Toothless Alex

Alex was showing me how loose his tooth is on the

bottom this morning and so I asked him if I could

just touch it and see how loose it was. He told me not

to pull it out though (I pulled his first one out). So I

checked it and told him to just pull it out and he did!?!

Boy was he shocked when it actually came out!

Alex has now lost 4 teeth - all on the bottom. His

front 2 teeth are loose too. Soon Alex will have no

teeth left to pull out. What a shame after all the

dental money we've dished out. Actually it is sad to

see how quickly our children grow up.

Please excuse the marker all over his fingers.

(Pictures got taken after school)

Carsten - My Lego Man

The kids each got their own Lego magazine yesterday in the mail.

Wow do they love it when they get them! Carsten wants to have

his picture in the lego magazine and insisted that I take some

pictures of him and his creations. So I think we might have to

start really building and see what we can come up with. Here

are Carsten's creations that he whipped up in the last few days.

Alex finally decided he wanted in on the action. Maybe they can

come up with a huge original creation.

Apple Sauce Factory

Yesterday we made applesauce with my mom - 46 jars :O)

Savannah had a grumpy moment followed by happy.

We hope to go and make some more in at few weeks.

Savannah lugging the apples to the work station.

Can I have one???

Apples R Us

Grumpy and Happy

The Finished Product

Our Big Sleepover Party :O)

Mark was gone last week to North Carolina for business so we had to keep extra busy so we didn't miss him too much. We had a great week for the most part. Our highlight was our sleepover at Jackson, Beau and Tucker's house (their parents were away too). We had a big party with 6 little kids and 2 big kids (Kim and I). Here is Jackson's reaction when we came in the door.

I think one of the most fun parts was playing

in the hay loft. My city slicker kids are starting

to become a bit more at home with it all.

Beau,Carsten, Jackson, Alex, Savannah and Tucker

Here are the kids getting a closer look at the horses.
Boy Aunt Melissa would be jealous ;o)

Bath time - We got the kids clean as a whistle and all
ready for bed in good time to watch Charlotte's Web.

And our sleeping lil angels
Carsten and Tucker

Alex and Beau

Jackson and Savannah

Jackson and Alex went off to school in the morning
but the fun just kept coming. We hung around the
house for a bit, playing hide and seek, colouring
and eating Nana's chocolate cake. Then off we went
to do some errands, lunch at Zellers and the most
fun - swimming with 5 little ones. We got to
babysit Phoebe for the day :O)

Carsten, Beau, Tucker, Savannah and Phoebe

The kids having a "car wash" after swimming



We can't wait to do it all again sometime!

Please excuse any mistakes. It took me over an hour

to get the pictures and stuff where I wanted it.

Happy Birthday Jenny!!!

Driving through a mini snow storm, we dropped the kids off at Jackson, Beau and Tucker's house on the way to the Party. Kim babysat them all and the kids had a blast on the farm. When we got back... we heard the wonderful sounds of snoring...and found all the kids sound asleep. Alex in his sleepy state when we got home told me that their grandpa would like to have him back when they doing the hay next summer and that he even got to help feed the horses. Carsten was tired and his legs hurt - I suspect he jumped lots today. Savannah was awake the whole way home and chattered occasionally - if only we knew what she was saying all the time.

To celebrate Jenny's birthday, we went out for Supper at the Wheel's Inn Restaurant called Axle Annie's Bar & Grill. After supper we went bowling. Wow I forgot how much balance you need for bowling. Here are some pictures from our evening.

We had a great time and we hope that God will grant Jenny many more birthdays. Hope you had a great day!!

It's the Weekend!!!

We made it y'all. It's the weekend!!! It has been a busy and tough week at times but hopefully we can enjoy some good family time this weekend.

I must admit Carsten was driving me nuts today! He started asking if we could go pick up Alex at the bus stop at 9:30-10:00 AM!?! Sadly he had to wait till 4:00ish and let's just say that made it a very long day. I thought I was going to lose it as he continued to ask. Funny though how they can miss each other like crazy but when they are reunited they fight, wrestle and bug each other. Can't live with him, can't live without him. Here's some pictures of them this summer having fun...

Savannah has been showing some attitude lately. She has personality as some people may call it. Her faces that she pulls sometimes makes me crack up and I know it can become a problem but I must show some of these. She's been practicing since Christmas and I must find out who has been teaching her.

She can be mischevious at times and down right "innocent".

Well that's all for now folks. Have a great weekend!!!