Park City Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, we spent a couple of days in Park City at the Canyons Resort. It was my mom's timeshare. the cousins were up a few nights which Cadence and Cooper loved!!! We spent a lot of time in water, visited Park City and played around the condo. I am just posting the pictures now and will come back and arrange them later. (I'm on Chris' computer and it doesn't work the way mine does.)

Princess Party and Impactful Dancing

Cadence got invited to her first "Princess Birthday Party" in November. It was for Bridget and it was a surprise party. We borrowed a Tinkerbell dress-up from a friend. Cadence was excited!!!

They decorated foam crowns, and strung beads for a necklace. Cadence had a lot of fun.

Don't the princesses looks so beautiful? Thanks, Bridget and Tina for the fun party!

We left the party a few minutes early to head down to the Impact center for Cadence's dance practice. She had been rehearsing for the Impact program that was supposed to be held the beginning of January.

She loved dancing with a group and she actually learned the dance easily and quite well. She was one of the youngest, but knew what to do. I know she would love to take dance lessons.

Unfortunately, the program was cancelled/postponed and hasn't danced it on a stage. Still, she LOVED the experience! I let her wear the Tinkerbell costume at her practice because it was magical and she is only a kid once.

On the way down the center, Cooper demonstrated on his talents! Do you know what it is? Smiling and....
Sucking on his toes! What a funny kid! I can't help, but adore these two cuties!!!

Cadence, The Photographer

Cadence is always grabbing the camera to take pictures! These are three that she snapped at dinner one night! They are hiliarious! Why will Cooper look at a camera for her, but not for me?

What a funny girl! What a funny family!

The First Snow

The first snowfall that was large enough to walk around in boots was in November. The kids were excited to walk in it! Especially Cooper. Last year, he was still a baby in my arms.

They made tracks all around the yard. In the front, on the side, in the back. They would look behind them as they walked to see the tracks they were making.
Cooper learned about pockets that day! He was proud!!!!

Cousins Forever

In the beginning of November, we drove to Grammy's house for the weekend. Cadence and Cooper are ALWAYS excited to go there. They love Grammy and they love when the cousins are there. This trip was no exception. Some of the cousins showed up for a day of fun! First, we raked A LOT of leaves in the backyard and played in them.
The pile was over my head!!! We could have played hide-n-go-seek in the pile of leaves!!!

Next, the kids built a "marble machine" out of tinker toys. With Grammy's large bucket of marbles, the kids would put them in on one end and watch them come out the other. Hours of fun!!!

In the evening, we played at the park. Cooper was enthralled by the big drainage system grate.

The other kids joined him in looking down it for a while.
Besides playing on the playground, Rolling down the hills and getting dizzy was also a blast. They thought is was so fun to stand up and walk crazy!
Lastly, climbing in the trees was a first, but definitely not a last for Cadence. Cole and Syd climbed higher than Cadence and Cooper, but they loved it! Many modeling poses were taken of the gang!

Even Grammy got in on a few! Such cute kids!
Cousins will forever be loved by Cadence and Cooper!

I had to include this picture of Chris and Cadence taking a nap together! SO cute!

Babysitting FUN

I started "babysitting" Zander and Parx back in October so their mom could go to school. It was 2 hrs every morning. Now I am watching them 3 hrs, 3 times a week and 2 hrs the other 2 days.

They eat breakfast at our house. I make german pancakes on Friday which the kids all love. The other days it is usually either cold cereal or pancakes. All four kids get along really well. They play together nicely and have so much fun. Hide-n-seek is probably their favorite game. We attempt to work on letters and sounds of the alphabet to help all the kids learn. Sometimes, they would rather play games.

Cooper really likes the boys. He calls them by name, gives them hugs, and returns the toys/blankets they bring to our house before they walk out the door. Being able to watch them is a huge blessing. I get to earn a little money while I play with my kids. What a relief! I actually wish I watched them 4 hours a day!!!

We have lots of fun together. I'm grateful for this opportunity. Cadence loves having them come over every morning. Somedays, she doesn't want to go to pre-school because she wants to play with them!

Carving Pumpkins

This is the first year we have carved pumpkins. Before this year, paint was our friend. Here are two pumpkins the kids pumpkins at the Bergjso's party. The rain had smeared the paint on part of the pumpkins and we decided to carve these.

Cooper was becoming one with his pumpkin! What a sweet face!!!Cadence loved her pumpkin!!!
With the child-safe knives I bought from the dollar store, we went to work carving the pumpkins. Both Cooper and Cadence liked the ooey, gooey insides!!!
Cadence HAD to cut, cut, cut the pumpkin pieces!!! Look at that concentration - Her tongue is sticking out!
"This hole is really cool. I like to lift the lid on and off."
By far the most awesome part of the night was when we put a candle in the pumpkins and they became "jack-o-laterns." The kids eyes lit up with excitement. They loved shining the flashlight down the pumpkins and watching the face lite up. This continued for many nights!!!

The finished product! We will definitely be carving pumpkins every Halloween now!