Day Two...

Growing out Lauren's bangs...day two. Anyone have any hot tips on how to do hair in this in between phase? Right now it sure is taking longer in the morning trying to figure out what to do with it....but, patience IS a virtue. :-)

Can you tell.....

Bennett dressed himself this morning. He did a pretty good job. Can you tell what he still needs some work on? A box of raisins goes to the first person that can guess. Ha Ha

*UPDATE* My Sister-In-Law, Rachel, was the first one to answer! Yes, she wins the raisins box prize! Bennett had his little pants on backwards...he still needs to work on that. :-)

My Helpers....

We had lots of helpers in the kitchen tonight. Lauren grated the cheese with expert percision. Parker made the fruit salad almost completely by himself. And it was YUMMY! Bennett poured the yogurt in the fruit salad. Lowden got all his chores and homework done! They are all great helpers! Note - Lauren has decided to try to grow her bangs out- today was day one.

It's Lauren's Birthday!

A Birthday Party for Lauren

Today was Lauren's birthday party!!!

Lots of fun was had by mostly girls, her brothers and cousin, Christian, and one boy from school that she HAD to invite! Can't believe our little girl is growing up!!!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Tonight we had parent teacher conferences! Lowden, Parker, and Lauren got gleaming reports back from their teachers! Lowden was recently tested for the TAG (Talented and Gifted) program. The TAG tests rated him as "superior" since he received 95 total points. To be designated as a TAG student, you need 97 points. Since he is so close to the designation, his teachers have decided to treat him like he was was a TAG student and are going to differentiate the curriculum for him! Yeah! We are happy that he will continue to be challenged. The assistant principal said that we can test him again in a few months or a year if we would like. Way to go Lowden! Parker got all excellents and outstandings back in his report card. His teacher is really enjoying him! She told me that she was telling one of the kids how cute their mom was. Then another little girl said "my mom is cute too." And then Parker piped up, "My mom is very beautiful!" Ahhhhhh. So sweet! I guess I will keep him. :-) Lauren is doing wonderful too. Her teacher shared that when she is student of the day...she can relax and drink her coffee since Lauren takes over the class so well! She is also one of the loudest ones when they sing their math songs (no surprise there...she likes to belt it out sometimes). Ahh....maybe they will turn out to be civilized adults after all. :-) Sure love them!

Happy Halloween!

The kids have a very fun Halloween night! Of course, they came home with their buckets full of candy and big smiles on their faces!



Silliness....thy name is Hansen!