My House on Tuesdays

I work from home on Tuesdays and every once in awhile my babysitter has something come up so the kids stay home with me. Trying to work and be a good Mom at the same time is nearly impossible. I practically do anything to keep them occupied so that I can try to get stuff done. It never fails that as soon as I get on the phone they break into a fight, cry or bang pots and pans together (ok so I am exaggerating a little). When Scott gets home he looks at me like I have gone insane to let the house get to the state of chaos that it is in. In the end my work gets done and the kids have had a fun day so I guess that is all that matters. Notice Brigham's yellow Snow White skirt...Haylee helped him with this one I am not guilty.

Ohhhh, you gotta love him.

This is just one of the moments when you realize how much you love your kids (I usually only have these Ohhhh moment when they are asleep). I had to interrupt this nap so that I could get Ashtyn to the dentist for a cleaning. Seven cavities, a frenulectomy and $300.00 are the outcome of that appointment. Grrrr! What is a fenulectomy you say? Apparently she gets to have the piece of tissue snipped that connectes your gums to your lip. Hers is too short so it has caused a gap between her two front teeth. Ashtyn would prefer the gap over having this snipped but I think she will thank us for it someday. They charge $182 for this procedure alone. Any prayers you would like to offer in her behalf would be greatly appreciated. I do not look forward to those appointments at all...she is not going down without a fight.

Jack and Jill

We finally gave in and adopted some cats for the kids. We named them Jack and Jill because we got a boy and a girl...spayed and neutered I must add. They have had a lot of fun with them so I guess it has been worth it. Kliss I tried to talk them into waiting until after Thanksgiving so that you weren't freaked out by this all but of course I got outvoted. They do live in the garage and aren't allowed in the house anymore (the first day we did let them in a little) so you should be safe.

TRICK OR TREAT

Haylee, Whitney, Ashtyn, Brigham and Michelle at the Halloween carnival. Haylee, Brigham and Ashtyn ready for the carnival. Brigham, Ashtyn and Haylee all set to Trick or Treat

Premier Performance Dresses Up

Ryan looking forward to retirement.

Steve looking sharp in his Helga get up. Steve and Bruce looking to go into business together. Chelsea as Anastasia The Accounting Crew: Kelli, Carrie, Darci & Lacey

The Finale

I was quite surprised that Haylee picked the skull as her pattern. I thought she would go for something more cutesy. Just when you think you know your own kids... Here are the scary results.

Ashtyn and Brigham working hard for the end result

Pumpkins

Haylee working on her pumpkin, notice the sparkly skirt...perfect attire for carving pumpkins.