Halloween 2011

Yeah, it’s pumpkin time.  After watching jonny clean his pumpkin, emily and I did hers while the kids were at school.  Jonny wanted to be a zombie, so we settled on a good mummy.  Emily went as shirley temple to church activity, but elmo for trick or treating.  It was a beautiful night for halloween.  Crossing our fingers it stays this way till after thanksgiving.

Nelson Farm

We have been here for a couple of years and we finally made it to the pumpkin patch.  The had some really neat things for the kids.   We toured the haunted trail, which was a first for Emily to see Halloween stuff.                    
She pointed everything out for us, I think we went a little to fast for her.   Jonny loved posing with the props, but couldn’t make it through the haunted house.

They had goats for the kids to feed and a mini corn maze with games for the little kids.
The kids loved playing in the corn maze and Jonny had a blast trying to scare us.
Finally on the find the great pumpkin.  Emily collected many little ones, while Jonny scoured for the biggest.

Emily loves to dance. She will be asleep and if she hears music will wake and start. Chris and her have a thing and at the end of the video is telling chris to "dance". Then the music stops, aka, the wheels on the bus, so she says "again" This went on for a while, then she destroyed more of the house. It seems if it is put away then it is in the wrong spot.

The making of Prom 2011

I remember standing on the table when my would go to hem my dresses so when the time came to mark the hem line i didn't think twice about it. And I even had it done finished before the event. If any of you can remember the "fun" times that the dress was being finished as the date walked through the door. lol. I sure miss that now. Emily decided she needed to model as well.
Today she also decided that her should be curled and makeup was a must. We put on a lot of invisible stuff.
After grand march, I stayed and was able to take a couple of pictures. The video below is part of the march, but i cant figure out how to rotate it. Sorry.

flies

We ordered a butterfly kit. All five made their cocoons. The first one hatched on easter and the rest over the next week. While we watched diligently, we were never there to see the great feat. When the weather was nice we let them go outside. Definitely will do this again.

Easter Hunt

We did an egg hunt on Saturday and everyone had a good time trying to find their eggs. The last gold egg held clues to find the "final" egg. The kids we so excited to find it. Someone has be on it everyday. Emily says "ya-ump" all day long.

trip to Hawaii

Jonny recently went on a week long trip to Hawaii with his kindergarten class. Every day they learned something new and ended the week a luau.

story time

Michael reads to Emily, then Emily reads to michael. She loves books and babies the most.

Back when we were expecting the"storm", I prepared for a snow day. When it came and went with no snaow day the kids were so bummed. I found some ceramic eggs to paint for our table centerpiece. So on Saturday we decorated eggs. The kids had a blast

nap time

I know this is blurry, but...Jonny had a character book parade at school. He chose to be a vampire from the Halloween story book from gma and gpa.

so proud

Sometimes it is hard to find a simple job for a 6 yr old, but this day I let jonny fold laundry by himself. He was so proud of the job he did that I had to take a picture. He did get the piles right and laid out the "to be hung" pile so nice....

don't feed themonster?

While out one day, emily saw these shoes, grabbed them and said "mine" she wouldn't let them go so i decided for $4, sure. They are still the first pair she grabs. Example: This morning she picked a plaid pink dress and while I was finding some bloomers, she just walked away,and came back with the shoes.

clothes

Emily loves to pick out her clothes for the day. She has been trying to wear this Halloween outfit for weeks. So on this morning i thought why? we aren't going anywhere. she loved it.

Save the Date

Cap and Gowns came in...... Graduation is May 27, 2011

My how time flies... of course we are flooding all around, but our house is not located in the flood zone.

The summer looks to be a busy one for us:
Ashley graduates and leaves for college
Michael plays u14 soccer, we are now part of north dakota league so more games towards family.
Jonny can't wait to go the lake(been dreaming about)
Emily turns 2
Chirstina participates in fargo half marathon
Christopher accepts the fact that 40 isn't bad.

gingerbread houses

Michael making his "who" house.

Chris and Emily worked on one together. She tasted all the candy first before it could go on the house.

1st home match

Michael's first home match. This ended in a pin by the opponent, but he had fun. He is the one in the all black singlet.