Home Depot Workshop

Home Depot does free workshops every month for kids. The kids get a Home Depot apron with their name on it and they get to use hammers without their parents freaking out! The kids have so much fun doing it. Today the project was a fire truck with a removable whistle on top. I think this definitely topped the birdhouse they did before. Caden's getting pretty good with a hammer, he can usually get the nails in pretty strait without any help, which is a feat even I haven't mastered yet. This was Blake's first time because technically you're supposed to be 5, but there were lots of younger kids there, so we let him do it too. I had to hammer in the nails about halfway, and then he did the rest.
Here are the finished firetrucks! When the kids are finished, they get a pin with a picture of the project on it to put on their aprons.
Here is the link for the kids workshop if anyone would like to try it next month.

Voting Simplified

Scott and I were sitting in the living room this morning discussing last night's debate. The kids came in and were listening for a little while. Blake has actually heard Barack Obama's name a lot, and loves to chant it. I guess it's catchy for a 4 year old.

Anyway, Caden has been learning a little about the government in school, so I tried to expain in very simple terms that it's time for a new president and that we listen to what Obama and McCain have to say, and then we decide who we want to be president and we vote. Then, they count the votes and whoever has the most will win. So Caden's eyes lit up and he got really excited and said, "HEY!!! If all four of us vote for McCain, then he will be president because 4 is a lot!!!"

New Camera

So, Scott got a nice camera for intraoral photography, and I decided I wanted to learn how to use it. So, I've just been playing around, and here are some of my pictures.




Hopefully, they'll just keep getting better.

It's a Girl !!!

We had our ultrasound on Tuesday and it's a Girl!!!! We are sooooo excited! I'm so amazed that they can even tell what's on the screen. Here's a shot of the baby's face.And here's the shot where she can tell it's a girl. The boys' anatomy was a lot easier for me to see. I still don't reallly know what this picture is, but I'll take her word for it. It's a girl!!

Blake's 4th Birthday

Blake turned 4 on August 1st, and he INSISTED on a transformers birthday. We kept it small and invited only a few friends, but it was still loads of fun. We started out with an obstacle course. I told them that planet earth was being attacked by the decepticons and we needed to save it. So, we blasted into space from Cyberton (the slide).
We went through the black hole. (tunnel)
We rode around the moon in our spaceship.
Then we launched into earth's atmosphere.

We fought the decepticons.
And then we defeated Megatron. (Punched a balloon with Megatron on it)
Blake got an Optimus Prime costume for his birthday, and it's been permanently attached ever since.
We played a few other games like Transformers memory and pin the gun on Optimus Prime. We played autobots vs decepticons with balloons attached to their ankles, and had them try to pop each other's balloons. Sooo....I guess they were a little young for that game, because there was a lot of crying involved. Woops!
We ended the party with Transformers cupcakes and a scavenger hunt to find the allspark cube (the source of the transformers power) which had the party favors in it. The kids had a great time, and that's all that matters.
I thought I'd include a picture of our new swingset. This was our birthday gift to Blake and it only cost us $20. I love craigslist!Happy birthday Blake!!!

A Proud Dad

For the past year or so, Scott and the kids' favorite game has been the "ice cream game." Scott has the boys wrestle each other, and then when one pins the other, they both get a bite of ice cream. Surprisingly the boys are pretty evenly matched even with the age difference. That's probably because they actually weigh the same. It's so funny to watch the three of them during the game. The boys are wrestling hard, sometimes even talking a little smack (which is soooo funny), and then there's Scott on the sidelines coaching and yelling things like, "Brittany! Did you see Blake do that half nelson! He's a natural!" Does anyone know what a half nelson is???

Caden & Blake Want to Tell You Something...

Yes... It's true. I'm 12 weeks along now and we are all so excited! Caden and Blake talk about the baby all the time. Anytime we're going anywhere, they say, "Mom you need to be sooo careful so you don't hurt the baby." They're already protective of their little brother or sister. It's really cute. A few weeks ago I was drinking a glass of water and Caden said, "Mom, I bet the baby likes it when you drink water, because it gets to go swimming!!"