Halloween

I know, it's December...but here we go.

We had a great Halloween. We usually tag along with our friends the Warbys, which is always fun. We went to their ward's Trunk or Treat, which I am convinced is the best way to spend Halloween! We just sat there at the car and watched our kids in a safe environment. They had so much fun!

Silas got to finally be Mr. Rogers, since he had a homemade wool sweater knitted for him my a co-worker. Cora was a chick, Grant was a monkey, Ryan was Mario and Cleod was Luigi.

Girly stuff!

So, the other day, I felt painted Cora's toenails for the first time and curled her hair. She was very patient and nice while I played house. It was fun...and she is adorable!

Cora is cute

That is all I have to say!

Salt Lake Trip

Last week we were able to go to Salt Lake for two days. Silas had a work conference and so while he was busy, the boys and I visited Temple Square, did a little shopping and best of all, got to spend time with my brother Darin, his wife Kira and her 4 kids. Darin and Kira got married in July and we hit it off right away but hadn't spent much time with them. The kids LOVE Kira's kids and Silas and I do too! It was a BLAST!
My sweet Cleod loved visiting the temple. He's getting so old and learning more and more about the Holy Ghost. He's starting to read the Book of Mormon on his own...he's not even 7! He's amazing!

That's all the photos we have. Sadly, we don't have a working camera right now, so Silas's phone is all we have. Hopefully we can fix that soon.

Teeth

A few weeks ago I noticed that Cleod had a permanent tooth coming up behind his baby teeth and the baby teeth were not loose AT ALL. So we went to the dentist and he removed two of his bottom teeth. Cleod was a champ. He cried a little after the meds started to wear off but we got some ice cream and that helped with his mood and with the numbing. I felt like a real mom helping him with this new experience. It was kinda cool.
Before:

After:

His adorable note! (He lost on of the teeth, but you can see the other on the paper with it's HUGE root.)

School

This year I have a first grader and a kindergartener so it has been an interesting adjustment. Kindergarten is only half-day here, so Cleod had to adjust to being at school all day which actually wasn't too bad. He likes school and he LOVES school lunch.
Ryan just started Kindergarten this week and couldn't be happier. He has a different teacher than Cleod had which I think is good, not because of the teacher really, but just so he had something different than Cleod. He goes in the afternoon he and Grant have time in the morning (after we drop off Cleod) to play.


I love my growing boys!

Soccer

Ryan started soccer a few weeks ago and he is so excited! He actually does pretty good, although they are very relaxed at this age. Ryan loves talking to his teammates and he loves his uniform. I am excited to watch him for them next month or so.


We only signed up Ryan this year, but there ended up being a spot on another team so we got Cleod on as well. Love being able to do this for my kids!