King James is 7!

When James was around 2 and we lived in Oklahoma, the young men in our ward absolutely LOVED him. They all called him King James and would make him give them first pumps as he walked down the hall. In fact, they loved him so much that one day I went to pick him up from nursery, but he wasn't there, so I went to find Josh, assuming that he had already grabbed him. What I found out though was that the young men had gone in and got him and taken him to class with them.

He may not be my little king James anymore, but he's still my most favorite boy in the whole world!

No, the cupcake doesn't smell bad. He's trying not to accidentally blow out the candles while we sing

We already have about a million light sabers at our house...

but none of them light up and make sounds like a real Jedi light saber, so now we have one million and one!

Samm the scarecrow

*I don't like hanging onto a lot of the kids school work, but this little story made me laugh so I decided to type it up here so Samm could read it again some day*

Dear Farmer Dawn,

I am your scarecrow and I don't like it on my pole. Here it's boring, crows peck me, and your wheat cutting machine hurts my ears. Wait, I don't have ears. Well I can still hear. I want to go to the fair and win 1st prize at the scarecrow contest. I also want to live my own life. I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but this pole is really cold sometimes. I just don't like it. So I was hoping you could take me down and I can do some of the things I want to do. Please keep me off my pole! Please!

Sincerely, Scarecrow Samm

Making the world a safer place

Don't worry about me. I have my own personal super hero squad!

Heaven help us but this girl can drool

When Samm was a baby she didn't get her first tooth until she was almost 10 months old, so I was in complete shock when James popped his first little white tooth at 3 months and had a whole mouth full by 6 months.

My little Laila bug is just about 3 months old now, and the signs are there. She foams at the mouth like she has rabies and gnaws on her fist like she hasn't eaten in days and her hand is a turkey leg. That little white bump isn't too far away.  It makes me a little bit sad and a little bit scared. Nursing plus teeth is never fun!

She also smiles and laughs at me all day long, but of course the second the camera came out she did everything possible to not even acknowledge I was there.

It's no secret that Laila and I have had some ups and downs these past few months, but I already can't imagine our family without her. She is my little sweet heart!

Macy's Quote of the day

"Dad, you need a haircut on your boobies!"

Teach your kids how to walk school?

I was tired of the screaming every time the brush came out

So this morning I finally did something about it!

Cartoons are a must for haircutting.

As is nudity!

She was looking pretty sweet afterwards...

So we decided to get a little sassy!

Someone LU-UVES their new haircut!

Halloween

This year we had a cowboy ninja (he got the boots on Saturday and hasn't taken them off since) A Minni mouse who was supposed to be a bumble bee but when it came time to trick or treat she pulled the minni mouse dress off the dress up rack and wanted to wear that in stead, and a Barbie princess wearing a Roman crown thus making her a Roman princess.

She's getting big!

So is this cute girl! (ignore the mess in the background. I was promised a basement when we moved to Michigan where I could have my own crafting space and you can see how that worked out.)

And speaking of cute...I laid her on my bed yesterday so I could hurry and put on some makeup and after a few minutes of rushing before the screaming started, I realized she was unusually quiet.

Of course the beep of the camera woke her up and she wasn't too happy about it.

James to Grandma

"I love to kiss your arms because it feels like the skin is melting on my lips."