Andrew's First Day of Preschool

Wow this is a bit out of order, I know... but here are the pictures of Andrew's first day of preschool. He has been DYING to go for YEARS. He would get so sad when I would drop off Maddi and he couldn't go too. I signed him up for a local preschool that Maddi attended, and he LOVES it. He loves going to the same school Maddi did.
His Teacher is Misti Ridge and he loves her!

Classic front door shot

This is Andrew when I dropped him off. He wouldn't let me walk him to the door. And when I asked him to turn around and look at me for a picture he yelled " MOM! I'm trying to LEARN!"
Who knew I was so distracting? And who knew he would be learning before he even entered the house? it's just amazing...amazing I tell you!

That's my boy!

Since it's Election Day...

So I voted today. I waiting in line to vote and to get a sticker that said "I voted". And I waited for that opportunity and that sticker for an hour and a half. Luckily, ahead of me was a friend of mine, Cristy. I waved to her a few times but she didn't see me. So I sent her a text saying she looked HAWT and she finally turned around and saw me. It was kind of awkward to yell to each other so we kept texting for awhile and then she asked the lady in front of her to save her place and she came by me and we chatted the rest of the wait. After getting my sticker I left to go to Walmart for a few things, not realizing she was going to the same place! So we hit the Halloween Clearance and I snagged a few other Christmas gifts (Toy Story 3 coupon!!!) We ended up chatting for hours in the parking lot. Yeah, we're talkers. Thanks Cristy!!! Tell Chad I wasn't trying to hold you hostage!

Anyhoo. Going along the whole election/ political theme for today. Here are a few pictures that ya'll might enjoy. Cherilyn invited us up to the capitol to trick or treat. We had fun! Maddi was in school so I just had the twins and Andrew. Andrew was being extremely shy and just hanging on me most of the time. The picture with the Guv says it all. They were still nice about it and I know they have grandchildren, so hopefully it wasn't too annoying. Andrew was like that until we rode the elevator. Man was he impressed with that elevator. We did trick or treat a bunch of offices. But as we were leaving the Lt Gov's office (after Lt Gov and I were discussing my fertility issues. Don't ask, he started it) Andrew said LOUDLY "Can we go now? I want to ride the elevator" He said it more than once until we made it back to the elevator to walk out to the car.

Oh the joys of a four year old.

Here's the pictures!Thing 1 and Thing 2. Behold, the blue hair.

Do I look like I'm standing 10 feet away? Cause' I feel like I am. They gave us some books instead of Candy, great move!

Tired kids at the end and Buzz TOTALLY psyched to ride the elevator back down.

Halloween!

It seemed this year that we dressed up no less than 25 times. It's NO exaggeration...... ok maybe a little. But we went to LOTS of parties, it was really fun.

Here are some of the pictures:

We BARELY made it to the Halloween Parade on time! It was at nine in the morning and I got there right at nine. (Look it takes a long time to load both babies, unload and set up the double stroller, and then strap babies in) When I walked in, it was PACKED.
Mental note for next year, yet there early.

Here's my little lady bug in the parade!
Here's the babies and Andrew hangin out.
On Saturday Morning we had our pictures taken by one Julie Taggart. You can see them here. Afterwards we came back to my house to have some sloppy joes. And yes, those are skulls as our centerpiece. The kids then went to the Parkers for a Halloween party (thanks!) and then we went on over to the Ward Party. It was AWESOME! Tons of games, good food, the bishop dressed like Fred Flintstone. It was great. It was POURING rain outside!

When we got home we took some pictures of the kids in their costumes. The girls were Thing 1 and Thing 2. I tried to talk Jesse into being the Cat in the Hat but I was shot down. I sprayed their hair blue but it was fading by the times we got pictures.
The babies were wiggling so much Maddi tried to get them to sit still and they were just laughing. Andrew was being a stinker and didn't want his pictures taken. He was Buzz Lightyear. I'll work on getting a picture.

Ok, Ok...

I know: I'm such a slacker. It's not that there aren't tons of things going on. In fact, that's the problem. There are TOO many things. I do love blogging but it's usually one of the first things on the list to go when I get busy. That and housework (no comments please)
In order to make up for my blogging absenteeism, I will be blogging every day for the month of November.

I know, you are thinking I'm crazy with how much is going on(twins and all)But that's just how I roll. (I roll crazy)

So buckle your seat belts!!!!

....ok I'm going to bed, that was just exhausting...

In Honor of School Starting...

First Grade!!!

I can not BELIEVE that Maddi is old enough to be in First grade! I'm feeling super old. This may sound weird but I felt all motherly and good, getting up early to shower and then making french toast and getting her all ready to go. Probably because I missed last year's first day of school, seeing how I was a little busy. I was so sad not to be there the first day of Kindergarten. So I tried to make up for it. We had a little impromptu Family Home Evening last night about making good choices, being nice, and working hard. Then Jesse gave the kids father's blessings. The kids LOVED them. They sat so still and listened to every word. I say "they" because Andrew will be starting Pre-school tomorrow! What will I do with myself!!!

The Epic "Picture by the front door with backpack on" Doesn't she look so grown up?

This is when I dropped her off and was yelling for her to turn around because she jumped out of the van and ran toward her friends.

Maddi and Jonah. It was really bright!

It's hard to see, but here is Maddi going inside. I wasn't fast enough to get a better shot. She was too excited, she was going to fast!

Family Pictures

Yay, family picture time! My amazingly talented and beautiful friend Julie took some pictures for us a few weeks back. It turns out the twins were totally sick (which we found out the next day) so they were a tad grumpy. And Andrew was grumpy and insisted on holding a stick the whole time, but since they were outdoor pictures, we decided to embrace it.