{Tight}

Friday night we watched Korie & Byran's boys....they have a great time playing together. I love how easily more kids fit into our home.....we had six boys and I hardly noticed the difference. lol I know that this picture is a little blurry but it was the one that I was able to get all six boys in. :-) They were racing cars in the entry way......and everytime Mr A did what he was trying to do he said it was 'tight'.....lol.....it is funny the different phrases we go through.....

I remember using the word cool as a teenager.....and my Opa hated it.....if you didn't use the word with the original meaning then it wasn't being done correctly. :-) Now the kids come home saying things like that too.....and I just smile and laugh and remember being a kid. :-)

{Fake Burps}

So a little background......our two older boys will burp at times, and they think it's funny.....so Mr T has started to fake burp around his older brothers.....and he does this quite often, usually after he takes a drink of something. I've gotten used to it. lol Well, last night Mr T took a drink, and did his fake burp.....then Little Mr made a similar sound.....I tested it to see if he just happened to make the sound, or if he was actually copying Mr T.......he was copying him! lol Too CUTE!!!
Well, this morning Little Mr got up and I was feeding him.....when he was done he burped, not too uncommon....the funny part is that he made the little fake burp sound again! lol
I love the cute things kids do!!! :-)
That's all for now......just thought I'd say a little sun in my life with you. :-)

{Christmas Light Walk}

Monday night for our Family Home Evening we went for a walk to look at all the Christmas lights in our neighborhood. Our friends Tiffany, Wyatt, and Ethan joined us for our cold adventure. We bundled up the kids, got the babies in the strollers, and walked around. It was so nice. I love having family time.....& it didn't even cost anything! hehe Mr E walked around with the camera so he took most of our pictures.....just like Mommy....lol
These are some of my favorites pictures that were taken that night. I love looking at Christmas lights! :-)

{A Cold Night}

I should start with a story from the other day about Mr A. :-)
I was making my blog header....the one that I have up....and Mr A say the pic of himself and didn't like it....so he asked if we could rewind and re-take the picture. Too cute! So, I told him that we can't do that, but that is why I ask him to behave when I take pictures of them, and that if he didn't like this picture then he should behave next time I ask to take a picture.
So back to this beautiful picture of our children all togehter......it was SO easy to get this picture.....I only had to take three of them! And for those of you that have take pictures....especially of four kids together.....and/or OUR kids.....lol It was great....and they look so cute all bundled up for our walk. :-)

{Wrestling....}

This is something that you tend to see in our house a lot. :-) The Mr wrestling with the boys.....they all love it. And I love seeing them enjoying themselves together.....it is so cute. :-)

{Tongue All the Time}

These are so funny! This is how Little Mr looks most of the time. lol He is usually doing his low crawl or hanging onto furniture....or me....with his tongue sticking out. It is so funny! I had to get some pictures of him doing it. lol

{Standing}

Little Mr has started to stand by himself.....a couple of times he has taken one step, but then grabs onto the closest thing to him :-) He will stand a few times a day like this now, so we'll see how long until he actually tries to walk. :-) I can definately wait for that.....I know it might sound silly but I'm just enjoying him while he's still so little.....lol.....well, not little.....but young. :-) They grow so fast and learn so much in such a short time when they are young like this.....I love watching them develope into their own little person. It is so neat to see their different personalities. :-) I know this picture is a little dark, but it's the one I was able to get. :-)

{Little Mr's First Cookie}

Yummy....

He was so excited....

The culprit...

On Fridays I like to do something a little special for the boys for their after-school snack. A couple weeks ago I had made chocolate chip cookies for them. I figure it's Friday, and they don't have school or homework so a treat is fun. :-)
Well, I needed to go to the store...and The Mr was home...so I put Little Mr in his booster seat with a cookie. He stayed in there for almost an hour just munching away on that cookie! It was so cute when I got home and saw him like this! lol

{25 Pounds & Counting....}

I finally found my scale.....although I wasn't too excited to know how much I am right now.....I was definately interested to see how much our little chunk has gained.....
25 pounds....yes I said that correct....lol....Little Mr now weights 25 pounds.....he is definately our little chunk and we love it. :-)

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{Thanksgiving 2008}

L to R - Mr T, Mr E, Little Mr, & Mr A

Let me tell you-I love to cook for those that I love. So to be able to have Thanksgiving at our home WITH our family too was such a blessing to me. I love having family near to be with. Not only on Thanksgiving or any of the holidays....but on a daily regular basis. I love it. I am so greatful to be back home in Washington. To have our families so close to us, and to be able to let our children know them and have relationships with them. This was a hard year...I'm not going to go into details....but those of you that know me well enough know that I've had a hard time. I was especially thankfull that my Oma was here with us. I am very very thankful for the relationship that I have with her and that she has with our children...that my children get to know and enjoy her. That means a lot to me....that is one of the main reasons that we wanted to come home. I have a lot to be thankful this year. :-) And I'm glad that I'm able to enjoy that. :-) Hope ya'll had a great Thanksgiving too.
We had a very nice full house.....although the boys were disapointed that there weren't any other kids to play with. They did great though and were very helpful. We had Oma-ma, Tante Amalia, Opa & Oma, Uncle Michael & Auntie Messa, and then all of us. It was great. :-)

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{Costumes}

Little Mr ~ Jedi Knight
Mr A ~ Mummy
Mr T ~ Kangaroo
Mr E ~ Karate Kid

{Halloween 2008}

From Left to Right: Mr E, Mr T, Little Mr, & Mr A

This year we walked around about half of our neighborhood....since the houses are so close together we felt that this would yield enough candy for them......BOY were we right. :-) We didn't even have Little Mr do his own trick-or-treating which we've have usually done in the past(let the younger one get candy too) The Mr is home this year, so it was especially nice for me to have him here getting the kids ready to go out and keeping an eye on them while they were trick-or-treating. We drove over to Oma & Opa's to let the kids trick-or-treat at their house, and then we also drove over to Oma-ma's to show her the boys. It is so nice being home and this close to family to be able to do that. Although I have to say that I am still not used to the WA weather again yet. I forgot how cold and dark it is here for halloween....hopefully we'll be here next year, and I'll remember then. :-)

{BoosterSeat for Little Mr}

This is Little Mr playing in his new booster seat from his Great Tante. :-) It folds up so that we can bring it with us when we go somewhere to eat, and it has this neat tray with toys that just clips into the eating tray. I LOVE IT! :-) He is eating a lot more solid foods now that he is sitting at the table with us. And it's MUCH easier for me to eat my food too since I'm not holding onto him! Don't know if that's a good thing or not yet.....lol. :-)
Thank you Tante Amalia! :-)