Oct. 3 - Oct. 9

Oct. 3rd. Sunday. Hmmm. I'm not sure what I'll put in for this day. We continued watching our church's worldwide conference broadcast. I will probably put in a quote from the conference. Right now I'm considering one from a talk about "choosing faith."


Oct. 4th. Monday. Just a scene from the kitchen counter.

Oct. 5th. Tuesday. My latest deal...all this for $5.49.

Oct. 6th. Wednesday. This is what we had for dinner tonight. Orange colored pancakes (no flavoring) and chocolate chips to make jack-o-lanterns. Maxwell Smart is not a fan of pancakes at all, but when I serve them like this in October he all of a sudden becomes a fan. :)

Oct. 7th. Thursday. Today we picked pumpkins. Maxwell is loading his perfect pumpkin into the wagon alongside the pumpkins that Chief and Buddy picked out.

Oct. 8th. Friday. This made me laugh. I was talking to my sister on the phone. She happened to call right before we headed out the door to run some errands -- two of them being to pick up pictures at Walgreens that I had taken of the kids' Lego creations that they were planning on entering into a contest, and going to the bakery to redeem coupons the boys got at school to get a free big cookie. After my sister and I had been talking for a while, I glanced over at the computer and saw this message from Chief!

Oct. 9th. Chief's latest Lego creation. Totally his own design.
See you next week!

Sept. 26 - Oct. 2

Sept. 26th. Chief put together a game for the family to play... a Lego version of Pictionary. It was really fun. Buddy drew the card "Airplane" and this is what he built. We'll definitely play this one again.


Sept. 27th. This picture is courtesy of Buddy. We are switching up the sleeping arrangements with the boys. Buddy and Chief are changing rooms. I told Buddy to take a picture of the stuffed animals in the cradle in his room. They will be homeless when Chief moves in and takes over that space.

Sept. 28th. This was a picture from last week, but I never did get around to posting last week so I'm including it here. This AP article came out in our local newspaper on the very day that the kids' school outlawed Silly Bandz. The fad is quickly coming to an end in our household.

Sept. 29th. We've been painting this week. Chief picked out a bright blue color for his new room. (My mind was wandering a bit while I was painting one day... counting down the days until I go back to Disneyland...)


Sept. 30th. Buddy's current sandwich of choice for lunch these days...


Oct. 1st. It seems like the painting of this little room is taking forever! The kids want to help EVERY step of the way and it has definitely tried my patience. Anyway, I was excited to get to this point today...

Oct. 2nd. Today was our church's worldwide conference that is broadcast every spring and every fall. The kids are playing "Conference Bingo" with M&Ms. Each square has a word such as faith, family, Jesus Christ, atonement, etc. Every time they heard one of the speakers mention one of the words they would put an M&M down, and of course every time they got a Bingo they were able to eat that row of M&Ms and start again. It definitely helps them pay attention!
Well, that's it for this week!