18 Nov

He’s 6 (Almost)!

Ben’s birthday isn’t till next week, but we’ll be traveling. We always celebrate here at home before we travel. In the end, Ben gets several birthdays and seems just fine with that. Today he celebrated his birthday at school and at home. He got birthday donuts and hot chocolate for breakfast. He got sushi in his lunchbox. Then there was the requested Chick-fil-A for dinner, cupcakes, and presents. He thought it was the best birthday ever. Ben is still my favorite person to watch open presents. I have yet to see him open a gift and not have an awesome response.

16 Nov

Decorating

I always try to decorate the house for Christmas before we travel for Thanksgiving. I got most of the house done over the weekend. Kaitlyn has been so anxious to do her room but we haven’t had time till tonight. She loved putting all her ornaments on her tree.

15 Nov

Something New

We tried something new with Kaitlyn’s hair today. I have seen it all over the internet and even some friends have raved about it. It did not work on Kaitlyn’s hair. I’m sure the downfall for us was that Kaitlyn’s hair was wet and not just damp. Because it wasn’t completely dry by morning the curls weren’t quite there. We’ll try again with damp hair.

14 Nov

Dedication

I laid down on the couch to take a 15 minute nap today. I knew chances were slim that I would get the entire time uninterrupted, but I decided to try anyway. At one point, I heard someone making noises beside me, but I ignored them and the noises stopped. I woke up when my alarm went off and sat up. At that point, the basket of blankets across the room started to move and suddenly Ben jumped out and started talking to me. I have no idea how long he was in there but he sure surprised me. Talk about dedication to a surprise!

(I had him reenact where he was for a picture later. It was taken from my view on the couch.)

12 Nov

And He’s Out

When I came home from dropping Kaitlyn at a birthday party, I knew the house was a little quiet. I went to the laundry room and started sorting clothes. Then I got a text from Wade telling me to come see my boy. I found him curled up with Wade while Wade finished up watching a game.

10 Nov

Morning Surprise

Kaitlyn slept later than usual this morning. (Why not since she had a morning off from school?) At some point I was walking by her room and realized Pepper was in bed with Kaitlyn. That was something I had never seen before. I stopped to talk to Kaitlyn and she confirmed that Pepper woke her up. We finally decided that Pepper was just going about her normal schedule – which is spend a large part of the day in Kaitlyn’s bed (hoping to look out her windows to the driveway, but only when Kaitlyn remembers to raise her shades). Pepper just didn’t realize Kaitlyn was sleeping in today.

09 Nov

The Boys

My kids have the next two days off school. Thursday is off for parent/teacher conferences and Friday is off for Veteran’s Day. Alex planned a night of fun with some of his friends tonight. He invited three boys over for games, pizza, and a night of craziness. When Alex has friends over for the night, I always take them to the Dollar Tree to gather snacks for the night. Tonight we were a little late getting out the door and they were already closed. We ended up at the grocery store instead, but the boys found plenty to fill the basket.

08 Nov

New Interest

Ben found a motor set in the Lego bin and asked Wade about it. Wade showed him how the motors could be controlled from an app on a phone or iPad. Ben couldn’t wait to build a car for the motors and for his iPad time to roll around tomorrow so he could test it all out.

07 Nov

5 Headed Monster

Ben refuses to let a box leave this house untouched. Today he created a five-headed monster and he couldn’t wait to show it off.

06 Nov

All Day Napper

KitKat spent the entire day inside and seemed to move from one napping spot to another.