Breakfast in Bed

This morning Brian and I stayed in bed just relaxing for a while because of the time change & the fact that we didn't have to be anywhere until church started at 11:00. Morgan, Jackson, & Hallie all played for awhile, and then Morgan had the brilliant idea to have a surprise for us. She closed our bedroom door and said, "Don't come out, we have a surprise!" We could then hear them in the kitchen and soon the door was opened to this sweet picture. They had each brought us a bowl of cereal on their trays so we could eat in bed. It was so sweet & they were so proud of themselves! The gave us our food and then went and ate their own food. I'm not sure where they got the idea from, but I think we should have them do it every Sunday. :)
Even Hallie helped by holding the bag of cereal for me in case I needed more (which, looking at the bottom picture, you can see I definatly needed more.)
I'm not exactly sure what the expression on her face means. :)
Here was my bowl of cereal. I was lucky enough to find a couple of pieces of cereal hidden in the milk. "Life" cereal doesn't sit in milk for too long without getting soggy, so I was grateful Hallie had brought some cereal for me. Morgan poured the milk all by herself and was so happy about it. It was very yummy. :)
This picture was taken the other day, but I forgot to blog it. Hallie loves trying on our shoes, and is constantly trying on mine & Morgan's. Funny girl.

The best thing to do in October

What do you think is Morgan & Jackson's favorite thing to do in October?
is it...
A. Going to the pumpkin patch to find the perfect pumpkin?
B. Going on a drive up the canyon to look at the beautiful fall
leaves & enjoy nature?
C. Eating yummy warm soup & homemade bread on a crisp fall day?
or
D. Going swimming because it feels warmer than the day before?

Yesterday I was downstairs and came upstairs to check on the kids. (they had been
outside playing) It was kind of quiet as I walked into the kitchen & I wondered if they were up to
trouble. I then walked outside, just in time to see Morgan trying to turn the hose on.
Thankfully Brian had turned it tight so they couldn't get it on. As she was using all
her strength to turn the water on, I noticed that both she and Jackson were wearing their
swimming suits. Yes! Swimming suits on October 24th!!!!!!
I asked them what they were doing & to put their clothes on because it was cold & they would
get sick. (I started to sound like my mother & grandmother) :) They
then informed me that, "Mom, but we want to swim!" I asked them if they were cold, to which
Jackson said yes and Morgan said no. I told them that it was way too cold and that they
COULD NOT turn the water on (they were trying to put the hose down the slide so they
could have water on the slide--Can you imagine how cold that would have been!!!)
So, since Mom said no water and no hose, they decided to be creative.
They then both went to the drinking fountain, filled each of their mouths with
water, carefully walked over to the slide (trying to keep the water in their mouths
without spitting it out or swallowing it) & then Morgan spit out the water from
her mouth on the slide, and slid down in a little drop of her watered down spit. Jackson then
followed step by step, spit out his water on the slide and slid down.
It was DEFINATLY entertaining. :)

I had to take a picture of the cute baby sleeping. She is so much fun, but only likes
to cuddle with her bear. She has to sleep with this bear every night and loves to
say, "Bear, are you?" if it's lost. What a sweet baby!

A blanket for the Baby

Morgan had a great idea that we should make a blanket for the baby so he will be warm when he comes. She then told me that she wanted a rainbow blanket. :) I thought that it would be fun for our family to tie a fleece blanket for the baby. Jackson helped me pick out the fabric at Joanns. Morgan & Jackson both wanted him to have a blanket with lots of balls all over it, but the only ball fabric I could find had ugly basketballs on them, so we decided on this cute polka dot fabric. For family home evening we had a lesson on families, and the importance of this baby coming, and then we all tied the blanket. The kids loved it & did really well at tying the strips together. Hallie just loved wrapping herself in the blanket. Now the kids are trying to decide if they want to give this blanket to the baby when he is born, or for Christmas.

