Funny things my kids say

Here is another installment of funny things my kids say:

Simon - I didn't spend all my money, right? (He got birthday money recently)
Me - No you have $5.
Simon - I'm in the black!

Who knew his 5-year old mind would grasp the concept of red/black financial descriptors that we explained to Eli a couple of days earlier when he asked about Black Friday! Gotta love it!

Happy Thanksgiving

I really like Thanksgiving and the time we all spend thinking about all the many blessings we have. I know that I am truly blessed and have so much to be thankful for. At dinner one night this past week (no not on Thanksgiving but prior to it), as a family we did ABCs of things for which we are grateful. So here is some of that exercise

A - Alice, it is good for me to remember that I am thankful for her and all her 2-year oldness.
B - Beds
C - Cars
D - Dad, both mine and the great one that Joe is!
E - Education and Eli
F - Family and friends and Freedom
G - Grandparents
H - Home
I - Ice cream
J - Joseph Smith
K - Knowledge
L - Love
M - Moms
N - Nighttime so we can see the stars
O - Opportunities (Eli thought of this one!)
P - Prayer
Q - Quiet times
R - Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
S - Simon and Scriptures
T - Telephones
U - Underwear!
V - Voting
W - Water
X - X-rays
Y - Yummy food
Z - Zippers
It would only take 4 things in each letter to have more than 100. Makes me realize how many great things I have to be thankful for and how easy it really is to count my blessings!

Halloween

I know it has been a couple of weeks, but here are some pictures from Halloween, Simon's birthday gathering and raking leaves.

Here is Alice as a ladybug and Simon the fearsome pirate.

My 3 cuties! Eli was Garfield.

This little girl is Riley. She is in Simon's preschool class. They found each other during the Trick-or-treat down Main Street, and the next thing I know, they were holding hands!

We had trunk-or-treat for our ward activity Saturday before Halloween. We dressed up as "Gilligan's Island"

Here is Simon with his cupcake cake. A definite pirate at heart!


Aren't these girls cute. It was a beautiful day and we had fun raking the leaves and jumping in them. I couldn't resist putting Taryn in the leaves in her pumpkin outfit!