Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Homework?!?

Butterbean brought home her first homework book for the term. I was a little shocked at what was in it. I mean, seriously? But she enjoys school and is gaining social skills. And she has yet to complain about it being boring. She is getting better at writing her letters and numbers too but practices all the time now. It is cute.

This is her first page homework. You circle all the A's. And this is the last page in the book, finishing the pattern. She has several pages to finish throughout the week and she usually finishes it in a day or two. She actually begs to do the next weeks work too. If it were up to her she would have the book finished.Here's to hoping it gets better. he he

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Parade Rest Ranch - Last Day, sob sob

They are building a new game room that is super big and will be awesome when it is done. The kids loved playing on the computer, watching the only tv on the ranch, or playing games.This is the kids in front of our gorgeous cabin. I have stayed in several of them and not one of them has been ugly to me. They are all amazing. Butterball of course refused to be in the picture.While my husband took his customers home, I went back into the park with my sister. It was so much fun. I have a blast when I am with her. And my kids adore theirs.This is how Butterball spent his time as his Dad had the stroller so, gasp, he was forced to walk! I was suprised that my sister didn't kick us out. he heI feel at such peace and am so happy when I am there. I did not want to come home. I had a great time as always.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Parade Rest Ranch Day 3!

We went into Yellowstone Park today. It was good weather, a little chilly but perfect. We did not see as many Bison as we normally have in past years.

Butterbean had been jumping from bench to bench making Mr. D nervous and I had told her she was going to give him a heart attack so then Butterball would lean on him and say, "I giving you a heart attack." Silly kids. Playing around. Butterball thinks he is not in the picture. He was mad enough that I put him next to the sign.After Yellowstone we went back to the ranch where the kids played with horse shoes till dinner time.Appleseed spent most of his time turned around in the high chair. It was funny. Not sure if he just would rather watch the other people instead of us or not.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Parade Rest Ranch Day 2!

Today was a blast! It is a little chilly in the mornings so we had jackets. It was perfect weather the whole time though. Appleseed looks so grown up here on the porch of our cabin. I have pictures of everyone of my babies in this swing. So cute.One of the wranglers took my kids into the corral to give the horses treats. Butterbean loved it. She had treats in her pockets so the horses kept nudging her. It was a lot of fun.Butterball was bound and determined to not have fun in there. He even asked, "What can I do?" while we were in there.The sweet wrangler helped her give the horses treats. It was so weird to see these huge animals next to my tiny kids.Afterwards poor Butterbean's eyes swelled up and she was sneezing, itching, and soon very, very whiney. Poor thing is allergic to horses. We have never had her react like that. So we had to rush to town to try and get her some medicine. As she is very allergic to Benadryl, I was worried about what to get her. But the one we got worked great.Later on the kids were signed up for a corral ride. Butterbean got to ride Taco and Butterball got to ride Classy. They had a great time. Butterball tried to pretend he was not having fun though. He even tried to tell me that he did not have fun after the ride. But all he talked about was his horse, Classy, the rest of the day.Even Appleseed got in on the fun. That darn pacifier!Afterward the kids got to go hot tubbing. They loved that and it turned out perfect as they could both touch, I didn't think Butterball could.They love playing in and on this wagon. It is a cute thing to play on.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Parade Rest Ranch day 1!

We went to the Parade Rest Ranch in West Yellowstone, Montana. It is my heaven on earth. I love this place so much. This time my sister and her kids and friend came which made it even better. We got there in just enough time to unpack the car into our gorgeous cabin and climb on the hay wagon for the beautiful ride to the outdoor cookout. The only problem was those darn mosquitoes. I was getting eaten alive.

Cracks me up that I got two dorky pictures of the girls. Appleseed was held the entire time by one of my husband's customers. She adored him and held him a lot while we were there.My cute little Butterball with his new walking stick.I took about 10 pictures of the 5 of them and not one of them was good. Silly kids. I am not sure what is up with my niece. Is she trying to look angelic?My sweet sister with my baby. It was awesome having her there.
Silly kids under the bed.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Butterbean Hair

Butterbean designed her own hairstyle today. She had told me she would look like a turtle shell back there with the three buns. At the last minute she wanted to change her mind about the 3rd bun as she was afraid the kids at school would laugh at her for looking like a turtle shell on her head. I did it anyway as I thought it would look good. I think it turned out pretty cute. Of course, maybe I am prejudiced as a neighbor told me that she was wondering what was up with her hair style today. Meanie.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Busy busy busy

What a busy week. How can I possibly be so busy? I am so exhausted and feel like I have barely had a chance to breathe. But it is all worth it. My baby is even exhausted and fell asleep at dinner. He is my first baby to do that so I thought it was the cutest thing ever. My sister came to visit with us one day. She stayed and played with my kids all day. They loved it and it was so nice to have her there. My son wanted to read a book to her in the dark so they went into my room and hid under the sheet. Yes, those are my curtains. he he. My husband hates the light so we have one curtain to block out the sun so far. Eventually we hope to have two and then some nice curtains over that. But the blanket works great too.Then they built a cave in the dining room. They played in there for a while. It was so cute.The kids had blindfolded my sister. I can't remember why. Silly kids.My daughter has been begging me to let her have a lemonade stand. I finally gave in which was nuts as we had only about 20 minutes for her to do it. The cute neighbor boy made the sign. My favorite part was the drinks were $1 for a full cup, $0.50 for half, and $0.25 for small. So funny. The only bad part, besides not having enough time and me being in the house the whole time making cookies and juice, was that my daughter was under the impression that all the money would go to her. She cried quite hard when she found out she had to split the money, especially as they had earned quite a bit from my precious Uncles. Thanks guys!Notice one of the sellers has a little chocolate on his face? Wonder if he paid for those cookies. :)Our little sign maker. He is a great kid.I am not ready for the fact that I will have to move those books off that lower shelf soon. Otherwise I will be spending all day long putting them back on there.Already chatting away on the phone.My daughter was looking for something and had taking everything out of the toy box, off the dresser, out of the dress-up box, and out of the closet. I told her she had to clean it up and if I found her playing instead of cleaning I would start throwing stuff away. I did throw some stuff away. A broken whistle, a too small dress-up shoe, and a kid's meal stuffed toy. She threw a fit. She even laid down the outside garbage can so that she could try and get them out. She claimed the stuffed toy was her favorite. In this picture you can really see that Ptosis with her eye.My special little boy was wearing a hat and his sister's flip flops in the bath. He cracks me up.