Go, Go, Goers!

Four-years olds can be hard to understand...their enunciation may be iffy, and sometimes they make up words, just for fun. Our little G speaks pretty clearly for his age, and I can usually decipher what he’s saying, but in the last few weeks, we’ve all struggled with the name of a new friend at daycare. We know the friend is a girl, and she really likes Skye from Paw Patrol. We also know that G wanted her to come over to spend the night. Hm. Not sure about that one... G kept calling her ”Danie” (with a long a) but when I would repeat "Danie" back to him, he would get very frustrated and loudly say her name again. This went on for a few weeks until I remembered that we live in the north. And our children were born here, so they both have accents from this crazy place. One of the things that drives me bonkers is how people here say the word “bag”. The “a” becomes long and it sounds like “bayg”. So, finally, I asked G if his friend’s name was Dagney. Ding ding ding! My little ...

G has recently discovered the closet where we keep all of our board games. I often find him playing Hi Ho Cherry-O, Candyland (aka "the gingerbread game"), and the memory game all by himself. Last week, he discovered our Twister game, and thought it would be fun to play with Ava and me. I politely declined (not sure I could become a pretzel at this age) and offered to run the spinner for him. After some begging, Ava was a good sport and joined in the game with her little brother. She actually did a great job and followed the rules, while G didn't quite grasp the full concept of keeping his various hands and feet on the correct colors while moving around. He ended up just sorta flopping around on the game board instead. And eventually he just decided it would be more fun to use his sister as the game board. I'm not 100% confident that Ava thought that was very fun... I got a head start on our Christmas shopping AND enjoyed a huge craft fair with my mom last S...

With Scott gone hunting, it puts me into the spotlight of needing to feed my children. Yikes! Last weekend, we had pizza with my parents and mac and cheese...easy peasy. This weekend, I decided we needed to incorporate some veggies and home cooked items into the menu. We did splurge on Friday night...we went to a local Barnes and Noble since they were hosting a book fair for Ava's elementary school. Ava had fun running around with a neighbor friend, and even Garrett ran into someone he knew from daycare! It was crazy and chaotic, and I might have been a little crabby by the end of the night. After the book fair, we went out for a fast dinner, and the hit up the grocery store to pick up goodies for this weekend. We walked through the door at 8:30pm, and we were all exhausted. I'm pretty sure that everyone was sleeping by 9:05pm! Fletch and Ava with Big Red (the mascot for their school).  G wasn't so sure about meeting the cardinal, but by the end he mustered up enou...

What a fun and busy week! We started off the good times with G's fourth birthday last Sunday. We invited the Minnesota grandparents to join us for dinner, cake, and presents...and it was fun! G had a blast opening his gifts, blowing out the candles, and eating mac and cheese (Scott made a marvelous turkey dumpling soup for those of us that didn't want mac and cheese. Yum!) Trying out a Halloween wine...photo bomb by Ava! G also received a happy birthday call from the Paw Patrol on Sunday morning, so that was exciting...once he figured out who was calling him. Haha! Halloween was just two days later, and man, what a day. I took the day off of work, and then learned that G's daycare was having a Halloween party, so I was able to spend a hour with all of the little kids. It was really neat to see G interact with his little buddies. Grandma Karen and Grandpa Doug were able to join that fun event, too, so G had quite the audience to entertain. ...