Phone Call from the Principal

Today at 1:13pm I received my first phone call from a principal. Mr. Cleaven said that Ethan had pushed a little girl in the stomach during recess and was now going to miss lunch recess tomorrow. Now, I am a believer in crime and punishment however, I think there was a little more going on then what good old Mr. Cleaven's detective work came up with.

Since school has started Ethan has been complaining about a little girl in his class who is "mean to him." These complaints are almost daily! At first I really thought it best for him to just ignore her. There are going to be people like that the rest of his life and he needs to not let it bother him. Brian and I were just discussing the need to talk to Ethan's teacher, Mr. Mike, about what he is saying and try and get his perspective of the whole situation.

So, today while I was talking to the principal I expressed that Ethan has been saying this little girls is mean to him. Then he asked me what he means by "mean." My thought was WHO CARES IT IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM, FIX IT! But I just gave a few examples of little things he has mentioned. Then he said when he talked to Ethan he didn't give an example of what she was doing that was mean he just said "she was being mean to me." So, in his mind that makes Ethan the guilty party!

This little girl already had to have a conference with her parents, teacher, principal, and many other people regarding her behavior and Ethan has NEVER had a problem! So, I think that he should look more at the past two months to come to a conclusion of what is happening instead of going with a five year old who knows he is in trouble couldn't give me any specifics!

Also, if Ms. Nancy from Kai and Olivia's school had called and said either one of then had pushed hit kicked you name it I would have just thought they were being beasts. Ethan on the other hand is just a much shyer nicer personality. Where hurt feelings are more of an issue then getting punched in the stomach.

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

This is the most beautiful costume I have ever seen! Do you think I could get Olivia into it?

Hunter Farms

Brian had today off so we decided we better head to Hunter Farms or we weren't going to get the chance this year. It is about 45 minutes away but it is so awesome and totally worth the long drive.

There is a lot of stuff to do at Hunter Farms but we wanted to pick our pumpkins first. The kids took this quick picture with the "huge bird" and then we were off to catch the tractor ride over to the pumpkin patch.

The tractor drops you off and then you have to follow the path a ways before you even get to the pumpkins. We told the children they could each pick one pumpkin but they had to be able to carry back to the tractor.

Kai changed his mind almost every time he saw another pumpkin, which was about 2 a second.

Me claiming my pumpkin!

Ethan trying to carry his pumpkin back. He picked such a big one!

Olivia carrying Ethan's, and Ethan carrying Olivia's. It must be nice to have such a strong sister! HA

Finally to the tractor. The kids really couldn't carry their pumpkins so Brian and I carried them a little ways and went back to the others, and so on! It was exhausting, but we got the most awesome pumpkins.

After we got off the tractor we headed to the fun!

The kids spent most of their time at the hay maze. They loved it and went down the slide over and over again. We had lunch the played in the maze more.

Bottom of the slide smiles!

Happy Birthday To ME!!!!!

IT'S A BOY!

We got back from the Ultrasound a little while ago and we are happy to report that the baby looks great!

Now onto the boy part! Olivia and I both were in shock and Ethan just said "I told you guys." Ramona was holding Kai and he was very interested in everything that was going on, and laughing when he saw a part of the body he recognized.

It should be easy to convince Olivia that a boy is good. She was meant to be the only girl in the family. It fits her so well.

So the real issue is that we are back to square one on names. Hopefully we will come up with something soon because I hate not having a name and then saying things like "it."

Ultrasound Day!

It has finally arrived! We are so excited to get to see the baby and make sure he/she is growing perfectly. I made the decision to take the kids today with us for the appointment. Ethan and Olivia are very curious about the baby and I think will love it. That left Kai! I couldn't leave him out of such a great family moment and he too is excited about the baby, but he is 2 1/2. So today if you could take a second to pray for our little baby that everything will look great today, and we will be able to see if it is a boy or girl. Also for the kids that they will enjoy the moment and that Kai won't get super board! Thanks and I will update as soon as I get home!

FHE Corn Maze

About 10 minutes from the house is an awesome corn maze. Since I was lame and hadn't made any formal Family Home Evening plans, we decided it would be perfect! The cool thing about this maze, is that there are 6 places you have to find inside the maze. Everyone gets a little card and there is a hole punch at each stop along with a maps so you know the general direction to head.

Here we are at the first one!

Which way to go?

Found another one!

It was a great Family Home Evening! I love being with these four crazies!

Football

On Thursday afternoon's we head over to the junior high and watch our friend Trevor play football. The kids love the open field and the dangerous things they get to play on. Their favorite part is getting to run onto the field when the game is over to see Trevor. After the first game Kai got to try on Trevor's helmet. Thanks Doug for the great picture!

Primary Fall Festival

This years Primary Fall Festival was a blast. We used a lot of the decorations from Ethan's carnival party and it turned out awesome. The most popular activity was the sack races. Kai especially LOVED it and got more turns then anyone else.

Donuts on a strings has the funniest pictures!

Ashley and Savannah were doing the face painting. Ethan thinks that they are so pretty and when Ashley started painting his face he got really shy. It was so cute! I love that Ethan bug. He is the best!

Shama and Christine heading up the food! Yummy!

We don't have any pictures but at the very end a few parents tried out the sack race and I am VERY happy to report that I was the winner! I smoked all the dads! HA