I know, I know

Alrighty then, it's been a while since I posted. Yes, it's the usual excuse...I'm super busy. However, I have been newly inspired (thanks to my good bud Amy) to keep all my blogs updated. I know, you are thinking what does she mean ALL her blogs, she barely keeps up with this one? Well, Amy and I (mostly Amy) have gone global in the bloggersphere (is that a word?). So, like I said I am motivated once again and inspired to keep the posts coming!! I have a ton of pics on the computer that are just screaming SLIDE SHOW. That's on my list of things to do tomorrow. What am I talking about? It's technically Sunday, I have a bad case of insomnia for some reason tonight. Anyway, I am off to try to catch some ZZZZ'S.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

The holiday season has been of course CRAZY!! However, my holiday decorating is done...thanks to the Holiday House Tour. Yes that's right, I being the crazy lady that I am agreed to have my house on the Holiday House Tour which was the weekend after my last week of school. So, I was a little busy this last week. However, everything is done and over, I completed my final assignment on Friday and by Saturday my house was clean and decked out for Christmas. The house looks great. We ended up with three trees. It's kind of a funny story. We have been going to this place called Wiley's tree farm where you cut your own tree. I have to admit they are not the prettiest trees (I prefer Nobles)however, the kids have a lot of fun when we go. Mr. Wiley is very nice, he gives the kids tractor rides, hot chocolate and best of all they get to cut down their own tree. This year I wanted a noble tree because it would be prettier. Well the kids weren't having any of that, they wanted to go to Wiley's. So, we made a compromise, I would get a Noble for downstairs and they would get their Wiley tree for upstairs. Then they thought it would be fun to make their tree a John Deere tree. However, when we got the tree home it was too bushy and it had ants (yikes). So, we put clear lights on it and put it out on Sydney's balcony. Problem solved right? Wrong..they still wanted to have their John Deere tree (we couldn't put ornaments on the tree outside because of the wind). A friend gave us her old fake tree and ta-da we had three trees and everyone was happy. The John Deere tree was a big hit on the tour. I'm sure this has started a new tradition of having a "kids" tree upstairs. Aubree already has plans for a pink princess tree.

Halloween Fun

We did the usual carving of the pumpkins. Of course Aubree thought she could do it all by herself. She did most of the work except for the carving. She drived right in and cleaned it, didn't get grossed out at all. It took me a while to come up with a costume idea for Liam, since his idea was to be a center pivot (don't ask)and get this...Aubree could be his booster (it's a farming thing). Finally, I thought since Aubree was going to be "Dorothy" he could be "Scarecrow". Sydney wasn't going to dress up...you know she is too cool for that now. However, a friend of ours had a good idea that she and her cousin Brooke could be beauty pagent queens. Brooke was "Miss Beverly Ct." and Sydney was "Miss Spreckels Rd." So, that was settled. We went trick-or-treating then ended the night at our friends house for a Halloween party.

A Lot of Catching Up to Do!

Well, on Friday the 12th I completed the CalStateTEACH program and now have my teaching credential. I am already enjoying my newfound free time. So, needless to say the story of my life for the past three months has been that I have had little time to do anything other than work, take care of family, and school. Even though it is December I am posting stories and pictures as far back as our trip to Borchard Farms to get pumpkins. Jennifer and I found this place when we first moved to King City and it began sort of a little tradition for us. Borchard Farms is just outside of Salinas and they have every kind of pumpkin, gord, and squash you can imagine. This of course includes the GIANT pumpkins. The kids love it and we always have a lot of fun. This year we went during the giant pumpkin weigh off. They had a haunted house, corn maze, and jump house. Lots of fun for all.

Liam's First Soccer Game

When Liam started school this year he told me that he wanted to play soccer. Imagine my pleasant surprise when my son told me he was interested in something that did not involve tractors. So, we signed him up and practiced started last week. Well, basically I paid 25 bucks so that my kid can pick dandelions and watch the ball as it goes by. He actually has a really strong and accurate kick, however, there is one little problem. My son being just a little OCD likes to have everything just so. As long as the ball is situated just right he has no problem kicking the ball. So, you can see how this is a problem seeing as it's SOCCER and the ball is in constant motion. I know this is all very new to him, but I don't know how many more times I have to explain that he has to run AND kick the ball at the same time. The most important thing is he had fun and we got quite a laugh watching all those little guys running after the ball. I was also relieved that I wasn't the only parent that spent 25 bucks to watch their kids pick flowers. It was actually about half and half. Half the kids seemed to have an idea of what to do and the others well, let's just say they're learning. We ended up winning 2-1.

That's My Boy!!

Well, Liam is on a roll. First, he got stuck in the laundry basket on Sunday. I was doing laundry and had all the clothes and baskets out. Of course Liam was goofing off (I know hard to imagine) and he decided to have a seat in his laundry basket. I didn't see him and I kept calling him to come in my room and he never came. Then I heard him asking for help. I came out and this is what I found.

At first I thought, "Oh, he's just playing, he's not really stuck!" He was. I had to lift the basket and turn him upside down to get him out. Next, (this is good) he took a shower in my shower last night. It's kind of a privelage to take a shower in "mom's shower". Well he finished and got dressed and I was so proud of him for cleaning up, getting dressed, the whole sha-bang all by himself. This morning I got in the shower and noticed that there was a lot of hair on my razor and I thought it was strange because Will wouldn't use it but hey ya' never know. So, I didn't really think too much about it and completely forgot that Liam had been in there...until I saw his head. Yeah, that's right, he has a lovely little bald patch right in the middle of his head. Isn't it amazing how those razors just accidentally land on your head like that? At least he still has his eyebrows!!

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