New Years Eve Photo booth fun

Our oldest Landon, is finally at that magical age where we let our kids stay up to ring in the New year.

We decided that when our kids turn 8 they would be able to stay up till 12 with us playing games and having fun. I think each kid should have some one on one time with mom and dad every now and then. When you have 4 kids its really hard to have time with only one kid with both Noah and me. We do one on one dates with our kids where I will take one out or Noah will take one out but its much more difficult to go out with the 3 of us. 

So we try to let one kid stay up later then the rest one day each week so that they have some one on one time with us. I was super excited that Landon got to stay up this year with us.

We were planning on going to our Neighbors house to play games because my mom was here and could stay with the sleeping kids, but Aowyn started running a really high fever and was having a rough night, so we decided to stay home. (I really hope that she didn't get the flu that her brothers had. That junk took over our house during the holidays.)

We started out the night trying to take some pictures.

It was my "I want a photo to remember our night" attempt, but these two sillies of mine refused to take a "normal" picture.

I quickly realized that my "want" to have a normal picture was ridiculous... we are far from normal so why lie and take a normal picture? Haha! Am I right?

Noah got the bright idea to mess with Photo Booth and thus the silliness really began.

I was seriously laughing so hard I had to hold my legs together and run to the bathroom.

I may or may not have peed in my pants a little.... lets just go with may not..... mkay?

I think our noses look pretty sweet!

I'm sad that's not how we really look, it would definitely keep life interesting

My mom said that Noah looked like that guy from Men in Black when his head get shot off and starts to grow back.

Rolling on the floor laughing....

Now Noah's rocking the Megamind head and I look like a deranged vampire (aren't they all) who can dislocate her jaw, ready for some Megamind blue blood.

Oh the brows.

Noah's got brows for days and I look like I belong on one of those Facebook "These girls need some eyebrow help" pages.

Now I'm channeling my inner Puss in Boots.

Aowyn saw the picture this morning and said "You so sad!" Hahahaha

When we were all done we played Disney's Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Clue and Headbanz while we ate Peanut M&Ms, homemade salsa and homemade onion dip.

We rang in the New Year with our family favorite, Cran/Apple Sparkling Cider and watched a few fireworks out our back window.

Now its time to celebrate New Years day with some great food and College Football Playoffs.

ROLL TIDE! RAMMER JAMMER YELLOW HAMMER!

LET THE STAMPEDE BEGIN.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015 is looking bright.

Alone time

With two big brothers and a baby sister right this little man doesnt get much time to take a bath by himself. Landon and Braddoc both take showers now (braddoc just started) so now Tayton usually gets the bath to himself. The first time he had it all to himself he was in little boy heaven. He kept saying bubble over and over and smiling from ear to ear. My heart sored watching him so happy over something so simple. He is a such a happy kid, probably our most naturally happy kid, always smiling and enjoying life. I was fine to watch him with his GUY (bad guys, good guys, any characters) and play in the bath. It reminded me how important it is for one on one special time with each kid. They are all so different with different like and dislikes. Noah and I make sure we do dates with the older two, but sitting their having some Alone time with Tayton and enjoying every minute of it, I realized its important to have a "date" with him too. I really enjoyed my one on one time with my adorable 20 month old. I havent laughed that hard in awhile, he was just enjoying seeing me laugh and kept doing things to make sure I kept laughing.

What an adorable little perfect angel. :O)

Bus ride and Pottery Painting

A friend of mine was taking her son on the city bus, and the night before she was talking about going and I "weasled" my way in. :O) So Landon, Levi and Gracie got to take the city bus. It was quit an adventure. And a blast I am glad we did it. I told my friend who organized it that Im a good mom cause I have friends who are good moms and set up such fun things. :O) I am blessed in all walks of my life.

After preschool last thursday Landon and I went with someone his friends and their mommies (my friends) and rode the CAT bus. When we first got on the bus their eyes got so big, they were ESTATIC, it was so much fun to watch!! The kiddos really enjoyed it. My friend Candice made them little papers with the bus number on it so they could watch for the bus. It was an adventure, we got off about 3 stops too early then we had to walk, part of the way there was no side walk so we walked on the dirt, which Landon thought was a whole nother adventure, the journey to the bus :O). Then we saw what we thought was our bus, but it wasnt, lol we didnt find this out till after I RAN in slip ons, to catch it. After the other 2 mommys caught up, I had all 3 kiddos, who ran and caught up with me and were already on the bus, :O) They flagged me down before I paid, they told me wrong bus, lol Well I got my work out in!!! Hahaha no it wasnt that bad.



So we walked to the next stop where we discovered we missed the bus so we had to wait on the side of Craig rd. Where there is like NOOOO side walk, ok well there is but not enough of one to not scared the daylights out of a mom who has a very active little boy, and waited. I was so worried that Landon was going to do something crazy like get overly excited and throw himself in the rode and get hit by a car, I know overly dramatic but it was so nerve racking.



It was a true adventure and I am so glad we had the chance to do it. We rode from one end of town to the other and then stopped at a pottery place and Landon painted a whale. Its a very hippy whale!! I cant wait to see the finished product, he was very intent on the whale (I had to covience him NOT to do a robot, I really wanted him to do a plate, "You could have a cool plate you decorate and all Braddoc would have was a plastic one." even that didnt work, So whale it was then.)

On the way home Landon fell asleep in the car, which never happens, he was worn out. Then when we got home we walked over to a friends house, (well he rode his scooter) who was having a lemonade stand and got a lemonade and a popsicle and he got to play with some friends. We got home in enough time to scarf down some dinner that wonderful daddy made before we rushed out the door to daddys baseball game that he coaches for primary. It was a crazy busy day and after the boys went to bed, I fell asleep super early on the couch, lol guess I was worn out too.

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Waiting for the bus, looking at their papers trying to find the right bus.

Waiting some more (we were 15 minutes early, lol and didnt know it.) Landon had a Dr Seuss day at school that day so his hair is super crazy because he was dressed like Thing 1. :O) We didnt have time to uncrazify (is that a word) it before we had to go catch the bus.

Such cute kids.

Waiting for bus 119.

On the bus, Landon was just in awe staring out the window.

So excited. they played musical chairs everytime the bus stopped. I dont think the bus driver liked it very much!

look at those sweet smiles.

Theres our bus!!1 Yeah!!! (I couldnt get it moved any hire up)

At the Artful Potter, making his whale.


What a cutie pie!

So serious about the painting! It was very sweet!

What a good day!!!