Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year I have so many things to be thankful for... I am so glad to get to be the mother to these boys.  They truly are a piece of my heart walking around outside my body.  I love watching them learn new things and the way they can make me laugh.  I love their inappropriate humor jokes but not the name calling.  I have to try to hide my smile and be a good example for them.  I love that Quinten when he flips a coin says heads or Temples?  And also that he says if you kiss on the lips you are going to get maw-wied and then he kisses me on the lips and tells me he is mine forever.  I will be so sad when his little lisp is gone.  I love that Kaden has taken it upon himself to make sure that Quinten doesn't eat anything that he is allergic to.  I love that Hyrum will read books to his little brothers and makes up silly games that all the boys can play.  I love the late nights of staying awake with Hyrum catching the end of a football game or playing cards in his bed with him.  I love that Quinten will beg me to find his tickle spots and laugh deep to his core when I tickle him.  I love that when Kaden realizes people are noticing what he is doing that he embarrassedly covers his mouth and lets out a little giggle.  I love that Hyrum has finally realized that even though he doesn't get the same things as his little brothers, that sometimes the alternatives that he does receive can be better for him.  Sure there are many a crazy day when I wish that life was calm and quiet, but the days when my boys are gone I miss their loud, obnoxious ways.  I love the way they can all make me smile and that they wrap their not so little hands around my face and give me kisses and hugs.  Messes and all, I love these little boys.

My little buddy is already planning his birthday party. He is so funny.  As he plans his party, the food is the most important thing to him.  He wants his friends to eat frosted flakes, cinnamon toast crunch, drink orange juice and for dessert he wants them to eat bacon and have little oranges.  All of these things (plus more) are foods he is allergic to.  When I ask him about this, he tells me that he is hoping that since it is his birthday his friends will be nice and share with him.  Apparently he really misses the foods that have the potential to kill him.  Finding substitutes for the favorites is not as easy task...however I am determined to help my little TinTin have the best 4th birthday party ever.

hello November

I have failed to keep my blog updated.  Life has gotten super busy in more ways than I ever imagined.  To catch up to today, here are a few of the summer and early fall high lights.

Once I got the boys back I decided we were going to spend those 3 weeks redeeming the summer.  Every day I let the boys decide what they wanted to do and we went with it. On days where they didn't know what they wanted to do, I suggested some fun ideas. 

Boerne lake for kayaking and a BBQ with friends.

Hyrum earned his bear for cub scouts and many arrow points, this kid is motivated to get finished fast!

The chalk festival downtown was a hit. Quinten loves all things spooky (except for real spiders) and wanted to invite this guy to be the "show" at his birthday party in December.

Aunt Heidi came for a week in the summer and did Aunt Heidi camp.

Hyrum rode the Iron Rattler twice!  He didn't want to at first, but he learned that sometimes scary things can be ok.  I took each of the boys on their own date to Fiesta Texas and they got to choose whatever rides they wanted to ride.

First day of 4th grade and Kinder.  The older boys were not happy because they started a week before their friends.  TinTin is thrilled because it was his lucky day for our date at Fiesta Texas.

The end of Aunt Heidi camp. They all got numbered shirts.

Cave without a name. They loved climbing "inside of a mountain"

Texas summers are made for swimming in rivers and having fun on rope swings. This is Monkey Island.

Kaden's day at Fiesta Texas. He planned it all out on the map and wanted to get the best use of his time, he is definitely my child!

I traded in my van this summer and while I was doing so, TinTin got the pleasure of testing out all the off road vehicles and motorcycles they sold at the dealership.

Halloween at cub scouts.

September was a month of sickness at our house. Kaden ended up in the children's hospital for a night and is having a follow up procedure Thanksgiving week to scope his throat to see why he keeps getting croup.

Quinten happened to have a trip to the ER earlier int eh same week that Kaden did.  His poor face got hives and we found out he has a lot of food allergies.  All the boys have stepped it up and try to protect him from eating foods he shouldn't.  He has a soccer ball necklace with all the foods he is allergic to on it.

Our annual tradition of going to the corn maze.

Hiking Mt Bonnel in Austin.  The boys did not want to leave Austin this time without a hike.  They said it's not fair I always go without them so now they have had their turn.  I think they enjoyed more pulling themselves up the stair rails and watching the speed boats in the river below more than the actual hike though.

I am leaving many things out, but instagram is so much faster these days.