Christmas craft with Jordan

Ok, so I posted these pictures backwards. It was supposed to have him painting the choo choo first and then show the end product, but you get the idea. This was way fun and super easy to make! Jordan had so much fun painting it (and Gabe and I only helped a teeny tiny bit), and I let him put on the "chinking bells" as Jordan calls them.

The train engine cost me a dollar at Hobby Lobby I think, and came fully assembled and ready to paint. For the lettering I used these awesome alphabet stamps with white ink, both were also a dollar and totally reusable. The rest is pretty self explanatory I think. ;)

I really like the way it turned out, and I think I'm going to have Jordan help me make one for Aiden as well.

Snow Day!!

Here's a look at all the fun we had this weekend!


It was Aiden's first snow, so we had to hurry and take a picture!

And now Jordan and daddy are REALLY ready to play in the snow.

Daddy helped Jordan build a snow man!

Daddy got a little confused about where the snowman should be built...

Silly daddy!

There, now that's more like it!

My three adorable boys! And no, we did not plan for them to be color coordinated. They are just that awesome!

Jordan LOVES the snow!

That's all for now!

Halloween and other October activities

October is probaby my favorite month of the year, and can you see why? There's so many fun things to do!



Like, making halloween sugar cookies with your 4 year old, for instance.

Doesn't Aiden look adorable in his little snow hat?

Gabe and I were able to go along with Jordan and his preschool class to the pumpkin patch! This was our second time this year. Still so fun though!

And of course, no trip to the pumpkin patch would be complete if we did not end up taking one home with us!

At first we had our pumpkins out on the porch, but Jordan was so excited about them that he wanted to keep looking at them a while. Unfortanately it was pretty cold outside, so we brought them in for a while.

Funny story: After we had finished carving the pumpkins, we put the candles inside, and Jordan started singing, "Happy birthday pumpkins, happy birthday pumpkins..." He associates candles with birthdays. We thought it was cute!

So Jordan decided he wanted to be Yoda again this year. I had made this costume for him two years ago, and I must have made it pretty big because it still fit.

Aiden and Jordan with Grandpa Dorsey. Aiden was my little Roo (From Winnie the Pooh)

Jordan got to go to two Trunk or treats this year. This is him with Grandpa at my parent's ward halloween party.

For some odd reason, people kept thinking Aiden was a bunny rabbit for Halloween... ;)

My three boys on the day of Halloween.

This is a rare photo. Not too many people know of the epic battle which took place between the newly turned to the Darkside Anakin Skywalker and Yoda.

Hope you all had a fun Halloween. Now it's on to Thanksgiving!!!

October Fun!

PUMPKIN PATCH!!

We got to go on a hay ride to the pumpkin patch!

This picture makes me laugh! My two little pumpkins!

In search of the perfect pumpkin...hmmm....

This is the one!

And now the pumpkin has a new home!