Snow Day

Today the kids didn't have school due to the snow that we got yesterday. It wasn't alot of snow but enough for the schools to shut down. So we did some errands in the morning and then we came home had lunch and Madison went outside first to start playing and it took some convincing to get Zach to go outside, he didn't want to go outside because it was too cold. I him to go outside though for a little bit but he didn't really do much. Zach really doesn't like the cold weather he likes the nice hot weather, he is alot like me in that way, but I will still go and play in the snow. Then Carson thinks that he can go outside in just his regular clothes and be o.k. and he is not fond of wearing coats either so it took some time to get him into his snow clothes. At one point he took everything and I started to go outside and he wanted to go but I told him he had to put his snow clothes on before he went outside and so he did. They were sliding down Jen and Dave's driveway because they have a hill for a driveway and it looked fun. So here are some pictures of our first snow day and probably not our last one either I think.

Madison getting ready to slide down the hill

Carson pouting because he didn't get to do something.
Madison and Carson going down the hill and Carson love it.

Carson after he went down the hill

Madison, Carson and the neighbor boys

Madison and Carson getting ready to go down the hill

This is the only picture I could get of Zach. He went inside right after I took these next two pictures.

Me and Madison

The boys inside. My lense was foggy but I didn't think it would make the picture foggy so sorry about that.

Ten

On November 2nd Madison turned 10. I can't believe it. I am still in shock that I have a ten year old. Madison is a great, she is has a great personality and for the most part she isn't to sassy but when she does get sassy she makes up for all the other times she hasn't been. Other then that she is great, she has a great attitude about things and is very patient with her brothers.

Madison's birthday fell on a Tuesday this year so we didn't do a big party for her and I figured that we have done parties for her for the last couple of years that it should be o.k to not have a party for her this year. So anyway on her birthday morning she wanted pancakes so I made her and her brothers pancakes and Madison got to have the plate that says "you are special today". She went to school and got to take treats to her class and then I found out that she has a boy in her class that has the same birthday so the kids got double treats in her class that day. During the day I had planned to get the desk put together that we had gotten her and thank goodness Larry got home because he helped me put it together because I got busy making things for dinner that I ran out of time. When Madison got home she saw her desk in her room and loved it. She then went to piano lesson's and then came home and ate dinner. For her birthday dinner she requested perogy's, her all time favorite meal. I don't make it often because it really isn't the healthiest of meals, in fact if you need to gain weight I suggest you eat those. Anyway we had perogy's and I also made little cupcakes for activity day's because she had an activity that night as well. I kept ten cupcakes out so that we could put candles in them and she could blow out candles at home. So she went to activity day's and had fun and then home and to bed. She said she had a great day which I am so glad.

Happy Birthday Madison

Pancake for breakfast

The happy ten year old before school

I tried to get a picture of me and Madison but Carson had to get in on it too.

The dough for the perogy's

cupcakes for Activity Day

Her new desk

She got a chair to go with it too.

Here we go making the perogy's, if you don't know what is in the it is potatoe and cheese and you wrap it up in the dough and then boil them in water.

Potatoes and cheese

When you have perogy's you have to have sausage and onions with it and it is so yummy. Here are the sausages but I never took a picture of the onions.

Here is Madison's plate.

Madison's cupcakes with the candles before she has to leave for Activity Days.

The boys are helping her blow out the candles. As I was lighting the candles before Carson kept on blowing them out so I am glad that he finally waited.

Three Days of Halloween

This year for Halloween we tried to do a theme and have everyone dress up and we almost did it until I got sick and then Larry got sick right after me so it didn't work out as well as I thought but next year we are totally doing it. So anyway this year we tried to do a scooby doo theme. Madison was Velma Zach was Scooby and Carson was Scrappy. If Larry and I dressed up I would have been Daphne and Larry would have been Fred. So like I said next year get ready to see us all dress up. The kids got full use out of their costumes this year because on Friday they had their school class party and got to dress up and then we had our ward Halloween carnival on Friday night and then on Saturday Madison had a little piano recital at a retirement home and got to dress up and Zach had a birthday party that he got to wear his costume too and then on Sunday we went trick or treating. So I am pleased that they costumes got good use out of them. I do have to tell you though I was really impressed with the families in our ward that dressed up and there was some great family costumes I was really impressed and a little jealous as well. Anyway we had a great Halloween and I am already planning next years halloween costumes so that we will be able to dress up.

We were getting ready to go to Zach's class party at school and I had carson get his costume on as well. This is the front (obviously)

back
Side

This is after the party and we are home and can you guess what Carson is waiting for or who he is waiting for? If you guessed the garbage man you are right. He heard the garbage truck and had to go outside to watch it and here he is waiting for him to come back around to our side. The garbage man is very nice every time he see Carson outside watching him he waves to him and honks his horn and sometimes when he come back around he gets out of his truck and waves to him and he gave me a tim about how to keep the crows out or the garbage can. This may be weird but he is a really nice guy.

Still waiting

He has come and now he is waving goodbye to the garbage man and the truck.

Madison before her recital. I didn't put her wig on because I fel that it was to difficult to deal with it didn't look right.

Without the glasses

Sunday before we went out trick or treating. We took Carson around our neighbor hood because we went over to Carlee and Jason's to do the other trick or treating and Carson didn't take a nap so he wouldn't have be able to do it so he stayed home with Larry and the little bit that he did do he loved it.

I got in there too.

Madison and Zach being silly.

Carson pulling on Zach's tail,

Carson getting ready to go do some trick or treating.

This is Carson realizing that he gets candy and now is eating one of his candies.

Zach and Carson

This is Jason, he has a back pack on, why you ask does he have a back pack on, well I asked him that very same question and let me tell you he is a very smart person. He has the back pack because the kids buckets get full and they to heavy and so Jason has two grocery backs in his back pack and when the girls buckets get too heavy he dumps them out in their grocery bags the girls have a not so heavy bucket anymore. I think that is a pretty good idea I think I might do that next yearThe kids and their candy after we got home.