The Ward Halloween Party

WE went to our ward Halloween party on Saturday night. I'd like to say that my boys had a blast, but in reality Christian didn't know what to think, so he was quiet the whole time, but Nicholas sure enjoyed it! He got to decorate a cookie, make a spider sucker, eat a doughnut on a string, play mini golf, toss a bean bag into a pumpkin's eye, and best of all "Take a treat"(that's what he calls trick or treat) out of cars that had "scary fire pumpkins" Christian may not have enjoyed the party, but when we got home, I gave him a sucker, and I think that made up for putting him through it all. He LOVED it. It was his first sucker, and he absolutely devoured it. I think watching him enjoy his little red sucker was my favorite part of the night, That and watching Nicholas try to eat a doughnut on a string!

R.I.P

The death of our pumpkin. It was quick, painful and ugly. We learned the hard way the you don't carve pumpkins in North Carolina until just a day or two before Halloween. They grow mold inside from the humidity and then they cave in. Nicholas was really sad when we put it in the garbage. All he talked about today was how his pumpkin died.

Happy Halloween!

Christian walking-kind of...

So Christian is really stubborn and he thinks that he can't walk so he doesn't even try, even though he can. When he is trying to get something and he's distracted I have seen him take 2-3 steps but as soon as he discovers he is walking or even standing up on his own, he drops immediately. So here is a video of him pushing nicholas' bike- yes we do have a push walker but nicholas loved it so much that he still plays with it all the time, and he won't share it with christian. Christian was able to do this a few months ago, but he would scream at me the whole time I made him do it because he didn't think he could. Well he has finally discovered that he can do it, so here he is. Hopefully soon he will discover that he actually can walk, and start doing that too!

brady boys driving

The new love of my life

My new passion can be described in one word. CRAIGSLIST! Why didn't I know about this sooner? It is a community classified website where you can buy and sell stuff and it doesn't cost you anything to use it. I have found all kinds of good bargains on it. First we were having friends over for dinner, but we have a small table so I looked on craigslist for some folding chairs. I found a set of 4 nice ones being sold for $12! Then after the party we got to thinking it might be nice to have a bigger table. Well I looked on craigslist and found a nice solid pine dining room set- table, 6 chairs and a hutch all for $200! This is when it gets good... I sold my table on craigslist for $100, and a desk that we don't use for $25, and a slide that the boys don't play with anymore for $10, so after selling all that, my new dining set only cost me $65! It definently needs to have the seats reapholstered because I don't like blue, but otherwise it was a great find. Then I got a double stroller that had only been used 3 times and was practically brand new for only $55! My latest find is my boys favorite though. I got them a yellow power wheels hummer. They LOVE it and have so much fun driving around the back yard with thier friends. I will be posting videos of them driving it soon. Anyway EVERYONE should know about craigslist. It is fabulous!

The Hummer!

Are you kidding me?

We have been really working on getting nicholas to go poop in the toilet. he goes pee pee just fine, but we struggle with poop. Today I knew he needed to go, so I stuck him on the toilet and then told him he could't get off until he was done. he cried that he didn't need to go, but i knew that he did so I let him run around without his undies on because I know he won't poop an the floor, he always runs to the toilet. Well I put him on it 4 times in a matter of 20 minutes, and each time he said he didn't have to go and then would run and play. finally he came running past me faster than I'll get out yelling " I need to make a poop!" I followed him into the bathroom and lifted up the lid on the tiolet and helped him sit down. Then I stepped back, into something warm and gooey. He haddn't quite made it.
I went to Sam's Club today...As we were shopping we heard a loud noise. I sounded like someone pushing something heavy across the floor. Nicholas looked up at me in alarm and shouted "Stop the elephant noise!" It definently sounded like an elephant. Then he started yelling "Everyone get out there's an ELEPHANT!!!" He told everyone he saw that there was an elephant and they needed to get out, except for one lady who when he saw her he stuck his finger in his nose and said "I'm getting my boogers out!". I had to go around the whole store until I found what was making the elephant noise, so I could prove to him that there wasn't an elephant. It ended up being a floor cleaner. Then when we were checking out Nicholas tried to strangle Christian every time I turned my head to talk to the cashier, and Christian sat and screamed. Sometimes I wonder why I even go out.
I caught nicholas playing with my digital camera today. He likes to take out the memory card and play with it. Later when I was going to download pictures the camera said that the memory card needed to be reformated. I took it out to check if maybe he put it back in wrong, and as I pulled it out I realized that it was slimey and no, it does not work anymore.
I tried for 2 hours today to put nicholas down for a nap. When I went in his room to put him back in bed for the 5th time I realized he had dumped an entire bottle of lotion all over his bed. He had also pooped in his undies, and wiped the poop all over the bed and the carpet. The nap didn't happen.
I know what you are all thinking. No one's life is really that exciting and glamorous all in one day, but It's true, mine really is!

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