, Mimi had 2 birthday parties to attend so we ran her around for that.  That's not even counting all the normal stuff that happens, oh yeah!  and there's Christmas planning and activities to attend as well!  AHHH! 

I also went to Yoda's end-of-the-year party.  He's so sassy! 

Video of Cars spinning

Yoda turned 4! 

There was partying and radio controlled cars...

Sledding Hill

After the giant snow storm, we went sledding.  It was fun.  The kids enjoyed wearing themselves out.

December Already?

I like to pretend I'm ready for December, but I'm not!

Here's a quote that might make you laugh...

Driving to church Yoda looks sleepy
Us, "Are you falling asleep?"
Yoda, "No, I just cozy."
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A month ago Greg had a birthday, here's a few things that happened...

 It was warm enough for a barbeque...

 he loves gummy anything, so we made him a gummy worm-dirt-cake...

 I arranged all the Boy scout awards that his mom saved up and put them in a shadow box...

A Rubik's cube tissue box...

Happy Birthday, Greg!

Parker's Cub Scouts comes to a close

After 3 years, Parker has done a TON of work.  

 This was in September....

The last requirement before he earned his Webelos badge was to lead the pledge of allegiance.

  

Then in October, he started working off the last bits of the requirements for the Arrow of Light badge.  

 But he also earned the religious knot and 3 more activity badges for a total of 16! 

 Then it was time for the arrow of light ceremony.  This is was special for him!  He's been looking forward to this since he started Cubs. 

 

Flight

On our way to Denver to my sister's wedding reception this is some of the funny stuff that was said...
 

Parker, "Mom, has Mimi been on an air plane?"
Me, "Yes, when she was like 1.5 years old."
Mimi, "So I DO don't remember!"
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At the airport Yoda yelled, "I want SODA!"
Me, "Do you have $2 for a soda?"
Yoda, "Well, Dad has money!"
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Trying to waste some time in the terminal...
Yoda, "Let's race!"
Me, "No, I don't want to bump into anyone."
Yoda, "We can just say 'sorry'."
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Mimi -- feeling a little tired on the plane-- "Can people sleep on planes?"
Me, "Yes, would you like to sleep?"
Mimi tries to stretch out and finds it impossible to get comfortable, "HOW!?"
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Out of nowhere, Mimi looks out the window and then to me and asks, "Would we die?"
She wanted to know if we would die if we were outside of the plane at that level.  What a crazy question.  
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Again out of nowhere Mimi looks out the window and then to me and asks, "How do planes fly?"  I did my best to answer her question, then the scientist guy sitting next to me laughed when she looked at me blankly. 

Sometimes we hear things wrong...

Me (to Greg),"give me a high fiver"
Parker,"a high fiber?"

Me,"Look at that BIG hawk!"
Parker,"A peacock?"
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Mimi's thoughts on Halloween...
"In my dreams I'm the queen of all haunted houses"
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Mimi,"In gym today we played 'Sharks and Minnows'!"
Parker,"Land style"
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And a little video...
Yoda loves this Norway shirt from his aunt Sonya, but he's says it a little differently...

"No Way!"

Adding Fractions

Video below...

This was entirely made by me, Parker.  Only Mom gave me suggestions.  Here were the suggestions: focus on the white board, move your hand away from the numbers, prop up the board. 

Spider...

We saw a spider like this on the walk home from school...it was HUGE! 




Me,"Don't touch it, what if it's poisonous?"
Parker,"We won't eat it."
Me,"Well don't fool with it because it could bite you."
Parker,"That's venomous"
Me, "smarty-pants, keep walking..."