Belly Laughs!

October in Utah wouldn't be complete without a trip to Corn Belly's!

Another stroller shot!

Just me and the boys doin' what we do.

I think these corn husk guns were the boys favorite part.

After a while we headed for the corn "sandbox." It is this huge shed filled front to back with dry kernals. When we got there I saw this cute little family that looked like they stepped straight out of a GAP commercial just ahead of us. They had 3 little girls about the same age as my boys dressed in stripey tights and corderoy jumpers...all color coordinated. The mom took one look inside the shed and gasped, "Oh, girls...this is icky. You can't go in there! You'll need a BATH!"

I rolled my eyes, how dirty could they REALLY get?! Some moms...

Okay, maybe she was right! Oh well, they look like they had fun.

And of course, the corn maze...

In the DARK!!!

Look, we DO let John out of the stroller once in a while...

Good Times!

It BEGINS!!

It has been almost a month and a half since Michael started kindergarden. I am overwhelmed at how fast the time is flying by! That first day he was so excited. He picked out his coolest baseball shirt (influenced by his cousin Joey's love of the game) several days in advance. He woke up insanely early to ask if it was time to get ready yet...he goes to AFTERNOON kindergarden. He kept telling me all the new wonderful things he was going to learn. "Mommy, my teacher is going to teach us about spiders! I think we will learn how to build robots out of metal!" When I finally told him it was time to go he impatiently posed for a picture before racing to the van.

I was trying not to feel sad or sappy, but the closer we got the tighter my stomach felt. This was it, I was surrendering my innocent child up to the influences of the big bad world..(*ahem* I was a little over dramatic.) What if he got scared, or someone picked on him, or told him where babies REALLY come from? A few deep breaths later we arrived. Michael gave me a quick kiss and took off for the playground to make new friends.

Okay, this wasn't so bad. He had found a nice little boy to play with and I wasn't feeling sick anymore....THEN the bell rang...Kids were running in all directions. The kindergardeners were herded into a line by the door and told to wait for thier teacher to lead them in.

Michael stood there chewing on his backpack cords and looking at me with sad eyes. GULP!!

As the class filed in, Michael panicked and grabbed his teacher's sleeve. "I forgot to tell my mom something!" Mrs. Lund smiled and walked him over to me.

"Mommy, I love you." with tears rolling down his cheeks. He latched on to my leg and I ended up dragging him to class and leaving him in his teacher's arms crying "Mommy!" as I raced for the car.

3 hours of guilt and nausea later I picked up a very happy VERY talkative little boy. "...and we have our own cubbies, and we sang songs, and there is this boy that likes Wolverine..."

They grow up so fast!!!

Here are a few final pics from Matt and Sue's visit...
Michael and Joey were inseperable.

Duck duck goose anyone?

On your mark...Get set...

What a beauty...Such good genes in this family...WE need to have a girl!

The parental begging and dancing it took to get one decent shot here was pretty funny! But for one quick second nobody was running out of the picture or picking their nose or crying!