I love my Girls

After we got back from the little witch village (see next post) Hallie scraped her back on Jackson's bed. I came in the room to find her and Morgan like this. Morgan had grabbed a cloth & was cleaning Hallie's back so it wouldn't hurt anymore. It was so sweet!
I love how Hallie is just laying there & Morgan is being the nurse. They are such sweet little girls. They get along so well and Morgan loves having a little sister. On the way home from Salt Lake they were sitting next to each other in the car. At one point Morgan was teasing Hallie and I looked back to see Hallie pulling Morgan's hair. Morgan then started to pull Hallie's hair. I thought they would start screaming, but instead they started laughing. They are too funny.
Morgan saw that I was taking pictures of her and Hallie, so she wanted to take some of me and Hallie, and the 3 of us acting silly. Lovely pictures... don't you think. :)

Gardener's Village... Witch Time

My Mom found out that at Gardener's village they were having their annual Witch Fest. They have all sorts of witches around the village & lots of fun & expensive shops to go and look around in. The kids didn't have school so we decided to take them up. My Dad came along to and I think he loved being the only man out of hundreds of women and children. :) ha ha ha He said that everywhere he looked there was a woman with a baby. (We didn't know this would be the case) :) Grandpa & Grandma were very sweet to take us to lunch first at Wendy's where the kids each got their own frosty. Jackson sucked his down as fast as he could, and Hallie now eats her own box of chicken nuggets... is that a good or bad thing? :) The kids were really excited to find all the witches & Aunt Kaylie helped write down where they all were so we could get cookies at the end. We (I mean Mom, Brittany, Kaylie, & I) had such a fun time looking at pumpkins, crafts, witches, & little shops. It was such a beautiful fall day & the kids had so much fun.
Jackson tried on the cute witch hat or is it a warlock hat?
Morgan tried on this cute witch hat, but we decided not to get it since it was $15.00!!!! Maybe you can pull a bunny out of it or something to make up for the cost. :)
The kids didn't want to come near this witch who was waiting to have her picture taken with us. (no, she isn't real) I squeezed in beside her & told the kids they would be safe. Then I realized that I could feel her fingers in my side & started to wonder if maybe she was real. We quickly moved so others could have a picture taken with her. Thank goodness!

Pony Rides

Morgan & Jackson keep talking about how when they are bigger they will ride on a horse. I knew that there would be ponies there and decided to let the kids each have a turn. They had so much fun! I could tell that they both thought this was the coolest thing ever!
They each chose which pony they would ride while the other kids were on them. Morgan chose the big brown one and Jackson chose the big white one. They had smiles on their faces the whole time.
After the ride they were so happy & excited that they finally got to ride a horse.
I decided Hallie was too young & wouldn't remember it anyway, so she didn't get to ride. Plus, I would have had to walk around with her so she wouldn't fall off and walking in horse poop is not my idea of fun. :) This is her while she watched her brother and sister riding the ponies.

Gardener's Village Continued

The stores were so small and packed with fun things that they wouldn't let strollers come in. My dad was so nice to stay with Hallie while we walked in the stores. At this particular store Jackson came inside and foun this really cool giraffe and said, "Mom! Take a picture of me with the giraffe!" Oh, isn't that cute! Too bad the giraffe was $115.00!!!! Yikes. :)
Morgan saw Jackson get a picture taken with the giraffe and then wanted a picture taken with her sitting on the blue chair. They had so many cute things in the shop. Too bad they were WAAAAYYY out of our price range. We stopped at the little bakery and got some cookies. You could also buy a slice of bread for 80 cents. Thankfully we ate before. :)
We went on a little scavenger hunt to find the witches all over the garden. Morgan & Kaylie posed by the first one and then we found little Witchy Poo going potty while reading the paper. The kids thought that was pretty funny. Grandpa helped Jackson ring the bell but none of the witches came- Darn it!
Morgan and Jackson kept asking if the witches were real. I had to stand next to the witch and convince them that this witch was not real and that she wouldn't touch them. They loved looking at all the different witches, and I think they're favorite ones were these:
the witch talking on her cell phone.
the witch doing the hula-hoop.
the witch fishing in the little pond.
the witch riding her bicycle in the air, and
the witch that was flying to fast and slammed into the barn door :)