Monday, May 10, 2010
Preschool Pumpkin Patch
We try to go on a field trip once a month with our preschool co-op, October was no exception as we headed off to the pumpkin patch. We had a lot of fun! We got to decorate pumpkins, find our way through hay mazes, check out animals, hay ride and of course lots of pictures! These kids really get along so well. It's fun to see our Porter make friends and enjoy being with other kids!
Zoo day with cousins
We didn't get a group shot but Ammon, Camille and I all took our kids to the Zoo and had a great time! Animals just never get boring!
Parks, Bikes and Riding the river
Aunt Jene, my sister, invited us to go down the river with her. Of course we took her up on it! We had a great time. If I remember right we were the only ones on the river that day! We ate lunch in the boat and had a great time spending time with Jene. Thanks!!
Have I mentioned how great it is to live in a neighborhood that has sidewalks and parks and so many fun things, so close to home to take the boys to. Below is actually 3 different parks close to our house. We've enjoyed many many days swinging, feeding the ducks, riding bikes, splashing in the splash pad, sliding down slides and reading time at the library. Yes, all minutes away from home! LOVE IT!!! With two active boys that would live outside if they could this is a dream for us!!
Most of you probably already know but Porter is loving bike riding. Brent had this ingenius idea to bend up the training wheels more and more till Porter was ready to have them taken off. It was quite a sight to see him biking with useless training wheels, but alas he would not let us remove them. They were his security blanket. Finally one day Brent ran over the training wheels with the truck ( I'm not saying it was on purpose, fate maybe ;) ) Clearly we HAD to take them off and Porter did just fine, as we knew he would. He loves bike riding! Some boys like sports, some like spider man but our little guy is loving his bike. He rides off road just as much as on. He really does well keeping up with dad pulling Mason behind in his trailor, Can you tell I'm a little proud? :)
Have I mentioned how great it is to live in a neighborhood that has sidewalks and parks and so many fun things, so close to home to take the boys to. Below is actually 3 different parks close to our house. We've enjoyed many many days swinging, feeding the ducks, riding bikes, splashing in the splash pad, sliding down slides and reading time at the library. Yes, all minutes away from home! LOVE IT!!! With two active boys that would live outside if they could this is a dream for us!! 
Most of you probably already know but Porter is loving bike riding. Brent had this ingenius idea to bend up the training wheels more and more till Porter was ready to have them taken off. It was quite a sight to see him biking with useless training wheels, but alas he would not let us remove them. They were his security blanket. Finally one day Brent ran over the training wheels with the truck ( I'm not saying it was on purpose, fate maybe ;) ) Clearly we HAD to take them off and Porter did just fine, as we knew he would. He loves bike riding! Some boys like sports, some like spider man but our little guy is loving his bike. He rides off road just as much as on. He really does well keeping up with dad pulling Mason behind in his trailor, Can you tell I'm a little proud? :)
Cali FUN!
Joyze has most of the pictures from this trip. We took Joyze and headed over to San Diego for the weekend (in November). We went to the beach, Balboa park and of course the main attraction we got to go to the Air show there. It was really fun and something we had been looking forward to forever! It was fun to get over there as a family and Joyze was a great addition! Hope we get over there again soon!!
Firetruck Day
We had fun day as a family! We love those craft days at Home Depo. The boys get to wear cut aprons and goggles and then handle miniature hammers and go at it. They went the extra mile and had firefighters and a firetruck come to the store. So after making the firetrucks we got to tour one and talk to the cool firefighters.
Porter's getting that firetruck built!
Get working Mason ;)
Hey look!! We're in a firetruck!! :) :)
Here's the finished product. I love how Porter is imitating daddy and Mason's got such a sweet smile :)
Porter's getting that firetruck built!
Get working Mason ;)
Hey look!! We're in a firetruck!! :) :)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
$1 Halloween
Our Halloween was FULL of fun!! We recently moved into our awesome ward that had a ward party and a friend in the ward that had a party and then of course our Curtis Halloween carnival!
This was, as you saw from the title, our $1 Halloween. I bought a $1 sports coat at Savers for Brent (but of course the sleeves were too short for him, so I took those in) Then I was able to get a lab coat from my brother that he didn't need anymore. I was able to take it in, shorten, take off the patches and reattatch the pockets. Then I used my scrubs and smartened up with some fake glasses. So who exactly were we? Dr House and Cameren, his assistant Doctor of course!! Brent, by the way, made an AWESOME "House"!! He was super sarcastic with everyone, was limping and popping pills all night!! He was great!!
Porter insisted on being a dog that I had gotten from a friend. It was a little small but it worked. So naturally I made a "Dog Catcher" costume for Mason. Used an old hat to say dog catcher with a picture of a dog and then found some of his old cargo shorts to make his vest. It worked really well actually, just cut the front open and the pockets for his arms. Then used all the patches from the lab coat! I felt somewhat creative. Not as creative as last year but it worked great!
The dog catcher is taking in the Dog!!
This was just too cute...he was actually cooperating when we were at the picture booth
My vest creation out of shorts
This was, as you saw from the title, our $1 Halloween. I bought a $1 sports coat at Savers for Brent (but of course the sleeves were too short for him, so I took those in) Then I was able to get a lab coat from my brother that he didn't need anymore. I was able to take it in, shorten, take off the patches and reattatch the pockets. Then I used my scrubs and smartened up with some fake glasses. So who exactly were we? Dr House and Cameren, his assistant Doctor of course!! Brent, by the way, made an AWESOME "House"!! He was super sarcastic with everyone, was limping and popping pills all night!! He was great!!
Porter insisted on being a dog that I had gotten from a friend. It was a little small but it worked. So naturally I made a "Dog Catcher" costume for Mason. Used an old hat to say dog catcher with a picture of a dog and then found some of his old cargo shorts to make his vest. It worked really well actually, just cut the front open and the pockets for his arms. Then used all the patches from the lab coat! I felt somewhat creative. Not as creative as last year but it worked great!
(this is the best picture I got of Porters Dog costume)
The dog catcher is taking in the Dog!!
This was just too cute...he was actually cooperating when we were at the picture booth
My vest creation out of shorts
Porter in Preschool
Porter has a love hate relationship with preschool. Usually I'm dragging him in because he doesn't want to go, and then dragging him out because he doesn't want to leave. I'm so confused!
We started a preschool Co-op where we take turns teaching at our hosue and go on feild trips and such. It's so much fun and I love having a little time each week with JUST Mason!
This day it was at my house. We were learning the letter A and things that started with it. Animals, Aligators, Apples and learned a few songs. It was fun making our alligators!
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