Thursday

Breakfast: Yummy banana bread (it was so good!) The kiddos all ate great! Tristan also had a banana

Lunch: eggs with cheese, manderine oranges, mac n cheese, cookies, milk

The kids ate a ton at lunch! They must love velveeta cheese because that's what I put on the eggs and they gobbled them up! Lilly ate a ton of oranges too!

The kids were great today! We took Bryce to school then came home and did a good hour of arts and crafts because Lilly kepts saying "color" We colored, made spooky ghosts with our hands, and used stickers (she hates stickers by the way!)

We then went downstairs and ran around and listened to music. We read books and played, played, played! Oh and Lilly's new trick (well I know it's not new but it is here) is climbing those 2 steps downstairs. She was on them constantly today climbing to the top (and then couldn't get down)

She also did her downward facing dog a lot today and I noticed she is trying to stand up and then plops on her bottom.

Wed

Breakfast: Jocelyn said she was too cold to eat! :-) haha, she ate a quarter of her waffle and some strawberry milk

Lunch: She is still working on her strawberries and her turkey (woofed her yogurt drink down)

The kiddos played great early this morning, and then we headed off to preschool. I didn't get to ask them much about it because I almost forgot Bryce and I had a dentist appt at 11:45! Kyle came home with Jocelyn and Landon for an hour and gave them lunch.

At the dentist's office Bryce got to pick out a prize (he picked out 2) and when the dentist asked about it he said the ring is for my "girlfriend" his exact words! So cute!

She loved it!

It's now almost 2 and the 2 big kids are now eating (haha) I have a feeling we'll be having a little quiet time this afternoon.

Tuesday

Breakfast: pancakes with choc chips, banana, milk (all ate well, Lilly wouldn't touch her banana)

Lunch: spagettios, pb and marsh, cheese slices (mickey cheese), apples/applesauce, milk, Halloween cookies:

Lilly ate a ton for Lunch!!! Wow does she love cheese and spagettios!! My two didn't eat much. Jocelyn at half a sandwich, and Tristan ate well.

We took Bryce to school and then headed to the mall (I had to use that 10 dollar off coupon!!!) I made my double stroller into a triple (I'm a genious and it worked great!). We got there before the stores opened so I did 3 laps around (whew I was pooped!) Then we played with the coin collector thing that makes pennies go round and round (Tristan and Landon were in heaven!!!, I wish I would have had more pennies with me!) Then I had them play a little quarter machine where they each got a bounce ball. They had so much fun bouncing it around the mall!!! There was no one there so I let them run around and bounce bounce bounce (near the main entrance) Then we went to JCPenny's for like 10 minutes (thanks again! I got 4 maternity shirts for only 8 bucks!!! woohoo!)

We came home and played for another hour then Jocelyn joined us. We got back in the van picked up Bryce and headed home. Then ate lunch.

Lilly is so cute because when we get home for lunch I say, " now go inside, take off your shoes, and wash your hands" She tried taking off her shoes and then slapped her hands together :-)

The big kids are upstairs playing very well with choo choo's and Lilly is hanging with me until nap time!

Oh they love those Halloween cookies!

Monday

Breakfast: fruit loops with milk
Lunch: grilled cheese, grapes, milk, granola treat

Ian ate like a little piggy at lunch today! I cut up half his sandwich and gave it to him while I cut up his grapes and by the time I turned around it was gone! I thought he had thrown it on the floor but nope, all in the belly!

Everyone ate very well today.

We took Bryce to school then came home and played! Landon and Ian had fun just getting every toy out possible today! We read books, worked on our names (I would write it out for them and say the letters) Ian was more interested in eating crayons though. We sang "old MCdonald" and read our numbers on the farm book and practiced counting and our animal sounds (haha Ian growls for every animal it's so funny!)

We then went and picked up Bryce and had lunch. Again Ian was sleepy after lunch and rubbing his eyes.

I'll be at the docs (ultrasound today) from 1-2 (Kyle will be here) and all the boys should be napping nicely!

Wednesday

Sorry this is a bit late (getting ready for vacation while watching kiddos!) and no pics, the camera is packed and I was afraid if I used it I would forget it.

