November

Our family has had it's share of sickness in the last two weeks. Aidan and Alec had the stomach flu the Saturday before Halloween. Aysia came down with it the Tuesday before Halloween. I am so very grateful I came down with it after my preschool party was over and we had enjoyed trick or treating! I was sure I would be sick for the big pre-k party. The Lord truly blessed me - not to skip being sick - but to get sick at a more convenient time. Billy lucked out and skipped it. He was very good with the kids on Saturday. I spent most of the day in bed. He took them out for Aysia's favorite breakfast - McDonalds. Later they went to play at the park.
My dad called me to see if I would mind him taking Billy to the last BYU home game on the following Saturday. I told him Billy deserved it. (Billy had been hoping for an invitation).
Now I'm sick again with a terrible cold. Hope this isn't a sign of how winter is to progress.

Eleanor and Chloe came home with Aidan after bowling on Wednesday. They play so well together. You'd never guess Ellie was only three. Eleanor stayed long enough to get to play with Aysia after her dance class. Aysia ADORES Eleanor. Tammis commented "Aysia has always loved Eleanor. Even before she was born." I can only think of one another baby Aysia has been more excited to be born - Alec. Maybe it was her age at the time Ellie was born, but I think (as does Tammis) they were good friends in the pre-existence.

Aren't they CUTE!

We went to Adison's Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese's. The kids had a blast. Adison was so excited for his birthday. Christy gave my kids enough tokens to keep them there all night plus some.

Alec likes driving.

I let Alec loose on the place. He had a lot of fun. He played a Virtual bowling game. He threw the ball, and half way up the ramp it would drop away and the TV screen in front of you would show a computerized ball hitting the pins. He got a lot of gutter balls, but he clapped and jumped up and down like he was bowling 300.

Here's a cute side note. Alec has started talking a lot more. I mean things you can actually decipher into English. I made pizza the other night for dinner. He kept saying peeza, peeza, peeza! OVER and OVER! He now calls anything that is a triangle shape Pizza. I made myself a Quesadilla for lunch a few days later and he wanted some of my peeza. He also saw some triangle shapes on a quilt on Aysia's bed, he pointed at it, looked up at me with triumph on his face and said "pezza!" So now I need to teach him a triangle is called a triangle, pizza just happens to be in the shape of a triangle!

Artists at work.

Aysia invited her best friend Summer to come over after school last Thursday. Aidan invited Chloe to come play - at Aysia's request to keep him occupied. They had apples and carmel dip for a snack. They painted many masterpieces! All my children love to color, draw and paint. The main staple in the diaper bag on Sunday (besides diapers) is paper and as Alec calls them "colors". If I need to keep him busy for a while, paper and anything to write with - especially a pen - will do it. He also loves play dough. He will play long after the other two kids are done.

I don't have any pictures, but we went and had cake and ice cream for Jana and Byran's birthdays this last Sunday. Their house is beautiful! I could easily live in just the kitchen alone and be happy. The boys sure seem excited to have their own rooms and be able to spread out. It was nice to get together with the family. We don't do that much with Gramee and Poppi in Germany. I told Christy I am so sad for the situation with Michael's Job. However, I feel guilty that I'm also glad she isn't moving so far away...yet. Aidan would be lost without Chloe. Aysia has recently found new reasons to keep Adison around (his Nintendo DS). Aysia unlike many little girls really likes video games. She has realized Adison does too, and he can give her pointers on how to get past the dragons and other things in Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii. While Aysia is obsessed with Super Mario Galaxy, Adison plays a wider range of games - so at this point, Aysia is now better at just the ONE game then Adison.

Well, we are going out tonight. I better clean the house up a bit before Micall comes to babysit.