The Giant Water Slide

My brother John lives only a couple miles away. It is fun to have their cute family close. Our kids get along well and love to get together a play. Today, John called us and invited us over for the afternoon. John's neighbor had just bought a giant water slide at a garage sale and asked if he could set it up in their yard to make sure it worked. They invited a few people over to enjoy it. I took the kids over for a couple hours. Yes, it is winter, but it was a bit warmer than it had been. The girls went on it a few times, but even though John hooked it to his water heater, it was still way too cold. Spencer refused to join in, so Uncle John attacked him and threw him on...and that is another story for another post. Anyways, it was well worth it to watch John and Marrianne on the slide together. We all thought it was going down! Don't think those things are really made for adults, but it was fun watching those two adults act like kids!

John, actually throwing Spencer on and Spencer screaming and kicking!

Marrianne and John

A Birthday Celebration!

Our friend Luke celebrated his 6th birthday here. His parents rented out the whole place for a couple hours and invited 25 kids and their parents from our church. It was the best party ever! Us adults joined in the fun by going down the slides and jumping on the bouncers. Melanie REALLY had fun on the climbing wall and says she wants one in our backyard. Spencer loved and took out his aggression in the boxing ring. I got to hit him "legally" a couple times. It was nice! I REALLY want one in our backyard. "Kids, you have a problem with each other, go take it to the ring!" I just think that would be awesome! Chelsea loved it all! She and her buddy Addison jumped on everything. This place was a blast! I highly recommend it.

Scouts

Spencer loves boy scouts and is doing an awesome job getting everything done. He only needs to complete one more item and he will get his wolf. Our goal is to complete it this week for the blue and gold meeting in February. He won't be nine until July, so his leaders are pretty amazed. Tonight was the monthly pack meeting and we had a family game night. We leaders were all assigned a game to do and the boys and family member rotated from game to game. It was a blast! Even Chelsea and Melanie had a great time.

Marbles

Homemade mazes

The Hair Cut!

Today Melanie had a friend over for a playdate. The two of them, along with Chelsea were playing very nicely up stairs for most of the afternoon. After Melanie's friend went home, I went upstairs to my bathroom and found blond hair all over the floor. My heart stopped!!! Oh no, not again! Who could it be? All three of them have the same color hair! I quickly called to Melanie, checked her over and started quizzing her. Of-course, the way I was speaking to her, she wasn't going to tell me anything!
Yes, this has happened once before to Melanie and I didn't think I could go through this again.

This is Melanie the day before her 3rd birthday!
Spencer helped give her a haircut! They cut off all her hair!
As I checked Chelsea, I was so releived, but still angry. She is the one child that has good hair. No bangs, all even...finally! Well, today she got bangs! Melanie finally admitted that she had used nail scissors from my bathroom drawer and cut bangs for Chelsea. She said, Chelsea wanted bangs like hers. WHY??? We have told her and told her!!! My mom laughs and tells me it is just payback time for all the many times I cut my hair as a child. Chelsea's hair actually doesn't look that bad when combed to the side with a little water, dep and hairspray. I did threaten Melanie, if she ever cuts anyone else's hair again, she will loose her long hair.
I know, I am the meanest mom!

Chelsea, when I found out!

The hairdo when fixed nicely! Not too bad, right?

High School Musical

My two nieces, Brooke and Madison, participated in a
Kids Acting Out West production of High School Musical.
My two girls are obsessed with all the High School Musical movies, so they were SO excited by the invitation to go watch Madison and Brooke do "their stuff"! Maddie did an amazing job! She played the part of Mrs. Darvis'. She had the most lines out of everyone in the play and she knew them all. Here she is in one of many scenes. So cute!!!

Brooke also did an amazing job! She played one of the "brainiacs". She knew all the songs very well! Here she is in one of her big scenes.

Melanie was just "beaming" the whole time. She absolutely love it and was singing along with the actors. What a great experience for these kids! I really wish they came to Cypress. I think it could really help my two with their "shy" problem!

Coupons Anyone!

Melanie's teacher has told us that she needs to work on her cutting skills, which is a little hard to believe because she was cutting her hair at age 3. So, today I sat her down with all my coupons. She couldn't stop! She cut at least 200 coupons out. Anyone want to borrow her? She is a fabulous coupon cutter! Even Chelsea got to practice.

First Tooth!

Tonight Melanie came into where I was and asked when daddy was going to be home, because she really wanted him to pull out her first loose tooth. Dan went sailing with his dad today and won't be home until late. She asked if I could pull her tooth out. I just don't do good with that! I can't even watch Dan do it. It just grosses me out! She also surprised me because this was her first loose tooth and she really wanted to lose it at school, so she could get a very cool tooth necklace. Her tooth has been loose for about a week now, but I wouldn't say it was completely ready to "fall out". Well, the truth is, she really wanted to eat her peach that she had in her hand and it was too hard to enjoy it with her tooth hanging there. I told her to bring me string and I would try. I DID IT! She/I didn't even flinch a bit. I remember when my mom would pull mine, and even though I wanted her to, I was scared. I even cringe at the thought. Melanie is my tough girl! She said she didn't feel a thing. Yah, whatever! I had to yank pretty hard. I know she had to feel something. Oh well, she won't get a cool necklace, but she can go eat her peach. Owen, you and Melanie are twins now!!

The VERY funny things they say!

I know some of you will not think this is an appropriate post, but I thought is was so cute and I just had to share. My girls really have BAD gas. I mean...really, really smelly gas! I think it has a lot to do with their fruit/veggies/egg diet. Anyways, today Chelsea was sitting on my lap and let's say, being "smelly". She "tooted" like three times. So, I asked her, "Chelsea, where did you get such a smelly bum from?" She said plain and simple..."Jesus, he made my whole body!!" Yes, Jesus did give her a sense of humor too! What a funny girl! Smart too!

The Fallbrook BOYZ!

This is Spencer and his gang! Actually, there are some missing from this picture, but these are the main "Fallbrook Gang"! They are always doing something together. Today, they had a war. All had nerf guns with ammo strapped to them. Some had shields and had glasses on. It was so funny to watch these kids running around the neighborhood hiding behind trash cans and cars. To tell you the truth, I really wanted to join them! If I had a gun and didn't have a very sick little girl sitting on my couch, I would have. Next time!

First Day of BIG Primary!

Today was my baby Chelsea's first day of BIG primary! She didn't even want me to take her. As she left me sitting in the chapel, I felt a little sad! She walked away hand in hand with her BIG sister, she turned back around and said, "Melanie is taking me mom! I am BIG now!" Of-course, I took a short cut to the primary room and beat her inside to shoot a picture of her and her buddy Addison.

Cousins and Friends!

I had to post these pictures for Marylyn! I just thought they were so cute! Look at Annika's face. She is just not sure of her wild cousin Chelsea!