November was a fun and full month at our house. It is a month full of birthdays. Zac started us off by turning 7. Yes, I said 7. And yes, he really did take a bite out of his cake before I could even light the candles. He is full of life, 100% boy. I loved the fact that he only requested a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. We enjoyed celebrating his big day with our family.
Some kind soul gave him a package of rubber lizards. Another kind soul discovered that they stuck to the ceiling. So for a few days after Zac's birthday, it literally rained lizards at our house. The kids had a blast throwing them up,sticking them on the ceiling and then waiting for them to fall down so they could do it all over again. It did look kind of cool until one lost its grip and fell, catching me off guard and scaring me half to death. Other favorite presents included a BYU football poster and Bionicles.
Zac tends to invite the same group of boys to his birthday parties, which is fine with me. They are cute kids. This year he wanted a football party. He envisioned a backyard full of his friends with all the time in the world to play touch football. Apparently recess at school is much too short to have a good game (although the holes in the knees of Zac's pants tell a different story). But, the weather did not cooperate. Lucky for Zac, he has an amazing dad who loves sports as much as he does. We moved the football party inside and Joseph introduced the boys to the world of paper football. After helping them each make and decorate a paper football, he explained how to play the game. He even divided our coffee table into "fields" and set up a tournament schedule so they all could play against each other. There were playoffs and a Superbowl to boot. The boys loved it and before we knew it, parents were arriving to pick up their boys. We did manage to have time to devour our football cupcakes before they all left. Thanks again to familyfun.com for a great idea and to Aunt Emily for helping. She is now a yardline specialist. All in all, the party was a success, even if the party favor footballs fell apart after a few throws.
Joseph and I also celebrate birthdays in November, but we won't disclose how old we now are. We splurged and bought "good" tickets to a BYU football game. By "good" tickets I mean they were not at the top of the endzone. We saw them play Air Force. The weather did not really cooperate that day either. It was COLD. Thank goodness for hot chocolate. But, at least it did not rain and the Cougars won. The best part was being together. Thanks to Mom and Dad Anson for watching the kids.
And of course, we had Thanksgiving. I found another great idea on familyfun.com for a pre-dinner appetizer. The kids had fun making a fruit turkey and we all had fun eating it. The pepper feathers were my favorite part. Ally and Rachel were the two that really stuck with it to the bitter end. The turkey turned out almost as cute as the cousins that made it.
The actual dinner was yummy, too. Unless you are an unfortunate little girl named Brooklyn who has mean parents that actually expect her to eat the food on her plate. Right about Thanksgiving time, we decided that Brooklyn was old enough to be accountable at the dinner table. We made the highly unreasonable rule of requiring one bite. Brook decided to hide in the corner instead of eating. Maybe she thought we would forget about her or we would give in. Neither of those things happened and she did have a bite of Thanksgiving dinner. She was rewarded with a roll which she happily devoured. After patience and persistence, Brook now eats her bites without much complaint. Although on one particularly stubborn night, she was the only one left at the dinner table. We calmly told her that she could not get down until she had her bites and to let us know when she was ready. She let us know that she was not happy about that plan, aka she threw a fit. After a few minutes we heard her yell, "Mommy! I'm ready for my bites!" The dinner wars have paid off and she has discovered that dinner isn't so "disgusting" (thanks, Zac for the vocabulary lesson) after all.
November was a fun and full month at our house. It is a month full of birthdays. Zac started us off by turning 7. Yes, I said 7. And yes, he really did take a bite out of his cake before I could even light the candles. He is full of life, 100% boy. I loved the fact that he only requested a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. We enjoyed celebrating his big day with our family.
Some kind soul gave him a package of rubber lizards. Another kind soul discovered that they stuck to the ceiling. So for a few days after Zac's birthday, it literally rained lizards at our house. The kids had a blast throwing them up,sticking them on the ceiling and then waiting for them to fall down so they could do it all over again. It did look kind of cool until one lost its grip and fell, catching me off guard and scaring me half to death. Other favorite presents included a BYU football poster and Bionicles.
Zac tends to invite the same group of boys to his birthday parties, which is fine with me. They are cute kids. This year he wanted a football party. He envisioned a backyard full of his friends with all the time in the world to play touch football. Apparently recess at school is much too short to have a good game (although the holes in the knees of Zac's pants tell a different story). But, the weather did not cooperate. Lucky for Zac, he has an amazing dad who loves sports as much as he does. We moved the football party inside and Joseph introduced the boys to the world of paper football. After helping them each make and decorate a paper football, he explained how to play the game. He even divided our coffee table into "fields" and set up a tournament schedule so they all could play against each other. There were playoffs and a Superbowl to boot. The boys loved it and before we knew it, parents were arriving to pick up their boys. We did manage to have time to devour our football cupcakes before they all left. Thanks again to familyfun.com for a great idea and to Aunt Emily for helping. She is now a yardline specialist. All in all, the party was a success, even if the party favor footballs fell apart after a few throws.
Joseph and I also celebrate birthdays in November, but we won't disclose how old we now are. We splurged and bought "good" tickets to a BYU football game. By "good" tickets I mean they were not at the top of the endzone. We saw them play Air Force. The weather did not really cooperate that day either. It was COLD. Thank goodness for hot chocolate. But, at least it did not rain and the Cougars won. The best part was being together. Thanks to Mom and Dad Anson for watching the kids.
And of course, we had Thanksgiving. I found another great idea on familyfun.com for a pre-dinner appetizer. The kids had fun making a fruit turkey and we all had fun eating it. The pepper feathers were my favorite part. Ally and Rachel were the two that really stuck with it to the bitter end. The turkey turned out almost as cute as the cousins that made it.
The actual dinner was yummy, too. Unless you are an unfortunate little girl named Brooklyn who has mean parents that actually expect her to eat the food on her plate. Right about Thanksgiving time, we decided that Brooklyn was old enough to be accountable at the dinner table. We made the highly unreasonable rule of requiring one bite. Brook decided to hide in the corner instead of eating. Maybe she thought we would forget about her or we would give in. Neither of those things happened and she did have a bite of Thanksgiving dinner. She was rewarded with a roll which she happily devoured. After patience and persistence, Brook now eats her bites without much complaint. Although on one particularly stubborn night, she was the only one left at the dinner table. We calmly told her that she could not get down until she had her bites and to let us know when she was ready. She let us know that she was not happy about that plan, aka she threw a fit. After a few minutes we heard her yell, "Mommy! I'm ready for my bites!" The dinner wars have paid off and she has discovered that dinner isn't so "disgusting" (thanks, Zac for the vocabulary lesson) after all.
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