First Haircut

According to my cute neighbor girl, "James' hair is really turning red." :) I'm pretty sure she just noticed because he's getting quite a bit of hair. Consequently, Brad gave James his first haircut a couple of nights ago. It's pretty cute! Brad and I both think he looks more grown up with his new do. Both of my boys are just so handsome!

Thanks Christensens!

This morning at breakfast Annie started to tell Brad and me about Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus. We were fairly surprised since the last time we talked about this was in December of last year and we're pretty sure she didn't remember it from then. I asked her where she learned it and she replied, "Actually, I read it in my scriptures." Well, well, well, did you now?

She was sort of just chattering on and on, but then she told us that they had to hide in a cave so no one would find them. I knew we hadn't brought up the flight into Egypt last year at all. But then I remembered that I'd seen her playing with the Little People nativity at Katie's the other night. So I have to conclude that the Christensens are teaching their kids the scriptures and our child is getting it vicariously. Thanks Christensens!

Below is Annie and James Christensen. They were both Elmo for Halloween. It was pretty dang cute. :)

"It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife . . ."

Actually, all I needed was a spoon. The other day after I finished emptying the dishwasher, I noticed we had considerably fewer spoons than I remembered us having (I think we were down to 6 spoons). That night when Brad came home from school, I asked, "Is it possible that you left some of the spoons you've taken in your lunches at school?" He was pretty sure he hadn't left them at school, but thought he might have a couple in his backpack. "Here's one . . . And here's another . . . and one more . . . and another . . . and another . . . and one more." I can't remember for sure if it was 6 or 7 spoons that he found, but it really cracked me up. Then two days ago, he found 2 more. :) So funny. I'm really grateful he DID have them in his backpack and hadn't lost them.

This picture is too cute not to share, but has nothing to do with spoons.

Weekend of Wonders

Every once in a while, Brad likes to proclaim something about a given period of time. For instance, when we were dating (and Brad wanted to be engaged), he told me we needed to have a "magical May". Well, after several HUGE tests for him and lots of extra kid time for me, he told me last Saturday was going to be a "day of wonder". Turns out, it was. We packed tons into the weekend and had a blast!

We went to Powers Market to feed the animals, pick out a pumpkin, and (most importantly) eat pumpkin donuts. Check, check, and check.

We headed to the Museum of Play because Annie had really been wanting to ride on the carousel with Daddy. Check. James loved the Museum too.

After naps and a few other errands, we headed to our ward's Halloween party. It was great! We ate a quick dinner, played several Halloween games, participated in Trunk or Treat, and headed home. We stayed up a little late because we finally switched James into the real crib and Annie into a toddler bed. We're really hoping this change goes okay. To date, we've only had one successful nap in the bed, but nighttime hasn't presented any new challenges.

What a day of wonder!