Daylight savings time ends

What follows is the conversation that we had at dinner tonight.

Shane: I can't even see the trees outside.
Mom: Yep, it is getting dark alot earlier now isn't it?
Shane: The sun goes to bed so that the moon can come out and play.
Mom: You are right.
Shane: And after the sun goes to bed, his mommy and daddy can watch their shows.

That totally cracked me up. I guess he has the system down. There is no pulling the wool over this kids eyes!

Taking candy from strangers

Last night for FHE we decided to discuss the topic of taking candy from strangers. Being Halloween we were concerned that the boys would take candy from anyone giving it out. We talked about making sure that mom and dad were around whenever they were offered any.

Travis gave Shane a couple of scenarios where the he gave correct answers. He then turned to Jace.

Travis: "If you are in the front yard and someone drives up and says,"Little boy you are so cute, here is some candy", what would you tell them?"
Jace: (smiling) Thank you!

We had to laugh because that is so Jace. We won't be letting that child out of our sight.

Fall Pictures

A couple of weeks ago our friend Jill (THANKS AGAIN) took some pictures of our family. They turned out great and our kids were semi-photogenic (amazing). Maybe they were trying to impress the cute girls (Cambri and Kate). Thanks Jill!

First day of school

Here are pictures of the boys' first day of school. They were both excited about wearing their new shirts. They have both enjoyed having school twice a week. Shane is going to a preschool where his cousins went before they entered kindergarden, and we are doing a co-op preschool with some other moms in the ward for Jace. They are both always so excited to go every Monday and Wednesday.

My garden

This is the pictures of my garden. I can't believe how big it got. I really didn't expect much because the soil wasn't all that great. Hopefully it will be even better next year.

rainbow

Can you believe these pictures? This was after a rainstorm (obviously), but the rainbow was so vibrant. You can just make out the double rainbow.

The boys!

I love these pictures. This was back in August but since I haven't had access to our computer I will post them now. I love my handsome guys.

First Haircut

Back in August Brett's hair was getting out of control. Not so much that it was long, but that he had that crazy, whispy old man hair in the back. He wasn't sure about it all, but he really didn't mind. He is almost ready for his 2nd one.

I love this face...what a cutie! You gotta love those front teeth.

Potty Training

For a while (what seems to be forever) I have been trying to force Jace to potty train. I have been so sick of changing his nasty poopy diapers that I decided on Saturday that it was time. With Shane I just let him run around without anything on and he really caught on fast that he didn't want to go on the carpet. Jace is a different story.

I call it "puppy moments". For anyone that has ever owned a dog, whenever you are house training them there are times when you can see that they are doing their buisness (#2) but you just can't get there fast enough. Well this has happened twice now with Jace. Once on our newly shampooed carpets the day before we moved from Alaska, and then again on Saturday. I was so frustrated and disgusted that I took him into the shower and made him take a cold bath. I know that this sounds callous and a bit mean ( I will admit that it made me feel a little better), but afterwards a lightbulb went off in my head. Hmmm....Jace hates the cold bath, so I wonder if I can hold this over his head to get him to go potty in the toilet.

We decided to try it out. I told him that every time he went potty in his pants he had to take a cold bath to make sure that he was clean. The kid went poop....in the toilet! This morning he said he needed to go and I was trying to get him to hurry because we were late for preschool. He looked up at me and said "Mom, if I get off I'll go poop on the floor and then have to take a cold bath." I guess it did sink in.

Now he runs around with his newly aquired light saber, (We were desperate for him to go poop in the toilet. Just adding to the arsenal of weapons to beat his brothers with) and I have not had to change a poopy diaper from him since Saturday. Here's to hoping that it lasts.