Breakfast: Jocelyn ate about half her waffles and had some milk, my boys had zucchini bread and milk

Lunch: Grilled cheese with turkey on the side, grapes, and yogurt. Jocelyn ate very well (just a little yogurt left. Ian loves his grapes! Bryce ate nothing! Landon ate his and Bryce's sandwich. Jocelyn informed me there is something wrong with my turkey (haha!)

Great morning and wow did it go fast! The kiddos played all morning with Jocelyn's little pet shop (she shared great!) Oh and sorry if she is asking for a CARS lego set for christmas (Bryce found a magazine flyer and was so excited!!!)

Landon and I ran some errands (yeah for $7 for a full tank of gas thanks to Weis rewards!!) then came home and met up with Ian. Ian fussed for seriously a second today after mamma left! totally loves outside time. We played in the sand and ran around and swung (until Ian's eyes started to get heavy)

Then it was pick up time at preschool. The kids said they had a great day and learned the wheels on the bus song (which I've heard them sing a few times today since) Jocelyn got her picture forms.

They ate lunch and then played in the playroom (so cute) Jocelyn set up a club house and was playing house with all the kids. It was so sweet to see her talk in baby talk to Landon (and then Landon talked that way to Ian)haha!!!

Ian went down for nap at 1 (and boy was he pooped!) He was rubbing his eyes all through lunch. Jocelyn, Bryce and Landon played race cars for a while until I put Landon to bed too.

Now the big kids are playing in the basement (more race cars) and watching pooh's halloween. I told Bryce he doesn't have to take a nap today since he'll be in the car for a 4 hour ride this evening (if he sleeps that means he can't pick on Landon!)

Tuesday

Breakfast: whole wheat pancakes, banana, milk

Lunch: pb and marsh, cheese slices, grapes, (Lilly had some pudding) and tiny brownie for dessert, milk

All ate great for both meals.

Sorry for lack of pics, I took a big video clip of the kids doing their flash cards (so cute) but can't seem to upload it!

The morning flew by! Fun but we had some grumpy/emotional kiddos today! Lilly was beating up Landon left and right (I tried to give her a time out but she so didn't get it!) She was also a bit fussy up until we went outside. Landon has been tough today too and between him and Tristan I was big time feeling the 2 year old rebellion!

We took Bryce to school then came downstairs and played. We worked on alphabet flash cards for a long while (they love them) Tristan knows about 70% of the alphabet and landon is at 25% (pretty good!) Lilly copies the letters that the boys say!

We also did puzzles for a long time (but this was tricky with Lilly because she wanted the big boy's puzzles. Tristan was obsessed with these new dinosaur puzzles, he actually said he wanted to do them instead of going outside.

After that we went outside (Tristan had a melt down because he wanted to still do puzzles) but it was so nice, I insisted. He of course got over it the minute he walked outside.

Lilly hit her eye in the corner of the table downstairs (it's a little red around it)

Lilly is now still finishing up lunch while the big kids are playing upstairs.

Monday

Breakfast: zucchini bread, bananas, and milk (All ate super duper good!) YUM!
Lunch: grilled cheese with turkey, grapes, pudding, milk (again good eaters, Ian woofed his sandwich and was making YUM noises for his pudding!)

It was a morning of playing!! I've decided I'll do more "school" time with them when the weather gets yuckier (might as well get outside as much as possible now!) The 3 boys played cars for a while before Bryce's school. We took Bryce to school and again Ian loves the car ride and coo's the entire trip!

We returned home and played inside for a little then outside for a good 2 hours! They swung (and sang songs), Ian clapped along while Landon and I sang. We of course ran around and they boys played in the sandbox (where there is no sand because all of it was dumped outside) So they were working on shoveling back in the turtle :-)

Ian only fussed for a little after momma left this morning, the boys cars kept him preoccupied. He was very into an Elmo puzzle today, and is now being entertained by Landon dancing and singing to his Leap frog transportation station (haha)

Ian did have a little fall today he fell back into the little table and cried (it was short lived but he may get a bump on the back of his head. His nose has been a little runny too.

Well off to put everyone down for naps!

