Luke just said to me, "So, you were born in like, the 1900s?"
I said, "yes."
And then all the kids in carpool went quiet for a minute, apparently processing this 🤣. I feel old!

Location:Mom is old!

Wacky Wednesday

Halle is all ready for 1st grade Wacky Wednesday for Dr. Suess week, and Luke is a little wacky everyday, obviously 😜.

Visiting Grandma Jojo

Last night we went to Jojo's house for Sunday dinner. The kids love visiting her and couldn't believe when I told them she is 79 years old. They told me she looks like she's in her sixties. I told Jojo that and I'm sure it made her night 😀. I told the kids it's all the vitamins she takes 😉. Luke is already almost as tall as her! She is really cute with the kids. She's one spunky and fun great grandma.

New Years!

Luke's 9th Birthday

This cute boy is NINE today! Not such a little guy anymore, but to me he will always be our little Lukey guy. He is kind, loving, funny, smart, determined, and has such a good heart. Lately he has developed an independent streak that makes me a little nervous for the teenage years to come. He will drop anything to help me with the babies. He has the loudest voice and is always moving/running (at home) and is on the quiet side and perfectly behaved (at school). I love thinking back to the day he made me a mom ❤. What a special boy he is and I'm so grateful he's part of our family.

Santa Luke at Halle's 7th birthday party

Tonight we had Halle's 7th birthday party. I'd say it was a success! She had some fun ideas and I tried to make it all happen, including a special appearance from Luke that was quite hilarious and fun. 

It was a pajama party/pizza party. We painted nails, watched a fun movie, and made these cupcake creations Halle saw on a YouTube channel where you make cupcakes that look like a hamburger and French fries. And then, there was the Santa visit. 

Here's where that idea came from.  For probably six months Luke and Halle have been talking about an idea where Luke comes to Halle's birthday party dressed as Santa and passes out presents to her friends. At first I thought the idea was just kind of funny and that it would pass, but they kept talking about it as her birthday got closer, and then I remembered Dixie had a Santa costume so I thought, why not? Why wouldn't we incorporate Santa into an August birthday party? But really, I figured the kids would love it and it was something different, so we went for it! Luke had a lot of fun with it, along with his friend Brennan who dresses up as an elf, and the girls LOVED it. They were all laughing hysterically. It was the highlight of the night. Here's some pictures from the party

  

Today we went and got new PJs for the party. Luke got some new Star Wars pj pants :). 

The finished cupcakes! 

A visit from a very jolly and silly Santa. The girls thought it was hilarious.  

Luke, Mr, Sweetooth, couldn't wait long to eat his hamburger and fries 

Two days of animal farm!

On Monday we went to the Thanksgiving Point Animal Farm and the kids loved it! It was the first time for the twins and they loved seeing all the animals. I loved hearing Avery say "oooooo!" and "ohhhhh!" so excitedly and pointing at each animal as she saw them. Her eyes light up and looks back and forth to the animals and me and smiles and laughs. 

Asher says "huhhhhh?" like it's always a question with the way his voice goes up at the end, and then babbles on and on with the most adorable little serious and concerned look on his face. His little baby babble is just the cutest thing in the world. 

Halle had a lot of fun with the animals and loved riding the horses. She wanted to do it again. She was cute and found a little grass to feed a baby cow and then Luke started doing it along with her. They were both such good helpers with the babies and I think they had fun seeing the babies get so excited to see the animals. The babies also liked watching the kids ride the horses. We went on the wagon ride and the kids were good helpers with the babies. 

We were in a hurry there on Monday because we had dentist appointments to get to and the kids really wanted to go back, so we went again today!

Here are pictures from Monday:

Today we went and it was a lot of fun, too. We packed lunches and had a little picnic. There were a lot of "ooooos" and "ohhhhhs!" from Avery again. I let the babies out of their stroller from the very does this time because it's a good place to let them walk around with it not being too big and surprisingly they did really well with it. Luke and Halle were great helpers and would help me with one baby if one was wandering off. 

A funny story with the twins - when we were waiting for the horse ride for the big kids and it was really funny because Asher kept wandering off onto the grassy area and I would say to Avery, "Avery, can you go get Asher?" and she would run toward his yelling "Sash!" and try to get him to come back toward us. She would point at me and look back at me, as he happily toddled along and ignored. At one point she held a water bottle up, trying to bribe him back to us with it. It was so funny. She is like a little mom to him always watching out for him. Their relationship is really cute and it's fun to see. 

Pictures from today: