Swensen Sentral

This inspired an idea...now I have a costume brewing for this one, but I'm gonna have to make it. Stay tuned! And here is Clark Kent, at your service. Sawyer broke his glasses again, for the third time in 2 months, so here's the new frames.  We'll see how long they last! 

So much fun with Heather today and the Nitro Circus crew. We had a blast watching these guys do amazing tricks off this crazy high ramp. 

A true lover of shoes. Should I warn her future husband? Or just let him be surprised.😊  This look is completed with two pink princess band aids (which upon application she immediately stopped crying and said "now it's better!" The BandAid company must have harnessed some kind of magic to throw in those things because they seem to magically heal any wound on a child 5 and under.)

I love the way kids describe things. Almost every day my kids say something funny or something that makes me think differently. Just a few I remember today... After Sawyer got off the toilet he said "the back of my leg hurts. It's like my muscle went away and it's sparkling."  Sawyer very matter of fact, "Sometimes I like the things I don't like and sometimes I don't like the things I do like (sigh)" And he looks at me with these eyes like "you get it right mom? That makes perfect sense to you right?" Sawyer was trying to tell Rick something that happened a few weeks ago but he didn't have the vocabulary so he said "the other day and  the other day and the other day and the other day and the other day and the other day and the other day and the other day and the other day and the other day and the other day and..." seriously said it forever.  Oh there were several more, one from Amelie but I forgot them now. I should write the...

It was a perfect weather day, warm with a breeze. What better way to enjoy it than lazily swinging on the futon? Oh the carefree life of a child. 

I just love Conference! Can't expect them to be reverent the WHOLE time What Sawyer and Soleil were doing during conference I made these conference bingo trays this year. I was tired of the candies falling off the flat sheets every time the kids moved them, so I bought these trays at Dollar Tree and printed the bingo sheets from  http://www.compguy.com/conferencebingo/  and bought 3/4" magnet dots with adhesive on one side from Amazon and a 3/4" hole punch from Michaels and used paper I already had on hand, and put these together. They are working great! The kids get a small candy for a bingo and a big candy for a blackout. They are loving it.  I also printed these conference packets from sugar doodle and had them bound at Kinkos for $6 and added a bunch if blank paper at the end so they can use them for drawing books at church and remember what they did at conference. Thanks to Karl and Virginia for the book idea :)

Went on a school Fieldtrip with Chase for the first time ever. It was so fun to see him amongst his friends at school and to spend the day with just him. I just love this boy! We went to Placerita Nature Center and learned about the circle of life amongst plants and animals, about the native Indians that were here and how they lived, and got to see several cool animals. It was cute to see these boys chatting together and so into whatever it was they were talking about.  These rattle snakes were creepy looking.  A small log home that was lived in by a family with 13 kids in the early 1900s She's showing them a tarantula. It was creepy too (literally).  

(Written 10/3/13) 9 months later and $575 down this girl is officially (and finally) named. Got the proof in the mail today! And this was her today on the way out the door. The kids sometimes ask to bring small toys with them in the car when we go somewhere. So we're rushing out the door and I hear the sweetest little voice behind me asking as nicely as possible, "Mom? Can I pwease bwing dis???" Nice try.  And finally...the most perfect way to end a hard day. I just love baths.