Fly fishing pictures

Ssslllooowww

So I am a little behind as always. For Halloween Allie was a ballerina for school (which I missed getting a picture of because I thought I could later, wrong) then a princess for the trunk or treat. Elena was a princess and Eddie was a U fan to match his mom and dad. Allie had a parade at school which they decided to move outside this year. The weather had been warm all week, but there was no sun shining that morning which means cold in Loa. So the kids and parents were all shivering as the kids walked around the block. We had fun at the trunk or treat at our church and then went home, turned off all of the lights and starting watching a movie in our bedroom. Then Scott was called into work since he was on-call and I sent the girls to their room for a few minutes since they couldn't seem to handle sitting next to each other. So all in all a fine Halloween.

Eddie rolled over for the first time last Friday. He hasn't done it since and doesn't seem too interested in the idea. He does want to sit up though. If I put him with his head on a pillow he tries to pull himself to a sitting position, but falls over in the attempt. We tried feeding him food a couple weeks ago and he did okay for a few minutes, but then threw it all up. I decided to wait a month and try again. I love this picture of him in his bouncy seat. He pushes himself over, then he can't get back up because the bar is in the way. Silly boy.

Elena turns 4, Allie loses a tooth & Eddie "finds" his voice

Elena had her 4th birthday on Saturday. She has been so excited for it to come. Scott went to help a friend bring an elk off the mountain on Saturday morning so Elena had to wait for him to come home before she could open presents. I am glad he got home shortly after lunch so I didn't have to listen to the girls anticipation any longer. She got a movie, a Fancy Nancy puzzle, Barbie fishing rod (her father was very proud of her for properly calling it a fishing rod), book and money. The puzzle has glitter on it (those of you who know Scott know he HATES glitter, but he was kind enough to help put the puzzle together with us yesterday. He must love his girls! We went to Pizza Hut in Richfield on Friday night for her birthday dinner. She picked a chocolate cake and I convinced her to go with chocolate frosting (she wanted pink frosting, but her chocolate loving mother didn't think that sounded as good) with pink sprinkles.

Allie lost her 2nd tooth on Sunday and was very excited about it. She had been hoping it would come out before her class pictures last week, but oh well.

Eddie discovered his voice on Sunday. He was making a screeching sound that I think he must recognize as a familiar sound that he hears from his sisters. He kept making the screeching sound over and over. At least when he does it he is still happy. Usually when his sisters do it, they are not happy with something (dinner, bedtime, pretty much anything for Elena). The sweater he is wearing in the picture was made my former boss's (Karie) mom. Karie gave it to me when Allie was born. She picked the one with the blue bunnies even though Allie was a girl, now I am glad because I think Eddie looks so cute in it and I don't think pink would work.

Mommy Monday

With Scott working in Salina on Monday nights we have started having "Mommy Mondays" with those of us left at home. Tonight the girls put makeup on and we did our hair. Elena and I simply brushed our hair (I couldn't convince Elena to do any more than that) and Allie really had her hair done. The girls are always wanting to put makeup on and I thought if we did it together it might help appease their requests and avoid a possible disaster of them putting makeup on by themselves without me present. Things went pretty well besides the fact that I think all of my lipsticks are no longer in the same condition they were before we started, but since I don't ever wear lipstick it doesn't really matter.

Eddie pretty much just fussed on and off. He was probably wondering how he got stuck at home with the girls!

A Little "Behind"

Eddie's cute behind, aka his "Wrangler bum". I would have never guessed that I would have a baby with a wrangler bum, but since living in Wayne County, I have found that his dad was meant to wear wranglers. They fit him great as a tall and skinny cowboy.

So I am a little behind on our BLOG. I keep taking pictures that I intend to BLOG, I just seeem to have a hard time getting the blogging part done. So here are a few pictures.

It took several tries to get a picture of Eddie in his crocs. He kept kicking so the pictures were blurry.

Eddie loves this swing. I am so glad because until this week he hasn't liked the bouncy seat. He will now sit in the bouncy seat usually just long enough for me to prepare dinner, but that is long enough.

Scott has started a second job doing office therapy at an office in Salina. The clinical director and program director at the ranch run the office. He works Monday nights doing 2-3 hours of therapy. He is also probably going to start helping out with some hospice patients. We are excited for this opportunity for him. It will be great experience for him and it makes it possible for me to not teach so many piano students.

I have about half as many students as I had last year and it has definitely helped. I made myself a sling to hold Eddie in while I teach. So far it has worked well. I don't teach on Wednesdays and it is nice having the break. I also get done earlier than I did last year so I don't have to make dinner earlier in the day unless I want to. Most days I have Allie do her homework while I am making dinner which has worked well so far. She has been good to get it done quickly instead of taking all night to get it done like she often did last year.