Planetarium

Jonathan's work had a special showing at the planetarium for their employees last week. They have one of those theaters where you watch the show on the dome ceiling, it was pretty cool. Except for the fact that Colton was terrified. His little heart was beating out of his chest... at least he was quiet though. Kirsten thought all the displays were pretty awesome, but that the show was pretty scary especially when it looked like you were going inside a black hole.
Some of the pictures I took with my phone.

Belly Shot

Well, I am now 35 weeks along and getting really sick of being pregnant so I figured it's time to post my belly shot.


I am sick of being pregnant but also not ready to have a baby. Everyone keeps telling me number 3 is the hardest so I'm a little nervous!

Poor little Bubbs

I've always known this day would arrive...with Colton being as crazy as he is he was bound to have an injury or two eventually. So this morning I was taking a shower while the kids played quietly in Kirsten's room (or so I thought). When I started to hear blood curdling screaming coming from the family room. So I jump out throw on a towel and go see what's going on. Kirsten comes running over screaming at the top of her lungs, "mom, get over here right now, Colton is bleeding all over the place." So I run over and Colton's mouth is full of blood. I look inside and his teeth are completely messed up. One looks like it's about to fall out and another looks like it broke in half. I was supposed to have a dentist appointment today but under the circumstances Colton took my place. The dentist took a look in his mouth and said that his teeth are basically bent back and there's not much that can be done.


So the poor kid might look kind of funny until his teeth fall out. Oh well, I still think he's "Handsome like his Daddy", like his shirt says.


And he's enjoying all the popsicles and milkshakes.



On a side note. Kirsten was completely freaked out by this whole thing. She was crying saying "What's happening?!? What's happening?!? Is Colton going to die?" When I said his tooth looked broken she went and hid in a corner and started crying. It was really heartbreaking. She also said, "don't get mad at Marpie, but Colton tripped over him and that's how he fell." Apparantly Kirsten and Colton were running around the house being crazy, and of course the dog always has to join in. So Colton was running over the one step we have going from one room to another when he tripped over Marpie and hit his face right on the wood floors.
As soon as we got home from the dentist she came running yelling, "is Colton okay? Is Colton okay?". I'm happy to report that she has gotten over the trauma of the whole thing and so has Colton.

Random Pics of the Last Week

Kirsten and I found this cute haunted gingerbread house at Sam's Club last week and she couldn't wait more than a day to make it. Which is fine because who knows how much time we'll have in October before little brother makes his appearance. This came with fondant so she loved pretending like she was on a cake show while she made it.


Colton loves t.v.


It's pretty funny watching his expressions while he watches. I would love to know what's going on in his head.


We've made it through another week of school. This week has been so good. I got to come do lunch duty on Wednesday so I got to see her in action. Which was a major relief to me to see that she had some nice friends. The first week was rough because she has this girl in her class who likes to call kids "idiots" and "babies". It's amazing how early it starts! The girl has shaped up and Kirsten's decided to find herself some other friends, much to our relief! Oh and since some of you asked. Kirsten goes to a private school here. That's why she only goes 2 and a half days. The schools here aren't the best. I really like the school she goes to because it's half home school half regular school all the way up through high school. So on the days she doesn't have school we have about 1 1/2 hours of work we do together. It's just nice to have her home.


Here is her first project, "A life sized me."

Back to Ballet

Kirsten started ballet up again last Tuesday. She wanted me to take a picture of some of her "moves".

Kirsten's 1st Day of School

Well, we made it through her first week of Kindergarten.

Kirsten with daddy before leaving for the big day.


With brother outside of the school. (Colton is a little sick here)


Putting her stuff in her cubby.


At her desk.


She was pretty nervous and anxious. She asked me if I could stay out in the hall until she is happy. She said it was going to take a really long time to get happy. At that point I had to leave because I was about to cry. I must admit I cried the whole way home!
I could not wait until 3:30 to go pick her up and find out about her day. She had so much fun. She loved her teacher Mrs. Miller. She loved P.E. and recess and learning. They had a gingerbread man hunt which she could not stop talking about. I was so happy things went so well for her.
She goes to a school that is half regular school and half home school. So I was very grateful to have her home the next day. She goes to school Monday, Wednesday, and half of Friday. On Tuesday and Thursday we have about 1 1/2 hours of home school. I am so grateful that I didn't have to say goodbye to her everyday all day. She's my little pal and I'm so glad that first day is over with and that it went well!

The last days of Summer

Well the end of Summer is approaching. My little girl starts kindergarten tomorrow! So here's what we've been up to the last few weeks.

Lots of this...Swimming that is. Our friends let us use their pool while they were out of town for a couple of weeks so we went almost everyday.


Kirsten also took swimming lessons. It was so fun to see how much she improved in 2 weeks. At the beginning of the class she didn't even want to stick her face in the pool when she swam, by the end she was working on her strokes and starting to swim pretty fast.


We've done lots of baking. Grandma Townsend asked if I had made any cinnomon rolls lately, I told her I had a couple of times and she asked if I had her recipe. When I said "no", she told me they must not be very good then. Which is true. So I wrote down her recipe and have attempted them twice. The first time was not good but the second time they turned out pretty yummy. Not as good as grandma's, of course. I love to make my grandma's recipes to remind me of her and the good old days.


We've been attempting to get Colton used to sleeping in a bed before the baby comes. So far I've woken up to noise in the back yard at 11:30 at night to find Colton playing back there, I've found him playing in Kirsten's room, our room, the family room and one morning I found him under his bed. He's learned that if he goes to the bathroom I'll let him get up and change his diaper. So his new thing is he'll get up and say "I poop, I poop." Whether he has or not he figures it buys him some time.


Kirsten built this block tower and had to have a picture of it to show daddy before Colton destroyed it.


We've spent a lot of time cleaning up after and trying to keep this crazy boy in line.


We've been going to the gym. One day the ladies there decided to let the little kids watch Marley and Me. When I went to pick Kirsten up I could tell she was trying to hold back tears. I asked her what was wrong and she told me the dog had just died in the movie she was watching and the people buried him in their yard. She was near tears the rest of the day and spent most of it snuggling with her dog.


We've watched some cake shows. Kirsten loves to bake with me. Actually I think she'd prefer doing it alone but I'm a mean mommy and I don't let her.


She also loves to pretend like she is making cakes with play dough. I have to admit I've let her watch Cake Boss a couple of times (I know I'm a bad mom). When she was "making cakes" the other day she kept saying "I mean this cake is going to be awesome (awesome said in a very thick New Jersey accent)" It's pretty funny,


We've gone to Kirsten's school to meet her teacher, which was a little nerve racking for Kirsten and me. But she is very excited for school tomorrow. I was feeling nostalgic thinking my kids are growing up so fast so I had to take some pictures of them this morning.






We had a little back to school party tonight. We had some yummy Papa Murphy's pizza, ate some birthday cake ice cream that Kirsten picked out, Kirsten picked out her outfit for tomorrow...we are pretty much all set. We'll just have to try to hold it together tomorrow.