Listen to your 3 year old...

When your 3 year old says "I don't want to run"...Listen to them. Sunday my mom and I took the kids to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch after shopping since daddy was hunting. Well, Wyatt left his animals inside so I said lets run and go get them. He decided he didn't want to run and stop right in front of me....Down I went. My left knee swelled instantly 5 times it's size and turned nice and black and blue. Not to mention I ripped my only pair of pants I like. I couldn't walk for 2 days and I'm still limping like a fool. Bending and Straightening are an issue. I didn't break anything, thanks goodness. I can't imagine a cast with 3 boys, ugh! Anyways, it looks way worse in person, but take a look....

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Today, Day 3

Brotherly Love!

This is our sign of Brotherly Love...the little brother did this with a book. I know Levi's gonna be tough with two big brothers, but it could hold off awhile!

Halloween 2011

Wyatt has become a Halloween fanatic...everyday this month he has sat and colored or drawn halloween pictures. He loves everything to do with Halloween. We tested it out with the Haunted train ride a Roethke park. He was a little spooked but loved it all the same. Ty of course thought it was Awesome!!!
The big boys got to pick out their costumes this year...Ty wanted a Penguin, surprise. And Wyatt wanted 'Kung Fu Panda "2"', don't forget the 2 or you'll be in trouble :) Levi got to wear the Aligator. Wyatt had Strep so he didn't make it very far before Grandma took him home along with Levi. Ty was so proud of himself for making it 3 1/2 blocks this year instead of 1. Next year he wants to do 8!?!?!?
Now that Halloween is done all the stores are filled with Christmas!! What happen to Thanksgiving? I refuse to put up or buy any Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving! Which is very hard with 2 boys who love christmas. Well, here are some photos of trick or treat...



Oh Yeah, when we were carving pumpkins we opened up one of them to take out the guts and inside of it was another pumpkin plant growing!! Really, it had grown inside the other pumpkin! I even took a photo so people would believe me....

A new house....kind of.

Well, we have always wanted a bigger house, but it's just not going to happen any time soon. We are with the other thousands of people who bought a new house at the wrong time....so instead we have to make things work. So, Jon has been busy the last 2 months or so putting in an egress window in the basement so the two older boys can sleep down there. We already had a playroom down there so it wasn't too much to do, but sorting through 3 boys toys, clothes and everything else in between has taken us forever. 2 weeks ago we finally moved them down into their new room. Levi has taken over their old room upstairs and out of our bedroom (I never thought that would happen.) He even has a closet now. Well, kind of...the top of the closet it his and the bottom is all the upstairs toys. So, Levi's room is kind of a playroom now also. The livingroom is almost void of toys unless they are actively playing with them. And eventually it will have a table for art and reading when we find one. The boys have been loving their new basement bedroom. They can open the window and climb out the ladder if necessary, hopefully that will never happen. They have been sleeping pretty good down there, it's me who can't sleep very well listening to see if they are okay. My boys have never been that far away. I know I have issues. Levi is loving his own room, he actually sleeps most nights! Amazing, I never thought that would happen either. Well, here are some photos of the 'new house'!

Rainy, no school day!

Today we woke up to a telephone ringing...Ty's school was closed from tall the power outages (as of now it is still in the dark). It was my day off so an extra half hour to sleep, yeah! Unfortunately, wyatt still had school so we still had to get up and get dressed.
After preschool, we went to the Mid-Michigan Childrens Museum with our friends, Grayson, Finley and their Mom (stacy). That place is so much fun, even Levi can run around. They have a giant water table that is always the big hit. NOt to mention they are soaked when we leave...Her are some fun photos of our day out with friends on a rainy, no school day!

Afternoons...

Since school has started our afternoons around her a very different. Ty has been so tired when coming home from school that he usually finds something quitely to do by himself after homework and a snack.

Wyatt and Levi have been doing well with playing with a toy by them selves. Wyatt is very big into his imagination with the toys, he reminds me of Andy on Toy Story. You can here him talking to the figures and creating a whole scene.

Levi has now figured out that toys are fun to play with and not just throw around the room...yes it can get ugly. He really loves to push cars around the house...

This gives mom a little time to get things ready for the next day and then maybe start dinner is there are no other activities for the night. Everything is great until.....one of them figures out that the other has a toy that might be a little bit more interesting than the one they have and then it leads to this...

1st Days!

Today was Ty's first day of First Grade! and Wyatt's first day of 3-year old Preschool. They are getting too big for me!