Adventures in Being Anteneh's Parents

Ahh...the joys of parenthood...I noticed this afternoon that the frig wasn't very cold....immediately I knew it must have been Anteneh...if you lived in this house, you'd know why I am saying this! Of course, the thermostat on the frig was turned down to "OFF" and when I opened the freezer, melted ice cream and various other liquids came oozing out...so, after questioning the kids and finding out it was, in fact, Anteneh James West who had turned the refrigerator and freezer off, I made him stand in the kitchen and hold the (lawn sized)garbage bag while I proceeded to throw hundreds of dollars worth of food away. FYI: we are one of those homes that has a PACKED frig at all times...The garbage bag weighed so much, I had to drag it out of the house...it proceeded to snag and drip chocolate ice cream on my new J.Jill khaki cords...I know whoever reads this is probably having a lovely laugh right now...go ahead-I understand....but I hope your kids don't turn the dial to "OFF" on your frig tonight:) heehee...at least now that there is no food in our frig or freezer, there is less to move when we move to our new house in a week! HA! Maybe I should be thanking Anteneh...Actually, Daryn should be b/c as he was cleaning out the 15 Tupperware containers that had (previously)frozen leftovers in them, he was saying how he was so glad we wouldn't have to eat that stuff...what a lucky man:)

Halloween

Well, I think this pictures says it ALL:

That is Luke running from house to house on Halloween night-SO EXCITED as you can see...sword swinging through the air as he yells, "YEAH, Haha"
The boys were knights...actually, Sir Peter of Narnia-from the Chronicles of Narnia

And there is Grace, the Leopard, with the boys and all the cousins on Daryn's side.
And here is Anteneh with his first EVER birthday cake!!! His 4th birthday was October 24th! It was a great day!

Grace, the Poet

OK....so, I'm a bad blogger...I probably shouldn't even call myself a blogger...I could tell you how awesome this day was b/c we sold our house...but since I never blog you'd probably not even know we were trying to sell our house! haha...well, that's for another day...I had to share with you the poem that my brilliant 5 year old daughter made up today (after her soccer game and awards ceremony where she received her first ever trophy)

"Where shiny trophies have been given
And soccer balls have been kicked
And people have been kicking them
It’s a magical kind of sport.
It’s soccer." by Grace West
Grace (on the left)with her soccer friend...
I'll write more soon-promise:)

...it's the next morning now...I had to add this...when I woke up this morning I found Grace (who is NEVER out of bed before us) in the bathroom, with a sink of soapy water and a washcloth, lovingly shining up her trophy! Haha...and she has carried it around with her all morning...the thing is so big (considering it's a U-6 team!). I told her that I thought it would be a lot smaller and she said, "No, those are T-BALL trophies...this is SOCCER!" :)

Matching Boys

Here is a cute shot of the boys before school today...yes, they wore jeans and thermal shirts even though it was 87 degrees...it was picture day at preschool:) Don't think I'm too mean, though...preschool is air conditioned and they had Hanes T's on underneath so they could take their thermal shirts off after pictures...

First Family Picture Adventures

Oh...I won't even go there...you know-to the place where you are explaining how frustarating taking a family picture can be...how every time the shutter clicks there just HAS to be SOMEONE who is looking around or has their eyes closed! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! That's all I will say about it...I said I wouldn't go there...We will try again in another month or so...

Other than that...things are going GREAT!!! The boys love preschool...Grace loves Kindergarten....we are trying to sell our house and move back to Newburgh...anyone wanna nice house on the westside of Evansville?

more pictures

Here is one of the guys this afternoon...watching the race for the 'fastest man in the world'...an American won! It was so cute the way all three of them in their khakis laid there on the couch...so comfy...And here is Luke getting VERY excited about racing Anteneh on the playstation!And Anteneh....And I couldn't resist putting this random one of Luke up...he looks like he is ready to go hiking...both boys have been wearing snow boots around the house ALL DAY...I just got them at Lands End on super clearance and they are huge and hot but they are OBSESSED with them! Nevermind the fact that has still been in the 90's every day:)

Updates

I am so disappointed in myself...I have been HORRIBLE at keeping this blog updated...Here are some current pics:




Anteneh in a rare moment....being alone with Mommy-Grace was at school and Luke was napping so Anteneh and I made corn casserole AND an apple pie! It's amazing how much more enjoyable it is to spend time with your kids one on one!!!


This is Grace, Daryn and me on the first day of school right before we drove her to Kindergarten for the first time!!! I didn't even cry...so proud of myself...oh, yeah-and her too:) haha...She had on her little horse shirt and black and pink cheetah print backpack (that was a Grandma purchase!) with a fresh horse folder in there...

And here is Luke enjoying a nice blue Popsicle poolside at our friends' house Saturday...
Grace had her first soccer practice Saturday, too, and scored a goal! The only other goal scored was by the coach's daughter who played last year...Grace was VERY excited...it felt good to sit on the sidelines and cheer for her-even if it was only a scrimmage:)