Friday

Breakfast: Jocelyn ate all her waffle and had some more milk
Lunch: She drank her yogurt drink, ate a half of her yogurt, half of the whole wheat mac n cheese. (She was having issues with flies in my house during lunch and kind of freaked out a bit so I'm sure she'll have her grapes later)

The morning was spent racing all the Disney CARS on the table. They seriously did this until it was time to leave for school.

School went well today. Jocelyn had a big stack of papers to show you. They said they practiced writing their names today. They also made a tiny "red" book. I didn't get much more out of them than that (must be Friday right??)

They came home and ate lunch and like I said above Jocelyn doesn't like the flies in my house! Sorry, with kids I always have a ton of flies from them leaving doors open :-(

They are upstairs now (where J says the flies aren't allowed to go (heehee)) and playing nicely. I'm hoping there is minimal fights and they can make it until 1 for nap but we'll see.

Thursday

Breakfast: pancakes (except Tristan who insisted on jelly toast! haha) , banana, milk All ate super well!

Lunch: T and L had pb and marsh (again insisted) Lilly and B had spagettios, everyone had apples, cheese slices, milk, and halloween cookies

Lilly loves her spagettios (she woofed them) I wouldn't expect her to eat much at dinner, she ate a ton today (didn't drink much though)

We took Bryce to school then I took the little ones to the pet store for cat food/liter. They had a blast. Lilly meowed all the way through the cat food isle. Tristan and Landon loved running around the store looking at all the animals (especially the fish). They were all well behaved until I had to check out and the boys thought it would be fun to run up to the auto doors stomp their feet then run back and they proceeded to repeat this a bazillion times until I finally paid.

WE came home and spent the entire rest of the morning outside(so nice) although now it's looking like it might rain! They played in sand, in the bounce house, Tristan was into soccer today but I wasn't doing whatever it was he wanted right.

We sang songs outside and swung

We picked up Bryce (what is it with Tristan doing forward rolls??? He's been doing them everytime we pick up Bryce (where we wait for him) I think he's showing off.

Came home ate lunch and then the boys watched a Halloween movie, and now it's off to bed for all!

Wednesday

Jocelyn ate a few bites of pancake and then asked for cereal and ate a good bit.

She ate great for lunch. Almost her entire english muffin, all of her apples and cheese.

The big kids had a great day at school. They did the chicken dance (said it was soooooooo much fun!) They also did the ants go marching song (I bet Bryce was an expert we've been doing that song since he was a baby) They also painted an apple (which wasn't sent home yet)

Jocelyn said her show n tell went very well. Mrs. Knisley told me to tell you that she got Jocelyn's paper and said that she sometimes gives the extra worksheets to the 3 day class (but they don't have to do it and we shouldn't make them) I did see she got a stamp on her A book :-)

The kids just finished lunch and I'm debating about a nap for Bryce. I wanted him to stay up with J to play but he's starting to melt down and has black circles around his eyes! so we'll see, Jocelyn and Landon are playing nicely though :-)

Tuesday

Breakfast: pancakes, banana, milk

Lunch: pb and marsh on wheat, cheese slices, cantaloupe, milk, Halloween cookies

Everyone ate excellent today!!! Jocelyn finished her entire lunch in 1 sitting! All got cookies (thanks Gammie!)

It was a fun morning! We took Bryce to school then came home and painted our pumpkins! We talked about pumpkins (what color and shape they are) They loved painting them. Tristan wanted me to paint a small baseball and bat (he insisted that the entire pumpkin couldn't be a ball because there would be no room for a bat) and Ashley you need a bat,..... duh!!!

Lilly and Landon had a lot of fun (Lilly painted her pumpkin and after that moved onto the table)

We played outside the rest of the morning (beautiful!) swung, batted, pitched, blew bubbles, and of course dug in dirt/sand!

Jocelyn joined in just in time to pick up Bryce and head home for lunch.

The cookies after lunch got the kiddos talking about Halloween (they are excited!) Now they are pretending to be ghosts and scare each other.

Oh my boys had major melt downs right before lunch today (it wasn't pretty!) So all are getting naps today (except of course Jocelyn) although she tells me she's tires so we'll see.

Oh and Jocelyn says that "she never acts like that" when my kids were falling apart! :-) I think they scared her from how loud they were!