Alan's 5th bday

Alan turned 5 on Sep. 3. My parents came to rescue me from my nausea and Greg did the entire party. Seriously, I walked outside when they did the pinata and then walked back inside. Bad. I didn't even take these pics, my Dad did. Apparently Greg can throw a good party cause those kiddos were there over two hours and he had them entertained the entire time. Thank heavens for an awesome Dad or Alan wouldn't have had much of a 5th birthday. Oh yeah, he even took Alan to the orchard and they picked apples and then took them to his class on his birthday. What a great Daddy!

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Blowing out the candles, it is a good thing he is 5 and doesn't care, cause this was a tiny bit pathetic. My Mom made the cupcakes and Alan did the sprinkles.
Molly at the festivities. She has underwear and a pajama top on, pretty much her attire the entire time I was sick. Actually, I lie, she usually didn't even have underwear on.

Alan taking a swing at the pinata, I am in the background in hideous orange basketball shorts and Greg's t-shirt. Hot Mama.

The party Man! Seriously, he shouldn't have done it cause now I am just going to turn it over to him every year.

My Mom has this great trunk that she lets the Grandkids pick a birthday present out of. She hauled it all the way from Gilbert to my house so that Alan could choose. He got a harmonica, what a great choice for a 5 year old!

Alan is such a sweet little boy and I love him to pieces, it is hard to believe that he is already 5! He has really done a lot of growing up in the last few months cause he HAD to help me, there was no other choice. He can now empty all the garbage cans, clear the table, unload and load the dishwasher, vacumm, clean the bathroom (yes, he can clean the bathroom, everything except the toilet, I did that, then threw up in it) make his bed, mop the floor with a Swiffer, and fold the laundry. He is quite the good helper and most of the time he is very happy to do it.

He is also picking up on reading and math and loves to read Hop on Pop. Why Dr. Suess did you have to make that book sooooo long? We love our Alan Boy, stinky boy, cocono! (silly nicknames)

First Day

Continuing with my catch up- journaling. Alan's first day of Kindergarten.

Pioneer Day

I have been REALLY bad at writing in my journal since I had kids. Something about changing diapers and feeding all these people all the time really gets in the way. I recently saw this thing where they will take you blog and put it into a bound book and I thought, duh, I should really use my blog for more journaling purposes. So excuse this Pioneer Day post from JULY but someday I might actually publish this little blog and this was a big deal for me.

Pioneer day wasn't really a big deal. We met at one place and walked to another place before it poured rain on us and we ate hot dogs and hamburgers. Very pioneery. The big deal was this dress:


This is the very first DRESS that I have ever made. I have done quilts, simple skirts and lots of straight lines, but this thing has a zipper and sleeves for crying out loud. I cannot take credit for the little apron, the nice lady in my ward that helped me made that. She was so patient with me the entire time when I kept having to rip things out and do them again. It was so fun and soon I will attempt another one.


ooh- this is a bad picture. Alan's outfit was a lot easier.
I also made my dress without a pattern. It is well, pioneery. And I look like a goober in this picture.
Another great pic. I promise Alan had fun.
So there posterity. I can sew. I tiny little bit of a pioneer dress.

A Fall Walk

I work for a few hours at the library at Alan's school each week. I shouldn't say each week, cause this is the first week that I have actually gone. I took Molly with me and Greg took Alan. We were walking out and I let Molly hold the keys from the drinking fountain to the front office (about 10 feet). I chatted with the principal for a minute and then we left. Got to the car and no keys. Back to the office, no keys. Looked everywhere for the keys. Walked home. So my house is not that far from the school. Maybe two blocks, but that is farther than I have gone in 4 months. That is a lot of excertion for me right now. I was ticked at Molly cause I was hungry and did not feel like walking home. I pulled her a little too hard and she tripped and fell and started to cry. This is horrible to say, but I didn't care. I just wanted to eat. She soon stopped and I soon felt bad and just let her enjoy the walk. She picked up all the rocks and leaves and things she could find. And she held my hand the entire way home. Two blocks, little hand. We should lose the keys more often.





It's good to be two, almost three. Sniff...three more months. Not my baby anymore, even though we all still call her that.

Scroll down I have posted two today.

Let's just move onto Christmas, shall we?

To say that I was not really into Halloween this year, would be a bit of an understatement. I bought costumes at yard sales, totalling $4 for Alan and Molly. I did not put up one single decoration. I did not pass out one single piece of candy. I kept Molly home from the festivities and pawned Alan off onto friends to take him to the Trunk or Treat (THANKS MEGHAN!!) I didn't even make the scarecrows that have adorned my porch and had my kids pics taken in front of for the past 4 years. So when I tell you I have NO PICTURES of anything this Halloween, you now know why. So needless to say, Halloween was pretty much skipped for me this year. I just couldn't do it. And I am perfectly okay with that cause I finally got my house somewhat put together.

I am really not a big fan of Thanksgiving. Women, slaving away in the kitchen for days while men watch football on T.V. and then devour the food in 15 minutes flat is not my idea of fun. I like the idea of Thanksgiving and being grateful and spending time with family, but the actual doing of Thanksgiving is so overrated. That sounds bad now that I reread it, I am not being a scrooge about it, it is just a lot of work for one meal. Can you tell I am still pregnancy tired?

So this year, let's just move onto Christmas shall we? I seriously just want to put up the Christmas tree, but I know I will get sick of it too fast so I am trying to hold out for another few weeks. Alan is so excited this year and keeps asking when Christmas is coming.

Funny Story:
I asked Alan on Sunday if he wanted to bear his Testimony, he said "I already did" ( he bore it about 6 months ago) I said "Well, you have to keep doing it, you don't just do it one time." He said sure so we went up. I knelt down next to him as he talked into the microphone.

Me: I'd like to bear my testimony.
Alan: I'd like to bear my testimony.
Me: I know this church is true.
Alan: I know this church is true.
Me: I love my Primary teacher.
Alan: I love my Primary teacher.
Me: I know Joseph Smith is a true prophet.
Alan: I know Joseph Smith is a true prophet.
Me: I know Pres. Monson is a true prophet.
Alan: I know Pres. Monson is a true prophet.
Me: I love my family.
Alan: I love my family.
Me: Anything else?
Alan: Anything else?
Me: laughing uncontrollably behind the podium, In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Alan: In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

He then went back to our pew and proceeded to walk up and down the entire pew making car noises with a car while I was bearing my testimony and the sweet old couple behind us was trying to get him to be quite. Greg had taken Molly to the bathroom. What a sweet little boy.

Jumping in beans that got bugs in them. August 2009.


I do have some pics of the past month that I still need to down load, I will get there after the pile of laundry gets folded and I get dressed and go eat for the 14th time today.

giveway

I am still on break, but one of my fav hair blogs is doing a giveaway and I have wanted those dang curlformers for months, but they are not cheap, so I am doing my all to win them. I never ever enter gievaways, but I'll give this one a try. Check it out:

http://babesinhairland.blogspot.com/2009/09/curlformers-giveaway.html

So Boring...

YEAH! I have internet at my house finally!

Sorry for not posting, you see, I am prego and totally yucky sick. I wanted to do some fun post and announce it all neat and la dee dah, but, well, this is what you get.

I am due in April, and can not wait until Oct. when I will hopefully be feeling better, but for now it is the couch, lots of food, pure exhaustion and constant 24/7 nausea.

I will be taking a blog brake until Halloween and then I will be going private, so leave me a comment or email me and I will send you the email if I can even figure out how to go private.

I am so boring.