Pumpkins

We finally got around to carving our pumpkins last night.  I usually have lots of ideas of fun baking things to do with the kids this time of year but its just not happening so I'm glad we at least carved pumpkins.  Even though the kids had no part in the actual carving they had a great time. I'm excited for trick or treating tonight and watching some Charlie Brown!  Happy Halloween!

We did let Caroline decorate her pumpkin before carving it.  

The boys loved watching Shawn at work an loved feeling the nasty goo inside. which somehow became my job to clean out.  

This was the best one we could get even though you can barely see Graham's face. 

We're all ready to hand out candy now!

Boys are WEIRD

There is a VERY big difference between boys and girls.  My boys love to wrestle, talk about poop all the time, and wrestle some more.  At times it can be a little overwhelming.  They are good hearted little boys just a little weird.  Graham just came downstairs with a shirt shoved into his underwear making his bottom about 5 times its normal size.  I have no idea where they come up with this stuff but its a little gross.  And maybe a little funny too.

1st Grade Performance

Caroline had a a cute Halloween recital a few days ago at school.  The first graders learned a few Halloween songs and dressed up in their costumes and sang for the parents.  It was so fun getting to hear the songs Caroline has been randomly singing for the past few weeks.  And the cherry on top was that Shawn even made it to the last half of it.  It was a great night and I love getting to see this sweet girl grow up.  She may be tone deaf but man she's cute.

All dressed up and ready to go.

She was all the way at the end of a row which made it hard to see but I managed to get just one picture.

Caroline and her buddy Xavier.  He is in her class at school and is in our ward and these two got to dose doe in one of the songs.  She was so excited to be one of the few kids to twirl around.

On a different note I am terrified for this girl to turn into a teenager.  She spent at least 30 minutes this morning debating what to wear to church and complaining about the clothes she had.  I don't know how my sister that has 3 girls does it.  I still love her but wow she can really be a girl sometimes.

My Monkey turns 3!!!

Sweet, crazy Graham turned 3 last week.  He woke up to balloons in his room and was rather unimpressed by them so I don't think I'll be doing that again.  And since we've never thrown him a birthday party I finally broke down and threw him one.  It was very low key but he had a great time.  We had pizza, cupcakes, and even played a few games like hide the monkey.  I know I'm really not the best at party planning but hey he's only three and loved every minute of it so I'm happy.  I love this little ball of energy so much.  I remember the first sonogram I had when he looked like a peanut with tiny arms and legs.  He was moving those little things so fast I thought he would fit in perfect with our family and he has.  He keeps up with his big brother and sister and tries so hard to be big stuff all the time.  We love our Graham! I can't believe my baby is three!  Ok I"m going to post pictures before I start crying and get even more sentimental.

By request monkey cupcakes.  And they may kind of look like lions but oh well, not bad for a first attempt at decorating.

Yes he is blowing out a Yankee Candle.  I realized we were out of candles about 30 seconds before singing but Shawn came to the rescue and Graham didn't care.  I love how easy going this kid is.  And He LOVED having people sing to him.  I think we could have given that to him for his birthday and he would have been happy.

Thinking about eating it.

Realizing its a monkey.

I'm sorry but isn't this the cutest picture ever?  And he loved that cupcake.

Graham was very sweet and did a great job of letting his friends help him open presents.  He'd say, "I can't open it all by myself."  He's too sweet.  Devin got a little jealous and tried to convince Graham to trade him some of his new toys for forever.  We explained that his turn will be coming up soon enough.  Happy Birthday Graham, we love you so much!

Sneak Peak

Here's a sneak peak of what's to come on Halloween.

The costumes are not quite done but they boys couldn't resist trying them on after I had ironed on the logo.  In fact all three kids are sleeping in their unfinished costumes tonight.  Halloween here we come!

Kids Update

I have been a terrible blogger lately.  I've felt pretty nasty, had to teach preschool two times this week, have been horribly behind on cleaning my house, went to a party at the wrong time without a present, its just been one of those weeks.  Luckily Shawn is awesome and my friends are more than understanding.  Even with all the craziness that has been going on the kids have been great and pretty stinkin' hilarious.
Caroline recently finished a project for school on her favorite person; herself.  It was so fun to see her decorate her poster and think of all the things she wanted to share about herself.  I think its been my favorite project she's done because she actually did most the work.  She also lost another tooth and then dropped it in the grass about 10 minutes later she was so sad but decided to write the tooth fairy a letter.     It was the cutest thing I've ever read.  "Dear tooth fairy I lost my tooth for good and I was so sad.  I wanted to keep it but I lost it.  I was so excited when I lost my tooth.  I love you.  From Caroline Anne Funk"

Caroline and her Marvelous Me poster.

Devin is funny and has no idea.  The other day at around noon I asked him if he was hungry and he goes, "Mom I'm always hungry, I don't know why you always ask me that."  Well said. He also recently came downstairs and showed me that he had almost completed one side of a rubix cube Shawn's parents had given them.  When I asked him how he did it he said I just turned it and turned it and turned.
Graham is nuts.  I have to pull him off of Devin about once a day because they love to wrestle so much.  He really wants to be like Devin.  One night as I was walking in to give them baths I saw both boys with their feet on the wall of the tub hands on the edge and bare bums in the air.  Graham also hates wearing pants and wants to wear shorts everyday I usually get him to wear pants but when it warms up in the afternoon I let him change into shorts and he looks crazy.

See crazy right?  I never thought I would let my child go out like this but some fights just aren't worth it.