Monday, August 16, 2010

Our manners meal!


We had a manners meal tonight!
The kids dressed up in their Sunday best, and I made a fancy dinner, complete with a real tablecloth, cloth napkins, and all of our good china!

I made game hens and all the fixings!
Stuffing, mashed potatoes, a green bean casserole, rolls... the works.
We even had ice cream in crystal bowls for dessert!
The kids were anxious to use their dessert spoon!!

The kids especially loved the sparkling cider and saying "cheers!", the salad forks, and the napkin rings.
It was really tough convincing Claire that the gravy boat was not actually a tea cup.

Jason came in from mowing the lawn and I handed him a shirt and tie... it was probably a little confusing at the time.

Josh kept asking why I got to have 3 plates... I had to explain to him a few times that I really only had 1 dinner plate, and 1 plate for the dinner roll... the other little plate was for Daddy's dinner roll.
Wyatt has much to learn in the manners department.... but isn't he cute?
He got a kick out of teasing me with his pieces of bread... he threw one over the side and then continued to tease me with other pieces of bread... would hold them over the side with a huge grin on his face, and then I would say "noooo wyatt!", and he would pull the bread back and giggle and giggle! It was pretty cute.

And, totally unrelated to our manners dinner....

A couple of weeks ago Josh got to read to this dog at the library :)
It's a really cute program... the kids get a 10 minute session where they read to a companion dog... it's a great way for them to practice their reading in a fun way, and beneficial to the dog's training as well. The entire summer was booked, so I couldn't get Josh in, but someone cancelled this particular day.

Josh is allergic to dogs, but he loves them.
So I gave him some zyrtec before we left and he was fine.

Josh read the entire book to Logan the dog, all by himself!!
Very cool.

the happenings... july :)



Thought I would post some pics from the last couple of months.
Mmm.... shopping cart.

We've been talking about heroes this summer, including fire fighters!!
My friend Abrea recently started a home daycare, and on her son's birthday the fire department came to her house to teach the kids about fire safety. We were ecstatic when they pulled up in their fire truck!


The fire marshal hooked up the hoses and let the kids spray water all over the yard!!
Joshua and Fitzgerald - best buddies!
And Claire... the princess firefighter :)

Wyatt wore this hat for about 5 seconds... a little blurry, but this is the only pic I could get!

With the addition of our sweet little Wyatt, our house is getting...well, a little crowded.
Josh had to move into a cardboard box in the back yard.

Just kidding! It's not that bad... well, it's pretty tight!
We have a very small house, but we love it!
So, we decided to do as they do in Japan and build up!


The kids got bunkbeds!!!
We moved them into the guest room, and Wyatt is now in the crib in the nursery.
Claire gets the bottom bunk, and Joshua the top. We decided on a twin over full, so that when we have guests over, we will still have a guest room with a full bed for our guests to sleep on. The kids will just temporarily relocate. We're also hoping that if anyone falls off of the top bunk they will land on the bottom! So far Claire stays on the bottom unless mom or dad are there with her, so we haven't had any problems... yet!

I'm working on decorating the room. I'll post more pics when it's done :)
A sweet couple in our ward just got married and baptized, and the entire ward pitched in to help throw a beautiful wedding for them. I helped out with the flower arrangements...

and decorated the getaway car!!!




Jason spray painted the pop cans white for me :)
He is a great husband!

This is the front of the car.
Turned out pretty cute :)


And here is a picture Josh took with my phone... I was in the other room and heard Josh laughing. I went in to see what he was laughing at and found Wyatt standing up in his chair!! EEK! He is getting pretty daring!
He likes to climb into his rocking chair.... usually standing!

Here's a pic of Joshua at about 2 months old in this same rocking chair:

Sorry if these pics are not up to standard... they were all taken with our phones, aside from that last one of Joshua.

Have a great night everyone!