Looking back, I realize I tend to leave a lot of stuff out when I blog...like all holidays, accidents, and tarantula findings. So bear with me as I recap the last few months...
I'm the first to admit that we need window well covers. But they cost about 100.00 bucks and we need five. But Benson has fallen in once, Our little friend Tate has fallen in once and Isabella has fallen into the same window well twice. This last time (this is not for the faint of heart) her hair caught on a tumble weed on the way down and a huge chunk of hair the size of a siver dollar was literally ripped out. As in, there was no hair left. It was pretty disturbing. Two months later she has a few strands trying to grow back in , but I've had to learn to comb her hair a different direction to cover it.
We heard tarantulas roam this area but had yet to see one, until we went shooting up in the hills behind our house, where we found this beauty. Luckily it was dead. Hayden still has it stored in the garage somewhere.
Halloween. Hayden was Dracula, Bella was Tinkerbell, Benson refused to dress up for any of the parties but finally put on his Batman costume from last year, and the year before that, when I told him he couldn't go trick-or-treating in civilian clothes, and Gavin was a frog. The poor little guy was getting over Swine Flu and Pneumonia so he had to stay in.
Tory took several Business trips, one of which was to Maryland. He was able to drive 10 miles north to Gettysburg. Tory is an American History buff, so he loved this.
Thanksgiving was spent with my sister and her family. My Dad drove down from Boise. My kiddos ate him up. It was a quiet, great Thanksgiving. And we discovered that Rachel and I can put together one mean Thanksgiving dinner.
My Hayden was chosen to be the Student of the Month. They had a little assembly and he was completely mortified, but we were so proud of him. He is such a good kid. Seriously. By the way, it was pajama day.
In Maine, we drove half a mile and were able to cut down a Christmas tree for 20 dollars. In Utah, we paid 65.00 to drive to the tree lot. It just wasn't as fun. But this year we found a place in Alpine that you could choose and cut your own tree. So much fun and so much more memorable.
For Christmas, My Mom, Grandma and Step-Dad came in from Colorado. We spent Christmas Eve at Rachel's house (as seen in the pictures) and Christmas Day at our house. We packed a ton of fun things into one week.
A million other things happened. And I'll think of them later, and wish I would have included them. I need to remember the important and the mundane. Life goes fast.
Here's Hayden eating a worm...he was the first to try.
Suprisingly, out of the 12 kids there, all but 4 little girls (mine included) wouldn't try one. They seriously had so much fun with this game! They claim the crickets were crunchy and the worms tasted like nachos.
Doesn't their faces say it all? Mr. J. on the left, despite his expression, was an active participant, eating everything without hesitation. Miss J., on the right...wasn't.
We also had a special guest. A tarantula named Bubba. We fed Bubba crickets. He's still sitting on my counter top. I think I'm actually starting to get used to him. But he goes back to his owner tomorrow.
Happy Birthday Hayden! We love you!
And almost on cue, he took on all of the "delightful" characteristics of a seven year old boy.
